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News Briefs: SF rally to recall 1973 Coors beer boycott

News Briefs: SF rally to recall 1973 Coors beer boycott

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 12, 2024

A rally will mark the 51st anniversary of the Coors beer boycott Saturday, June 22, from 4 to 5 p.m. at Market and Castro streets in San Francisco's LGBTQ neighborhood.

Rally held for HIV/AIDS funding

Rally held for HIV/AIDS funding

  • by BAR staff
  • Jun 12, 2024

HIV activists, many from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, and their supporters held a march and rally Friday, June 7, to call attention to their HIV community budget proposal.

SF fog welcomes pink triangle

SF fog welcomes pink triangle

  • by BAR staff
  • Jun 12, 2024

San Francisco's famous fog made for a drizzly pink triangle installation ceremony June 8, but the show went on.

Political Notebook: San Francisco declares itself a transgender sanctuary city

Political Notebook: San Francisco declares itself a transgender sanctuary city

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jun 12, 2024

San Francisco supervisors have officially designated the city as a sanctuary for transgender and other gender-nonconforming individuals.

Obituaries: James ("Jim," "Jimmy," "Jimmie") Charles Johnson

Obituaries: James ("Jim," "Jimmy," "Jimmie") Charles Johnson

  • by BAR staff
  • Jun 12, 2024

The obituary for the Reverend James Charles Johnson, who was a swing and tap dancer and worked at a variety of companies.

Transmissions: Frustrated by Biden's Pride proclamation

Transmissions: Frustrated by Biden's Pride proclamation

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Jun 12, 2024

While President Joe Biden has issued a Pride Month proclamation and has done things to help the LGBTQ community, there is still frustration, especially compared to when Biden served as vice president.

Obituaries: William (Bill) Aro Hill

Obituaries: William (Bill) Aro Hill

  • Jun 12, 2024

The obituary for William (Bill) Aro Hill, who worked with gay rights pioneer Harry Hay.

Obituaries: James Edward Riffe

Obituaries: James Edward Riffe

  • Jun 12, 2024

The obituary for James Edward Riffe, who was better known by his alter ego, Strange de Jim.

Funeral services for Michelle Henry announced

Funeral services for Michelle Henry announced

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jun 11, 2024

A transgender San Francisco woman who was killed last month will be mourned with funeral services and other events in the city later this week.

Debra Walker confirmed for SF police commission

Debra Walker confirmed for SF police commission

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 11, 2024

Debra Walker, a lesbian who served on the San Francisco Police Commission for nearly two years before her term expired, won reappointment after being confirmed by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

New mascot, same Besties as balloting starts

New mascot, same Besties as balloting starts

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 11, 2024

The Bay Area Reporter has kicked off balloting for its annual LGBTQ Best of the Bay readers' poll and the paper has a new mascot — the image of a Wild Parrot of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco's official animal.

LGBTQ Agenda: Companies working on lifting restrictions on HIV-positive people in clinical trials

LGBTQ Agenda: Companies working on lifting restrictions on HIV-positive people in clinical trials

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jun 11, 2024

A nonprofit organization is working on getting health care companies to drop restrictions preventing people who are HIV-positive or who are on PrEP from participating in some clinical trials, such as studies that focus on treating cancer.

SF DA didn't abuse discretion in Banko Brown case, AG finds

SF DA didn't abuse discretion in Banko Brown case, AG finds

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jun 10, 2024

An investigation by the AG's office found that San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins didn't abuse her prosecutorial discretion in declining to file charges against the Walgreens security guard who killed an unarmed Black trans man last year.

Out in the World: US imposes visa restrictions on some of Georgia's leaders following anti-LGBTQ legislation

Out in the World: US imposes visa restrictions on some of Georgia's leaders following anti-LGBTQ legislation

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Jun 10, 2024

The United States struck back against Georgia's Dream Party's "Russian-styled" anti-LGBTQ legislative assault last week with its first round of visa restrictions earlier this month.