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Prominent lesbians of color will join Biden administration

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Nov 30, 2020

Two prominent lesbians of color have been appointed to major roles in President-elect Joe Biden's communications department, the transition team announced in a news release November 29.

Award-winning journalist Deb Price dies

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Nov 27, 2020

Deb Price, the award-winning journalist and author who wrote the first nationally syndicated column on LGBTQ issues in mainstream newspapers, died November 20 at a hospital in Hong Kong, where she had lived for many years.

Gay physician named to federal CDC HIV post

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Nov 18, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this week that a gay physician has been named director of the agency's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention.

Queer Chicana artist is QCC ED

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Nov 18, 2020

Natalia Vigil, a queer Chicana artist who was born and raised in San Francisco, was named executive director of the Queer Cultural Center of San Francisco earlier this year.

Bay Area Cannasseur: Cooking gadget simplifies homemade cannabis edibles

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Nov 4, 2020

A cooking gadget has revolutionized the preparation of homemade cannabis edibles.

Upper Market dognapping has happy ending

  • CRIME
  • by Sari Staver
  • Oct 27, 2020

When Doug Roenicke returned to his Upper Market home on the afternoon of October 17, he was shocked to find that two of his 10-week-old French Bulldog puppies were missing.

Breast Cancer Action slams mainstream advocates

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Oct 21, 2020

San Francisco-based Breast Cancer Action has launched its annual awareness campaign and has a new interim ED.

Bay Area Cannasseur: SF cannabis coffee pioneers head to Colorado

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Sep 30, 2020

A gay couple who were early pioneers in the cannabis edibles business are moving to a small town in Colorado, hoping the change will enable them to rebuild and expand Somatik, their artisan infused cold brew coffee and chocolate brand.

Publicly funded cannabis social equity kitchen launched

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Sep 15, 2020

A publicly funded social equity kitchen to support people of color who want to enter the infused cannabis market was announced Tuesday by lesbian Amber E. Senter, CEO of the Oakland-based cannabis company, Breeze Distro.

Gay couple caught cheating at bridge as Castro club moves online

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Sep 14, 2020

Everyone loves to win, but two gay Bay Area bridge players are paying the price for flaunting the rules, drawing a suspension from a national watchdog group that bars them from playing at games sponsored by local clubs, including the Castro's Quick Tricks

Racism plagues the Castro, activists say

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Sep 9, 2020

After a long history of racial discrimination, the problem still plagues the Castro, said a panel of queer people of color during a Zoom broadcast sponsored by the Commonwealth Club and San Francisco Pride.

Chicago's LGBT newspaper stops the presses, moves to all-digital format

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Sep 9, 2020

Chicago's award-winning LGBT newspaper, Windy City Times, announced Wednesday that its presses will stop at the end of the month, when the publication will move to a digital-only format.

Bay Area Cannasseur: Queer entrepreneurs launch high-end cannabis beverage

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Sep 2, 2020

At the same time Governor Gavin Newsom announced his COVID-related shutdown of many businesses in March, queer entrepreneurs Brandon Andrew and Ian Colon were planning to launch of a new cannabis-infused beverage.

Noe Street encampment gone, but others remain in Duboce and Castro

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Aug 19, 2020

A week after the city started its tent encampment resolution work on August 11, Noe Street between 14th Street and Duboce Avenue remains clear of tents, bikes, stoves, and trash.

Longtime lesbian activist Jean-Pierre named Harris' chief of staff

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Aug 12, 2020

Longtime organizer Karine Jean-Pierre has been named chief of staff for Democratic presumptive vice presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris (D-California).

Officials work to clear Duboce tent encampment

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Aug 11, 2020

Several dozen San Francisco police and city officials from the Healthy Streets Operations were clearing the block-long homeless encampment Tuesday morning on Noe Street between Duboce and 15th streets, adjacent to California Pacific Medical Center.

Bay Area Cannasseur: SF City College to offer cannabis degree

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Aug 4, 2020

City College of San Francisco will launch a two-year associate of arts degree program in cannabis studies next spring, which it says is the first of its kind in the nation.

COVID-19 at dangerous levels in city, SF health officer says

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jul 30, 2020

In a dire warning to San Franciscans, the city's health officer said the current surge of new COVID-19 cases could bring a 500% increase in hospitalizations by fall, if residents don't improve their use of the public health guidelines.

SF plans new program to prioritize issues surrounding homelessness in Duboce

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jul 29, 2020

San Francisco plans to launch a new program of public and private partnerships to prioritize issues surrounding tent encampments in District 8.

SF judge declines to release man held in alleged attack on family

  • CRIME
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jul 16, 2020

A man who repeatedly slipped through the system and has been accused of attacking people in the Castro remains in custody in San Francisco County jail, following a preliminary hearing July 15 in connection with unrelated charges.