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Guest Opinion: Nature's way

April 17, 2024 | by Jonathan Vigliotti

In Northern California, a month's worth of rain poured on a burn scar in a single day.

Guest Opinion: Financial stability is key for diverse communities

by Joaquín Torres
Apr 10, 2024

As your elected assessor-recorder, my staff and I are committed to providing excellent public service and ensuring San Francisco's financial stability through the work we do every day, fairly and accurately.

Guest Opinion: Graphic novelist shares his SF story

by Jonah Newman
Apr 3, 2024

I'm an author, illustrator, and editor who grew up in the Bay Area. My debut graphic novel "Out of Left Field," published by Andrews McMeel in March, is based on my experiences playing baseball as a gay kid in San Francisco.

Guest Opinion: Ready for resurrection

by Jim Mitulski
Mar 27, 2024

I'm ready for resurrection: new life, meaningful life, new beginnings, and hope in place of despair, love that is stronger than death. And Easter is this week!

Guest Opinion: Family Equality CEO took many turns on their journey

by Jaymes Black
Mar 20, 2024

I'm no stranger to taking the road less traveled. While today, I'm a proud parent, spouse, and leader of a major national LGBTQ+ organization, you might say I took the long way to get here.

Guest Opinion: Why I'm running for SF district attorney

by Ryan Khojasteh
Mar 13, 2024

I am frustrated and concerned with the direction we're heading in. From the many conversations I've had with my neighbors, the consensus is that people feel less safe today than they did a few years ago.

Guest Opinion: Lee is the choice for US Senate

by Bevan Dufty and Carolyn Wysinger
Feb 21, 2024

As Bay Area LGBTQ elected officials, we are proud that both of San Francisco's LGBTQ Democratic clubs — Harvey Milk and Alice B. Toklas — have endorsed Congressmember Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) for the U.S. Senate.

Letters to the editor

by BAR staff
Jan 24, 2024

A reader weighs in on last week's story about a San Francisco educator.

Guest Opinion: Author writes of foster care system in new memoir

by Mark Daley
Jan 17, 2024

A few nights earlier, I'd gone down a research rabbit hole. What began with one question — was there one singular risk factor that could forecast child abuse or neglect? — quickly budded into dozens more.

Guest Opinion: San Francisco needs more housing

by Audrey Liu
Jan 10, 2024

In 2019, right after graduating from the University of Toronto, I came out to my parents as transgender.

Guest Opinion: Navigating gender transition in the workplace

by Wynne Nowland
Jan 3, 2024

As the CEO of a business, you are responsible for the company's performance as well as its image in the eyes of employees, clients, and the public.

Guest Opinion: Pope's directive represents progress

by Jim Mitulski
Dec 20, 2023

This week something unprecedented happened at the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Pope Francis quietly, yet unmistakably, shifted the rules regarding the honoring of LGBTQ relationships.

Guest Opinion: How legal attacks on LGBTQ+ rights affect mental health

by Tate Barkley
Dec 6, 2023

While significant strides have been made over the last two decades in recognizing and protecting the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, challenges persist.