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Guest Opinion: Hope, inclusion needed now more than ever

Guest Opinion: Hope, inclusion needed now more than ever

  • NEWS
  • by Toni G. Atkins
  • Jul 12, 2023

Growing up in southwestern Virginia, in a family so poor our home had no running water, it shouldn't come as a surprise that I never had an LGBTQ+ role model to turn to or to emulate as I tried to understand who I was.

Political Notebook: Gay SF BART director Dufty won't seek reelection

Political Notebook: Gay SF BART director Dufty won't seek reelection

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jul 12, 2023

The board that oversees the regional transit agency BART will be losing at least one of its current three out members at the end of 2024.

News Briefs: Interactive queer health exhibit launches in South Bay

News Briefs: Interactive queer health exhibit launches in South Bay

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jul 12, 2023

A new interactive exhibit about queer health is launching this weekend in San Jose, with two more viewings coming up in other South Bay cities.

Editorial: 6th Circuit deals a blow to trans kids

Editorial: 6th Circuit deals a blow to trans kids

  • NEWS
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jul 12, 2023

The hammer came down on trans kids with a 2-1 decision by a panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that allows a state ban in Tennessee to go into effect.

Transmissions: Casa Susanna and the mists of time

Transmissions: Casa Susanna and the mists of time

The trans community has a long history, but all too often, the archives are buried, hidden behind the firmest of closet doors, and under threat of being forever lost.

Castro shop sending LGBTQ books to red states

Castro shop sending LGBTQ books to red states

  • BOOKS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 11, 2023

A Castro neighborhood bookstore is doing its part to fight homophobic and transphobic book bans by sending boxes of books with LGBTQ themes to organizations in conservative areas.

Beaux staff to take over shuttered Harvey's space

Beaux staff to take over shuttered Harvey's space

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 11, 2023

The bar and nightclub set to open next summer in the old Harvey's restaurant space at Castro and 18th streets will undergo a complete overhaul and expansion into a vacant adjacent retail space, according to one of the new leaseholders.

LGBTQ Agenda: HIV-positive trans woman sues after solitary confinement

LGBTQ Agenda: HIV-positive trans woman sues after solitary confinement

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 11, 2023

A transgender woman is suing the director of the Missouri Department of Corrections and several staff, alleging that she was placed in solitary confinement for six years because of her HIV status after she was "violently assaulted," according to the suit.

Panel confirms out CA appellate justices Earl, Martinez

Panel confirms out CA appellate justices Earl, Martinez

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jul 10, 2023

A judicial review panel has confirmed another gay man to serve on the state's appellate courts and elevated a lesbian appeal court justice to preside over her bench.

Mass arrest of teens follows chaos near SF's Dolores Park

Mass arrest of teens follows chaos near SF's Dolores Park

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 10, 2023

Over 100 people were arrested near Mission Dolores Park on Saturday after what San Francisco police characterized as a "riot" following chaos at the annual "hill bomb" skateboard event down Dolores Street.

Political Notes: Atkins makes historic turn as acting CA governor

Political Notes: Atkins makes historic turn as acting CA governor

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jul 10, 2023

Lesbian state Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) has once again made political history in California.

After B.A.R. inquiry, SF removes Lech Walesa street name

After B.A.R. inquiry, SF removes Lech Walesa street name

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jul 7, 2023

Back in 2014, San Francisco officials approved renaming an alley near City Hall as Dr. Tom Waddell Place instead of Lech Walesa Street due to the former Polish president's homophobic and transphobic comments.

Discovery woes may cause further delays in gay Oakland murder case

Discovery woes may cause further delays in gay Oakland murder case

  • CRIME
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 7, 2023

The attorney defending the UC Berkeley employee charged in the killing of a Black gay man in Oakland earlier this year said outstanding discovery in the case may lead to further delays.

Out in the World: Report finds global LGBTQ activists observe Pride in the face of growing attacks

Out in the World: Report finds global LGBTQ activists observe Pride in the face of growing attacks

  • NEWS
  • by Heather Cassell
  • Jul 6, 2023

While Pride Month in much of the U.S. results in jovial LGBTQ street celebrations throughout June, in many parts of the world Pride remains a protest — at times a dangerous demonstration where LGBTQ people demanding to live openly and freely are attacked.