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Some changes coming to AIDS Walk SF

Some changes coming to AIDS Walk SF

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 28, 2023

AIDS Walk San Francisco will take place next month, and event organizers are getting the word out about some changes to the event that raises funds for HIV/AIDS nonprofits.

Political Notebook: UC Berkeley grad Mohajer aims to make history as 1st gay Iranian legislator

Political Notebook: UC Berkeley grad Mohajer aims to make history as 1st gay Iranian legislator

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jun 28, 2023

With his bid in 2024 for a California state Senate seat, Alex Mohajer is looking to make LGBTQ political history.

Pelosi honored at Alice Pride breakfast

Pelosi honored at Alice Pride breakfast

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 28, 2023

It was both a celebration and a call to action at the Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club's annual Pride breakfast June 25 as speakers touched on the community's victories but remained cognizant of the current backlash underway.

Help dismantle pink triangle

Help dismantle pink triangle

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 28, 2023

It's that time again. Pride Month will soon be over and organizers of the pink triangle installation atop Twin Peaks need volunteers to help dismantle the canvas and sailcloth borders.

Transmissions: Shooting off one's mouth

Transmissions: Shooting off one's mouth

In British Columbia recently, an elementary school track meet became something very different.

Guest Opinion: Our LGBTQ students need a voice at the table

Guest Opinion: Our LGBTQ students need a voice at the table

  • NEWS
  • by John Laird
  • Jun 28, 2023

Last year, Paso Robles High School, located in my state Senate District 17, experienced a deeply disturbing incident.

Trans March protests anti-LGBTQ bills

Trans March protests anti-LGBTQ bills

  • NEWS
  • by BAR staff
  • Jun 28, 2023

Activists from El/La Para TransLatinas staged a die in along Dolores Street while on the Trans March June 23 to protest the many anti-transgender bills that have recently been introduced and/or passed in various state legislatures.

Lesbian CA appellate Justice Slough to retire

Lesbian CA appellate Justice Slough to retire

  • LEGAL
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 28, 2023

Less than a week after a gay man was confirmed to a seat on California's Fourth District Court of Appeal, the lesbian justice who has been serving there since 2016 announced she would retire in August.

Padilla talks mental health, hate crimes at SF LGBT center

Padilla talks mental health, hate crimes at SF LGBT center

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jun 28, 2023

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-California) showed up at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center Wednesday morning for a private discussion with community members on the mental health of queer youth as Pride Month comes to a close.

SFPD arrests man with loaded firearm at Pride celebration

SFPD arrests man with loaded firearm at Pride celebration

  • CRIME
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jun 27, 2023

A man was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department Sunday evening for allegedly carrying a loaded, concealed firearm into the Pride celebration at the Civic Center.

Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes up in CA, AG report says

Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes up in CA, AG report says

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jun 27, 2023

Just days after appearing in San Francisco's LGBTQ Pride parade, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that hate crimes against gay men, lesbians, and trans people all rose last year.

SF Pride parade flexes community's muscle

SF Pride parade flexes community's muscle

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jun 25, 2023

Thousands of people marched in 200 contingents up Market Street Sunday for the San Francisco LGBTQ Pride parade — a defiant answer from the City-by-the-Bay to a resurgence in homophobic and transphobic attitudes elsewhere.

Gay man confirmed to state appellate court in San Diego

Gay man confirmed to state appellate court in San Diego

  • LEGAL
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 23, 2023

David Rubin, a gay man and Superior Court judge in San Diego County, was unanimously confirmed and sworn in Friday as a justice for the Fourth District Court of Appeal after a hearing by the state Commission on Judicial Appointments.

SF police provide safety tips for Pride festivities

SF police provide safety tips for Pride festivities

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jun 22, 2023

With the city welcoming one of America's largest LGBTQ Pride celebrations this weekend, the San Francisco Police Department is assuring it will keep residents and the half a million expected visitors safe.