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Political Notes: Contra Costa County changes pronoun usage in documents

Political Notes: Contra Costa County changes pronoun usage in documents

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 23, 2024

Contra Costa County will be updating its main governing document to do away with using gender-specific pronouns throughout it.

Political Notebook: Talk turns to 2026 race for SF LGBTQ Castro supervisor seat

Political Notebook: Talk turns to 2026 race for SF LGBTQ Castro supervisor seat

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 18, 2024

In several weeks gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will know if he will wield the gavel at Board of Supervisors meetings during his remaining two years representing the city's LGBTQ Castro district and adjacent neighborhoods at City Hall.

LGBTQ Agenda: Activists, Speaker Johnson agree on KOSA free speech concerns

LGBTQ Agenda: Activists, Speaker Johnson agree on KOSA free speech concerns

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Dec 17, 2024

Activists fighting the Kids Online Safety Act — which passed the United States Senate earlier this year — have found an unlikely ally in House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), who said he, too, has free speech concerns with the bipartisan legislation.

Political Notes: Parker extends tenure at Victory Fund as search is ongoing for new CEO

Political Notes: Parker extends tenure at Victory Fund as search is ongoing for new CEO

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 12, 2024

Back in February, the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund announced President and CEO Annise Parker would retire as of December 1.

Business Briefing: Plant nursery takes root in San Francisco backyard

Business Briefing: Plant nursery takes root in San Francisco backyard

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 11, 2024

In the backyard of their house in San Francisco's Golden Gate Heights neighborhood, John Alexander and Jai Alltizer have sweeping views of the churning waters of the Pacific Ocean and the city's oceanside neighborhoods.

News Briefs: B.A.R. wins overall excellence from SF press club

News Briefs: B.A.R. wins overall excellence from SF press club

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Dec 11, 2024

The Bay Area Reporter took first place for overall excellence from the San Francisco Press Club's Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards.

Political Notebook: San Joaquin County to welcome gay mayor, council members

Political Notebook: San Joaquin County to welcome gay mayor, council members

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 11, 2024

San Joaquin County is set to welcome its first gay mayor to lead one of its eight cities and the first gay male city councilmembers in Stockton.

Transmissions: Gender outlaws once more

Transmissions: Gender outlaws once more

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Dec 11, 2024

In my formative high school years, as I tried to figure out what my life was all about, one set of three novels proved to be pivotal: "The Illuminatus! Trilogy" by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.

LGBTQ Agenda: Castro is No. 4 gayborhood of the year, Grindr states in year-end report

LGBTQ Agenda: Castro is No. 4 gayborhood of the year, Grindr states in year-end report

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Dec 10, 2024

San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro neighborhood is the fourth "gayest gayborhood of the year," according to "Grindr Unwrapped," the queer dating and meet-up app's year-end report.

Political Notes: Bay Area voters elect LGBTQ leaders to education posts

Political Notes: Bay Area voters elect LGBTQ leaders to education posts

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 9, 2024

Amid ongoing policy and legal fights over LGBTQ youth issues, voters around the Bay Area elected a number of out candidates to educational oversight bodies.

Out in the World: Protests erupt in Georgia over postponement of joining EU

Out in the World: Protests erupt in Georgia over postponement of joining EU

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Dec 6, 2024

Georgia has been rocked by an escalating political power struggle for its future for more than a week.

News Briefs: EQCA to hold virtual town hall

News Briefs: EQCA to hold virtual town hall

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Dec 4, 2024

Equality California, the statewide LGBTQ rights organization, will hold a virtual town hall, the "State of Equality," Friday, December 6, from 10 to 11:15 a.m., Pacific time.

Transmissions: Questioning the New York Times' question

Transmissions: Questioning the New York Times' question

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Dec 4, 2024

The loss of the presidential election has left many people shell-shocked, and rather than focusing on the much more pressing question — what do we do now — a lot of people have chosen to focus on trying to find someone to blame.

Political Notebook: CA Legislature hits 12% LGBTQ representation

Political Notebook: CA Legislature hits 12% LGBTQ representation

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 2, 2024

With 15 out of California's 120 state legislators hailing from the LGBTQ community, the Statehouse has now reached 12% out representation.