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Political Notebook: Queer family advocate seeks Oakland school board vacancy

Political Notebook: Queer family advocate seeks Oakland school board vacancy

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 18, 2023

A queer family advocate is seeking the vacant seat on the Oakland school board this November. If elected, Sasha Ritzie-Hernandez would be the second LGBTQ member of the oversight body.

LGBTQ History Month: Golden State queer mecca is more than SF

LGBTQ History Month: Golden State queer mecca is more than SF

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Oct 18, 2023

Queer history is not just in San Francisco. A raid at a gay bar in San Diego in 1979 helped galvanize the nascent LGBTQ community there, while Sacramento also has a rich past.

LGBTQ History Month: Queer couple seeks history of their Oakland home

LGBTQ History Month: Queer couple seeks history of their Oakland home

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Oct 18, 2023

Joan Howard and Rebecca Longworth wish the walls could talk in their East Oakland home, which they discovered was once a working-class lesbian bar.

Transmissions: In God's image

Transmissions: In God's image

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Oct 18, 2023

Longtime readers will note that I don't often discuss matters of religion. It's not a topic I am comfortable with. I am predominantly agnostic, with a very strong pagan bent to my spirituality.

Editorial: Breed's ballot measure isn't about public safety

Editorial: Breed's ballot measure isn't about public safety

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Oct 18, 2023

There are problems with Mayor London Breed's public safety ballot measure — namely around loosening policies for police pursuits and "reforming" the police commission.

Obituaries: Roy D. Jones

Obituaries: Roy D. Jones

  • by BAR staff
  • Oct 18, 2023

The obituary for Roy D. Jones, who arrived in the Bay Area in 1965 and had a fulfilling career as a general contractor.

News Briefs: SF library unveils AIDS portraits exhibit

News Briefs: SF library unveils AIDS portraits exhibit

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Oct 18, 2023

The San Francisco Public Library presents "AIDS Self-Portraits: Positive Art," featuring photographs by Jeannie O'Connor taken at four centers for AIDS services in San Francisco, Oakland, and Richmond from 1989-95.

American Accents in Fantasy: Why Fantasy Characters Are Always British

American Accents in Fantasy: Why Fantasy Characters Are Always British

  • by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
  • Oct 18, 2023

Fantasy books and films are a massive hit with both readers and spectators. Although the tales occur in a fictional realm, the characters always speak with British accents instead of American accents.

Out in the World: India's Supreme Court punts on same-sex marriage

Out in the World: India's Supreme Court punts on same-sex marriage

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Oct 18, 2023

The Supreme Court of India declined to legalize same-sex marriage in a ruling October 16, punting the issue back to India's Parliament and dealing a blow to India's estimated 2.5 million LGBTQ people.

Preliminary hearing pushed back in gay Oakland murder case

Preliminary hearing pushed back in gay Oakland murder case

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Oct 17, 2023

The preliminary hearing in the case of the UC Berkeley employee charged in the killing of a gay Black man in Oakland earlier this year was pushed back one month during a court hearing Tuesday.

LGBTQ Agenda: Over two-dozen orgs sign on to anti-conversion therapy joint statement

LGBTQ Agenda: Over two-dozen orgs sign on to anti-conversion therapy joint statement

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Oct 17, 2023

Two Bay Area gay medical professionals announced October 11 that 28 medical and psychological professional organizations have issued a joint statement against conversion therapy, in what they said was an unprecedented show of unity.

SF supervisors delay vote on Castro Theatre legislation after 'technical' amendment

SF supervisors delay vote on Castro Theatre legislation after 'technical' amendment

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Oct 16, 2023

One of the last hurdles for renovations to begin at the Castro Theatre was delayed by a Board of Supervisors committee Monday due to a technical amendment involving second-floor nighttime entertainment.

Newsom signs set of trans bills

Newsom signs set of trans bills

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 13, 2023

The last two remaining LGBTQ-related bills adopted this year by California lawmakers have been signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom.

SF health department reports September mpox spike

SF health department reports September mpox spike

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Oct 13, 2023

San Francisco saw an uptick in mpox cases last month, according to the city's Department of Public Health.