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San Jose LGBTQ nightclub vandalized just days after Pride

San Jose LGBTQ nightclub vandalized just days after Pride

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Aug 30, 2023

An LGBTQ nightclub in San Jose's Qmunity District was vandalized just days after Pride festivities in the South Bay city — leading to the bar being closed all day Tuesday, the owner said.

LGBTQ Agenda: Lara responds to report finding insurers making PrEP access more difficult

LGBTQ Agenda: Lara responds to report finding insurers making PrEP access more difficult

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Aug 29, 2023

Gay California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara's office is responding to a report showing how insurers prevent patients from using preventative care mandated under federal law, including PrEP.

Political Notes: Report details attacks on pro-LGBTQ school policies cloaked as 'parental rights'

Political Notes: Report details attacks on pro-LGBTQ school policies cloaked as 'parental rights'

  • NATIONAL
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 28, 2023

A new report has documented in stark detail how efforts to restrict what students learn and read about in schools have been sweeping across the country over the last two years.

Man charged with hate crime in Emeryville senior housing incident

Man charged with hate crime in Emeryville senior housing incident

The Alameda County District Attorney's office has charged a 64-year-old man with hate crime vandalism alleged to have happened in the lobby of a senior housing facility.

Prelim hearing date set in gay Oakland murder case after discovery woes resolved

Prelim hearing date set in gay Oakland murder case after discovery woes resolved

  • CRIME
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Aug 25, 2023

The attorney defending the UC Berkeley employee charged in the killing of a gay Black man in Oakland earlier this year said his problems receiving evidence from prosecutors are getting resolved.

Expert panel recommends all types of PrEP

Expert panel recommends all types of PrEP

  • NEWS
  • by Liz Highleyman
  • Aug 25, 2023

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a recommendation this week calling on health care providers to prescribe all approved PrEP options for people at increased risk for HIV.

First GOP debate sees trans youth attacked

First GOP debate sees trans youth attacked

  • NATIONAL
  • by Christopher Kane, Washington Blade
  • Aug 24, 2023

Among the non-economic issues discussed by the eight candidates who appeared on stage for the first Republican Party 2024 presidential primary debate, several spoke against allowing trans students to play on sports teams that match their gender identity.

Political Notebook: Housing, safe streets top of mind for Sunnyvale's Mehlinger

Political Notebook: Housing, safe streets top of mind for Sunnyvale's Mehlinger

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 23, 2023

Before he won his seat last November on the Sunnyvale City Council, Richard Mehlinger had been chair of the South Bay city's advisory body for bicycle and pedestrian issues.

Gay San Jose Councilmember Torres ready for Pride

Gay San Jose Councilmember Torres ready for Pride

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 23, 2023

Tuesday night gay San Jose City Councilmember Omar Torres raised the Progress Pride flag in the plaza in front of San Jose City Hall.

Rainbow flag exhibit returning to the Bay Area

Rainbow flag exhibit returning to the Bay Area

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Aug 23, 2023

An exhibit showing the worldwide impact of the rainbow flag is returning to the Bay Area in October.

Transmissions: Checkmate

Transmissions: Checkmate

  • NEWS
  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Aug 23, 2023

As we've all seen, the last few years have been chock full of attacks on transgender rights.

News Briefs: SF to hold 3rd trans immigrant symposium

News Briefs: SF to hold 3rd trans immigrant symposium

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Aug 23, 2023

Several organizations will co-host the third San Francisco Transgender Immigrant Symposium Friday, August 25, at Strut, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation's health center in the heart of the LGBTQ neighborhood at 470 Castro Street.

Guest Opinion: In 1980, South Bay voters adopted anti-LGBTQ ballot measures

Guest Opinion: In 1980, South Bay voters adopted anti-LGBTQ ballot measures

  • NEWS
  • by by Ken Yeager
  • Aug 23, 2023

When the gay rights movement was gaining steam across the country in 1977, Anita Bryant, a Miss America runner-up and Florida orange juice pitchwoman, entered the scene.

Editorial: Killed over a Pride flag

Editorial: Killed over a Pride flag

  • ANTI HATE
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Aug 23, 2023

In a shocking and horrific incident, a Southern California woman was shot to death because she had a rainbow flag flying outside her shop in Cedar Glen, a small town near Lake Arrowhead in Southern California.