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Editorial: Marriage is good but equality is better

Editorial: Marriage is good but equality is better

  • NEWS
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Dec 14, 2022

Don't get us wrong. President Joe Biden signing the Respect for Marriage Act Tuesday is a big deal.

Zbur pens LGBTQ teacher training bill

Zbur pens LGBTQ teacher training bill

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 14, 2022

Newly sworn-in gay Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur (D-West Hollywood) is making LGBTQ school issues a priority during his freshman year in the California Legislature.

Report details needs of LGBTQ families

Report details needs of LGBTQ families

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 14, 2022

A needs assessment of LGBTQ families conducted by a San Francisco-based nonprofit found that many are struggling with mental health issues and feel socially isolated.

Rapinoe inducted into CA Hall of Fame

Rapinoe inducted into CA Hall of Fame

  • NEWS
  • by BAR staff
  • Dec 14, 2022

Lesbian USA women's soccer champion Megan Rapinoe, right, receives her medal from Governor Gavin Newsom as she was inducted into the California Hall of Fame during a December 13 ceremony at the California Museum in Sacramento.

Political Notebook: Bay Area region's 1st gay Black mayors prioritize housing

Political Notebook: Bay Area region's 1st gay Black mayors prioritize housing

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 14, 2022

For the first two gay Black mayors in the greater Bay Area region, the need for more housing in their cities is a main issue they intend to tackle during their mayoralties.

Guest Opinion: It's fitting that Biden signed marriage bill into law

Guest Opinion: It's fitting that Biden signed marriage bill into law

  • NEWS
  • by William F. Wilson
  • Dec 14, 2022

On Tuesday, December 13, President Joe Biden signed into law the Respect for Marriage Act that has passed both the House and Senate.

SF Pulse memorial unveiled

SF Pulse memorial unveiled

  • NEWS
  • by BAR staff
  • Dec 14, 2022

A San Francisco memorial to the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida was unveiled at the LGBT Community Center december 7.

Analysis: Web designer's court case could gut LGBTQ rights

Analysis: Web designer's court case could gut LGBTQ rights

  • LEGAL
  • by Lisa Keen
  • Dec 14, 2022

There were times during the U.S. Supreme Court's oral argument in this session's highly significant LGBTQ case when some listeners might have thought they were hearing a modern day dramatic interpretation of the Mad Hatter's Tea Party.

News Briefs: B.A.R. recognized with press club awards

News Briefs: B.A.R. recognized with press club awards

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Dec 14, 2022

The Bay Area Reporter won several honors at the recent 45th annual San Francisco Press Club Awards, including first place in overall general excellence in the newspapers non-daily category for 2021.

Santa Skivvies run delights Castro

Santa Skivvies run delights Castro

  • NEWS
  • by BAR staff
  • Dec 14, 2022

The popular Santa Skivvies run took place december 11 in the Castro.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

  • NEWS
  • by BAR staff
  • Dec 14, 2022

A reader is disappointed that the Historic Preservation Commission postponed its vote on expanding landmarking for the Castro Theatre.

Transmissions: We are transgender

Transmissions: We are transgender

  • NEWS
  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Dec 14, 2022

Non-transgender people — whether through malicious, willful ignorance or an innocent lack of understanding — fail to grasp what I consider the most essential fact of trans lives: we do not become transgender, we are transgender.

FDA may allow more gay men to donate blood

FDA may allow more gay men to donate blood

Gay and bisexual men may soon be allowed to donate blood without a fixed period of sexual abstinence, the federal Food and Drug Administration announced late last month in response to a Wall Street Journal report about the policy change.

Tenderloin merchant group starts petition to demand tax refund over drug crisis

Tenderloin merchant group starts petition to demand tax refund over drug crisis

Some merchants in the Tenderloin want a refund of city taxes and fees because of their cost of doing business amid the crime and drug dealing on the neighborhood's streets.