Bay Area Reporter :: Pride News

Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day is October 8

October 7, 2024 | by Dana Piccoli, News Is Out

News Is Out, a collaboration of six LGBTQ+ media representing more than 250 collective years of experience covering the community, is launching the first Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 during LGBTQ History Month.

Oakland weekend festivities to be 'Rooted in Pride'

by John Ferrannini
Sep 4, 2024

Oakland is gearing up for one of the later Prides of 2024 — the annual parade is set to kick off Sunday, September 8, preceding a festival featuring popular entertainers.

Silicon Valley Pride parade, festival to cap weeklong celebration

by John Ferrannini
Aug 20, 2024

Silicon Valley Pride week is in full swing, as the South Bay prepares for its annual parade and festival celebrating LGBTQ liberation.

Womxn's Stage angered by shabby SF Pride setup

by Heather Cassell
Jul 2, 2024

San Francisco Pride's Womxn's Stage organizers and entertainers are angry that their stage lacked what they needed to celebrate Pride safely on Sunday.

LGBTQ officials celebrate Pride at renamed Oakland airport

by Cynthia Laird
Jul 1, 2024

The roar of jet engines and planes taking off and landing at San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport were among the highlights for about two-dozen East Bay LGBTQ and allied officials as they got a tour of the facility June 28 during a Pride Month

Sunny SF Pride parade 'more magical than usual'

by John Ferrannini
Jul 1, 2024

The summer sun shone down on a packed Market Street for San Francisco's LGBTQ Pride parade June 30.

Demonstrators boycott SF Pride parade, protest Gaza war

by John Ferrannini
Jul 1, 2024

Demonstrators took to the streets of San Francisco's Castro and Mission neighborhoods June 30, boycotting the city's Pride parade due to "sponsorship and participation" from those who opposed a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Dems shrug off Biden debate flub at SF Pride event

by Cynthia Laird
Jul 1, 2024

Speakers at the Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club's annual Pride Breakfast largely ignored President Joe Biden's underwhelming debate performance even as they emphasized the importance of reelecting America's chief executive in November.

Plenty of Pride on display at SF Trans March

by JL Odom
Jul 1, 2024

It was a sight to see: a multitude of light blue, white, and light pink horizontal stripes on clothing, signage, and flags of all sizes, including one that was more than 100 feet long.

San Francisco police will be fully deployed for Pride, chief says

by Cynthia Laird
Jun 27, 2024

As hundreds of thousands of people prepare to visit San Francisco for Pride festivities, the San Francisco Police Department will be fully staffed for the events, Chief Williams Scott said Thursday.

University effort tracks giving to LGBTQ nonprofits

by Matthew S. Bajko
Jun 26, 2024

A number of years ago the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy's Equitable Giving Lab launched an index to track how much money was being donated to nonprofits focused on women and girls.