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LGBTQ Agenda: Bad week for equality sees ban on trans health care, doubts on drag shows

LGBTQ Agenda: Bad week for equality sees ban on trans health care, doubts on drag shows

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  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 7, 2023

It's been a tough several days in Mississippi and Tennessee, which saw anti-LGBTQ bills signed into law targeting gender-affirming health care.

The benefits of corporate housing for business travelers

The benefits of corporate housing for business travelers

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  • by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
  • Mar 4, 2023

With the world returning to a state of normalcy, more people have resumed traveling for work-related reasons such as business meetings, conferences, corporate events, and exhibitions.

With queer historians interested, SF supes face calls to reject mayor's pick for historic panel

With queer historians interested, SF supes face calls to reject mayor's pick for historic panel

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  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 3, 2023

San Francisco supervisors are facing calls to reject a mayoral appointee to the city's Historic Preservation Commission over questions about her qualifications to serve in a seat designated for a historian.

Friends rally around NCLR's Minter after tornado damages Texas home

Friends rally around NCLR's Minter after tornado damages Texas home

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  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 3, 2023

Friends and colleagues of the National Center for Lesbian Rights' longtime legal director are rallying around him and his family after a tornado severely damaged their Texas home Thursday.

Castro Merchants back lesbian tech confab — with conditions

Castro Merchants back lesbian tech confab — with conditions

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  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 2, 2023

After bitterly criticizing last year's Lesbians Who Tech and Allies' confab in the Castro, the merchants association decided Thursday to back the group's return to the LGBTQ neighborhood this fall — with conditions.

Trans former bishop sues Lutheran church, alleging harassment

Trans former bishop sues Lutheran church, alleging harassment

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  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 2, 2023

The first openly transgender bishop in a major Christian denomination in the United States has filed a federal lawsuit alleging he was demeaned, harassed, defamed, and eventually pushed out of the Lutheran Church's Sierra Pacific Synod.

Jimmy Carter's nephew had tragic connection with Oakland gay couple

Jimmy Carter's nephew had tragic connection with Oakland gay couple

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  • by Ed Walsh
  • Mar 2, 2023

Former President Jimmy Carter's closest connection to the San Francisco Bay Area may have been his nephew, William Carter Spann, who called himself the "Bad Peanut."

Political Notes: Majority of CA trial courts lack LGBTQ judges

Political Notes: Majority of CA trial courts lack LGBTQ judges

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  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 2, 2023

For more than a decade California's courts have been required to release sexual orientation and gender identity demographic data on judges in an effort to help diversify the bench.

Editorial: LGBTQs needed on homeless panel

Editorial: LGBTQs needed on homeless panel

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  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 1, 2023

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has had a mixed record on appointments, particularly when it comes to the LGBTQ community.

Political Notebook: SF gay GOP leader opposes changing city park name

Political Notebook: SF gay GOP leader opposes changing city park name

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  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 1, 2023

The president of a group for LGBTQ Republicans has come out in opposition to changing the name of a San Francisco park site that honors the city's last GOP leader to be elected mayor.

SF Gay Softball League celebrates 50 years of breaking barriers

SF Gay Softball League celebrates 50 years of breaking barriers

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  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 1, 2023

The San Francisco Gay Softball League is celebrating 50 years of uniting the LGBTQ and athletic communities.

Guest Opinion: Let's reauthorize PEPFAR

Guest Opinion: Let's reauthorize PEPFAR

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  • by Barbara Lee
  • Mar 1, 2023

During President Joe Biden's recent State of the Union address, he briefly touched on a program that I helped start that has benefited people living with HIV/AIDS in countries around the world — the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR.

Castro merchant taps into Ukrainian art for fundraiser

Castro merchant taps into Ukrainian art for fundraiser

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  • by Marijke Rowland
  • Mar 1, 2023

A Castro art gallery is using the humble postcard to help those hurt by the ongoing war in Ukraine, which recently entered its second year.

News Briefs: Congressional resolution honors Black LGBTQs

News Briefs: Congressional resolution honors Black LGBTQs

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  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 1, 2023

A resolution authored by Congressmember Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) and two gay House members honored Black LGBTQ Americans as Black History Month came to a close.