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News Briefs: Groups launch downtown SF street parties

News Briefs: Groups launch downtown SF street parties

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • May 1, 2024

A coalition of organizations is launching Downtown First Thursdays, a free all-ages street party that will take place the first Thursdays of the month from 5 to 10 p.m. It starts May 2 and runs through April 2025, a news release stated.

Transmissions: A time to breathe

Transmissions: A time to breathe

You really do not need me to tell you how bleak things are right now for the trans community.

Guest Opinion: Join me to Drag Out The Vote

Guest Opinion: Join me to Drag Out The Vote

  • NEWS
  • by Afrika America
  • May 1, 2024

How did I sashay into this thing called voter advocacy? I'm lucky and proud to say that I have cast a ballot in almost every election I've been eligible to vote in since I turned 18.

Women's center, stepmom remember Banko Brown 1 year after killing

Women's center, stepmom remember Banko Brown 1 year after killing

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 1, 2024

Colleagues and family are remembering Banko Brown on the one-year anniversary of his death.

LGBTQ nonprofits make the case for Give OUT Day generosity

LGBTQ nonprofits make the case for Give OUT Day generosity

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 30, 2024

LGBTQ community nonprofits are making the case for why they are worthy recipients of donations through Horizons Foundation's Give OUT Day, which starts May 1 and wraps up May 30.

Advocates upset SF bond measure omits City Clinic relocation funds

Advocates upset SF bond measure omits City Clinic relocation funds

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 30, 2024

LGBTQ advocates are criticizing the omission in a proposed San Francisco bond measure funds to relocate a public health clinic that has long played a central role in the city's provision of care for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

LGBTQ Agenda: Queer help center seeks submissions for inaugural film festival

LGBTQ Agenda: Queer help center seeks submissions for inaugural film festival

  • NATIONAL
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 30, 2024

Seeking to offer a resource as well as artistic inspiration, the LGBT National Help Center is currently seeking submissions for its first LGBT Online Coming Out Film Festival.

How Sports is Helping Gay Athletes — And Vice Versa

How Sports is Helping Gay Athletes — And Vice Versa

  • SPORTS
  • by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
  • Apr 29, 2024

Sports has not always been as positive about the LGBTQ community. That's not to say that there have not been gay athletes, gay fans, or even positive messages and stories coming from the sports world.

Breed includes $25M for Milk plaza redo in fall bond measure

Breed includes $25M for Milk plaza redo in fall bond measure

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 29, 2024

As part of a $360 million bond measure she wants to put before voters in November, San Francisco Mayor London Breed is carving out $25 million for the project to reimagine Harvey Milk Plaza in the city's Castro district.

Political Notes: LGBTQ groups seek judicial appointment for bi attorney Cleesattle after she lost her March San Diego judge race

Political Notes: LGBTQ groups seek judicial appointment for bi attorney Cleesattle after she lost her March San Diego judge race

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 29, 2024

A quartet of LGBTQ groups is pressing Governor Gavin Newsom to appoint a bisexual attorney to the San Diego Superior Court after she lost her race on the March 5 primary ballot for a seat on the Southern California bench.

Out in the World: Blinken issues State Dept. report on countries' human rights practices

Out in the World: Blinken issues State Dept. report on countries' human rights practices

  • NEWS
  • by Heather Cassell
  • Apr 25, 2024

In its latest examination of human rights records across nearly 200 countries and territories around the world, the U.S. State Department found an increasing number are trampling on the rights of their citizens.

Bay Area events mark Lesbian Visibility Week

Bay Area events mark Lesbian Visibility Week

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Apr 25, 2024

Lesbian Visibility Week is in full swing, with several events scheduled over the next few days.

Plant Medicine helped me accept my identity

Plant Medicine helped me accept my identity

  • NEWS
  • by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
  • Apr 25, 2024

Brad Wells built multiple successful companies over his career attempting to prove his self-worth and sacrificing much in the pursuit of achievement.

Editorial: New Title IX rule will help trans students

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.