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Charting Your Career Path: Insights for College Students and Employers

Charting Your Career Path: Insights for College Students and Employers

  • by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
  • May 30, 2023

Discover the secrets to charting a successful career path as a college student or employer. Gain valuable insights and tips to help you succeed!

Tribute to Heklina to highlight Giants' Pride Night

Tribute to Heklina to highlight Giants' Pride Night

  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 23, 2023

After the LS Dodgers Pride Night fiasco, Drag queens will be part of the festivities for the San Francisco Giants Pride Night on June 10.

LGBTQ Agenda: New LGBTQ alliance to hold day of prayer for queer youth to end Pride Month

LGBTQ Agenda: New LGBTQ alliance to hold day of prayer for queer youth to end Pride Month

  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 23, 2023

Two religious queer youth have been selected as the leaders of a new alliance for LGBTQIA+ young people.

Marching on Harvey Milk's birthday

Marching on Harvey Milk's birthday

  • by BAR staff
  • May 22, 2023

Students at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy marched in the Castro on Harvey Milk Day.

Political Notes: Gay Oregonian Easton revives US House bid in new district

Political Notes: Gay Oregonian Easton revives US House bid in new district

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 19, 2023

Former San Francisco resident Kevin Easton is running for an Oregon congressional seat after having briefly ran for a different seat in 2022.

Out in the World: Rainbow Railroad launches Welcome Corps program

Out in the World: Rainbow Railroad launches Welcome Corps program

  • by Heather Cassell
  • May 18, 2023

Samuel arrived in the United States on March 15, 2022. His two-year journey from Kenya to the U.S. was long and treacherous.

Nightclub owner Drollinger is 1st San Francisco drag laureate

Nightclub owner Drollinger is 1st San Francisco drag laureate

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 18, 2023

Oasis nightclub owner D'Arcy Drollinger will serve as San Francisco's inaugural drag laureate.

Shanti Project transitioning to new CEO

Shanti Project transitioning to new CEO

  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 17, 2023

The Shanti Project is in the midst of transitioning to a new CEO.

SF's Castro readies for Heklina memorial

SF's Castro readies for Heklina memorial

  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 17, 2023

San Francisco's Castro LGBTQ neighborhood is coming together to remember the groundbreaking drag queen Heklina at a celebration of life event Tuesday, May 23.

Gay Palm Springs lawyer Rollins relaunches congressional bid

Gay Palm Springs lawyer Rollins relaunches congressional bid

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 16, 2023

In his race last year gay U.S. House candidate Will Rollins lost to conservative Congressmember Ken Calvert (R-Corona) by 11,100 votes in California's 41st Congressional District that includes a large part of Palm Springs.

Key Castro Theatre supervisors' vote postponed at 11th hour

Key Castro Theatre supervisors' vote postponed at 11th hour

  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 16, 2023

The showdown at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors over the Castro Theatre is to be postponed to June 6 because one member can't be at Tuesday's meeting, according to gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman.

LGBTQ Agenda: Ongoing suit threatens PrEP coverage as patient groups fight for copay assistance

LGBTQ Agenda: Ongoing suit threatens PrEP coverage as patient groups fight for copay assistance

  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 16, 2023

Patient groups have filed a statement with a federal court supporting a lawsuit seeking to overturn copay accumulator schemes; however, this suit comes as access to life-saving preventative HIV care faces an existential threat from a separate case.

Video release in Banko Brown killing by DA Jenkins doesn't quell controversy

Video release in Banko Brown killing by DA Jenkins doesn't quell controversy

  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 15, 2023

The attorney for the family of Banko Brown says the security camera video released by San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins doesn't show that the killing of the unarmed 24-year-old outside a San Francisco Walgreens last month was justified.

Political Notes: New SF mayoral pick for historic panel receives support

Political Notes: New SF mayoral pick for historic panel receives support

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 15, 2023

The latest mayoral appointee to the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission is expected to win approval from the city's supervisors this month.