LGBT SF General staffers air grievances
In recent months two out staffers at San Francisco's public hospital have come forward to air their grievances with management of the Mission district facility. Read More »
'Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon' to close December 31
Breaking news from our long-term client and San Francisco institution, Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon Read More »
Trans military ban goes into effect
President Donald Trump's impulsive Twitter post two years ago, saying the military should ban transgender people, became reality last Friday. Read More »
Nightlife Events April 18-25, 2019
April may bring you showers, but nightlife surely brings you joy, wet or dry. Read More »
SFPD unveils Pride patch
The San Francisco Police Department says its officers will be the first in the nation to wear special patches during Pride Month in June. Read More »
News
Preliminary information on how San Francisco departments are collecting data on sexual orientation and gender identity were discussed at a Board of Supervisors committee hearing Thursday.
This is a special edition of the Bay Area Reporter's cannabis column and celebrates all things 4/20.
The day after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors rejected a 63-unit housing development with 15 below market rate apartments because it would cast an evening shadow on a South of Market park, the Bay Area Council Economic Institute issued a report.
Spring came to Duboce Park last weekend as an egg hunt for children was held.
There are fundraising — and just plain fun — events taking place in Sonoma County as residents in Guerneville work to recover from the February floods and area residents get ready for Pride events.
Nurses in California are asking Congress to outlaw anti-LGBT bias in health care settings, as more states move to adopt so-called religious freedom laws.
Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman shares the concerns of those who are questioning the credentials of gay rent board member Reese Aaron Isbell.
The black and white photo, at first glance, could be of any sharply dressed couple. The woman is adorned in her Sunday best and the gentleman sports a pinstripe suit.
There are several events taking place Easter weekend.
Arts & Culture
Film festivals, art exhibits and stunningly staged plays and musicals; choose from the expanding cultural menu.
There couldn't be a better moment than this for "Queer California: Untold Stories," an original exhibition at OMCA that wears its inclusive spirit proudly on its sleeve as it brings facets of LGBTQ+ cultural, artistic and political history to light.
The SFFILM Festival's final days are filled with treasures, including "Midnight Cowboy," the 1969 Oscar winner for Best Picture from an openly gay British director at the top of his game, John Schlesinger.
ALL CAPS are somehow fitting for our column about the 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival's opening night and first week.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale ended its 38th season with performances in the Bay Area and Los Angeles of Handel's splendid Biblical oratorio "Saul."
"The Gentleman Caller," a toothsome morsel at NCTC, is playwright Philip Dawkins' booze-soaked bonbon of a two-hander.
BARtab
Oakland will be a real drag from Friday April 26 to Sunday April 28 when 100 drag queens, drag kings, and radical queer performers take to the stages in Oakland for a three day drag-a-thon which will include live performances, music, vendors, and art.
New York drag queen extraordinaire Hedda Lettuce brings her appropriately titled show, Hedda Lettuce: Gives Great Hedda to Oasis on Friday and Saturday, April 19 and 20.
Brent Barrett, known for his performances in 'The Phantom of the Opera,' has not named his solo cabaret show after the half-masked man's signature number "The Music of the Night." Instead, it's called "Night Songs."
Stars shined brightly at the April 10 opening of the San Francisco International Film Festival, which featured a screening of the first episode from the new series, Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City.'
From fetish nights to talks, sober and beer-y events, including the SF Eagle's upcoming anniversary, there's a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters through April.
Don Cavallo, a multi-talented restaurateur, actor and singer was also one of the first writers for the Bay Area Reporter. He seized the scene in San Francisco and made it his own from his 20s on, including opening the Fickle Fox.