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SF Pride defends decision not to recognize gay deported migrant
The San Francisco Pride organization is defending its decision not to recognize a gay deported migrant as an honorary grand marshal in this year’s parade.
SF Pride reportedly denies request to name deported gay makeup artist honorary grand marshal
The San Francisco Pride organization has reportedly denied a request from two longtime LGBTQ leaders asking that a gay makeup artist whisked to an infamous Salvadorian prison by the Trump administration be made an honorary grand marshal.
LGBTQ Agenda: Gay rights icons call for community to fight for makeup artist deported to El Salvador prison
Two longtime LGBTQ leaders are trying to draw the community’s attention to the case of a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who’d been seeking asylum in the United States but was whisked to an infamous Salvadorian prison by the Trump administration.
SF supervisors approve Castro Entertainment Zone
The Castro LGBTQ neighborhood is about to be able to bolster outdoor nighttime events by making it easier to drink alcohol on the street.
Gay disgraced former SJ councilmember Torres pleads no contest to child sex crimes
Disgraced gay former San Jose city councilmember Omar Torres pleaded no contest April 8 to sex charges.
LGBTQ Agenda: Grindr promoting STI prevention tool
The gay meetup app Grindr is trying to promote awareness of tools to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
Crowds descend on SF as Downtown First Thursdays seeks to rewrite ‘doom loop’ narrative
Blocks used to commuters and office workers had the energy of a major pop concert or a even a rave April 3 as they bustled with people celebrating the first Downtown First Thursdays of the springtime.
SF Mayor Lurie pledges ‘relentless’ focus on public safety goals to Castro on edge
Members of the Castro Merchants Association got front-row seats Thursday to expositions from the two most powerful people in San Francisco government – Mayor Daniel Lurie and gay Board of Supervisors President Rafael Mandelman.
LGBTQ historic sites among bevy that could be landmarked in District 8
Sites historic to LGBTQ history are among the 18 buildings in San Francisco’s District 8 that have been proposed for landmarking.
Castro merchants group elects new president
The Castro Merchants Association elected new leadership April 3, selecting Nate Bourg, a gay man who is co-founder of The Academy SF, a private social club, as president.
Social Security demands SF AIDS activist Aguilar repay $201K
A San Francisco AIDS activist was alarmed when he received a letter from the Social Security Administration.
Trans sex worker convicted of voluntary manslaughter in shooting death
Transgender sex worker Leniyah Butler was convicted Monday of voluntary manslaughter by a federal jury in the shooting death of a man who had picked her up in the Tenderloin with the intent of paying for sex.
Charges filed in beating outside Castro Theatre
An arrest has been made in the brutal beating of a San Francisco LGBTQ neighborhood bar employee in front of the Castro Theatre, San Francisco Police said Friday.
LGBTQ Agenda: Liberal writers make pitch for ‘Abundance’ mindset at SF event
Some Democrats grappling with a leaderless party in the wilderness after last fall’s election defeats have turned to two journalists who see a reformation in the party’s mindset about delivering material abundance as the way forward.
Protest drag shows planned in SF as London police eye drugs in Heklina’s death
Two angry drag shows and a silent vigil set for Monday in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood are seeking to call attention to the London Metropolitan Police in the wake of new revelations in the investigation into the death of Heklina.
Prosecution, defense, both allege cover-up during closing arguments
Closing arguments in a transgender sex worker’s federal trial wrapped up Wednesday with both sides claiming a cover-up had occurred.
Three long-term HIV survivors reflect on COVID five years on
When much of the world was first introduced to physical distancing when COVID broke out in 2020, gay San Francisco resident Kevin Bradley already knew what it meant to isolate.
Shut out of federal power, SF Dems start to ask ‘what now?’
A planned protest of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s canceled trip to San Francisco became a forum to discuss what the Democratic Party should do in response to being out of power in all three branches of the U.S. federal government.
City College dedicates building for late gay SF supervisor Britt
City College of San Francisco officially dedicated a building for the late gay supervisor Harry Britt at a ceremony Tuesday afternoon.
LGBTQ Agenda: Advocates warn preemption doctrine stifling progress toward equality
LGBTQ advocates are sounding the alarm about how the legal doctrine of preemption is being used to prevent local progress for equality in red states.