A majority of U.S. voters set aside all evidence of Republican nominee Donald Trump's mental decline, adoration of dictators, criminal convictions, and hostility to the U.S. Constitution and gave him a decisive victory November 5.
Among the West Coast U.S. House races being watched by LGBTQ politicos, a queer former Oakland resident has won a Washington State seat while a gay former federal prosecutor is close to flipping a Southern California seat into the Democrats' column.
Running unopposed on Tuesday's ballot, gay San Francisco Treasurer-Tax Collector José Cisneros cakewalked into a historic sixth term in his citywide municipal elected position.
In less than 24 hours Election Day will arrive, and with it comes a number of races across California that LGBTQ political watchers will be following closely.
"The Book of Awesome Queer Heroes: How the LGBTQ+ Community Changed the World for the Better" will make a wonderful addition to any bookshelf, especially one that may be missing a breadth of inspirational queer virtuosos from across the ages.
An immediate past board co-chair of LGBTQ senior services provider Openhouse has stepped down to take on the position of interim executive director of the San Francisco-based agency.
A group that is working to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price is also urging voters to reject California's Proposition 3, which would remove language prohibiting same-sex marriage from the state constitution.
Without any comment or even mentioning his name, the San Jose City Council's Rules and Open Government Committee killed a request October 30 for an extended absence by embattled gay councilmember Omar Torres.
San Francisco voters will be electing the treasurer-tax collector, city attorney, and sheriff on the November ballot. We recommend all three incumbents.
Four years ago, bisexual South San Francisco City Councilmember James Coleman shocked his city's political establishment by defeating the city's then mayor for the newly created District 4 seat on the governing body.
In the last week of an otherwise divisive struggle for San Francisco mayor, all five major candidates appeared together alongside elected officials and the city's business community to advocate for Proposition M to pass on November 5.