Palm Springs City Councilmember Lisa Middleton is hoping to become the first trans member of the California Legislature in her bid for the 19th District state Senate seat.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I told my team to pause everything we were working on to focus on providing whatever direct services we could to our community.

What began as an Easter weekend getaway ended as a traumatizing, unsolved battery at a widely-known gay resort in the North Bay.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a resolution urging District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to "release police reports, witness accounts and video information" in the death of Banko Brown.

Discrimination, physical harm, and conversion therapy correspond to suicide risk, the results of a Trevor Project survey of tens of thousands of LGBTQ young people show.

With little fanfare and hardly any public comment, a San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee on Monday advanced an amendment that would see the fixed orchestra seating remain in place at the Castro Theatre.

An Arab American attorney was unanimously recommended by a San Francisco supervisors' panel for a seat on the city's ethics commission, likely bringing an end to the service of a gay man who has served on an interim basis for the last two years.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins told the Bay Area Reporter the community should trust her decision not to charge the person implicated in the killing of Banko Brown.

A bill requiring California teachers receive LGBTQ cultural competency training is once again running into fiscal concerns in light of the state's growing budget deficit.

Terrance Alan, president of the Castro Merchants Association, was ousted Thursday in a leadership shakeup following a tense meeting that saw tempers flare and even threats of a lawsuit.

Two gay California lawmakers have told the Bay Area Reporter they plan to introduce legislation to address the issues impeding efforts to collect LGBTQ health data as detailed in a damning report by the state's auditor.

A celebration of life for the 20-year-old bisexual transit advocate and Twitter employee gunned down in San Francisco three years ago will be held Saturday.

San Francisco Pride will be taking donations on the parade route for the first time because the committee that runs the annual event is strapped for cash.

With transgender issues a flashpoint in the country's political discourse, as statehouses rollback rights for trans people, especially youth, the San Francisco Republican Party is taking a more active role in the debate.