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As SF moves to end travel ban, gay legislator stands by state policy

As SF moves to end travel ban, gay legislator stands by state policy

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  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 8, 2023

With San Francisco officials moving to repeal their restriction on taxpayer-funded travel to conservative states, the author of California's travel ban policy has no plans to follow suit.

Some STIs down in SF last year

Some STIs down in SF last year

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  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 8, 2023

Rates of some sexually transmitted infections in San Francisco declined slightly in 2022, according to year-end numbers released by the city's Department of Public Health.

News Briefs: 'Saints' to raise money for SF Sisters

News Briefs: 'Saints' to raise money for SF Sisters

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  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 8, 2023

People who have been "sainted" by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for their good works and community service over the years will band together to help the San Francisco chapter of drag nuns with a fundraiser Sunday, March 19.

Guest Opinion: It's time for Chapter 12X to go

Guest Opinion: It's time for Chapter 12X to go

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  • by Rafael Mandelman
  • Mar 8, 2023

By the time the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that the fundamental right to marriage is guaranteed to same-sex couples, many of us in San Francisco's queer community were ready to move on to the next frontier in the fight for LGBTQ equality.

Police say no evidence of hate crime in Oakland stabbing death

Police say no evidence of hate crime in Oakland stabbing death

Oakland police are investigating the stabbing death of a man but said there is no evidence yet that it was a hate crime.

Political Notebook: SF supervisors reject mayoral historic panel nominee

Political Notebook: SF supervisors reject mayoral historic panel nominee

A mayoral appointee to the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission was rejected Tuesday by a majority of the city's supervisors, who cited her lack of qualifications to serve in the historian seat on the oversight body as the reason.

New Castro boutique and social club denies nuisance complaint

New Castro boutique and social club denies nuisance complaint

A new boutique and social club that opened in the LGBTQ Castro neighborhood last December is now the subject of a nuisance complaint to the San Francisco Planning Department.

NCLR's Minter begins cleaning up after tornado hits Texas home

NCLR's Minter begins cleaning up after tornado hits Texas home

National Center for Lesbian Rights legal director Shannon Minter and his family have begun the arduous process of cleaning up after a tornado ripped through their rural Texas home last week.

LGBTQ Agenda: Bad week for equality sees ban on trans health care, doubts on drag shows

LGBTQ Agenda: Bad week for equality sees ban on trans health care, doubts on drag shows

It's been a tough several days in Mississippi and Tennessee, which saw anti-LGBTQ bills signed into law targeting gender-affirming health care.

With queer historians interested, SF supes face calls to reject mayor's pick for historic panel

With queer historians interested, SF supes face calls to reject mayor's pick for historic panel

San Francisco supervisors are facing calls to reject a mayoral appointee to the city's Historic Preservation Commission over questions about her qualifications to serve in a seat designated for a historian.

Friends rally around NCLR's Minter after tornado damages Texas home

Friends rally around NCLR's Minter after tornado damages Texas home

Friends and colleagues of the National Center for Lesbian Rights' longtime legal director are rallying around him and his family after a tornado severely damaged their Texas home Thursday.

Castro Merchants back lesbian tech confab — with conditions

Castro Merchants back lesbian tech confab — with conditions

After bitterly criticizing last year's Lesbians Who Tech and Allies' confab in the Castro, the merchants association decided Thursday to back the group's return to the LGBTQ neighborhood this fall — with conditions.

Trans former bishop sues Lutheran church, alleging harassment

Trans former bishop sues Lutheran church, alleging harassment

The first openly transgender bishop in a major Christian denomination in the United States has filed a federal lawsuit alleging he was demeaned, harassed, defamed, and eventually pushed out of the Lutheran Church's Sierra Pacific Synod.

Jimmy Carter's nephew had tragic connection with Oakland gay couple

Jimmy Carter's nephew had tragic connection with Oakland gay couple

Former President Jimmy Carter's closest connection to the San Francisco Bay Area may have been his nephew, William Carter Spann, who called himself the "Bad Peanut."