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LGBTQ Agenda: US bishops' document on trans health care 'harms people,' queer Catholics say

LGBTQ Agenda: US bishops' document on trans health care 'harms people,' queer Catholics say

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 4, 2023

LGBTQ Roman Catholics are responding to a document from the United States bishops about how the church's health care services should respond to requests for gender-affirming care.

Peskin issues ultimatum to Another Planet on Castro Theatre

Peskin issues ultimatum to Another Planet on Castro Theatre

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 3, 2023

San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin handed down a powerful ultimatum to Another Planet Entertainment at a committee meeting Monday, saying that the Castro Theatre operator has two weeks to compromise with the community.

Drag artist Stefan Grygelko, aka Heklina, dies

Drag artist Stefan Grygelko, aka Heklina, dies

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Apr 3, 2023

Stefan Grygelko, better known as her drag persona Heklina, has died, her longtime friend Joshua Grannell (Peaches Christ) wrote on Facebook April 3.

Political Notes: CA 2024 LGBTQ legislative candidates pick up early endorsements

Political Notes: CA 2024 LGBTQ legislative candidates pick up early endorsements

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 3, 2023

A quintet of out candidates seeking California legislative seats in 2024 has picked up early endorsements from two influential LGBTQ groups in the Golden State.

Out in the World: US leads historic call for the UN Security Council to protect LGBTQ people

Out in the World: US leads historic call for the UN Security Council to protect LGBTQ people

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 31, 2023

The United States led a coalition of countries, along with the United Nations LGBTI Core Group, and called upon the U.N. Security Council to better integrate LGBTQ human rights under its international peace and security mandate.

Gay applicant loses bid for Alameda supervisor vacancy as Márquez selected

Gay applicant loses bid for Alameda supervisor vacancy as Márquez selected

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 30, 2023

Alameda County supervisors opted not to appoint a gay applicant to a vacancy on the board and instead selected one of the three straight women who had sought the appointment after an hourslong special meeting Thursday.

2 Castro business groups spar over theater as hearings near

2 Castro business groups spar over theater as hearings near

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 30, 2023

The Castro Community Benefit District is circulating a petition to neighborhood business owners asking them to support Another Planet Entertainment's plans for the Castro Theatre ahead of crucial city hearings in April.

Newsom names 3 LGBTQ appeal court nominees

Newsom names 3 LGBTQ appeal court nominees

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 30, 2023

Governor Gavin Newsom has nominated two gay men to serve on the state's appellate courts and moved to elevate a lesbian appeal court justice to preside over her bench.

CA Senate leader Atkins moves to end LGBTQ travel ban

CA Senate leader Atkins moves to end LGBTQ travel ban

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 29, 2023

Despite LGBTQ rights coming under attack in statehouses across the country, lesbian state Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins is moving to end the Golden State's ban on using taxpayer money for travel to 23 states that have passed anti-LGBTQ laws.

Editorial: Ugandan LGBTQs on edge over harsh bill

Editorial: Ugandan LGBTQs on edge over harsh bill

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 29, 2023

Ugandan lawmakers have passed a harsh anti-LGBTQ bill that President Yoweri Museveni has indicated he supports, and LGBTQ residents in the country are on edge.

CA family leave bills aim to benefit LGBTQ workers

CA family leave bills aim to benefit LGBTQ workers

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 29, 2023

When their friend goes in for gender-affirming surgery at a Bay Area health care facility in April, Fresno resident Kaede Coronado-Acuña has offered to drive them and help care for them post the procedure.

Guest Opinion: Time for trans people to stand up

Guest Opinion: Time for trans people to stand up

  • by Gabriel Haaland
  • Mar 29, 2023

This is the worst year in history for anti-trans and anti-drag legislation. Full stop.

News Briefs: Activists plan 'Drag Up, Fight Back' rally

News Briefs: Activists plan 'Drag Up, Fight Back' rally

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 29, 2023

Angered by the anti-trans and anti-drag hysteria that is being whipped up around the country, activists have planned a "Drag Up! Fight Back!" march and rally for Saturday, April 8, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in San Francisco over the Easter holiday weekend.

Youth march for trans rights in SF

Youth march for trans rights in SF

  • by BAR staff
  • Mar 29, 2023

Young people took to the streets Saturday, March 25, for a Youth 4 Trans Liberation March, which started at Turk and Taylor streets in the Tenderloin and ended outside San Francisco City Hall.