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

Few things are more rewarding than standing up for a cause you believe in, especially when it is of importance in your local community.

In 1999, before I even knew I was trans, I sat in a dark movie theater watching "Boys Don't Cry."

Growing up in San Francisco as a queer teen, I know how important the work of LGBTQ+ community leaders has been in creating a more accepting city.

As the hottest labor fall in several generations churns on, Governor Gavin Newsom turned up the heat in the labor community by appointing Laphonza Butler to replace the late Dianne Feinstein as California's U.S. senator.

The last time Dianne Feinstein ran for U.S. Senate, the member-leaders of my union voted to endorse her opponent.

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard. On October 6, 1998, Shepard was beaten, tortured and left to die, bound to a fence in a remote Wyoming field, not far from the small town of Laramie.

There is an attack going on here in California, and the victims are transgender and gender non-conforming youth.

When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis first announced he was taking on Donald Trump in hopes of becoming the Republican nominee for president in 2024, early reports showed he held a steady lead over the former president.

It's time for Bay Area Reporter readers to cast their ballots for the LGBTQ newspaper's annual Best of the Bay contest.

Over the years it's been heartening to see public support for LGBTQ+ rights increase considerably.

When I worked at A Different Light Bookstore on Castro Street in the 1990s, it was the cultural hub of the LGBTQ neighborhood.

As a former first-time candidate for public office, I am always looking for the political signage that pops up on yard signs and billboards at the beginning of an election cycle, to gauge the interest of voters in a campaign or candidate.

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