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Out in the World: OutRight appoints Sjödin new executive director

August 11, 2022

OutRight Action International has officially announced that Maria Sjödin is the international LGBTQ organization's new executive director.

Out in the World: Ugandan LGBTQ umbrella group ordered to cease operations

by Heather Cassell
Aug 11, 2022

Ugandan authorities denied registration of Uganda's leading LGBTQ rights organization last week, calling it an "illegal entity."

Political Notebook: Trans dad seeks Oakland school board seat

by Matthew S. Bajko
Aug 10, 2022

Oakland resident Nick Resnick, a married father of two sons, is vying for a seat on the school board that oversees the Oakland Unified School District.

News Briefs: Peralta colleges offer incentives for fall semester

by Cynthia Laird
Aug 10, 2022

Laney College in Oakland and College of Alameda, both part of the Peralta Community College District, are offering incentives for students for the fall semester.

Transmissions: How do you tell you are transgender?

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Aug 10, 2022

If one goes looking, they can find plenty of online quizzes and tests that will supposedly tell them just how transgender they are.

LGBTQ Agenda: Southern groups help LGBTQ kids as schools begin new year

by Eric Burkett
Aug 10, 2022

When some LGBTQ kids go back to school in various Southern states this year at the end of their summer breaks, they may find support in a surprisingly intimate little detail. Handwritten notes of encouragement. From strangers.

News Briefs: B.A.R.'s Besties voting is now underway

by Cynthia Laird
Aug 9, 2022

Voting is open for the Bay Area Reporter's readers' poll known as the Besties.

Out in the World: LGBTQ Azerbaijani activists angered by lenient sentence in gay journalist's murder

by Heather Cassell
Aug 5, 2022

LGBTQ activists in Azerbaijan are angered that the Baku Court of Grave Crimes gave the lightest sentence possible to the man convicted of the murder of a prominent Azerbaijani gay activist and journalist.

LGBTQ Agenda: InterACT hails HHS intersex rule proposal for ACA

by Eric Burkett
Aug 2, 2022

It was an announcement Maddie Moran, and countless others like them, had waited a long time to hear.

Transmissions: Double nickel

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Jul 27, 2022

I recently had a momentous birthday, reaching 20 years past the age I expected myself to be dead.

News Briefs: SF library to screen 'AIDS Diva' doc

by Cynthia Laird
Jul 27, 2022

The San Francisco Public Library will screen "AIDS Diva: The Legend of Connie Norman" Saturday, July 30, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Koret Auditorium at the main branch, 100 Larkin Street.

Out in the World: Russia's top tennis star comes out as lesbian

by Heather Cassell
Jul 22, 2022

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

Political Notes: Oakland leaders push repealing CA's 'zombie' same-sex marriage ban

by Matthew S. Bajko
Jul 22, 2022

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.

News Briefs: B.A.R. Besties nominations now open

by Cynthia Laird
Jul 20, 2022

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

Political Notes: East Bay LGBTQ Dems to revote on endorsing out Assembly, supervisor candidates

by Matthew S. Bajko
Jul 18, 2022

The East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club will vote for a second time on endorsing in two high-profile races featuring out candidates. In both cases, the outcome of the contests in November could be historic.

News :: News Columns

Out in the World: OutRight appoints Sjödin new executive director

Out in the World: Ugandan LGBTQ umbrella group ordered to cease operations

Political Notebook: Trans dad seeks Oakland school board seat

News Briefs: Peralta colleges offer incentives for fall semester

Transmissions: How do you tell you are transgender?

LGBTQ Agenda: Southern groups help LGBTQ kids as schools begin new year

News Briefs: B.A.R.'s Besties voting is now underway

Out in the World: LGBTQ Azerbaijani activists angered by lenient sentence in gay journalist's murder

LGBTQ Agenda: InterACT hails HHS intersex rule proposal for ACA

Transmissions: Double nickel

News Briefs: SF library to screen 'AIDS Diva' doc

Out in the World: Russia's top tennis star comes out as lesbian

Political Notes: Oakland leaders push repealing CA's 'zombie' same-sex marriage ban

News Briefs: B.A.R. Besties nominations now open

Political Notes: East Bay LGBTQ Dems to revote on endorsing out Assembly, supervisor candidates

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