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LGBTQ Agenda: Figure skater uses podcast to help queer people accept themselves
A podcast about queer mental health and self-love is celebrating its first anniversary this week.
LGBTQ historic sites closer to becoming San Francisco landmarks
Fifty-five years after Bob Ross launched the Bay Area Reporter, the house he once called home in San Francisco’s Castro district is closer to becoming a local landmark.
Political Notes: Gay SF Supervisor Dorsey kicks off reelection bid, stumps for leather award
SF historic preservation commissioners back landmarking exterior of Compton’s riots site
Lesbian comic, performer Marilyn Pittman dies
Bourg easily reelected Castro Merchants president
SF Mayor Lurie proclaims B.A.R. Day for paper’s 55th anniversary
Immigration nonprofit scores with speed puzzle event
Arts & Culture
Basketball drama ‘Flex’ scores at SF Playhouse
The members of the Lady Train, Plainnole, Arkansas’ high school girls’ basketball squad, struggle to keep up their team spirit in “Flex,” the serio-comic sports drama now running the floor at the San Francisco Playhouse.
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Men vs Women in CS2: What the Latest Player Data Shows
Gaming demographics are shifting. The image of competitive FPS as an exclusively male space has been eroding steadily for over a decade – and CS2 is no exception. While the community still skews heavily male, women in CS2 represent a growing and increasingly visible segment of the player base. The data tells a more nuanced story than most community discussions acknowledge.
Drama in the octagon: ‘The Monsters’ brings MMA fighting to Berkeley Repertory
Berkeley’s The Back Room celebrates 10 years: Queer-led band Bululú set to appear
Alexis Hall's space epic ‘Hell’s Heart’ – Ahab Among the Stars
B.A.R. at 55: Rick Gerharter – Online talk with the prolific photographer
Going Out: Top 20+ arts & nightlife events, April 2-10
Best nightlife 2026 people and events – Dance parties, drag shows, gogos & more
Column inches – Prominent B.A.R. writers in the 1970s
Get your own B.A.R. 55th mugs, T-shirts & more
Besties Arts & Culture 2026 – Celebrating creative excellence
Best Nightlife 2026 – Favorites and a few new bars top our taps
Best Dining 2026 – Taste the rainbow of considerable cuisine
Gender in the Esports and Gaming Community
Going Out: Top 20+ arts & nightlife events, March 26-April 3
Gay SF poet, painter are ‘each other’s muse’
‘Drill Master’ sneak peek at the SF Eagle – Scriptease hosts a reading of a gay history comedy
‘A Body to Live In’ – Film documents Fakir Musafar, the ‘Astronaut of Inner Spaces’
Calum Scott – Gay singer/songwriter plays at the Masonic
Going Out: Top 20+ arts & nightlife events, March 19-27
Bob Mizer Museum’s ‘Timeless’ – Contemporary photo book pays homage to the physique pioneer
