Editorial: B.A.R. election endorsements
The Bay Area Reporter's endorsements for the March 3 election. Our editorials are linked below. Read More »
Electile dysfunction in the Castro
It's a good thing that Theatre Rhinoceros has been presenting its recent readings and productions in the cozy ad-hoc confines of the Spark Arts gallery on 18th Street. Read More »
SF Pride grand marshal nominee Shanti sparks controversy
After voting began for community grand marshals for this year's San Francisco LGBT Pride parade, several longtime activists signaled disapproval that the Shanti Project is one... Read More »
Leather Events, February 27 — March 15, 2020
From dance nights to workshops, fetish play nights to rubber contests, there's always a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters. Read More »
Editorial: Pete Buttigieg for president
Next week, 14 states, including California, will vote on Super Tuesday and a third of the delegates for the Democratic nominee are at stake. Read More »
News
A Victorian home in San Francisco's Castro district that is famous in France has gone on the market.
The Bay Area Reporter recommends NO votes for Propositions D & E on the March 3 ballot.
The Bay Area Reporter recommends YES votes for city Propositions A, B, C and state Proposition 13 on the March 3 ballot.
It is not just the race for seats on the oversight body that runs the San Francisco Democratic Party that has drawn a wealth of LGBT candidates.
San Francisco-based drag artist Rock M. Sakura will be competing on Season 12 of "RuPaul's Drag Race" beginning this Friday.
Gay and bisexual men are more likely to develop skin cancer than heterosexual men, according to a recent study.
Democratic socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was the favorite of most of the LGBT panelists who discussed the Democratic Party's presidential race February 21 at an event held at the Commonwealth Club and moderated by Michelle Meow.
Special education public school teacher Angela Normand, a lesbian, is aiming to become only the second LGBT person to serve on the Alameda County Board of Education.
Reno continues to shake off its Wild West image as it evolves into Nevada's cosmopolitan northern city, but it still has its edgy, small-town feel.
Arts & Culture
Plays and paintings, poems and performances await in the arts.
The lobby of Davies Symphony Hall felt more like a big, glamorous bar last week as the San Francisco Symphony announced the 2020-21 Season, its first with Music Director Designate Esa-Pekka Salonen on the podium.
"Levi Strauss: A History of American Style," a new exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, has a promising backstory.
Two misfortunes, one likely unforeseen, attend the publication of Peter Kispert's new short story collection "I Know You Know Who I Am" (Penguin).
Japanese manga artist Gengoroh Tagame is well-known for his intricate drawings of men tied up in various forms of Japanese-style bondage and rope play.
Some of the most compelling performances in Bay Area Musicals' crowd-pleasing production of "The Full Monty" go unseen.
BARtab
The national outreach program makes an update, and the venerable 15 Association celebrates four decades.
In addition to Imperial Council events around the Bay Area through the weekend, Coronation 55, titled 'Disco in the Jungle,' held Feb. 22 at the Park Central Hotel, concluded with the crowning of new Empress Mimi Osa and Emperor William Bulkley.
Leap into a new month's worth of nightlife fun. Then vote for your favorites places, people, businesses and nightlife stuff in our annual Besties Readers Survey!
Coronation 55, titled 'Disco in the Jungle,' held Saturday February 22 at the Park Central Hotel, brought out a festive array of fabulous Royal queens in gowns, daring drag, and some amusing jungle-themed couture.
'INSIDE PRIDE', the official magazine of San Francisco Pride is now accepting space reservations.
"I remember the first time I marched with a contingent. It was pure magic, stepping off the curb and planting my foot onto Market Street." Philanthropist and event creator Juanita MORE! shares her history of popular Pride party-fundraisers.