The Obamas put their rhetorical skills to work on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention August 20, as the presidential nominee's native Bay Area punches above its weight in shaping the week's proceedings.

LGBTQ issues will be center stage at this week's Democratic National Convention, whether in the speeches given by the speakers or at corollary events being held in Chicago.

With no one filing to run against him in November, gay San Francisco Treasurer-Tax Collector José Cisneros will cakewalk into a sixth term through 2028, giving him a historic 24-year tenure.

Sal Rosselli is no stranger to the Democratic National Convention. The gay labor leader has been to "almost all of them" since 1984, the last time the confab was in the City by the Bay.

San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie sounded off about the long-shuttered Castro Pottery Barn and the eponymous theater and the recent fire next door to it as he made his pitch to voters at an LGBTQ nightclub August 12.

For the first time in 16 years, Oakland voters will be electing a new citywide representative to the City Council.

Queer Democratic Washington state Senator Emily Randall declared victory Thursday morning in her primary race for her state's 6th District U.S. House seat.

Feeling ignored by the city's leaders has been a driving impulse for why Keith Freedman has become more involved civically and politically in San Francisco.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz won the veepstakes, as he was selected August 6 by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris to be her running mate, according to multiple media outlets.

While all the votes have not yet been counted, Washington state Senator Emily Randall (D) has a commanding first-place lead in the primary race for her state's 6th District U.S. House seat.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz won the veepstakes, as he was selected August 6 by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris to be her running mate, according to multiple media outlets.

Aiming to increase the number of West Coast states with an LGBTQ congressional member, queer Democratic Washington state Senator Emily Randall is eying a strong finish in her primary race Tuesday to buoy her House bid this fall.

Since the departure of its two gay members at the end of 2022, the Los Angeles City Council has been without LGBTQ representation.

Mayor London Breed quietly signed a $15.9 billion budget July 30 — a proposal that restored tens of millions of dollars in cuts from her initial proposal, including to nonprofits serving LGBTQ youth.