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SF mayoral hopefuls detail LGBTQ senior housing plans

SF mayoral hopefuls detail LGBTQ senior housing plans

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 28, 2024

With San Francisco's LGBTQ residents rapidly progressing to their golden years, housing specific to their cultural needs is expected to be in high demand.

Political Notebook: Gay Pinole Councilmember Murphy faces contested election

Political Notebook: Gay Pinole Councilmember Murphy faces contested election

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 28, 2024

Four years ago when he sought his City Council seat, gay Pinole resident Devin Murphy was facing the prospect of having to campaign amid the COVID pandemic when most in-person activities were curtailed.

Trans district accelerator clients graduate

Trans district accelerator clients graduate

  • by BAR staff
  • Aug 28, 2024

It was a celebratory night at San Francisco's Strand Theater August 22 when 12 of the 14 participants of the Transgender District's Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program graduated during a small ceremony and presented their ideas for future enterprises.

Guest Opinion: Support Prop B: Crucial investments in the LGBTQ+ community

Guest Opinion: Support Prop B: Crucial investments in the LGBTQ+ community

  • by Brian Springfield, Jeffrey Kwong, Mawuli Tugbenyoh, and Olivia Parker
  • Aug 28, 2024

San Francisco stands as a beacon of diversity and inclusion, largely due to its vibrant and resilient LGBTQ+ community.

Editorial: Stop hiding same-sex couples

Editorial: Stop hiding same-sex couples

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Aug 28, 2024

The B.A.R. editorial board was surprised to see a heterosexual couple featured as the lead image on the Yes on 3 campaign site. The state proposition aims to remove the anti-same-sex language from the old Prop 8 that remains in the constitution.

Book chronicles rise of gay Republicans

Book chronicles rise of gay Republicans

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Aug 28, 2024

From the get-go, Neil J. Young's "Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right" makes it manifestly clear that gay Republicans face condemnation both from the queer community and their own political party, which never has fully accepted them.

Obituaries: Erik Butterfield

Obituaries: Erik Butterfield

  • by BAR staff
  • Aug 28, 2024

The obituary for Erik Butterfield, who brought light and joy to all who knew him.

Legislator shelves bill due to CA trans health care website debut

Legislator shelves bill due to CA trans health care website debut

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 28, 2024

A state legislator this week shelved her bill calling for California health officials to create a website with health care resources for transgender, gender diverse, and intersex (TGI) people and their families.

Campaign to protect same-sex marriage website removes opposite-sex couple as lead image

Campaign to protect same-sex marriage website removes opposite-sex couple as lead image

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Aug 27, 2024

The website of the Freedom to Marry campaign to remove anti-same-sex marriage language from the state constitution prominently went live featuring a heterosexual-appearing couple as its main image.

LGBTQ Agenda: Last barriers to HIV-positive service members struck down

LGBTQ Agenda: Last barriers to HIV-positive service members struck down

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Aug 27, 2024

The final categorical disqualification preventing people with HIV from joining the military was struck down August 20, thanks to Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and a federal judge.

Out in the World: LGBTQ Bulgarian and EU activists call for sanctions against country's anti-gay law

Out in the World: LGBTQ Bulgarian and EU activists call for sanctions against country's anti-gay law

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Aug 26, 2024

Calls for Bulgarian President Rumen Radev's resignation and for the European Union to impose sanctions on the Balkan country are growing after he signed new anti-LGBTQ amendments to the country's education article into law.

Political Notes: Gay men seek Cathedral City council seat

Political Notes: Gay men seek Cathedral City council seat

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 26, 2024

Two gay Cathedral City residents are vying this fall to oust from office City Councilmember Rita Lamb.

Let's Fight the Tobacco/Vape Industry Together for Our Families and Queer Community

Let's Fight the Tobacco/Vape Industry Together for Our Families and Queer Community

  • by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
  • Aug 23, 2024

I am a single (gay) father. My daughter never had the chance to meet her grandfather who died two years before she was born.

Bay Area's own Kamala Harris accepts Dem nomination for president

Bay Area's own Kamala Harris accepts Dem nomination for president

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Aug 23, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris reintroduced herself to the American people as a daughter of the Bay Area and defender of the country's values as she accepted the Democratic nomination for president at the closing day of the party's convention in Chicago.