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Business Briefing: Artist draws up mascot for SF Castro district

Business Briefing: Artist draws up mascot for SF Castro district

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Nov 2, 2022

It began as a request from his boyfriend, Mau Dominguez, who wanted something special to wear while working as a server at the Castro gay bar the Edge.

Transmissions: Sounding the alarm

Transmissions: Sounding the alarm

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Nov 2, 2022

I often feel that I am too alarmist. I have spent decades now, deep in the issue of anti-transgender violence and murder, and I know that colors my views.

Political Notes: California statehouse to be 1st with 10% of legislators LGBTQ

Political Notes: California statehouse to be 1st with 10% of legislators LGBTQ

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 31, 2022

With roughly one week left to the 2022 campaign season, LGBTQ leaders are confident that the November 8 election will result in 10% of California's 120 state legislators being LGBTQ.

Out in the World: Trevor Project launches LGBTQ youth suicide prevention service in Mexico

Out in the World: Trevor Project launches LGBTQ youth suicide prevention service in Mexico

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Oct 28, 2022

The need for suicide prevention for LGBTQ Mexican youth was clear to The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth organization based in Los Angeles.

News Briefs: Halloween events planned in SF, Oakland

News Briefs: Halloween events planned in SF, Oakland

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Oct 26, 2022

Family-friendly trick-or-treating and costume contests are planned in San Francisco and Oakland as Halloween nears.

Political Notebook: GOP controller candidate Chen's embrace of religious liberty red flag for LGBTQ advocates

Political Notebook: GOP controller candidate Chen's embrace of religious liberty red flag for LGBTQ advocates

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 26, 2022

Republican California controller candidate Lanhee Chen's embrace of religious liberty proponents is raising red flags for LGBTQ advocates.

Political Notes: SF supervisor candidates stake out plans to promote LGBTQ culture

Political Notes: SF supervisor candidates stake out plans to promote LGBTQ culture

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 24, 2022

Candidates running for even-numbered supervisor district seats this fall in San Francisco told the Bay Area Reporter they back myriad proposals to preserve and promote the city's LGBTQ cultural heritage.

Out in the World: Thousands of Slovakians demonstrate against hate following shooting outside LGBTQ bar

Out in the World: Thousands of Slovakians demonstrate against hate following shooting outside LGBTQ bar

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Oct 21, 2022

Slovakia's president and prime minister were among the 20,000 people who marched through the capital, Bratislava, condemning the October 12 killing of two young gay men outside an LGBTQ bar.

Political Notebook: Santa Claran Becker aims to be Bay Area's first big city gay mayor

Political Notebook: Santa Claran Becker aims to be Bay Area's first big city gay mayor

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 19, 2022

In such a liberal region as that of the Bay Area, it seems improbable that there has never been an LGBTQ person elected to a full-term as mayor of a large city.

News Briefs: 'Trans Aware' exhibit call for submissions

News Briefs: 'Trans Aware' exhibit call for submissions

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Oct 19, 2022

Gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and co-curators Joseph Abbati and KT Siebert have announced a call for submissions for an art exhibit in Wiener's San Francisco district office, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 14800.

Transmissions: The litter box legend

Transmissions: The litter box legend

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Oct 19, 2022

October is no stranger to urban legends, dating back at least to Washington Irving's 1819 Halloween favorite, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

LGBTQ Agenda: Impact of Dobbs decision has already affected LGBTQ health care, study finds

LGBTQ Agenda: Impact of Dobbs decision has already affected LGBTQ health care, study finds

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Oct 18, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade a new study has identified effects for LGBTQ people in terms of health care.

Political Notes: Majority of CA school districts ignore LGBTQ report card

Political Notes: Majority of CA school districts ignore LGBTQ report card

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 17, 2022

A majority of California's K-12 public school districts continue to ignore a project that aims to track how well they are addressing the needs of their LGBTQ students

News Briefs: Day of the Dead exhibition now open in SF

News Briefs: Day of the Dead exhibition now open in SF

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Oct 12, 2022

SOMArts Cultural Center's annual Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, exhibition is now open for public viewing.