Opinion

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This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: Transparency key for LGBT nonprofits

Editorial: Transparency key for LGBT nonprofits

Here's a pro tip for all LGBTQ nonprofits: If you're going to lay off a majority of a department's staff without concurrently issuing a formal explanation about why this is happening, don't be surprised when you get press inquiries.

Guest Opinion: Celebration and work continues for LGBT seniors

Guest Opinion: Celebration and work continues for LGBT seniors

In March 2014, 15 LGBT advocates and leaders in the aging field delivered our 18-month review and recommendations to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: Adachi's death leaves huge void

Editorial: Adachi's death leaves huge void

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 27, 2019

San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi's unexpected death last week leaves a huge void in city politics and the criminal justice system.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

This week's editorial cartoon.

Guest Opinion: On Jussie, hate crimes & the continuation of disbelief

Guest Opinion: On Jussie, hate crimes & the continuation of disbelief

By the time this essay is published, I am not sure what the news cycle will be saying about "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett.

Editorial: DMV needs to get a clue

Editorial: DMV needs to get a clue

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 20, 2019

The decision by the state Department of Motor Vehicles to reject a gay man's "LTHR DDY" — short for leather daddy — vanity plate for his motorcycle reeks of homophobia, as state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) wrote out in a sharply worded letter.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

This week's editorial cartoon.

Guest Opinion: Resisting Trump in Congress

Guest Opinion: Resisting Trump in Congress

As we strive to protect America's progress toward LGBT equality against a rising tide of intolerance, that awful tide has ramifications around the world — and Chechnya is the latest example.

Editorial: Nonprofits should diversify leadership

Editorial: Nonprofits should diversify leadership

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 13, 2019

LGBTQ nonprofits looking for new leaders should be proactive in soliciting candidates who are women, trans, people of color, or a combination of those.

Guest Opinion: A Valentine's Day alternative

Guest Opinion: A Valentine's Day alternative

Facebook recently reminded us of a screenshot we posted a couple of years ago, the day before our first Valentine's Day as a married couple.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

This week's editorial cartoon.