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Gay San Jose Councilmember Torres ready for Pride

NEWS | August 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.

Man charged with hate crime in Emeryville senior housing incident

ANTI HATE
by John Ferrannini
Aug 25, 2023

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Obituaries: Stephen Merrell Jull-Patterson

NEWS
by BAR staff
Aug 23, 2023

The obituary for Stephen Merrell Jull-Patterson, who wrote and performed one-man shows and later moved to Alameda where he and his husband raised their four children.

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.

Obituaries: Jon Bush

NEWS
by BAR staff
Aug 23, 2023

The obituary for Jon Bush, who was an electronic music composer and longtime member of the dance music collective Moontribe.

Drag icon Sarria joins CA Hall of Fame

NEWS
by Matthew S. Bajko
Aug 22, 2023

The late drag queen José Julio Sarria, a gay Latino veteran who left a lasting impact on politics and the LGBTQ community, is now the second drag queen to be part of the California Hall of Fame.

LGBTQ Agenda: Gay Libertarian presidential candidate says he's running 'confident, aspirational' campaign

NEWS
by John Ferrannini
Aug 22, 2023

A gay Libertarian from Georgia is making waves in his run for his party's nomination for U.S. president — becoming the first-ever third-party candidate to speak at the Iowa State Fair Political Soapbox.

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