Opinion

Editorial: APE has only itself to blame

Editorial: APE has only itself to blame

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 19, 2023

Another Planet Entertainment has only itself to blame after a Board of Supervisors committee gave initial approval to an amendment that would require the Castro Theatre's orchestra seating to be fixed.

Guest Opinion: Harvey, the merchants, and the theater

Guest Opinion: Harvey, the merchants, and the theater

The Castro Merchants Association was founded by Castro Camera business owner Harvey Milk in 1974 in response to the anti-gay Eureka Valley Merchants Association.

Guest Opinion: Not the Mother we wanted, but the one we needed

Guest Opinion: Not the Mother we wanted, but the one we needed

By nearly all accounts, Stefan Grygelko didn't really know what he was doing back when he created his now-legendary drag persona Heklina, on a whim in the early 1990s.

Editorial: Cautious optimism on Title IX rule

Editorial: Cautious optimism on Title IX rule

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 12, 2023

The White House's rollout last week of the Department of Education's proposed Title IX rule regarding trans student-athletes was clunky, to say the least.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

Readers write to us about the Castro Theatre and a recent essay about the closure of gay bars.

Editorial: Amend, don't repeal, CA travel ban

Editorial: Amend, don't repeal, CA travel ban

Lesbian state Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) surprised many last week — including us — when she introduced legislation that would repeal California's law prohibiting publicly funded travel to states that have anti-LGBTQ laws.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week, a reader takes issue with the paper's television columnist.

Guest Opinion: Reclaiming the Resurrection

Guest Opinion: Reclaiming the Resurrection

There is nothing like spending two winters in Duluth, Minnesota to make one appreciate the San Francisco Bay Area and all that it has to offer.

Editorial: Ugandan LGBTQs on edge over harsh bill

Editorial: Ugandan LGBTQs on edge over harsh bill

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 29, 2023

Ugandan lawmakers have passed a harsh anti-LGBTQ bill that President Yoweri Museveni has indicated he supports, and LGBTQ residents in the country are on edge.

Guest Opinion: Time for trans people to stand up

Guest Opinion: Time for trans people to stand up

This is the worst year in history for anti-trans and anti-drag legislation. Full stop.

Editorial: Oakland leaders need to step up

Editorial: Oakland leaders need to step up

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 22, 2023

Two gay Black men were killed in Oakland in the span of about nine days, and the East Bay city's LGBTQ community is on edge.

Guest Opinion: A more inclusive Alameda County Democratic Party is good for everyone

Guest Opinion: A more inclusive Alameda County Democratic Party is good for everyone

Over the past few years, the Alameda County Democratic Party has made significant progress on LGBTQ+ issues.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

Readers weigh in on the Castro Theatre and a new gallery in the LGBTQ neighborhood.

Editorial: Shame on Concord City Council

Editorial: Shame on Concord City Council

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 15, 2023

In what has to be one of the most shameful outcomes by a Bay Area municipal body in recent years, the Concord City Council last week doled out $7 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to nonprofits and not one dime went to an LGBTQ group.