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Protests to mix with virtual SF Pride
It would be hard for the historical irony of this weekend to be lost on anyone – there will be no in-person LGBT Pride parade in San Francisco on the occasion of the event's milestone 50th anniversary.
Virtual events ramp-up as Pride Month nears
As Pride Month approaches, events celebrating the LGBT community the world over are adapting to the novel coronavirus outbreak by moving from the streets into virtual space.
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10th annual readers' poll starts
This year marks the 10th annual Bay Area Reporter readers' poll, the Besties, and voting begins Thursday, January 30.
Pride 2019: Five decades of queer rebellion
Welcome to the Bay Area Reporter's special Pride section. Stories are headlined with "Pride 2019."
Pride 2019: Pride-alicious! Musicians and MCs on the big show
SF Pride promises a plethora of exciting live entertainment on the mainstage, Sunday June 30. From drag queens to singers, to political leaders and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the line-up offers a wide variety of sights and sounds.
Pride 2019: LGBTQ Pride whirlwind
There's an old comic movie about a European charter tour called "If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium." Likewise, you could call the movie of our whirlwind last week "If It's Thursday, It Must Be Frameline."
Pride 2019: Pride books for the young
Celebrations of families with same-gender parents, "My Two Dads and Me" and "My Two Moms and Me" (both Doubleday), by Michael Joosten and Izak Zenou, feature kids having breakfast, going to the park, having lunch.
Pride 2019: The Master, remarkable Noel Coward
Prominent stage, movie, and television actor. Dramatist. Novelist. Lyricist. Composer. Singer. Cabaret star. Theatre and film director. Celebrated raconteur. Insightful diarist. Noel Coward (1899-1973) was all those things.
Pride 2019: Why Judy Garland still matters
While she was not the greatest singer of the 20th century, Judy Garland was possibly the greatest entertainer of the modern age. June 22 was the 50th anniversary of her untimely death at age 47 from an accidental overdose of barbiturates.
Pride 2019: Making a rainbow out of cloth
An excerpt from Gilbert Baker's posthumous memoir, "Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color."
Pride 2019: Confab shows growing interest in queer history
Half a century after the Stonewall riots ignited a community that had long lived in the shadows, LGBT historians from around the world gathered in San Francisco for the Queer History Conference last week.
Pride 2019: SF drag kings seek their heritage at Stonewall 50
While the eyes of the nation often turn to San Francisco in June for the definitive Pride celebration, some of the people who define Pride for the city are celebrating on the East Coast this year.