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Repeal of Prop 8 same-sex marriage ban language heads to California ballot in 2024

Repeal of Prop 8 same-sex marriage ban language heads to California ballot in 2024

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jul 13, 2023

A repeal measure of language defining marriage as between a man and a woman embedded in the state constitution will go before California voters in 2024.

Castro's Q Bar reveals opening timeline as other businesses remain shuttered

Castro's Q Bar reveals opening timeline as other businesses remain shuttered

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 13, 2023

A Castro neighborhood bar that'd been closed for years will be reopening in September after it passed its final inspection.

Business Briefing: Wine purveyors uncork joviality in SF SOMA district

Business Briefing: Wine purveyors uncork joviality in SF SOMA district

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jul 12, 2023

Sommeliers and friends Cara Patricia and Simi Grewal opened their wine bar and shop DECANTsf in San Francisco's South of Market district on May 1, 2019.

Appointment of former SF supervisor Leal made history 30 years ago

Appointment of former SF supervisor Leal made history 30 years ago

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jul 12, 2023

The historic appointment of San Francisco's first — and so far only — Latina lesbian supervisor was put in motion after then-President Bill Clinton nominated another lesbian supervisor, Roberta Achtenberg, to a top administration post in 1993.

Drag claims 1st Amendment wins in Florida, Utah

Drag claims 1st Amendment wins in Florida, Utah

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 12, 2023

The federal courts have given preliminary victories to the drag community in recent weeks in separate lawsuits against a Utah city and the state of Florida where judges ruled their anti-drag moves violate the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Guest Opinion: Hope, inclusion needed now more than ever

Guest Opinion: Hope, inclusion needed now more than ever

  • by Toni G. Atkins
  • Jul 12, 2023

Growing up in southwestern Virginia, in a family so poor our home had no running water, it shouldn't come as a surprise that I never had an LGBTQ+ role model to turn to or to emulate as I tried to understand who I was.

Political Notebook: Gay SF BART director Dufty won't seek reelection

Political Notebook: Gay SF BART director Dufty won't seek reelection

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jul 12, 2023

The board that oversees the regional transit agency BART will be losing at least one of its current three out members at the end of 2024.

News Briefs: Interactive queer health exhibit launches in South Bay

News Briefs: Interactive queer health exhibit launches in South Bay

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jul 12, 2023

A new interactive exhibit about queer health is launching this weekend in San Jose, with two more viewings coming up in other South Bay cities.

Editorial: 6th Circuit deals a blow to trans kids

Editorial: 6th Circuit deals a blow to trans kids

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jul 12, 2023

The hammer came down on trans kids with a 2-1 decision by a panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that allows a state ban in Tennessee to go into effect.

Transmissions: Casa Susanna and the mists of time

Transmissions: Casa Susanna and the mists of time

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Jul 12, 2023

The trans community has a long history, but all too often, the archives are buried, hidden behind the firmest of closet doors, and under threat of being forever lost.

Castro shop sending LGBTQ books to red states

Castro shop sending LGBTQ books to red states

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 11, 2023

A Castro neighborhood bookstore is doing its part to fight homophobic and transphobic book bans by sending boxes of books with LGBTQ themes to organizations in conservative areas.

Beaux staff to take over shuttered Harvey's space

Beaux staff to take over shuttered Harvey's space

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 11, 2023

The bar and nightclub set to open next summer in the old Harvey's restaurant space at Castro and 18th streets will undergo a complete overhaul and expansion into a vacant adjacent retail space, according to one of the new leaseholders.

LGBTQ Agenda: HIV-positive trans woman sues after solitary confinement

LGBTQ Agenda: HIV-positive trans woman sues after solitary confinement

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 11, 2023

A transgender woman is suing the director of the Missouri Department of Corrections and several staff, alleging that she was placed in solitary confinement for six years because of her HIV status after she was "violently assaulted," according to the suit.

Panel confirms out CA appellate justices Earl, Martinez

Panel confirms out CA appellate justices Earl, Martinez

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jul 10, 2023

A judicial review panel has confirmed another gay man to serve on the state's appellate courts and elevated a lesbian appeal court justice to preside over her bench.