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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."

Political Notes: Majority of CA trial courts lack LGBTQ judges

Political Notes: Majority of CA trial courts lack LGBTQ judges

For more than a decade California's courts have been required to release sexual orientation and gender identity demographic data on judges in an effort to help diversify the bench.

Political Notebook: SF gay GOP leader opposes changing city park name

Political Notebook: SF gay GOP leader opposes changing city park name

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 1, 2023

The president of a group for LGBTQ Republicans has come out in opposition to changing the name of a San Francisco park site that honors the city's last GOP leader to be elected mayor.

SF Gay Softball League celebrates 50 years of breaking barriers

SF Gay Softball League celebrates 50 years of breaking barriers

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 1, 2023

The San Francisco Gay Softball League is celebrating 50 years of uniting the LGBTQ and athletic communities.

Editorial: LGBTQs needed on homeless panel

Editorial: LGBTQs needed on homeless panel

  • NEWS
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 1, 2023

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has had a mixed record on appointments, particularly when it comes to the LGBTQ community.