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Out in the Bay: In 'Spell Heaven,' peers on the pier find connection

June 23, 2022 | by Eric Jansen

How do we find human connection and meaning in an increasingly isolated world? Author and poet Toni Mirosevich found peers on the Pacifica pier.

Out in the Bay: The artists making Castro Camera Queer AF

by Christopher J. Beale
Jun 2, 2022

Meet Queer Arts Featured (Queer AF), the team working to bring life, art, and community back to the historic site of Harvey Milk's Castro Camera shop.

Out in the Bay: US Supreme Court draft abortion decision leak shows threats to queer rights too

by Eric Jansen
May 5, 2022

LGBTQ civil liberties may indeed be threatened by abortion cases now before the conservative-heavy U.S. Supreme Court.

Out in the Bay: Queens read celebrity autobiographies this Sunday in SF

by Christopher J. Beale
Mar 18, 2022

Out in the Bay — Queer Radio is back from a brief hiatus, and on this week's edition: "Literary readings with really, big, gigantic martinis!"

Out in the Bay: Fauxnique pens 'Faux Queen: A Life in Drag'

by Eric Jansen
Feb 10, 2022

Monique Jenkinson, aka Fauxnique, was the first cisgender woman to win the Miss Trannyshack title in 2003, raising many glittered eyebrows in consternation and launching a performance career that has taken her around the globe.

Out in the Bay: Marilyn Mitchell melds life, politics on new rock album

by Eric Jansen
Jan 28, 2022

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Marilyn Mitchell, a member of the popular early 2000s San Francisco Bay Area all-trans female rock band Lipstick Conspiracy, shared new music and life stories on this week's Out in the Bay — Queer Radio & Podcast.

Out in the Bay: Why everyone should care about Supreme Court abortion cases

by Eric Jansen
Jan 13, 2022

LGBTQ civil rights may indeed be threatened by abortion cases now before the conservative-heavy U.S. Supreme Court.

Out in the Bay: We're 'Born Perfect' — don't try to 'pray away the gay'

by Eric Jansen
Jan 5, 2022

Despite clear evidence that conversion therapy does not work and actually harms LGBTQ people the practice of attempting to conform one's sexual orientation or gender identity to societal expectations continues in the U.S. and overseas.

Out in the Bay: 108 questions aim to make holidays queerly comfortable

by Eric Jansen
Dec 23, 2021

Just in time for those potentially awkward family holiday gatherings, Out in the Bay — Queer Radio & Podcast offers a throwback special.

Out in the Bay: Stereotypes: 'The Bishop & The Bulletproof Vest' and 'Lives Aligned'

by Eric Jansen
Dec 9, 2021

This week's Out in the Bay — Queer Radio and Podcast features Stereotypes' third episode, "The Bishop & the Bulletproof Vest," which examines the relationship between religion and queer people.

Out in the Bay: Home for the holidays again? Or going out?

by Eric Jansen
Dec 3, 2021

As we enter our 22nd month under COVID-19's cloud — with a new variant upon us — it's clear we'll have another holiday season unlike those of yesteryear.

Out in the Bay: Talking fast-food and other politics with the B.A.R's Matthew Bajko

by Eric Jansen
Nov 18, 2021

Chick-fil-A is closing in on San Francisco, says Bay Area Reporter assistant editor and political columnist Matthew S. Bajko.

Out in the Bay: LGBTQ activists risk execution in Afghanistan

by Eric Jansen
Nov 11, 2021

The world watched in shock as the Taliban swiftly took control of Afghanistan in August after 20 years of U.S.-led occupation and war.

Out in the Bay: Updates on SF State's Family Acceptance Project

by Kendra Klang
Nov 4, 2021

Social worker Caitlin Ryan, Ph.D., was caring for AIDS patients in Atlanta early in the epidemic when she found her calling. Her work included meeting the Southern, often conservative families of young men dying from the disease.

Out in the Bay: Meet the US's first out transgender bishop

by Eric Jansen
Oct 29, 2021

As LGBTQ History Month comes to a close, meet someone who made history very recently: the Reverend Dr. Megan Rohrer, a trans person who was ceremonially installed in September as a bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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