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Political Notes: LGBTQ CA Assemblymembers given new leadership posts

Political Notes: LGBTQ CA Assemblymembers given new leadership posts

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 11, 2023

Several LGBTQ members of the California Assembly will be new committee chairs when they reconvene next month, though two of the chamber's current six out members will not be serving in the top leadership ranks.

Political Notebook: Nonprofit leader Martinez aims to be 1st out Santa Cruz supervisor

Political Notebook: Nonprofit leader Martinez aims to be 1st out Santa Cruz supervisor

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 6, 2023

Despite its reputation as a coastal liberal bastion, Santa Cruz County has yet to see an LGBTQ leader elected to its Board of Supervisors

News Briefs: Oakland Pride to have holiday bar crawl benefit

News Briefs: Oakland Pride to have holiday bar crawl benefit

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Dec 6, 2023

Dust off those Santa hats and prepare to celebrate the season at Oakland Pride's Santa holiday bar crawl Saturday, December 23.

Political Notes: 2024 SF supervisor candidates receive early endorsements

Political Notes: 2024 SF supervisor candidates receive early endorsements

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 4, 2023

The election for the odd seats on the 11-member San Francisco Board of Supervisors won't be held until November.

Political Notebook: Queer nightlife advocate Torres seeks SF Mission district supe seat

Political Notebook: Queer nightlife advocate Torres seeks SF Mission district supe seat

  • Nov 29, 2023

For more than a decade Stephen Torres has been a fixture in San Francisco's Castro LGBTQ district. He has tended bar at the neighborhood's famed Twin Peaks gay tavern the last 12 years.

News Briefs: Holiday tree lighting ceremony inspires hope

News Briefs: Holiday tree lighting ceremony inspires hope

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Nov 29, 2023

The Rainbow World Fund's World Tree of Hope lighting ceremony and celebration will take place Monday, December 4, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street in San Francisco.

Transmissions: Trans for the holidays

Transmissions: Trans for the holidays

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Nov 29, 2023

We're in that time of year, post-Thanksgiving but not yet Yule, when you cannot breathe without being bombarded by messages of family get-togethers for the holidays.

Out in the World: South Bay report touts the benefits of a rich immigrant community

Out in the World: South Bay report touts the benefits of a rich immigrant community

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Nov 21, 2023

Karla Pardo Valdovinos fled Mexico 26 years ago. She was running from the Mexican cartels and violence that more than a quarter century later continue to plague the Latin American country.

Political Notebook: Slain gay leader Milk's legacy continues to echo

Political Notebook: Slain gay leader Milk's legacy continues to echo

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Nov 20, 2023

In the third episode of the new television miniseries "Fellow Travelers," clearly visible on the wall of the San Francisco apartment where one of the main characters, resides is a campaign poster. It declares "Milk for Supervisor."

Out in the World: Bay Area LGBTQ groups launch new immigrant center

Out in the World: Bay Area LGBTQ groups launch new immigrant center

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Nov 15, 2023

Two Bay Area organizations, The LGBT Asylum Project and Parivar Bay Area, have announced the launch of the Center for Immigrant Protection.

News Briefs: Trans remembrance events planned

News Briefs: Trans remembrance events planned

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Nov 15, 2023

Events are planned around the Bay Area to observe Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Political Notebook: LGBTQ federal judges still lacking, says report

Political Notebook: LGBTQ federal judges still lacking, says report

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Nov 15, 2023

This month President Joe Biden celebrated the confirmation of his 150th federal judicial appointee since he took office three years ago.

Transmissions: In difficult times

Transmissions: In difficult times

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Nov 15, 2023

It was 1998 when Rita Hester, a young Black trans woman, was found dead in Alston, Massachusetts.

LGBTQ Agenda: CDC sounds alarm about syphilis in newborns

LGBTQ Agenda: CDC sounds alarm about syphilis in newborns

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Nov 14, 2023

Syphilis cases in newborn babies have risen over 10 times the number reported a decade ago, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm with a new report.