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Newsom signs set of trans bills

Newsom signs set of trans bills

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 13, 2023

The last two remaining LGBTQ-related bills adopted this year by California lawmakers have been signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom.

SF health department reports September mpox spike

SF health department reports September mpox spike

  • HEALTH
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Oct 13, 2023

San Francisco saw an uptick in mpox cases last month, according to the city's Department of Public Health.

Political Notes: Gay SF health commissioner Bernal gets waiver to take UCSF job

Political Notes: Gay SF health commissioner Bernal gets waiver to take UCSF job

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 13, 2023

Gay San Francisco Health Commission President Dan Bernal has secured the waiver he was seeking to become UCSF's vice chancellor of community and government relations.

Political Notebook: Gay Pelosi chief Bernal seeks waiver for UCSF job

Political Notebook: Gay Pelosi chief Bernal seeks waiver for UCSF job

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 11, 2023

Dan Bernal, the longtime gay chief of staff to Congressmember Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), is seeking a waiver from San Francisco's ethics watchdog body in order to take a job with UCSF as its vice chancellor of community and government relations.

Gay SF man's 2018 killing gets new look from TV's Grace

Gay SF man's 2018 killing gets new look from TV's Grace

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Oct 11, 2023

Nationally known legal commentator and television personality Nancy Grace is blasting the San Francisco Police Department's handling of the grisly killing of a gay man in 2018.

LGBTQ History Month: In its past, US women's group NOW purged lesbians

LGBTQ History Month: In its past, US women's group NOW purged lesbians

  • HISTORY
  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Oct 11, 2023

The online National Women's History Museum describes Betty Friedan as "co-founder of the National Organization for Women" and "one of the early leaders of the women's rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s."

LGBTQ History Month: Dallas LGBTQ leader Harris looks back on history

LGBTQ History Month: Dallas LGBTQ leader Harris looks back on history

  • HISTORY
  • by David Taffet
  • Oct 11, 2023

When George Harris and Jack Evans became the first same-sex couple to legally marry in Dallas County, they had already been together 54 years.

Business Briefing: SF coworking space incubates lesbian restaurateurs

Business Briefing: SF coworking space incubates lesbian restaurateurs

  • BUSINESS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 11, 2023

In the coming weeks Suki and Katya Skye will open a restaurant near San Francisco's Polk Gulch neighborhood featuring fare from their Eastern European roots.

Editorial: Newsom's health vetoes send wrong message

Editorial: Newsom's health vetoes send wrong message

  • NEWS
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Oct 11, 2023

Governor Gavin Newsom's vetoes over the weekend of two health-related bills send the wrong message to LGBTQs and straights alike.

LGBTQ History Month: History done 'The Dallas Way'

LGBTQ History Month: History done 'The Dallas Way'

  • HISTORY
  • by David Taffet
  • Oct 11, 2023

Folks in Texas often have their own way of doing things, even when it comes to keeping track of history. And in Dallas' LGBTQ community that means preserving their history "The Dallas Way."

Guest Opinion: Attacks on queer youth ramp up in CA

Guest Opinion: Attacks on queer youth ramp up in CA

  • NEWS
  • by Paulina Angel
  • Oct 11, 2023

There is an attack going on here in California, and the victims are transgender and gender non-conforming youth.

Breed presents Fauci with key to city

Breed presents Fauci with key to city

  • NEWS
  • by BAR staff
  • Oct 11, 2023

San Francisco Mayor London Breed, left, presented the key to the city to Dr. Anthony Fauci during a ceremony in the mayor's office at City Hall Wednesday, October 4.

Out in the World: SF gay Jewish business owner caught in Israel after Hamas attack

Out in the World: SF gay Jewish business owner caught in Israel after Hamas attack

  • NEWS
  • by Heather Cassell
  • Oct 11, 2023

San Francisco gay Jewish cafe owner Emanuel "Manny" Yekutiel finds himself in an unimaginable situation following the surprise attack by Hamas in Israel October 7.

HRC, other LGBTQ groups, endorse Biden-Harris for 2024

HRC, other LGBTQ groups, endorse Biden-Harris for 2024

  • NATIONAL
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Oct 10, 2023

Three national LGBTQ groups — including the Human Rights Campaign's political action committee — endorsed President Joe Biden's re-election campaign October 10 in their first joint endorsement.