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Transmissions: Cold comfort for Christmas

Transmissions: Cold comfort for Christmas

This holiday season, for the first time, we had to ask my in-laws not to visit.

A Noel Valley Christmas

A Noel Valley Christmas

  • NEWS
  • by BAR staff
  • Dec 23, 2024

Judges were out in Noe Valley December 18 to judge the first Noel Valley Holiday Window contest.

News Briefs: Castro gay gift shop gets grant from HRC

News Briefs: Castro gay gift shop gets grant from HRC

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Dec 23, 2024

A gay-owned Castro business was one of the recipients of the Human Rights Campaign's Queer to Stay grants, the national LGBTQ rights organization announced.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

  • NEWS
  • by BAR staff
  • Dec 23, 2024

A reader hopes for more responsiveness from the new El Cerrito mayor.

Political Notes: Contra Costa County changes pronoun usage in documents

Political Notes: Contra Costa County changes pronoun usage in documents

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 23, 2024

Contra Costa County will be updating its main governing document to do away with using gender-specific pronouns throughout it.

Gilead's twice-yearly PrEP chosen as breakthrough of the year

Gilead's twice-yearly PrEP chosen as breakthrough of the year

  • NEWS
  • by Liz Highleyman
  • Dec 19, 2024

Science magazine has chosen twice-yearly lenacapavir PrEP as its 2024 Breakthrough of the Year, recognizing it as a game-changer in the fight to end the global HIV epidemic.

Case against gay reality star Xol's accused killer delayed

Case against gay reality star Xol's accused killer delayed

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Dec 19, 2024

The man accused of stabbing gay reality TV star Eduardo Xol to death in Palm Springs is in no hurry to go to trial.

Political Notebook: Talk turns to 2026 race for SF LGBTQ Castro supervisor seat

Political Notebook: Talk turns to 2026 race for SF LGBTQ Castro supervisor seat

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 18, 2024

In several weeks gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will know if he will wield the gavel at Board of Supervisors meetings during his remaining two years representing the city's LGBTQ Castro district and adjacent neighborhoods at City Hall.

Editorial: Congressional Dems betray us — again

Editorial: Congressional Dems betray us — again

  • NEWS
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Dec 18, 2024

Congressional Democrats have a long and tortured history of betraying the LGBTQ community.

El Cerrito makes history with new mayor, council

El Cerrito makes history with new mayor, council

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Dec 18, 2024

El Cerrito City Councilmember Carolyn Wysinger, a Black lesbian, made history Tuesday when her colleagues voted for her to be the East Bay town's mayor for 2025, believed to be a first in California.

LGBTQ synagogue celebrates Hanukkah in the Castro

LGBTQ synagogue celebrates Hanukkah in the Castro

  • NEWS
  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Dec 18, 2024

Around 75 people braved the cold temperature to celebrate Hanukkah with Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco's synagogue for LGBTQ Jews, their families, friends, and allies.

Hanukkah comes early to Castro

Hanukkah comes early to Castro

  • NEWS
  • by BAR staff
  • Dec 18, 2024

The Hanukkah observance was held early in the Castro this year.

Guest Opinion: Tidings of comfort, joy, and courage

Guest Opinion: Tidings of comfort, joy, and courage

  • NEWS
  • by Jim Mitulski
  • Dec 18, 2024

Picture this: A crowded church building in the Castro at midnight on Christmas Eve in the 1980s and 1990s.

Mandelman introduces redaction legislation for 'personal safety'

Mandelman introduces redaction legislation for 'personal safety'

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Dec 17, 2024

Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman introduced legislation December 17 that, if passed, would amend the administrative code to permit the redaction of information required to be released by the city about certain nonprofits.