Patrick Carney, left, was congratulated by San Francisco Mayor London Breed July 20, following his swearing in to a seat on the city's arts commission.

World Health Organization director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared July 23 that monkeypox is a public health emergency of international concern — the global agency's highest level of alarm — as cases continue to rise steeply.

A proposal to allow the San Francisco Police Department to make use of non-city owned surveillance cameras had its third hearing by the Board of Supervisors' Rules Committee Monday, and there will be a fourth meeting in September.

Top Russian tennis star Daria Kasatkina came out as a lesbian in a July 18 interview with a Russian vlogger.

Two Oakland city councilmembers have authored a resolution calling on state lawmakers to bring to the voters a repeal of California's 'zombie' same-sex marriage ban known as Proposition 8.

Meet artist, designer, photographer and actor Fayette Hauser, one of the few female co-founders of the Cockettes, the 1969-72 experimental SF performance troupe known for eye-popping costumes, glittery beards, and sexy musicals some called anarchic.

Even as the SF health department unveiled expanded monkeypox vaccine eligibility, it came under criticism from a Board of Supervisors committee for communications failures and its drop-in vaccine clinic that has left people waiting in line for hours.

After 50 years in the same Berkeley location, Pacific Center for Human Growth — the oldest LGBTQ mental health and community center in the Bay Area and the third oldest in the country — must move after the building was sold.

The Nasser family, which owns the Castro Theatre, has publicly criticized one of the groups that formed to see that the new management company preserves the space.

Nominations for the LGBTQ community's favorite people, places, and things are now open in the Bay Area Reporter's Besties readers' poll.

A new book, "Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington," is an exhaustive recounting of homosexuality in the federal government, organized by presidencies starting with Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration and extending through Bill Clinton.

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner has been locked up in a Russian jail since February, when she was detained at an airport in the country after authorities allegedly found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage.

The sign that welcomed visitors to Wakefield, Nebraska said Pop. 1,030. The town's size didn't vary in all the years I lived there. It was a close-knit community linked by culture, economy, religion, and blood.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced two new LGBTQ appointees to her growing management team and conducted a get-acquainted walking tour of Castro businesses with gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman Tuesday.