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Pink triangle co-founder readies for 30th installation
In June 1996 under the cover of darkness, Patrick Carney and some friends staged a guerrilla art installation atop Twin Peaks.
News Briefs: SF City Hall prepares for Pride weddings
San Francisco City Hall is preparing for weddings at the start of Pride weekend in late June.
News Briefs: Horizons grants 4 SF trans orgs $1M
Horizons Foundation has announced that four transgender people of color organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area will receive funding totaling $1 million over three years via its new Trans POC initiative.
National LGBTQ Wall of Honor inductees announced
The inductions for this year’s class of the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor were announced Monday and include a “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alum and a trans man who was violently killed.
News Briefs: SF Pride names grand marshals
San Francisco Pride officials named this year’s grand marshals, a diverse set of people who have contributed to the LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS communities.
SF supervisors’ panel recommends Folsom entertainment zone
Folsom Street, long associated with the leather and kink communities, is poised to have an entertainment zone.
Lee says she has Oakland LGBTQ community’s back
Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee on Monday made her first official remarks since declaring victory and vowed to have the LGBTQ community’s back in the face of assaults from the Trump administration.
SF LGBT center’s executive director Rolfe to step down
Rebecca Rolfe, the longtime executive director of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, will step down at the end of the year.
News Briefs: Gill Foundation names Kendell as new CEO
The Gill Foundation, a national LGBTQ philanthropic nonprofit, has announced that former National Center for Lesbian Rights executive director Kate Kendell will become its new CEO.
Gay harm reduction advocate Michael Siever dies
Michael Siever, Ph.D., a gay man and psychologist who once led the San Francisco AIDS Foundation’s behavioral health program, died April 10 at an assisted living facility in Seattle.
Taylor ahead of Lee in Oakland mayor’s race
Former Oakland city councilmember Loren Taylor has a slight lead over former congressmember Barbara Lee in the hotly contested race for mayor.
Gay Vanguard magazine publisher Keith St Clare dies
Keith St Clare, a gay man who edited and published Vanguard, an early LGBTQ magazine that was based in San Francisco, died March 25 at an assisted living facility in Richmond, Texas.
Gay Oakland mayoral staffer placed on leave amid City Hall shake-up just ahead of special election
Brandon Harami, a gay man who’s Oakland interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins’ community resilience director, was one of several staffers placed on paid administrative leave Monday in a City Hall shake-up.
Gay ex-Santa Clara councilmember Becker sentenced to 40 days in perjury case
Gay former Santa Clara city councilmember Anthony Becker was sentenced to 40 days in jail Friday following his conviction on perjury.
News Briefs: Drag artists to hold People’s March for democracy
Two drag artists who have long organized the People’s March during June’s Pride Month are gearing up for one to fight fascism and promote democracy on Saturday, April 12, in San Francisco.
News Briefs: SF Sisters unveil new safety campaign
Recent violent incidents in San Francisco’s LGBTQ Castro neighborhood have prompted the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc. to launch a new public safety campaign for the queer community.
Castro Nail Salon designated a legacy business
With the fate of its prime Castro Street location apparently in limbo due to it being housed in the building that contains the historic theater, the Castro Nail Salon was designated a legacy business Monday.
SF supervisors panel recommends Sanchez for sunshine task force seat
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on Monday advanced the application of Amerika Nachele Sanchez to a vacant seat on the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force.
La Crema wine company back on as SF Pride sponsor
A local wine company has returned to the fold as a sponsor of the San Francisco Pride parade and celebration.
Castro Nail Salon secures recommendation for legacy business
A Castro business facing the loss of its lease is one step closer to gaining legacy business status from San Francisco officials.