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News Briefs: AIDS grove honors Black History Month

News Briefs: AIDS grove honors Black History Month

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Feb 16, 2022

The National AIDS Memorial Grove has announced special online programming to honor Black History Month.

Political Notes: Campos, Mahmood support collecting LGBTQ data on California's state employees

Political Notes: Campos, Mahmood support collecting LGBTQ data on California's state employees

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 14, 2022

As efforts to track LGBTQ demographic data continue to increase at all levels of government, two of the candidates seeking San Francisco's vacant 17th Assembly District seat support collecting SOGI information among California's state employees.

Out in the World: US Senate confirms lesbian as director of Asian Development Bank

Out in the World: US Senate confirms lesbian as director of Asian Development Bank

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 11, 2022

LGBTQ organizations praised the Senate's confirmation of Chantale Wong as the first openly lesbian of color appointed to an ambassador-level position for the U.S. as director of the Asian Development Bank February 8.

Out in the World: Passage of Global Respect Act signals US stands with LGBTQ people globally

Out in the World: Passage of Global Respect Act signals US stands with LGBTQ people globally

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 11, 2022

Signaling the importance of global LGBTQ issues, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Global Respect Act.

Business Briefing: Equator Coffee pairs perfectly with Golden Gate parks

Business Briefing: Equator Coffee pairs perfectly with Golden Gate parks

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 9, 2022

Bicycling over the Golden Gate Bridge on weekends from her Marin County home to check in on Equator Coffee's latest San Francisco location, Helen M. Russell marvels each time she sees the neon signage for the company she co-founded.

Transmissions: When a swimmer is not a swimmer

Transmissions: When a swimmer is not a swimmer

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Feb 9, 2022

Lia Thomas is a swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a transgender woman. The latter statement is currently jeopardizing the former.

News Briefs: 2nd Saturdays returns to leather district

News Briefs: 2nd Saturdays returns to leather district

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Feb 9, 2022

The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District and other South of Market groups have announced the return of the popular SOMA Second Saturdays starting February 12, from noon to 5 p.m.

Political Notebook: Lesbian SF Judge Bradstreet retires from the bench

Political Notebook: Lesbian SF Judge Bradstreet retires from the bench

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 8, 2022

Having served 11 years on the San Francisco Superior Court, Judge Angela Bradstreet has decided to retire.

Political Notes: Lesbian San Mateo supervisor candidate Parmer-Lohan starts 2022 in strong position

Political Notes: Lesbian San Mateo supervisor candidate Parmer-Lohan starts 2022 in strong position

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 7, 2022

With two high-profile endorsements and a sizeable campaign war chest, lesbian San Mateo County supervisor candidate Laura Parmer-Lohan is starting 2022 in a strong position.

Out in the World: Report: Afghan LGBTQ people remain in peril, governments urged to act

Out in the World: Report: Afghan LGBTQ people remain in peril, governments urged to act

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 4, 2022

A new report by Human Rights Watch and OutRight Action International shows Afghan LGBTQ people remain at various stages of peril both within their own country and in neighboring countries.

News Briefs: Panel to feature out Santa Clara judges

News Briefs: Panel to feature out Santa Clara judges

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Feb 2, 2022

Three LGBTQ judges on the Santa Clara County Superior Court will participate in a panel discussion presented by History San José and the BAYMEC Community Foundation Saturday, February 12, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at History Park, 635 Phelan Avenue in San Jose.

LGBTQ Agenda: Counterfeiting ring sold fake Biktarvy, Descovy, Gilead says

LGBTQ Agenda: Counterfeiting ring sold fake Biktarvy, Descovy, Gilead says

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 1, 2022

Gilead Sciences Inc. published a checklist so that folks can ensure that they are taking actual pills of Biktarvy or Descovy.

Political Notebook: EQCA grades Gov. Newsom, CA lawmakers less than perfect

Political Notebook: EQCA grades Gov. Newsom, CA lawmakers less than perfect

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jan 31, 2022

Due to their not casting votes in favor of various LGBTQ rights bills, 22 Democratic lawmakers failed to receive a perfect score on the 2021 legislative scorecard compiled by a statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization.

Out in the World: Arrests made in Mexican lesbian couple's killing

Out in the World: Arrests made in Mexican lesbian couple's killing

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Jan 27, 2022

Authorities in the Mexican state of Chihuahua have arrested two people in connection with the killing of a lesbian couple in the city of Juarez.