Bay Area Reporter
Changes Made After Mayor, Sheehy Tour Castro
Increased homeless outreach in the evenings, expansion of the Healthy Streets Operation, and limited hours for the Walgreens parking lot in the Castro are planned after a public safety walk in the area Monday morning.
Wiener Bill Expands Civil Rights for Trans Prisoners
Today, incarcerated transgender people in California do not have the right to legally be referred to by their preferred pronouns, name, or have their preferred gender acknowledged.
Castro Sober Space Marks 35 Years with Pageant
As the Castro Country Club begins its 35th year of service to San Francisco's LGBT sober community, the nonprofit will crown its 2018 Miss/Mr. Castro Country Club at its ninth annual drag pageant Saturday, April 14.
LGBT Time Travel
Here's a look at NCTC's new season.
Frozen Cirque
Cirque du Soleil returns to the Bay Area with what seems like an inevitable next iteration of its trademark stagecraft: Crystal: A Breakthrough Ice Experience.
The Gospel Truth :: Jason Brock, a 'Recovering Christian,' at Martuni's
On March 24, 25 and 31 former "X Factor" contestant and local cabaret darling Jason Brock will recall his youth through music. The openly gay singer was raised in a conservative Christian community in Texas.
Castro Park Board Prez Forced Out
Amid growing concerns of his leadership overseeing the upkeep of a San Francisco monument to LGBTs killed by the Nazis in World War II, the president of the Eureka Valley Foundation was forced to resign this week.
Atkins Sworn In as State Sen. Leader
Lesbian state Senator Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) took her oath of office Wednesday to become the first female and first LGBT president pro tem of the California Senate. She is the 48th person to hold the second most powerful post in state government.
UCSF Called Out over Intersex Surgeries
Advocates recently called out UCSF, saying the teaching hospital should stop performing genital "normalization" surgeries on intersex children at birth.
Leno No Show at LGBT Mayoral Forum
At Monday night's mayoral forum at the Castro Theatre, gay former state lawmaker and city supervisor Mark Leno was a no-show.
SF Paper Apologizes for Wiener Pic
A local monthly newspaper that covers San Francisco's western neighborhoods is apologizing for running a photo of gay state Senator Scott Wiener that many found to be homophobic.
Forced to Live in Darkness
In 2007 John Kapellas, a gay man who lives in the Mission, was forced to permanently retreat to his apartment after his body began to develop painful rashes whenever he was exposed to natural or artificial light.
Patented Rube Goldberg
An award-winning, self-taught artist; a punch line; a canny social satirist and raconteur: The many facets of cartoonist Rube Goldberg, a man whose name is synonymous with wacky, chain-reaction contraptions, are explored in the Contemporary Jewish Museu.
Soloists Shine
Two chamber ensembles with brilliant soloists doing double duty as conductors made for some agreeable listening recently in bookend concerts in San Francisco.
Loving Two Janises
A new show featuring jazz, rock, and folk arrangements of the iconic performers Janis Ian and Janis Joplin will premiere at Ashkenaz, the Berkeley community music and dance cafe, on Friday, March 23, at 8 p.m.
BARchive :: Café Back in the Day
The late 1980s saw something of an explosion of women's venues, which was followed shortly thereafter with an implosion. Café San Marcos found itself in an unusual situation: Was it a mixed bar or a women's bar?
Tommy Tune :: Broadway Legend Returns to Feinstein's
Having worn many hats over the course of his 50-year career in the theater, actor, dancer, director and choreographer Tommy Tune has done it all. On Sunday, March 18, Tune returns to San Francisco for two shows at Feinstein's at the Nikko.
After Years of Delays, Castro Hamburger Mary's Opens
It was a day many thought wouldn't come, with some joking they were on the lookout for flying pigs Sunday night, as the long promised Castro location of Hamburger Mary's quietly opened to the public.
Mama's Girl
For decades, comic actress Vicki Lawrence has had an enthusiastic following in the gay community, but she still isn't sure exactly why.
Unghosted Women
Two thoughtful gallery shows address female presence - and its absence - through different prisms.