Mounting their first bids for public office this fall, gay men in Dublin and Redwood City are aiming to become the first out elected members of their city councils.

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer's new book provides a glimpse into how then-candidate Donald Trump came to include a statement of support for LGBT people in his acceptance speech before the 2016 Republican National Convention.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced that he is creating a Religious Liberty Task Force and that the Department of Justice would "take potential burdens on one's conscience into consideration before we issue regulations or new policies."

Gay California insurance commissioner candidate sitting on more campaign cash than his straight opponent ahead of fall election.

Robert Bernardo, a gay man on the San Mateo County Harbor Commission, has ruled out seeking re-election this November to his seat.

To take control of the U.S. Senate in the November midterm elections, Democrats need to hold onto all their existing seats and pick up two more.

Lesbian at-large Oakland City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan is seeking to be hired to lead the Bay Area's regional transportation agency, the Bay Area Reporter has learned.

East Bay Lambda Democrats early endorse five out candidates running this fall for public office in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Mayor London Breed appointed her second female leader Friday when she announced Ivy Lee as the newest member of City College of San Francisco's Board of Trustees.

If Adam Spickler is victorious in his bid this November for a seat on the Cabrillo Community College Board of Trustees, he could become the first transgender man to be elected to public office in California.

Berkeley will say goodbye to its first openly gay city councilman after Kriss Worthington announced last week he would not run for re-election in November.

The reappointment of San Francisco Planning Commissioner Dennis Richards, the lone gay member of the oversight body, and three of his colleagues has received the support of a supervisors' committee and will now be taken up by the full board.

Longtime gay Berkeley City Councilman Kriss Worthington announced Thursday he will not run for re-election in November. He broke the news on the front steps of Berkeley City Hall where he also endorsed Rigel Robinson for the District 7 seat.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed spent most of Saturday afternoon listening to members of her policy transition committees present their findings.