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Editorial: Biden's got our backs

Editorial: Biden's got our backs

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • May 5, 2021

Having passed his 100th day in office, President Joe Biden has attempted to remedy four years of direct attacks by his predecessor with some important accomplishments for the LGBTQ community in pursuit of equity.

Editorial: Facts not faith needed for Better Market project

Editorial: Facts not faith needed for Better Market project

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 28, 2021

The public deserves real answers from several city agencies and BART about the proposed phase 1 Better Market Street project, which would tear up Market Street, between Fifth and Eighth streets, for as long as two to four years.

Editorial: LGBTQ media group stands against voter suppression

Editorial: LGBTQ media group stands against voter suppression

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 21, 2021

The National LGBT Media Association took a principled stand this month when it announced that it would not meet in Georgia due to the state having recently passed a hideous voter suppression law.

Editorial: SFO embraces Milk terminal at last

Editorial: SFO embraces Milk terminal at last

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 14, 2021

The recent news about a new exhibit detailing the life and political career of the late gay supervisor Harvey Milk in the terminal named for him at San Francisco International Airport was surprising.

Editorial: Dikas does the right thing

Editorial: Dikas does the right thing

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 14, 2021

Christina Dikas did the right thing when she withdrew her nomination for a seat on the SF Historic Preservation Commission just hours before a likely rejection from the Board of Supervisors.

Editorial: Supes should reject Dikas for preservation panel

Editorial: Supes should reject Dikas for preservation panel

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Apr 7, 2021

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors should reject Mayor London Breed's nominee, Christina Dikas, to the Historic Preservation Commission.

Editorial: B.A.R. looks back at its proud history

Editorial: B.A.R. looks back at its proud history

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 31, 2021

Yeah, we'll toot our own horn. We've come a long way from when the first issue of the Bay Area Reporter rolled off the presses (or a mimeograph machine in the back of a gay bar) 50 years ago — April 1, 1971.

Editorial: Yes, Collins should resign

Editorial: Yes, Collins should resign

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 24, 2021

Listening to some San Francisco Unified School District students speak at Tuesday's Board of Education meeting was a lesson in humility — or at least it should have been for embattled Commissioner and board Vice President Alison Collins.

Editorial: SFFD's 3-alarm fire

Editorial: SFFD's 3-alarm fire

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 17, 2021

Three members of the LGBTQ community — all people of color — have accused the San Francisco Fire Department of discrimination this year.

Editorial: On board with SOGI audit

Editorial: On board with SOGI audit

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 10, 2021

We are fully on board with a letter several state lawmakers sent to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee this week requesting an audit of the California Department of Public Health.

Editorial: Breed should rescind commission pick

Editorial: Breed should rescind commission pick

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 10, 2021

San Francisco Mayor London Breed should rescind her nomination of Christina Dikas for a seat on the Historic Preservation Commission.

Editorial: Senate will betray LGBTQs, again

Editorial: Senate will betray LGBTQs, again

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 3, 2021

When the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act last week, it marked the second time the lower chamber had approved the sweeping legislation that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Editorial: More frontline workers need the shots

Editorial: More frontline workers need the shots

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 24, 2021

While the COVID-19 vaccine rollout remains uneven in California, it's a relief that most people over the age of 65 can now make an appointment — that is if sites have the vaccine and are open.

Editorial: Making a mockery of diversity

Editorial: Making a mockery of diversity

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 17, 2021

The San Francisco Board of Education made a mockery of diversity, even as members have the right intentions.