Opinion

Guest Opinion: Care about the Castro Street Fair

Guest Opinion: Care about the Castro Street Fair

A veteran gay activist explains why the Castro Street Fair is important and why you should attend an upcoming community meeting.

Editorial: Mayor Farrell misses the boat

Editorial: Mayor Farrell misses the boat

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 11, 2018

San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell last week decided not to re-nominate a qualified lesbian commissioner.

Editorial: Let's name Oakland airport after Stein

Editorial: Let's name Oakland airport after Stein

Now is the time for Oakland International Airport to follow San Francisco, and we think it should be named after lesbian novelist, poet, playwright, and critic Gertrude Stein.

Guest Opinion: Why Milk terminal at SFO is important

Guest Opinion: Why Milk terminal at SFO is important

In 2011, I decided to pack my bags and move to San Francisco. I told my parents I wanted to venture off into the world on my own, studying psychology.

Wiener, Saltzman, and SB 827 - not in my name

Wiener, Saltzman, and SB 827 - not in my name

This week's letters to the editor.

Challenging the gender binary, one bill at a time

Challenging the gender binary, one bill at a time

When Governor Jerry Brown signed the Gender Recognition Act (Senate Bill 179) last October, it gave nonbinary and intersex adults in California an unprecedented validation.

Trans, immigrant bashing continues

Trans, immigrant bashing continues

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 28, 2018

Amid the growing scandals and investigations swirling around the White House, President Donald Trump continues to deflect by targeting trans people and immigrants.

SF, Oakland right choice for AIDS 2020

SF, Oakland right choice for AIDS 2020

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 21, 2018

We're excited that the International AIDS Society is bringing its International AIDS Conference back to San Francisco in 2020.

Why I left East Bay Stonewall board

Why I left East Bay Stonewall board

This month I decided not to run for another term as a board member and political action committee chair of the East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club, ending an almost continuous string of involvement in LGBT organizations, causes, and clubs.

Name SFO terminal for Milk

Name SFO terminal for Milk

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 14, 2018

Next week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Budget and Finance Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing March 22 on renaming Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport after slain gay supervisor Harvey Milk.

SF judges should be retained

SF judges should be retained

  • GUEST OPINION
  • by Angela Bradstreet, Terry Stewart, Donna Hitchens, and Linda Colfax
  • Mar 14, 2018

San Francisco's LGBT judges urge the re-election of four of their straight colleagues.

Coming out against underage LGBTQI tobacco sales

Coming out against underage LGBTQI tobacco sales

In less than two years, California's Tobacco 21, or "T21," law has proved to be a powerful weapon in the war on illegal tobacco sales to underage youth.

Dueling measures don't help SF

Dueling measures don't help SF

The continual fighting between moderate and progressive supervisors hurts only residents. Dueling local measures on the June ballot pit funding for housing against child care - two important issues crucial to many families.

Get creative with Natali's $20K

Get creative with Natali's $20K

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 28, 2018

The Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District has accepted a $20,000 donation from gay Castro property owner and landlord Les Natali and plans to use it for a vacancy reduction study.