Bay Area Reporter :: Commentary News

Guest Opinion: Liberal status quo brought us to this moment

June 29, 2022 | by Andrew Kelly

Without a doubt, the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling overturning Roe v. Wade's right to abortion will go down as one of the most egregious abuses of judicial authority in our country's history.

Transmissions: Standing up in a post-Roe world

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Jun 29, 2022

I am sure you don't need me to tell you this: in a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which established constitutional protections for abortion, as part of a 6-3 decision to uphold an abortion ban in Mississippi.

Guest Opinion: Beyond the bubble: Pride in Israel from the North to the South

by Matan Zamir
Jun 22, 2022

Located at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea, Israel is internationally recognized as the LGBTQ+ capital of the Middle East.

Guest Opinion: LGBTQs ready for smoke-free bar patios this Pride

by Amaya Wooding
Jun 22, 2022

It's Pride 2022, and we are back in the streets to celebrate in-person again!

Transmissions: Predators, prey, and Pride

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Jun 15, 2022

Spurred on by a Twitter account known for its provocative nature, @libsoftiktok, a cadre of alleged Proud Boys members stormed into the San Lorenzo library in the East Bay June 11.

Transmissions: Living hell

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Jun 1, 2022

You would think that discussing a group of people who have literally hacked the code of their own bodies to present in their correct gender would be pretty fantastic, but transgender people are remarkably mundane.

Transmissions: This dichotomy we live in

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
May 18, 2022

The big trend in popular culture is the multiverse, as seen in films like "Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness" and "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

Transmissions: The real groomers

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
May 4, 2022

In Watertown, South Dakota, on April 25, Calvin Hillesland, a German teacher at Watertown High School, handed letters to four trans and nonbinary students.

Transmissions: Letters of hope amid the darkness

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Apr 20, 2022

Over the last few weeks, anti-transgender and general anti-LGBTQ animus has reached a fever pitch.

Transmissions: The other days

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Apr 6, 2022

In 2009, feeling a need for an event to balance the Transgender Day of Remembrance, the inaugural Transgender Day of Visibility was held.

Transmissions: We cannot rest easy

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Mar 9, 2022

I haven't been sleeping well lately, and it is largely Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott's fault.

Transmissions: Common ground

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Feb 23, 2022

By the time you read this column, Florida's House of Representatives may have already voted on House Bill 1557/Senate Bill 1834.

Guest Opinion: SFUSD management seeks to fire beloved queer mentor and math teacher

by John Lisovsky
Feb 18, 2022

The national teacher shortage has not spared San Francisco, which is seeing extreme difficulty filling teaching positions.

Transmissions: When a swimmer is not a swimmer

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Feb 9, 2022

Lia Thomas is a swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a transgender woman. The latter statement is currently jeopardizing the former.

Transmissions: The transition shower

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Jan 26, 2022

A friend of mine alerted me to a social media post from a woman named Becca Green, and I wanted to share it here. In it, Green shares a brilliant possibility.

News :: Commentary