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Out in the World: India's Supreme Court sends same-sex marriage case to Constitution Bench

Out in the World: India's Supreme Court sends same-sex marriage case to Constitution Bench

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 15, 2023

India's Supreme Court on March 13 sent the country's consolidated same-sex marriage case to a five-judge Constitution Bench.

LGBTQ Agenda: 22 AGs ask CDC to make new PrEP billing code to avoid erroneous copays

LGBTQ Agenda: 22 AGs ask CDC to make new PrEP billing code to avoid erroneous copays

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 14, 2023

Attorneys general from 21 states, including California, and the District of Columbia, signed on to a letter to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee asking it to create a new diagnostic code for PrEP to ensure clear billing.

Political Notes: CA LGBTQ 2024 US House races begin to take shape

Political Notes: CA LGBTQ 2024 US House races begin to take shape

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 13, 2023

With less than a year until the 2024 primary election in California, the U.S. House races in the state with LGBTQ candidates are beginning to come into focus.

Transmissions: An alchemist's passing

Transmissions: An alchemist's passing

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Mar 8, 2023

In 1994, when dinosaurs still roamed the Cretaceous Earth, I was but a budding trans woman. I was still largely trying to find where I fit in this thing called "transgender," and fighting through a mountain full of shame and guilt over who I was.

Business Briefing: Desert flora inspires SF-based skincare line hault

Business Briefing: Desert flora inspires SF-based skincare line hault

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 8, 2023

Over the years San Francisco resident Brian Diethorn has found visits to Joshua Tree National Park straddling the Colorado and Mojave deserts and to Palm Springs in the Coachella Valley to be rejuvenating destinations.

News Briefs: 'Saints' to raise money for SF Sisters

News Briefs: 'Saints' to raise money for SF Sisters

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 8, 2023

People who have been "sainted" by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for their good works and community service over the years will band together to help the San Francisco chapter of drag nuns with a fundraiser Sunday, March 19.

Political Notebook: SF supervisors reject mayoral historic panel nominee

Political Notebook: SF supervisors reject mayoral historic panel nominee

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 7, 2023

A mayoral appointee to the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission was rejected Tuesday by a majority of the city's supervisors, who cited her lack of qualifications to serve in the historian seat on the oversight body as the reason.

LGBTQ Agenda: Bad week for equality sees ban on trans health care, doubts on drag shows

LGBTQ Agenda: Bad week for equality sees ban on trans health care, doubts on drag shows

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 7, 2023

It's been a tough several days in Mississippi and Tennessee, which saw anti-LGBTQ bills signed into law targeting gender-affirming health care.

Political Notes: Majority of CA trial courts lack LGBTQ judges

Political Notes: Majority of CA trial courts lack LGBTQ judges

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 2, 2023

For more than a decade California's courts have been required to release sexual orientation and gender identity demographic data on judges in an effort to help diversify the bench.

Political Notebook: SF gay GOP leader opposes changing city park name

Political Notebook: SF gay GOP leader opposes changing city park name

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 1, 2023

The president of a group for LGBTQ Republicans has come out in opposition to changing the name of a San Francisco park site that honors the city's last GOP leader to be elected mayor.

News Briefs: Congressional resolution honors Black LGBTQs

News Briefs: Congressional resolution honors Black LGBTQs

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 1, 2023

A resolution authored by Congressmember Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) and two gay House members honored Black LGBTQ Americans as Black History Month came to a close.

Out in the World: LGBTQ, ally immigration advocates protest Biden's proposed asylum policy

Out in the World: LGBTQ, ally immigration advocates protest Biden's proposed asylum policy

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 1, 2023

LGBTQ immigration advocates joined Democratic congressmembers in expressing disappointment in the Biden administration's decision to abandon its proposed immigration changes and instead pivot to Trump-style asylum rules in the face of legal challenges.

LGBTQ Agenda: Survey says bisexuals make up most of the rainbow umbrella

LGBTQ Agenda: Survey says bisexuals make up most of the rainbow umbrella

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 28, 2023

The percentage of American adults self-reporting as non-heterosexuals remained steady last year — and almost three-fifths of those are bisexual, a Gallup survey found.

Political Notebook: 16 seek SF drag laureate post

Political Notebook: 16 seek SF drag laureate post

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 24, 2023

Sixteen applicants are seeking to become San Francisco's inaugural drag laureate. City Hall officials expect the person to be announced this spring, well ahead of Pride Month in June.