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Editorial: Ugandan LGBTQs on edge over harsh bill

March 29, 2023 | by BAR Editorial Board

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.

Editorial: Oakland leaders need to step up

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.

Editorial: Shame on Concord City Council

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.

Editorial: Now the Pride flag is under assault

by BAR Editorial Board
Mar 8, 2023

After years of reporting on Bay Area governments that have taken the right step and flown the rainbow flag in June for Pride Month, the inevitable backlash is underway in Southern California, and cities in several other states.

Editorial: LGBTQs needed on homeless panel

by BAR Editorial Board
Mar 1, 2023

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has had a mixed record on appointments, particularly when it comes to the LGBTQ community.

Editorial: SF supes must slow down on 12X changes

by BAR Editorial Board
Feb 22, 2023

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is set to consider removing construction agreements from the prohibition of contracting in states that have discriminatory laws that target LGBTQ rights, reproductive rights, and voting rights.

Editorial: Time for a winning campaign

by BAR Editorial Board
Feb 15, 2023

Last summer, we wrote an editorial urging Equality California and the LGBTQ Legislative Caucus to think carefully before proceeding with a constitutional amendment to repeal Proposition 8 that would need to go before voters in 2024.

Editorial: Biden's job isn't finished yet

by BAR Editorial Board
Feb 8, 2023

President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday left no doubt that he is running for reelection — and thank goodness for that.

Editorial: FDA misses with blood ban revisions

by BAR Editorial Board
Feb 1, 2023

The news that the federal Food and Drug Administration would ease guidelines on blood donations by gay and bisexual men at first blush seems like a positive development — and in a small way it is.

Editorial: Movement on SF consumption sites

by BAR Editorial Board
Jan 25, 2023

At long last, there is movement among city leaders to establish privately-run safe consumption sites in San Francisco.

Editorial: Feinstein needs to make her decision

by BAR Editorial Board
Jan 18, 2023

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) needs to make her decision soon about retiring or running for reelection in 2024.

Editorial: We're looking for action by new SF board

by BAR Editorial Board
Jan 13, 2023

Yes, we're excited and optimistic, because for the first time ever, three gay men are serving as elected members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Editorial: Anti-trans attacks poised to continue

by BAR Editorial Board
Jan 4, 2023

If 2022 was one of the worst years on record in terms of anti-trans legislation in various state legislatures, the LGBTQ community should prepare for what portends to be an equally bad year in 2023.