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Horizons grant recipients celebrate

Horizons grant recipients celebrate

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  • by BAR staff
  • Jun 14, 2023

Recipients of grants through Horizons Foundation's Community Issues Funding Program celebrated during a Pride Month breakfast at the City Club June 7.

Transmissions: Stand in joy and Pride

Transmissions: Stand in joy and Pride

Pride, in 2023, feels a bit surreal. For months, we have heard the worst people on the right relentlessly labeling LGBTQ people — and in particular transgender people — as groomers, preying on the nation's children.

Castro remembers Pulse tragedy

Castro remembers Pulse tragedy

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  • by BAR staff
  • Jun 14, 2023

Christopher Vasquez, joined by others, placed a flower at the Pulse Nightclub memorial at 18th and Castro streets Monday, June 12, the seventh anniversary of the mass shooting at the LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida that left 49 people dead.

Dancers impressed at Fantastic Field Day

Dancers impressed at Fantastic Field Day

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  • by BAR staff
  • Jun 14, 2023

Fantastic Field Day, and LGBTQ-themed event, was held at the Presidio Tunnel Tops June 11.

Gay glass artist Bruce St. John Maher dies

Gay glass artist Bruce St. John Maher dies

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  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 14, 2023

Bruce St. John Maher, a gay man and glass artist, died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Monte Rio on April 9, Easter Sunday.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

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  • by BAR staff
  • Jun 14, 2023

A reader appreciates a recent story on Chita Rivera.

Obituaries: Robert Neal Thornton

Obituaries: Robert Neal Thornton

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  • by BAR staff
  • Jun 14, 2023

The obituary for Robert Neal Thornton, who owned The Cinch Saloon on San Francisco's historic Polk Street.

SF supe Dorsey critiques AIDS agency's messaging on drug overdose centers

SF supe Dorsey critiques AIDS agency's messaging on drug overdose centers

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  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jun 13, 2023

A gay city supervisor is taking issue with some of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation's messaging in support of overdose prevention centers, saying it is endangering law enforcement and drug users in addition to being irresponsible and tone-deaf.

Effort to excise California same-sex marriage ban heats up

Effort to excise California same-sex marriage ban heats up

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  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jun 13, 2023

With the start of Pride Month has come a concerted effort to see that the homophobic legacy of the 2008 same-sex marriage ban Proposition 8 be fully erased from the California Constitution.

LGBTQ Agenda: White House announces new LGBTQ civil rights measures

LGBTQ Agenda: White House announces new LGBTQ civil rights measures

The Biden administration will be appointing a coordinator to work on the issues and threats that book bans pose for civil rights, according to a June 8 statement from the White House.

Parents protest Sonoma County Library's drag story hours

Parents protest Sonoma County Library's drag story hours

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  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jun 9, 2023

A group of parents upset at the Sonoma County Library hosting several drag story hours this Pride Month is calling on library leaders to cancel the events and planning to protest at the system's Petaluma branch this weekend.

Out in the World: SF Italian cultural institute to show 'Monica' for Pride Month

Out in the World: SF Italian cultural institute to show 'Monica' for Pride Month

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  • by Heather Cassell
  • Jun 9, 2023

San Francisco film buffs will be able to see Andrea Pallaoro's trans-themed "Monica" at a special showing and reception next week.

Anti-LGBTQ backlash comes to California

Anti-LGBTQ backlash comes to California

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  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jun 8, 2023

The nationwide backlash against LGBTQ equality has reached the Golden State, with queer heroes being demonized, Pride flags being banned, and even physical fights breaking out up and down California.

Political Notes: San Francisco supervisors set to back excising California's same-sex marriage ban amendment

Political Notes: San Francisco supervisors set to back excising California's same-sex marriage ban amendment

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  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jun 8, 2023

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is set to back the effort to repeal Proposition 8's "zombie language" from the California Constitution at its June 13 meeting.