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Political Notebook: Trans Palm Springs Councilmember Middleton revives CA Senate bid

Political Notebook: Trans Palm Springs Councilmember Middleton revives CA Senate bid

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 21, 2023

Aiming to become the first transgender person elected to the California Legislature next November, Palm Springs Councilmember Lisa Middleton revived her campaign for a state Senate seat Tuesday.

LGBTQ Agenda: DeSantis administration seeks to revoke hotel's liquor license after it labels drag show a 'public nuisance'

LGBTQ Agenda: DeSantis administration seeks to revoke hotel's liquor license after it labels drag show a 'public nuisance'

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 21, 2023

The administration of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is trying to revoke the liquor license of a Miami hotel for supplying the concessions for a Christmas drag show where the state claims minors were present.

Political Notebook: With eye on '24 reelection, gay SF treasurer rolls out new taxes

Political Notebook: With eye on '24 reelection, gay SF treasurer rolls out new taxes

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 15, 2023

Gay San Francisco City Treasurer-Tax Collector José Cisneros has had a long-running joke with the Political Notebook that he is only of interest to cover when he stands for reelection.

News Briefs: Meetings planned on Castro dog park redesign

News Briefs: Meetings planned on Castro dog park redesign

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 15, 2023

The Eureka Valley Dog Owners Group will hold a series of community feedback sessions to solicit input on a new design for the dog park adjacent to the Eureka Valley Recreation Center.

Out in the World: India's Supreme Court sends same-sex marriage case to Constitution Bench

Out in the World: India's Supreme Court sends same-sex marriage case to Constitution Bench

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 15, 2023

India's Supreme Court on March 13 sent the country's consolidated same-sex marriage case to a five-judge Constitution Bench.

LGBTQ Agenda: 22 AGs ask CDC to make new PrEP billing code to avoid erroneous copays

LGBTQ Agenda: 22 AGs ask CDC to make new PrEP billing code to avoid erroneous copays

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 14, 2023

Attorneys general from 21 states, including California, and the District of Columbia, signed on to a letter to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee asking it to create a new diagnostic code for PrEP to ensure clear billing.

Political Notes: CA LGBTQ 2024 US House races begin to take shape

Political Notes: CA LGBTQ 2024 US House races begin to take shape

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 13, 2023

With less than a year until the 2024 primary election in California, the U.S. House races in the state with LGBTQ candidates are beginning to come into focus.

Transmissions: An alchemist's passing

Transmissions: An alchemist's passing

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Mar 8, 2023

In 1994, when dinosaurs still roamed the Cretaceous Earth, I was but a budding trans woman. I was still largely trying to find where I fit in this thing called "transgender," and fighting through a mountain full of shame and guilt over who I was.

Business Briefing: Desert flora inspires SF-based skincare line hault

Business Briefing: Desert flora inspires SF-based skincare line hault

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 8, 2023

Over the years San Francisco resident Brian Diethorn has found visits to Joshua Tree National Park straddling the Colorado and Mojave deserts and to Palm Springs in the Coachella Valley to be rejuvenating destinations.

News Briefs: 'Saints' to raise money for SF Sisters

News Briefs: 'Saints' to raise money for SF Sisters

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 8, 2023

People who have been "sainted" by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for their good works and community service over the years will band together to help the San Francisco chapter of drag nuns with a fundraiser Sunday, March 19.

Political Notebook: SF supervisors reject mayoral historic panel nominee

Political Notebook: SF supervisors reject mayoral historic panel nominee

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 7, 2023

A mayoral appointee to the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission was rejected Tuesday by a majority of the city's supervisors, who cited her lack of qualifications to serve in the historian seat on the oversight body as the reason.

LGBTQ Agenda: Bad week for equality sees ban on trans health care, doubts on drag shows

LGBTQ Agenda: Bad week for equality sees ban on trans health care, doubts on drag shows

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 7, 2023

It's been a tough several days in Mississippi and Tennessee, which saw anti-LGBTQ bills signed into law targeting gender-affirming health care.

Political Notes: Majority of CA trial courts lack LGBTQ judges

Political Notes: Majority of CA trial courts lack LGBTQ judges

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 2, 2023

For more than a decade California's courts have been required to release sexual orientation and gender identity demographic data on judges in an effort to help diversify the bench.

Political Notebook: SF gay GOP leader opposes changing city park name

Political Notebook: SF gay GOP leader opposes changing city park name

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 1, 2023

The president of a group for LGBTQ Republicans has come out in opposition to changing the name of a San Francisco park site that honors the city's last GOP leader to be elected mayor.