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Guest Opinion: Substance use an issue among LGBTQs
COVID-19 has impacted California in many ways, from causing increased job loss to deaths to forcing the closure of countless businesses to increased substance use within many demographics.
At just past the one-year mark of COVID-19, we have seen the devastating consequences of the pandemic in every aspect of society.
For 50 years the Bay Area Reporter has chronicled the development of the LGBT movement in San Francisco.
Are Black LGBTQ people disproportionately vulnerable to COVID-19? Are they more hesitant about getting vaccinated? What about LGBTQ immigrants, or older LGBTQ people? Unfortunately, we have little public health data with which to answer these questions.
In a long year for our community since the beginning of COVID, we have experienced lockdowns, loneliness, fear, and grieving as we mourned our lack of connection and intimacy.
As we recognize the anniversary of the first shutdown, I want to share with you an update on rental housing dynamics during Year I of the COVID-19 pandemic and where we are heading into Year II.
Voting is a right and privilege that is a cornerstone of our democracy.
Last month, I asked my representative on the Board of Supervisors, Dean Preston, to make it easier to build new housing in our city.
On February 9, the 25th anniversary of my first date with my husband, the San Francisco Board of Education considered my nomination to join the volunteer Parent Advisory Council.
When I was a little girl, there was no Black History Month.
I had to create my mirror and now it is an international reflection as a Black disabled person.
To say I held my bated breath until it was clear that "Uncle Joe" had won would be the understatement of a century. Or two. Add in "Auntie" Kamala and my gay self has been in an election coma ever since.
Thousands of Trump supporters swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, to commit seditious acts that were motivated by ignorance and white supremacy, which obviously go hand in hand.