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Out in the World: Gay Bay Area Ukrainian American rallying support for LGBTQ community during Russian invasion

Out in the World: Gay Bay Area Ukrainian American rallying support for LGBTQ community during Russian invasion

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 30, 2022

More than 10,000 miles from his childhood hometown in Ukraine, San Francisco Bay Area gay Ukrainian Leonid "Leo" Volobrynskyy is horrified watching Russia destroy the country where his family and close friends still live.

LGBTQ Agenda: CA lawmakers seek to enhance abortion access in state

LGBTQ Agenda: CA lawmakers seek to enhance abortion access in state

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Mar 29, 2022

As reproductive rights are increasingly under attack around the United States, California lawmakers are moving forward with several bills to expand or otherwise increase access to reproductive services.

Political Notes: Black LGBTQ group renews call for Bayard Rustin stamp

Political Notes: Black LGBTQ group renews call for Bayard Rustin stamp

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 28, 2022

A national Black LGBTQ advocacy group is renewing the call for the U.S. Postal Service to honor deceased gay Black civil rights leader Bayard Rustin with a stamp.

Political Notebook: Transgender nurse runs to be CA insurance czar

Political Notebook: Transgender nurse runs to be CA insurance czar

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 23, 2022

Persistence has paid off for transgender nurse Veronika Fimbres, as the Green Party member has qualified to appear on the June 7 primary ballot as a candidate for California insurance commissioner.

News Briefs: Lesbian Iranian joins SF Arts Commission

News Briefs: Lesbian Iranian joins SF Arts Commission

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 23, 2022

The San Francisco Arts Commission has welcomed a lesbian Iranian woman to the panel after Mayor London Breed swore her in earlier this month.

Transmissions: Of pandas and prepubescence

Transmissions: Of pandas and prepubescence

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Mar 23, 2022

Like so many others, I recently sat down to watch the new Pixar movie, "Turning Red."

LGBTQ Agenda: New report details breadth of hostile school climate bills in US

LGBTQ Agenda: New report details breadth of hostile school climate bills in US

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Mar 22, 2022

A virtual blitzkrieg on public education by right-wing groups and their sympathizers is being launched throughout the United States.

Out in the World: Activists decry Bermuda Privy Council's ruling against same-sex marriage

Out in the World: Activists decry Bermuda Privy Council's ruling against same-sex marriage

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 17, 2022

Judges in Bermuda's highest court have found that legislation banning same-sex marriage is not unconstitutional.

Political Notebook: In 1st for Bay Area, gay Afghan Muslim joins college board

Political Notebook: In 1st for Bay Area, gay Afghan Muslim joins college board

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 16, 2022

When a Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Board of Trustees member resigned due to relocating, the search was on to find an appointee to fill the vacancy through the end of 2022.

Political Notes: San Francisco LGBTQ political groups welcome new leaders

Political Notes: San Francisco LGBTQ political groups welcome new leaders

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 14, 2022

Two LGBTQ groups involved in San Francisco politics have welcomed new leaders this year. For both, it is shaping up to be a trial-by-fire introduction.

LGBTQ Agenda: Cork, Ireland mayor visits SF LGBTQ history museum

LGBTQ Agenda: Cork, Ireland mayor visits SF LGBTQ history museum

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Mar 11, 2022

The Lord Mayor of Cork, Ireland, Colm Kelleher, visited San Francisco March 11, including a stop at the GLBT Historical Society Museum in the Castro.

Out in the World: SF rally calls on Biden administration to change US immigration policies

Out in the World: SF rally calls on Biden administration to change US immigration policies

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 10, 2022

A new San Francisco-based organization assisting LGBTQ asylum seekers to rebuild their lives in the United States called upon President Joe Biden's administration to do better by queer people seeking refuge in the U.S. at a recent rally.

Transmissions: We cannot rest easy

Transmissions: We cannot rest easy

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Mar 9, 2022

I haven't been sleeping well lately, and it is largely Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott's fault.

Business Briefing: Couple revives downtown Livermore taproom

Business Briefing: Couple revives downtown Livermore taproom

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 9, 2022

Years ago Kristen Iosco had tended the bar at Tap 25, a taproom in downtown Livermore showcasing more than two-dozen beers on tap. She then was hired as the general manager at Almanac Beer Co., a taproom and brewery in Alameda.