Castro merchants group declines to endorse Another Planet's theater plans

The controversy over the new management of the Castro Theatre continues, with the neighborhood's business organization declining to sign a letter in support of Another Planet Entertainment's planned renovations of the movie house.

SF MPX cases declining

Both locally and nationally, health care and medical officials are allowing themselves to feel something they haven't enjoyed in a while: cautious optimism.

Shanker departs Spahr Center after 6 months for Biden gig

Adrian Shanker, the highly accomplished activist who left the community center he founded in Allentown, Pennsylvania, only six months ago to lead Marin County's Spahr Center, is on the move again.

LGBTQ Agenda: Pentagon office finds fears of gay service were unfounded, report says

A report by a top military research office concludes that fears of LGBTQ service in the military were unfounded.

San Francisco GLBT Historical Society names new ED

Just in time for LGBTQ History Month, the San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society has chosen a new leader, and it's a familiar one to many in the community.

LGBTQ History Month: 'Memory Book' details history of 1970s-era LGBTQ attorneys in US

Stephen Lachs remembers the 1970s as being a particularly wonderful era in the history of the LGBTQ liberation movement.

SF hearings on Castro Theatre plans pushed back to December

The much anticipated city hearings about the proposed renovations of the Castro Theatre by managers Another Planet Entertainment have been pushed back until later this year at the request of the company.

Besties Community: The Sisters are the faces of SF's LGBTQ community

Now that COVID is kind of not the big deal it was back in 2020, the Bay Area's LGBTQ nonprofits and other community organizations are feeling free to do the things the community loves best.

LGBTQ Agenda: Trans voters risk disenfranchisement in midterm elections, report says

The battle over voting rights in the United States has been a long and contentious one, with proponents of tighter regulations – typically Republicans – arguing that increasing identification requirements helps to ensure more secure, fraud-free elections.

SF HIV, behavioral health agency CEO Andrews steps down

Brett Andrews, CEO of PRC and Baker Places, which provides HIV/AIDS services and workforce development as well as rehabilitation services, has stepped down from the nonprofit where he first began as executive director in 2003.

Folsom Street Fair set to return

After two years of not-quite-the-real-thing Folsom Street fairs, the massive kink and leather-focused street party is back in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood.

SF mayor responds to Castro Merchants group complaints

San Francisco Mayor London Breed finally responded to an August letter by the Castro Merchants Association decrying conditions in the LGBTQ neighborhood.

SF supervisors OK controversial police surveillance measure

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed a measure allowing the San Francisco Police Department to request access to private, non-city entity surveillance cameras owned by individual households or businesses.

LGBTQ Agenda: Vice President Harris meets with reproductive rights leaders

Almost four months after the U.S. Supreme overturned Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris met with leaders of the nation's top reproductive and civil rights groups to discuss the impact of that decision.

SF health dept. expands MPX vaccines to non-city residents through Oct. 2

As San Francisco continues its efforts to rein in monkeypox, the city is getting help in the form of 10,000 additional Jynneos vaccines from the federal government, just in time for the beginning of the fall street fair season and associated events.

Ahead of Folsom fair, SF LeatherWalk set for Sunday

For the second year in a row, San Francisco LeatherWalk returns as the city prepares to usher in Leather Week ahead of the Folsom Street Fair.

SF Pride members elect new board members, select 2023 theme

San Francisco Pride members have chosen an apt theme for the 2023 celebration following the challenges of the past three years in putting on the West Coast's largest LGBTQ event during the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic.

SF police chief's surveillance plan advances to full board

After its fourth appearance being heard at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee, a controversial ordinance that would allow police to access private surveillance cameras was recommended to the full board on a 2-1 vote.

Letters in support of Castro Theatre renovation pour into SF supervisors' inboxes

San Francisco supervisors have seen a flood of letters from people who support Another Planet Entertainment's plans for the Castro Theatre.

LGBTQ Agenda: 9th Circuit upholds Washington state's ban on conversion therapy for minors

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld a Washington state law prohibiting conversion therapy for minors.

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