Opinion

Guest Opinion: Democratic leadership is good for San Francisco

Guest Opinion: Democratic leadership is good for San Francisco

In San Francisco those of us who are Democrats dominate politics in the city.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor discuss Harvey Milk Plaza.

Guest Opinion: Trumpism versus California

Guest Opinion: Trumpism versus California

Despite former President Donald Trump's reelection defeat last year, in recent times, we have seen the manifestation of Trumpism as his political allies across the country continue to target our democratic institutions and our most vulnerable.

Editorial: Don't leave LGBTQ Afghans behind

Editorial: Don't leave LGBTQ Afghans behind

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Sep 29, 2021

President Joe Biden defended his decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan last month, but lost in the ensuing debate has been the fate of LGBTQ Afghans now living under the homophobic Taliban regime.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters correct the description of the Castro Country Club and discuss the latest design for Harvey Milk Plaza.

Guest Opinion: Every day is a celebration in Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District

Guest Opinion: Every day is a celebration in Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District

The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District, created by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2018, is 22 city blocks in the South of Market neighborhood that have been home to numerous leather and kink venues since the 1960s.

Editorial: Lt. gov's missed opportunities

Editorial: Lt. gov's missed opportunities

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Sep 22, 2021

In two recent instances, California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis has missed opportunities regarding LGBTQ issues in San Francisco.

Editorial: Breed should get behind OD emergency

Editorial: Breed should get behind OD emergency

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Sep 15, 2021

San Francisco supervisors are likely to approve a resolution in the coming weeks urging Mayor London Breed to declare the city's overdose crisis a local emergency.

Guest Opinion: Susan Sontag and me: Epidemics I have lived through

Guest Opinion: Susan Sontag and me: Epidemics I have lived through

When the COVID-19 shutdown began in the spring of 2020, I posted on Facebook that I expected the pandemic to be, for me, a pain in the ass, a royal pain in the ass.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

A reader offers his opinion on the Castro rainbow flag.

Editorial: HRC board made the right call

Editorial: HRC board made the right call

It's not easy for a nonprofit board to reach the stunning conclusion that it must fire its leader "for cause," but that's what the board of the Human Rights Campaign and its Human Rights Campaign Foundation did late September 6.

Guest Opinion: Alameda County Dems have a tool against homophobia

Guest Opinion: Alameda County Dems have a tool against homophobia

Homophobes don't belong in the Democratic Party.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters offer opinions on the B.A.R.'s tobacco ads in the print edition, the rainbow flag flap, and support for the Alameda Democratic County Central Committee's new bylaw change.

Editorial: An expensive lesson for VA school board

Editorial: An expensive lesson for VA school board

The Gloucester County School Board in Virginia may have wanted to stop trans students from using the restrooms that match their gender identity in its schools, but it turned out to be an expensive lesson.