Opinion

Editorial: So long, Joe Hollendoner

Editorial: So long, Joe Hollendoner

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • May 12, 2021

Former San Francisco AIDS Foundation CEO Joe Hollendoner dropped a bomb on the eve of his departure. He had barely confirmed to us that the agency had issued 17 layoff notices among its 200-plus staff then poof — he was gone!

Guest Opinion: My coming out day

Guest Opinion: My coming out day

So there I was. Standing all by myself in the middle of this fairly large and open lobby in a building that had about a thousand people in it — and no one was around.

Editorial: Biden's got our backs

Editorial: Biden's got our backs

Having passed his 100th day in office, President Joe Biden has attempted to remedy four years of direct attacks by his predecessor with some important accomplishments for the LGBTQ community in pursuit of equity.

Guest Opinion: Guadalajara's quest for the Gay Games

Guest Opinion: Guadalajara's quest for the Gay Games

As a proud Guadalajara native, or Tapatío as we refer to ourselves locally, I spend my days waxing poetic about all our beautiful city has to offer visitors.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

Readers continue to complain about cigarette ads running in the Bay Area Reporter's print edition.

Editorial: Facts not faith needed for Better Market project

Editorial: Facts not faith needed for Better Market project

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 28, 2021

The public deserves real answers from several city agencies and BART about the proposed phase 1 Better Market Street project, which would tear up Market Street, between Fifth and Eighth streets, for as long as two to four years.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters complain about the city's SOGI data collection and the B.A.R. running a cigarette ad in last week's print edition.

Guest Opinion: It's time to honor this landmark of lesbian history

Guest Opinion: It's time to honor this landmark of lesbian history

On a hilly residential street in Noe Valley, the small house at 651 Duncan Street gives no hint of its outsized role in influencing over 50 years of LGBTQIA+ civil rights.

Editorial: LGBTQ media group stands against voter suppression

Editorial: LGBTQ media group stands against voter suppression

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 21, 2021

The National LGBT Media Association took a principled stand this month when it announced that it would not meet in Georgia due to the state having recently passed a hideous voter suppression law.

Editorial: SFO embraces Milk terminal at last

Editorial: SFO embraces Milk terminal at last

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 14, 2021

The recent news about a new exhibit detailing the life and political career of the late gay supervisor Harvey Milk in the terminal named for him at San Francisco International Airport was surprising.

Editorial: Dikas does the right thing

Editorial: Dikas does the right thing

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 14, 2021

Christina Dikas did the right thing when she withdrew her nomination for a seat on the SF Historic Preservation Commission just hours before a likely rejection from the Board of Supervisors.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor.

Guest Opinion: Substance use an issue among LGBTQs

Guest Opinion: Substance use an issue among LGBTQs

COVID-19 has impacted California in many ways, from causing increased job loss to deaths to forcing the closure of countless businesses to increased substance use within many demographics.

Editorial: Supes should reject Dikas for preservation panel

Editorial: Supes should reject Dikas for preservation panel

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors should reject Mayor London Breed's nominee, Christina Dikas, to the Historic Preservation Commission.