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Gay Castro hair stylist found dead in Grand Canyon

NEWS | March 28, 2023

A gay man who had worked at a Castro neighborhood hair salon was found dead in the Grand Canyon in Arizona earlier this month.

CA Senate leader Atkins moves to end LGBTQ travel ban

NEWS
by Matthew S. Bajko
Mar 29, 2023

Despite LGBTQ rights coming under attack in statehouses across the country, lesbian state Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins is moving to end the Golden State's ban on using taxpayer money for travel to 23 states that have passed anti-LGBTQ laws.

Editorial: Ugandan LGBTQs on edge over harsh bill

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by BAR Editorial Board
Mar 29, 2023

Ugandan lawmakers have passed a harsh anti-LGBTQ bill that President Yoweri Museveni has indicated he supports, and LGBTQ residents in the country are on edge.

CA family leave bills aim to benefit LGBTQ workers

NEWS
by Matthew S. Bajko
Mar 29, 2023

When their friend goes in for gender-affirming surgery at a Bay Area health care facility in April, Fresno resident Kaede Coronado-Acuña has offered to drive them and help care for them post the procedure.

News Briefs: Activists plan 'Drag Up, Fight Back' rally

NEWS
by Cynthia Laird
Mar 29, 2023

Angered by the anti-trans and anti-drag hysteria that is being whipped up around the country, activists have planned a "Drag Up! Fight Back!" march and rally for Saturday, April 8, from noon to 3 p.m. in San Francisco over the Easter holiday weekend.

Youth march for trans rights in SF

NEWS
by BAR staff
Mar 29, 2023

Young people took to the streets Saturday, March 25, for a Youth 4 Trans Liberation March, which started at Turk and Taylor streets in the Tenderloin and ended outside San Francisco City Hall.

Guest Opinion: Time for trans people to stand up

NEWS
by Gabriel Haaland
Mar 29, 2023

This is the worst year in history for anti-trans and anti-drag legislation. Full stop.

Vallejo trans archive to reopen after crash damage

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by Cynthia Laird
Mar 29, 2023

One year after sustaining damage in a hit-and-run crash, the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive in Vallejo is set to reopen on Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31, and a community open house is planned for next month.

Prasad settling in after bond granted in immigration case

NEWS
by Cynthia Laird
Mar 29, 2023

Salesh Prasad, who was granted bond by an immigration judge late last year, has settled into transitional housing in San Francisco, where he also now has a job.

Ex-SJ leader solves cold case murder of gay porn actor

NEWS
by John Ferrannini
Mar 29, 2023

How did a gay stay-at-home married dad end up solving the 33-year-old cold case murder of a Los Angeles gay porn star?

Trans woman crowned Miss San Francisco

NEWS
by Marijke Rowland
Mar 29, 2023

The Miss California Organization, part of the long-running Miss America pageant, has crowned the first transgender local winner in the state group's 99-year history.

Political Notebook: LGBTQ leader seeks Alameda supervisor appointment

NEWS
by Matthew S. Bajko
Mar 29, 2023

A gay East Bay college board member is seeking to be appointed to a vacancy on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.

Queer people more likely to vaccinate early, embrace COVID response, data show

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by John Ferrannini
Mar 29, 2023

Gay and lesbian adults were more likely to take up COVID-19 vaccination early — and less likely to distrust the jabs, but nonetheless data collection has made statistics hard to come by, according to data from the CDC.

Trans woman alleges sexual retaliation by St. James Infirmary staff

NEWS
by John Ferrannini
Mar 28, 2023

The San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development has ordered St. James Infirmary to investigate a claim by a trans woman that she is a victim of sexual retaliation by some of the nonprofit's workers.

Nashville police say Christian school shooter identified as trans

CRIME
by Brody Levesque, Washington Blade
Mar 28, 2023

Nashville police said that a person who opened fire at a private Christian school Monday was a former student who identified as transgender.

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