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SF supervisor takes part in trans advocacy week

NEWS | April 24, 2024 | by BAR staff

Lyon-Martin Community Health Services is in the midst of building out its future clinic at 225 Valencia Street in San Francisco.

Foundations lag in giving to LGBTQ causes

NEWS
by Matthew S. Bajko
Apr 24, 2024

LGBTQ issues in recent years have increasingly become a political flashpoint in school districts and statehouses across the country.

Guest Opinion: I have HIV and I am alive — thanks to San Francisco

NEWS
by Michael J. Madrigal
Apr 24, 2024

I am 59 years old, have lived in our great city for nearly 40 years, and I have been HIV-positive for 30 of them.

Political Notebook: SF Dems elect out pair to executive posts

NEWS
by Matthew S. Bajko
Apr 24, 2024

The new executive committee for the San Francisco Democratic Party includes two out members who are maintaining LGBTQ leadership among the top posts.

Editorial: New Title IX rule will help trans students

NEWS
by BAR Editorial Board
Apr 24, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education last week issued its final rule governing schools' obligations to guarantee all students, including LGBTQ students, have full and equal access to educational opportunities regardless of sex.

News Briefs: SF groups to dedicate upper Market mural

NEWS
by Cynthia Laird
Apr 24, 2024

Several San Francisco organizations will join together and formally dedicate the restoration of an iconic mural on upper Market Street during the monthly Castro Art Walk Friday, May 3, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Castro Theatre blade gets makeover

NEWS
by BAR staff
Apr 23, 2024

Another Planet Entertainment has begun renovation of the neon blade and marquee for the Castro Theatre

CA judge agrees with Bonta that ballot measure attacks rights of transgender youth

NEWS
by John Ferrannini
Apr 23, 2024

A judge has sided with the state of California in the matter of a conservative group that sued over the title and summary Attorney General Rob Bonta assigned to its ballot measure that would strip rights from transgender minors.

LGBTQ Agenda: Former police officer accused in Mississippi homicide of ex-boyfriend

CRIME
by John Ferrannini
Apr 23, 2024

A Mississippi man is in custody after being arrested on charges he killed his ex-boyfriend.

Longtime Glide leader the Reverend Cecil Williams dies

NEWS
by Cynthia Laird
Apr 22, 2024

The Reverend Cecil Williams, who remade Glide Memorial Church into a powerhouse for social justice, died Monday, April 22, according to San Francisco Mayor London Breed's office.

Comcast fellows announced for LGBTQ, Black publications

NEWS
by Cynthia Laird
Apr 22, 2024

News is Out and Word In Black together announced the 16 fellows selected for The Digital Equity Local Voices Lab, a new initiative powered by Comcast NBCUniversal to place journalists at 16 Black and LGBTQ+ serving news publications across the country.

Public chimes in on Sacramento LGBTQ history efforts

NEWS
by John Ferrannini
Apr 19, 2024

While some community members were a little skeptical about the prospect of an LGBTQ historic district in Sacramento, many expressed their desire to see the role queer people played in the River City's past be told.

Biden administration finalizes protections for LGBTQ students

NEWS
by Christopher Kane, Washington Blade
Apr 19, 2024

National LGBTQ organizations praised the Biden administration Friday after the U.S. Department of Education issued its final rule that revises Title IX, a federal civil rights law, and addresses trans students.

Political Notes: Queer UC Berkeley student activist Lunaparra wins City Council seat

NEWS
by Matthew S. Bajko
Apr 19, 2024

UC Berkeley senior Cecilia Lunaparra won the special April 16 election for the vacant District 7 seat on the Berkeley City Council.

Civil rights groups speak out on California same-sex wedding cake case

NEWS
by John Ferrannini
Apr 17, 2024

A Bay Area legal group was one of several organizations that filed amicus briefs in support of the state's appeal of a lower court decision that a Bakersfield bakery has a right not to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple.

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