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Editorial: SF supes must slow down on 12X changes

Editorial: SF supes must slow down on 12X changes

  • NEWS
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 22, 2023

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is set to consider removing construction agreements from the prohibition of contracting in states that have discriminatory laws that target LGBTQ rights, reproductive rights, and voting rights.

Many Castro businesses non-LGBTQ owned, survey finds

Many Castro businesses non-LGBTQ owned, survey finds

  • BUSINESS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 22, 2023

Less than half of businesses in San Francisco's LGBTQ neighborhood that participated in a 2021 survey conducted by the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District were "owned or managed" by members of the queer community, neighborhood leaders told the B.A.R.

Guest Opinion: SFAF leads by values centered on justice

Guest Opinion: SFAF leads by values centered on justice

  • NEWS
  • by Tyler TerMeer
  • Feb 22, 2023

For more than 40 years now, San Francisco AIDS Foundation has been there for our communities in times of crises: from the early response to AIDS to the current challenges around mpox, substance use, fatal overdose, and more.

News Briefs: SF to end COVID health emergency

News Briefs: SF to end COVID health emergency

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Feb 22, 2023

The San Francisco Department of Public Health has announced that the city's COVID-19 public health emergency declaration will end February 28.

Trans TV star leads protest at SF Creating Change confab

Trans TV star leads protest at SF Creating Change confab

  • NEWS
  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 22, 2023

"Pose" star and transgender activist Angelica Ross staged a protest against Creating Change at the conference's closing plenary in San Francisco February 20, unhappy with alleged anti-trans incidents at the host hotels and problems with the conference.

Obituaries: John S. Wilkie

Obituaries: John S. Wilkie

  • NEWS
  • by BAR staff
  • Feb 22, 2023

The obituary for John S. Wilkie, a longtime ophthalmologist and member of LGBTQ medical organizations.

Transmissions: Six days in February

Transmissions: Six days in February

On the afternoon of February 11, a girl by the name of Brianna Ghey was found on a path in Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington, Cheshire, England. Pronounced dead at the scene, she was the victim of multiple stab wounds.

No deal yet for Badlands space, liquor license in process of being surrendered

No deal yet for Badlands space, liquor license in process of being surrendered

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 21, 2023

The location of the former Badlands in the Castro is in the process of losing its liquor license just as its landlord and prospective new operator have stopped providing updates on the space's future.

New Transgender Law Center ED 'humbled' to lead organization

New Transgender Law Center ED 'humbled' to lead organization

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 21, 2023

Shelby Chestnut, a transgender two-spirit queer person, has begun their tenure as executive director of the Transgender Law Center, the largest trans-led civil rights organization in the country.

Spotlight shines once again on the late drag artist Doris Fish

Spotlight shines once again on the late drag artist Doris Fish

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 16, 2023

A new book released this month and an upcoming museum exhibit in San Francisco are once again shining a spotlight on the late drag artist Doris Fish, who dazzled the Bay Area and was the grand dame of Sydney's Mardi Gras Parade during the 1980s.

Out in the World: Photo book provides an intimate look inside queer Chinese youths' lives

Out in the World: Photo book provides an intimate look inside queer Chinese youths' lives

  • BOOKS
  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 16, 2023

A new photo book, "Solace: Portraits of Queer Chinese Youth helps give LGBTQ Chinese youth a voice at a period in their country's history when its government is cracking down on homosexuality and being queer is taboo.

Updated: Knoller again denied parole in SF dog-maul case

Updated: Knoller again denied parole in SF dog-maul case

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Feb 15, 2023

A two-member state Board of Parole Hearings panel denied parole late Wednesday for the woman convicted of second-degree murder in connection with the fatal dog mauling in San Francisco of her lesbian neighbor, Diane Whipple, back in 2001.

Editorial: Time for a winning campaign

Editorial: Time for a winning campaign

  • NEWS
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 15, 2023

Last summer, we wrote an editorial urging Equality California and the LGBTQ Legislative Caucus to think carefully before proceeding with a constitutional amendment to repeal Proposition 8 that would need to go before voters in 2024.

Political Notebook: Gay Vallejo councilman aims to address teen smoking

Political Notebook: Gay Vallejo councilman aims to address teen smoking

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 15, 2023

Vallejo's new gay City Council member is aiming to address teen smoking in his Solano County city this year.