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Transmissions: Silenced

Transmissions: Silenced

At the Montana Statehouse in Helena, history is being made.

Pastor pushes ahead after right-wing attacks

Pastor pushes ahead after right-wing attacks

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 3, 2023

An LGBTQ-affirming church near Sacramento is back to in-person worship weeks after attacks from right-wing groups forced it to switch to virtual services.

Memorial set for Gloria Nieto

Memorial set for Gloria Nieto

A celebration of life will be held later this month for longtime lesbian activist and community leader Gloria Nieto, who died last September of complications from cancer.

New Castro pop-up welcomed

New Castro pop-up welcomed

  • NEWS
  • by BAR staff
  • May 3, 2023

Welcome Castro, a new pop-up gift store and welcome center in San Francisco's LGBTQ neighborhood, had its grand opening party April 27 and shoppers perused plenty of rainbow-themed merchandise.

LGBTQ Agenda: Feds charge Ohio man with arson in attempt to burn LGBTQ-affirming church

LGBTQ Agenda: Feds charge Ohio man with arson in attempt to burn LGBTQ-affirming church

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 2, 2023

An Ohio man is in federal custody, charged with using Molotov cocktails in an attempt to burn an LGBTQ-affirming church to the ground March 25.

Gunned down SF Black trans activist remembered at vigil

Gunned down SF Black trans activist remembered at vigil

  • CRIME
  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 1, 2023

The pain of a community mourning a young Black trans man who was gunned down outside of a San Francisco Walgreens made itself known Monday — with a hundred people showing up at a vigil to remember him.

Gay nurse, ex-union leader Esteen takes on Alameda Supervisor Miley in 2024

Gay nurse, ex-union leader Esteen takes on Alameda Supervisor Miley in 2024

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 1, 2023

Gay nurse and former union leader Jennifer Esteen officially launched her campaign Monday to oust from office Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, who will be seeking a seventh four-year term on the primary ballot next March.

APE, Nassers hit back at conservancy's theater plan

APE, Nassers hit back at conservancy's theater plan

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 28, 2023

The company that manages the Castro Theatre in San Francisco's LGBTQ neighborhood and the family that owns it have balked at a proposal from a conservancy group to buy or lease the space and operate it as a moviehouse with its own programming.

Plans for expanded Heklina memorial unveiled

Plans for expanded Heklina memorial unveiled

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Apr 28, 2023

Due to overwhelming demand, organizers of the upcoming memorial for drag icon Heklina have announced that San Francisco's Castro Street will be closed Tuesday, May 23, and the service projected onto screens outside so that more people can watch it.

CA auditor slams state healthy agency's LGBTQ data collection efforts

CA auditor slams state healthy agency's LGBTQ data collection efforts

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 27, 2023

The state's auditor has faulted the California Department of Public Health for being sclerotic with its efforts to collect LGBTQ demographics and criticized the agency for having inconsistent policies.

Political Notes: Vallejo moves to license tobacco retailers

Political Notes: Vallejo moves to license tobacco retailers

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 27, 2023

Vallejo officials are moving to enact a tobacco retail license ordinance as the next step in its yearslong battle against the use of the addictive product that can have fatal health consequences for users.

Justice Department sues Tenn. over law banning health care for transgender youth

Justice Department sues Tenn. over law banning health care for transgender youth

  • LEGAL
  • by Washington Blade
  • Apr 27, 2023

The Justice Department on April 26 filed a complaint challenging Tennessee's Senate Bill 1, a recently enacted law that denies necessary medical care to youth based solely on who they are.

Federal officials foresee potential mpox resurgence as local health experts urge vaccination

Federal officials foresee potential mpox resurgence as local health experts urge vaccination

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 26, 2023

San Francisco's public health community continues to urge people to get vaccinated for mpox after a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report concluded that the United States may see a worse outbreak of the disease this year than in 2022.

SF trans district chief stepping down

SF trans district chief stepping down

  • NEWS
  • by Heather Cassell
  • Apr 26, 2023

The second official head of the Transgender District in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood has announced that she will be stepping down this fall.