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Despite report findings, LGBTQ groups say CA prisons failing trans people

Despite report findings, LGBTQ groups say CA prisons failing trans people

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  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 5, 2023

A state commissioned report on a law that governs the placement of trans people in California's prison system has drawn criticism from LGBTQ advocates.

St. James told to 'pause' eviction of trans woman

St. James told to 'pause' eviction of trans woman

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  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 5, 2023

St. James Infirmary has been instructed to "pause" the eviction of a trans woman from a transitional housing facility as an investigation into her claims of sexual retaliation against the nonprofit proceed, the Bay Area Reporter has learned.

Guest Opinion: Reclaiming the Resurrection

Guest Opinion: Reclaiming the Resurrection

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  • by Jim Mitulski
  • Apr 5, 2023

There is nothing like spending two winters in Duluth, Minnesota to make one appreciate the San Francisco Bay Area and all that it has to offer.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

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  • by BAR staff
  • Apr 5, 2023

This week, a reader takes issue with the paper's television columnist.

Obituaries: Rama Selassie Barnwell

Obituaries: Rama Selassie Barnwell

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  • by BAR staff
  • Apr 5, 2023

The obituary for Rama Selassie Barnwell, who worked as an HIV test counselor in San Francisco, beginning in the late 1980s.

LGBTQ Agenda: US bishops' document on trans health care 'harms people,' queer Catholics say

LGBTQ Agenda: US bishops' document on trans health care 'harms people,' queer Catholics say

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  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 4, 2023

LGBTQ Roman Catholics are responding to a document from the United States bishops about how the church's health care services should respond to requests for gender-affirming care.

Peskin issues ultimatum to Another Planet on Castro Theatre

Peskin issues ultimatum to Another Planet on Castro Theatre

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  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 3, 2023

San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin handed down a powerful ultimatum to Another Planet Entertainment at a committee meeting Monday, saying that the Castro Theatre operator has two weeks to compromise with the community.

Drag artist Stefan Grygelko, aka Heklina, dies

Drag artist Stefan Grygelko, aka Heklina, dies

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  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Apr 3, 2023

Stefan Grygelko, better known as her drag persona Heklina, has died, her longtime friend Joshua Grannell (Peaches Christ) wrote on Facebook April 3.

Political Notes: CA 2024 LGBTQ legislative candidates pick up early endorsements

Political Notes: CA 2024 LGBTQ legislative candidates pick up early endorsements

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  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 3, 2023

A quintet of out candidates seeking California legislative seats in 2024 has picked up early endorsements from two influential LGBTQ groups in the Golden State.

Out in the World: US leads historic call for the UN Security Council to protect LGBTQ people

Out in the World: US leads historic call for the UN Security Council to protect LGBTQ people

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  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 31, 2023

The United States led a coalition of countries, along with the United Nations LGBTI Core Group, and called upon the U.N. Security Council to better integrate LGBTQ human rights under its international peace and security mandate.

Gay applicant loses bid for Alameda supervisor vacancy as Márquez selected

Gay applicant loses bid for Alameda supervisor vacancy as Márquez selected

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  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 30, 2023

Alameda County supervisors opted not to appoint a gay applicant to a vacancy on the board and instead selected one of the three straight women who had sought the appointment after an hourslong special meeting Thursday.

2 Castro business groups spar over theater as hearings near

2 Castro business groups spar over theater as hearings near

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  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 30, 2023

The Castro Community Benefit District is circulating a petition to neighborhood business owners asking them to support Another Planet Entertainment's plans for the Castro Theatre ahead of crucial city hearings in April.

Newsom names 3 LGBTQ appeal court nominees

Newsom names 3 LGBTQ appeal court nominees

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  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 30, 2023

Governor Gavin Newsom has nominated two gay men to serve on the state's appellate courts and moved to elevate a lesbian appeal court justice to preside over her bench.

CA Senate leader Atkins moves to end LGBTQ travel ban

CA Senate leader Atkins moves to end LGBTQ travel ban

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  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 29, 2023

Despite LGBTQ rights coming under attack in statehouses across the country, lesbian state Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins is moving to end the Golden State's ban on using taxpayer money for travel to 23 states that have passed anti-LGBTQ laws.