Opinion :: Editorial

Editorial: Police and Pride

Editorial: Police and Pride

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jun 12, 2019

Until recently, LGBT Americans regularly suffered harassment, abuse, and worse at the hands of law enforcement, an oppression justified by religion and criminalized by the government.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • Jun 12, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: Schaaf must fund LGBT services

Editorial: Schaaf must fund LGBT services

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jun 5, 2019

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf proposed budgets would wipe out funding for some LGBT services, and add money for others.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • Jun 5, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: School districts must complete EQCA survey

Editorial: School districts must complete EQCA survey

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • May 29, 2019

Earlier this month, Equality California Institute released its long-awaited report card on school districts that responded to its first to its first attempt to examine state schools.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • May 29, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: We condemn SFPD raid

Editorial: We condemn SFPD raid

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • May 22, 2019

We are angry that city officials did not immediately and forcefully condemn the San Francisco Police Department's raid on a journalist's home and office earlier this month.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • May 22, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: Gilead's self-serving donation

Editorial: Gilead's self-serving donation

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • May 15, 2019

Gilead Sciences, the makers of Truvada, announced last week that it would provide up to 2.4 million free bottles of the its PrEP HIV prevention medication through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • May 15, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: Time to induct Sarria in CA hall

Editorial: Time to induct Sarria in CA hall

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • May 8, 2019

Friends and colleagues of the late Jose Julio Sarria are once again working to get him inducted into the California Hall of Fame, after former governor Jerry Brown nixed that idea several years ago.

Editorial: Prez hopefuls need better LGBT answers

Editorial: Prez hopefuls need better LGBT answers

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • May 1, 2019

The quest for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination has just begun with 20 declared candidates, but already, two have stumbled on answers about LGBT issues.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • May 1, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: AHF sinks to new low

Editorial: AHF sinks to new low

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 24, 2019

In the ongoing saga over state housing legislation, the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation has sunk to a new low that should disgust all participants in the debate.