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Editorial: Trump’s ‘big, ugly brick’ will harm LGBTQs

NEWS | Jul 9, 2025 | BAR Editorial Board

When we caught up with queer Congressmember Emily Randall (D-Washington) at the Seattle Pride parade June 29, she was monitoring the U.S. Senate’s deliberations on President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

Political Notebook: Queer representation changes at Oakland port

NEWS COLUMNS | Jul 8, 2025 | Matthew S. Bajko

As the gay president of the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners prepares to gavel in his last meeting, and vote for a new name of its airport, a queer organizer is set to become the powerful oversight body’s first Asian American woman to serve on it.

Community speaks out after drag performer detained by ICE in downtown SF

NEWS | Jul 8, 2025 | John Ferrannini

SF mayor sets 60 days for Castro coffee, nail salon negotiations

NEWS | Jul 8, 2025 | John Ferrannini

Letters to the editor

NEWS | Jul 7, 2025 | BAR Staff

News Briefs: AIDS Walk SF fast approaching

NEWS | Jul 7, 2025 | Cynthia Laird

US Supreme Court to take up bans on female trans athletes in sports

NEWS | Jul 4, 2025 | Lisa Keen

Soccer team collab boosts profile of artist Kapitulnik

NEWS | Jul 2, 2025 | Matthew S. Bajko

Arts & Culture

Mapping queer America in Damron Guides: Publisher Gina Gatta in a talk at the Bob Mizer Foundation

ARTS & CULTURE | Jul 8, 2025 | Jim Provenzano

The Damron Guides became indispensable in gay men's quest to find friendly venues across the U.S. “Mapping Queer America: A Conversation with Gina Gatta and Jim Gladstone on the Legacy of the Damron Guides,” explores the guides' history.