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News Briefs: B.A.R.'s Besties voting is now underway

August 4, 2022

Voting is open for the Bay Area Reporter's readers' poll known as the Besties.

Out in the Bay: 'Changeling' delves deep and sings about transition

by Eric Jansen
Jul 14, 2022

Hear about the transgender experience firsthand with singer-songwriter Nick Lawrence, a family coach and former foster parent educator on LGBTQ topics.

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

by Eric Jansen
Jun 23, 2022

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.