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Rickleffs to have retrial in 2012 death of SF stylist

  • CRIME
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 4, 2025

A San Francisco judge has set a summer retrial date for a man previously convicted of killing a gay hair stylist whose homicide and robbery convictions were overturned more than a year ago.

Preliminary hearing set for gay disgraced SJ councilmember Torres

  • CRIME
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 3, 2025

A preliminary hearing date has been set in the case of disgraced gay former San Jose city councilmember Omar Torres, accused of child sex crimes.

Bondi sends state AGs warning to comply with Trump trans athlete order

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 26, 2025

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is warning three state attorneys general – including California's – they must comply with President Donald Trump's executive order on transgender girls and women's participation in female sports.

SF supervisors vote to remove police commissioner Carter-Oberstone

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 25, 2025

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to shake up the city's police commission Tuesday, removing mayoral appointee Max Carter-Oberstone from his position.

Most of Castro will remain under SFPD's Mission Station

  • CRIME
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 25, 2025

Castro officials are reacting positively to the news that much of the neighborhood will remain within the San Francisco Police Department's Mission Station boundaries.

LGBTQ Agenda: Trump return shaking up Kennedy Center, WorldPride

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 25, 2025

Several recent moves around this year's WorldPride festivities planned for Washington, D.C. following President Donald Trump's return to office have LGBTQs learning the nation's capital might not be big enough for the both of them.

LGBTQ Agenda: National group helps advocates enshrine marriage equality in state statutes

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 25, 2025

Americans concerned about LGBTQ equality are working on enshrining marriage equality rights in state governing documents.

California LGBTQ nonprofits join Lambda Legal lawsuit against Trump administration over DEI

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini and Cynthia Laird
  • Feb 20, 2025

The San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the San Francisco Community Health Center joined six other nonprofits in suing the Trump administration over DEI initiatives and the erasure of the transgender community.

Lurie backs Wiener bill to boost nightlife in downtown SF

  • BUSINESS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 18, 2025

State legislation to add new liquor licenses in downtown San Francisco will increase momentum to the city's economic recovery, lawmakers hope.

Criminal case of gay ex-San Jose councilmember Torres may resolve in March

  • CRIME
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 18, 2025

The case of disgraced former San Jose city councilmember Omar Torres, accused of child sex crimes, may be heading to a close.

Year-end stats show bacterial STIs down across the board in SF

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 14, 2025

Rates of all bacterial sexually transmitted infections in San Francisco were down by the end of 2024 compared to the previous year, according to the year-end STI report released by the health department on Valentine's Day.

State appeal court rules against Bakersfield baker in same-sex wedding case

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 14, 2025

A state appeal court ruled February 12 that a Bakersfield bakery didn't have the right not to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple.

Unhoused man Dale Coverdell, known to many in the Castro, dies

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 14, 2025

Residents in San Francisco's Castro district are reacting to the death this week of a beloved unhoused man who spent many years on the streets in the LGBTQ neighborhood.

SF supervisors approve fundraising for Trump administration legal battles

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 11, 2025

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation allowing some city leaders to fundraise for services on behalf of communities that might be negatively impacted by Trump administration policies, including LGBTQ San Franciscans.

Mandelman, Lurie adviser discuss changes to SF government

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 11, 2025

It's been just over a month since Mayor Daniel Lurie was sworn into office.

SF Transportation Authority approves Castro-area traffic study funding

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 11, 2025

The SF County Transportation Authority has approved the allocation of funds for a study of traffic patterns in the city's Castro LGBTQ district that may have wide-reaching impacts for vehicles using Market Street trying to access Duboce Triangle.

LGBTQ Agenda: Incoming Family Equality CEO says mission is 'deeply personal'

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 11, 2025

Darra Gordon is entering her new role as CEO of Family Equality during an unsettling time for many LGBTQ families afraid of the implications of the second Trump administration.

Electricity hookup issues mean Castro Theatre won't reopen this summer

  • BUSINESS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 6, 2025

The Castro Theatre won't be reopening this summer as originally planned.

SF officials excited to work with Mayor Lurie on crime – but 'don't know' what Trump has in store

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 6, 2025

City officials said they've heard the message from voters and are cracking down on criminal activity while trying to improve street conditions and help the unhoused.

Castro set to join other SF areas with an entertainment zone

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 5, 2025

Castro denizens might soon be purchasing to-go drinks to party in the street during special occasions now that gay Board of Supervisors President Rafael Mandelman introduced legislation to establish a Castro Upper Market Entertainment Zone.