Opinion

Editorial: EQCA needs to mount decline to sign campaign to thwart anti-trans measures

Editorial: EQCA needs to mount decline to sign campaign to thwart anti-trans measures

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Nov 29, 2023

As we have reported, in early November, the California Secretary of State's office cleared three anti-trans ballot measures to begin collecting signatures to qualify for the November 2024 ballot.

Editorial: Communities should lead fight against HIV/AIDS

Editorial: Communities should lead fight against HIV/AIDS

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Nov 21, 2023

The theme for the 35th annual World AIDS Day coming up on December 1 is "Let Communities Lead."

Guest Opinion: 5 great ways to create positive change in your community

Guest Opinion: 5 great ways to create positive change in your community

Few things are more rewarding than standing up for a cause you believe in, especially when it is of importance in your local community.

Editorial: Biden needs to nominate LGBTQ judges

Editorial: Biden needs to nominate LGBTQ judges

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Nov 15, 2023

If LGBTQ voters need another reason to reelect President Joe Biden next year, we've got two words for you: federal judges.

Guest Opinion: Telling our stories as an act of resistance

Guest Opinion: Telling our stories as an act of resistance

In 1999, before I even knew I was trans, I sat in a dark movie theater watching "Boys Don't Cry."

Editorial: Standing up to hate

Editorial: Standing up to hate

California will soon observe United Against Hate Week — November 12-18 — and it's needed now more than ever.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

A reader writes that the Lesbians Who Tech & Allies Summit has outgrown the LGBTQ Castro neighborhood.

Guest Opinion: Let the queerest generation vote

Guest Opinion: Let the queerest generation vote

Growing up in San Francisco as a queer teen, I know how important the work of LGBTQ+ community leaders has been in creating a more accepting city.

Editorial: Lesbian tech confab has outgrown Castro

Editorial: Lesbian tech confab has outgrown Castro

The Lesbians Who Tech & Allies Summit has come and gone, and organizers have only themselves to blame for the bitter feelings they've left with many Castro business owners.

Guest Opinion: Black queer women make history in California politics

Guest Opinion: Black queer women make history in California politics

As the hottest labor fall in several generations churns on, Governor Gavin Newsom turned up the heat in the labor community by appointing Laphonza Butler to replace the late Dianne Feinstein as California's U.S. senator.

Editorial: B.A.R. endorses 2 in special school elections

Editorial: B.A.R. endorses 2 in special school elections

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Oct 25, 2023

Voters in the Fruitvale neighborhood in Oakland and downtown San Jose will have an opportunity to elect members of the public school board and community college board, respectively.

Guest Opinion: The AIDS crisis brought out the best in Dianne Feinstein

Guest Opinion: The AIDS crisis brought out the best in Dianne Feinstein

The last time Dianne Feinstein ran for U.S. Senate, the member-leaders of my union voted to endorse her opponent.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

Readers write in about our recent editorial, an upcoming meeting on smoking on bar patios, and the 1995 movie "To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar."

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

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

  • EDITORIAL
  • 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.