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LGBTQ Agenda: 22 AGs ask CDC to make new PrEP billing code to avoid erroneous copays

LGBTQ Agenda: 22 AGs ask CDC to make new PrEP billing code to avoid erroneous copays

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 14, 2023

Attorneys general from 21 states, including California, and the District of Columbia, signed on to a letter to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee asking it to create a new diagnostic code for PrEP to ensure clear billing.

SF supervisors recommend 2 LGBTQs for new homelessness commission

SF supervisors recommend 2 LGBTQs for new homelessness commission

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 13, 2023

Two LGBTQs were among three people recommended by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors' rules committee March 13 to be the supervisors' appointments to the brand new Homelessness Oversight Commission.

Police arrest UC employee in Oakland killing of gay man

Police arrest UC employee in Oakland killing of gay man

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 13, 2023

Oakland police have arrested a UC Berkeley employee in the recent stabbing death of a gay man, they confirmed to the Bay Area Reporter.

Political Notes: CA LGBTQ 2024 US House races begin to take shape

Political Notes: CA LGBTQ 2024 US House races begin to take shape

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 13, 2023

With less than a year until the 2024 primary election in California, the U.S. House races in the state with LGBTQ candidates are beginning to come into focus.

SF DA Jenkins gets applause — and some criticism — at public safety forum

SF DA Jenkins gets applause — and some criticism — at public safety forum

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 11, 2023

City officials came to Noe Valley Friday evening to talk to residents of San Francisco's District 8 about their roles trying to keep people safe though there was a small protest of District Attorney Brooke Jenkins outside the venue.

Oakland police release name of gay man killed Saturday

Oakland police release name of gay man killed Saturday

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 9, 2023

Oakland police have released the name of a 53-year-old gay Black man who was reportedly stabbed after a fire at his home in the city's Adams Point neighborhood Saturday morning, March 4.

Crucial Castro Theatre hearing dates pushed back to April

Crucial Castro Theatre hearing dates pushed back to April

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 9, 2023

Three city hearings relating to the future of the Castro Theatre's landmark status and the appropriateness of Another Planet Entertainment's plans for the interior of the historic movie palace have been pushed back to April.

Out in the Bay: Lesbian CA Supreme Court Justice Evans credits grandmother for her success

Out in the Bay: Lesbian CA Supreme Court Justice Evans credits grandmother for her success

  • by Eric Jansen
  • Mar 9, 2023

As a young girl, future California Supreme Court Associate Justice Kelli Evans was more excited about the bookmobile coming through her Denver neighborhood than the ice cream truck.

Police say no evidence of hate crime in Oakland stabbing death

Police say no evidence of hate crime in Oakland stabbing death

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 7, 2023

Oakland police are investigating the stabbing death of a man but said there is no evidence yet that it was a hate crime.

Political Notebook: SF supervisors reject mayoral historic panel nominee

Political Notebook: SF supervisors reject mayoral historic panel nominee

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 7, 2023

A mayoral appointee to the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission was rejected Tuesday by a majority of the city's supervisors, who cited her lack of qualifications to serve in the historian seat on the oversight body as the reason.

New Castro boutique and social club denies nuisance complaint

New Castro boutique and social club denies nuisance complaint

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 7, 2023

A new boutique and social club that opened in the LGBTQ Castro neighborhood last December is now the subject of a nuisance complaint to the San Francisco Planning Department.

NCLR's Minter begins cleaning up after tornado hits Texas home

NCLR's Minter begins cleaning up after tornado hits Texas home

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 7, 2023

National Center for Lesbian Rights legal director Shannon Minter and his family have begun the arduous process of cleaning up after a tornado ripped through their rural Texas home last week.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.