As budget negotiations heat up in the coming weeks, San Francisco HIV advocates will be marching on City Hall June 5 to press their case for a variety of funding needs.

Back in 2016, when gay former state Senator Mark Leno was term-limited from running again for his San Francisco seat, the city was facing the possibility of having no LGBTQ representatives in the state Legislature.

Over a dozen LGBTQ-related bills have already passed out of their house of origin in the California Legislature, with several more waiting for floor votes prior to the June 3 deadline for lawmakers in the two chambers to pass them.

It has been 27 years since an out female won election to a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Former San Francisco resident Kevin Easton is running for an Oregon congressional seat after having briefly ran for a different seat in 2022.

A youth of the 1930s and 1940s, Harvey Milk grew up with the Walt Disney Company being a dominant player in the pop culture offerings of his day.

In his race last year gay U.S. House candidate Will Rollins lost to conservative Congressmember Ken Calvert (R-Corona) by 11,100 votes in California's 41st Congressional District that includes a large part of Palm Springs.

The latest mayoral appointee to the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission is expected to win approval from the city's supervisors this month.

Palm Springs City Councilmember Lisa Middleton is hoping to become the first trans member of the California Legislature in her bid for the 19th District state Senate seat.

A bill requiring California teachers receive LGBTQ cultural competency training is once again running into fiscal concerns in light of the state's growing budget deficit.

With transgender issues a flashpoint in the country's political discourse, as statehouses rollback rights for trans people, especially youth, the San Francisco Republican Party is taking a more active role in the debate.

Two gay California lawmakers have told the Bay Area Reporter they plan to introduce legislation to address the issues impeding efforts to collect LGBTQ health data as detailed in a damning report by the state's auditor.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has taken a queer eye to his city's homeless issue to get people housed and he's helping other mayors come up with solutions to shelter unhoused residents. However, everyone must do their part, he said.

Gay nurse and former union leader Jennifer Esteen officially launched her campaign Monday to oust from office Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, who will be seeking a seventh four-year term on the primary ballot next March.