Opinion

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

This week's editorial cartoon.

Guest Opinion: Awoke and fighting back

Guest Opinion: Awoke and fighting back

Although I was firmly planting roots in San Francisco, I was also itching to see other parts of the world. I was in the prime of my life and I wanted new experiences, new faces, new surroundings.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: Cities fly their Pride

Editorial: Cities fly their Pride

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jun 26, 2019

This June numerous cities around the Bay Area displayed their Pride.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

This week's editorial cartoon.

Guest Opinion: The day I was told I didn't belong in society

Guest Opinion: The day I was told I didn't belong in society

It was in early 1984 when I picked up the Sunday San Jose Mercury News and read an opinion piece by a local state Assembly member stating that homosexuals should have no legal, social, or political standing in society.

Editorial: Communication breakdown harms community

Editorial: Communication breakdown harms community

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jun 19, 2019

The recent Oakland City Council budget meeting seems to have resolved little in terms of restoring funding to LGBTQ organizations.

Guest Opinion: The Pride in shame

Guest Opinion: The Pride in shame

Pride Month is here! And with it comes a monthlong excursion navigating coast-to-coast parades to celebrate community, self-affirmation, and a true gathering of family with every facet of the LGBTQ2+ prism.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: Police and Pride

Editorial: Police and Pride

  • EDITORIAL
  • 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.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

This week's editorial cartoon.

Guest Opinion: Priest's rant led to book

Guest Opinion: Priest's rant led to book

I want to tell you why I wrote "Out in Time: From Stonewall to Queer, How Gay Men Came of Age Across the Generations."