LATEST NEWS
Engardio recall proponents submit signatures to city, deny allegation they misled voters
NEWS |
May 22, 2025
| John Ferrannini
Proponents of recalling gay District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio say they’ve submitted enough signatures to hold a vote on ousting the Sunset neighborhood representative at City Hall.
Gay preservationist Alan Martinez dies
NEWS |
May 22, 2025
| Cynthia Laird
Alan Wayne Martinez, a gay man and architect who was involved in San Francisco historic preservation efforts, has died, friends and family members said.
Political Notebook: On this Harvey Milk Day, revisiting one of his B.A.R. columns
NEWS |
May 22, 2025
| Matthew S. Bajko
Editorial: Milk’s words resonate today
NEWS |
May 22, 2025
| BAR Editorial Board
Guest Opinion: The Hope speech
NEWS |
May 21, 2025
| Harvey Milk
Program aims to explore queer Christianity
NEWS |
May 21, 2025
| Brian Bromberger
Glenn Soukesian, known as adult film star Colton Ford, dies
NEWS |
May 21, 2025
| Ed Walsh
Lee era begins in Oakland
NEWS |
May 21, 2025
| BAR Staff
Arts & Culture
‘To My Girls’ –Bad behavior yields big laughs at NCTC
ARTS & CULTURE |
May 20, 2025
| Jim Gladstone
Meet the spunky grandsons of “The Boys in the Band.” “To My Girls,” JC Lee’s laugh-out-loud crowdpleaser, now in its West Coast premiere, feels like Mart Crowley’s black comic classic from 1968 fast-forwarded to today.
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‘Punk Pride’ at the Chan Center: Peaches Christ hosts a night of rock ‘n’ roll drag and hilarity
DRAG |
May 11, 2025
| Jim Provenzano
Punk Pride, the outrageous creation of drag star Peaches Christ and conductor Edwin Outwater, has enlisted a bevy of performers for their Thursday, May 22 party at the Chan Queer Arts Center.
Oasis Arts expands: SoMa nightclub merges with nonprofit to support queer entertainment
ARTS & CULTURE | May 20, 2025
| Finbar LaBelle
‘Surviving Voices’ National AIDS Memorial premieres documentary on long-term survivors
ARTS & CULTURE | May 20, 2025
| Race Bannon
‘Egghead & Twinkie’ – Delightful lesbian road movie is a wacky trip
ARTS & CULTURE | May 19, 2025
| David-Elijah Nahmod
APE confirms plans for Castro Street coffee shop, nail salon spaces post-vacancy
MOVIES | May 19, 2025
| John Ferrannini
‘The Emperor of Gladness’ – Ocean Vuong gets real in his new novel
ARTS & CULTURE | May 19, 2025
| Tim Pfaff
‘Harvey Milk Reimagined’ – Opera Parallèle’s new version of opera about the slain gay supervisor’s life and legacy
ARTS & CULTURE | May 18, 2025
| Philip Campbell
Orlando Ortega-Medina’s ‘Emerald Road: A Tale of Love, War, and Betrayal’
ARTS & CULTURE | May 16, 2025
| Laura Moreno
Going Out, May 15-23, 2025 arts & nightlife events
THEATER | May 14, 2025
| Jim Provenzano
Jake Wesley Rogers' ‘In the Key of Love' is a queer and spirited debut album
ARTS & CULTURE | May 13, 2025
| Jim Gladstone
Étoile: Ballet grand jeté series missteps but still dazzles
ARTS & CULTURE | May 13, 2025
| Brian Bromberger
The Einstein of Sex: Homo-Sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld newly considered
ARTS & CULTURE | May 12, 2025
| Tim Pfaff
Oaklash: Oakland’s festival of queer and trans performance returns
DRAG | May 11, 2025
| David-Elijah Nahmod
Going Out, May 8-17, 2025 arts & nightlife events
DRAG | May 7, 2025
| Jim Provenzano
Oakland Latino LGBTQ club broken into for 11th time
BARS | May 2, 2025
| John Ferrannini
Going Out, May 1-9, 2025 arts & nightlife events
BARS | Apr 30, 2025
| Jim Provenzano
Women’s Weekend aims to draw crowd to Russian River
BARS | Apr 30, 2025
| Lois Pearlman
SF LGBTQ bars mostly mum on liquor boycott
BARS | Apr 30, 2025
| John Ferrannini
Celebrate Mother’s Day with Jason Brock and Dee Spencer: Enjoy a cabaret-style concert at the Chan Center
LIVE MUSIC | Apr 29, 2025
| David-Elijah Nahmod
‘Select Thine Own Journey…In Space!’ – Drag queens save the galaxy at Oasis
BARTAB | Apr 27, 2025
| David-Elijah Nahmod
Going Out, April 24-May 2, 2025 arts & nightlife events
BARS | Apr 23, 2025
| Jim Provenzano
Isaac Mizrahi: Dapper designer’s singing with style
CABARET | Apr 20, 2025
| Christopher J. Beale
Going Out, April 17-25, 2025 arts & nightlife events
BARS | Apr 16, 2025
| Jim Provenzano