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2 Pride events planned for Oakland in a week

2 Pride events planned for Oakland in a week

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Aug 31, 2022

With two Pride events taking place in Oakland in September, it may be worth asking whether one can have too much of a good thing.

Silicon Valley Pride is ready to roll

Silicon Valley Pride is ready to roll

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Aug 22, 2022

After pulling together the only large scale Pride celebration in the COVID-flattened Bay Area in 2021, Silicon Valley Pride is back this month with its weeklong observation that culminates with Pride weekend August 27-28.

Community groups locked out of SF Pride beverage sales

Community groups locked out of SF Pride beverage sales

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Jul 6, 2022

A decision by San Francisco Pride to have a third party operate the organization's alcohol and beer booths during last month's Pride festival has had a serious impact on the budgets of several LGBTQ community and sports organizations.

Abortion ruling protested at SF Pride parade

Abortion ruling protested at SF Pride parade

  • by Ricardo De Melo Matos
  • Jun 29, 2022

Attendees and contingents at the June 26 San Francisco Pride parade had the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision reversing the right to an abortion on their minds as the in-person festivities returned for the first time since 2019.

Pride flag burned at Pacifica school being investigated as a hate crime

Pride flag burned at Pacifica school being investigated as a hate crime

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Jun 28, 2022

The burning of an LGBTQ Pride flag at an elementary school in Pacifica earlier this month is bringing community members together Tuesday — June 28 — for a unity event.

Fights, reported chemical spray mar SF Pride festival

Fights, reported chemical spray mar SF Pride festival

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Jun 27, 2022

As the first in-person Pride parade and festival since 2019 was winding down June 26, the celebration was cut short after someone sprayed what may have been Mace into a crowd outside the main stage at Civic Center.

SFPD plans heavy deployment during Pride weekend

SFPD plans heavy deployment during Pride weekend

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Jun 24, 2022

With the first in-person Pride celebration since 2019 finally here, San Francisco Police Department officials are calling on the public to keep their eyes open for any suspicious behavior as they enjoy the festivities.

2 parades to greet SF pridegoers

2 parades to greet SF pridegoers

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Jun 22, 2022

It's been three years since San Francisco last celebrated Pride with its usual extravagance — COVID, like any unwanted guest, saw to that.

SF's LGBTQ theater brings diverse voices to the stage

SF's LGBTQ theater brings diverse voices to the stage

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jun 22, 2022

In October, San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center will mount the world premiere of Nick Malakhow's new play "A Picture of Two Boys."

Virtual tour provides look at SF lesbian historic site

Virtual tour provides look at SF lesbian historic site

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jun 22, 2022

As viewers use their mouse to scroll around a computer-generated reimagining of the living room of the home owned by the late lesbian pioneers Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, an audio clip plays of the couple recalling their lesbian organization.

Smaller CA cities raise the bar on celebrating Pride

Smaller CA cities raise the bar on celebrating Pride

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jun 22, 2022

After Sabine Martin initially came out as gay at the age of 12, her Mormon parents pulled her out of her public school and decided to homeschool her.

Pulse foundation forges ahead with memorial project

Pulse foundation forges ahead with memorial project

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 22, 2022

It was a day that many LGBTQs will never forget.

Safety measures in place for Pride, officials say

Safety measures in place for Pride, officials say

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Jun 22, 2022

San Francisco police and Pride officials are thinking of security at this year's events a little more earnestly than in previous years.

Nonbinary author has 'most banned' book in US

Nonbinary author has 'most banned' book in US

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Jun 22, 2022

Maia Kobabe has the distinction of having written the most banned book in America, according to the American Library Association and PEN America, the writers' advocacy group Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists.