Bay Area Reporter

07/25/2025

With the country marking the 10th anniversary of same-sex couples having the right to wed, and domestic partnerships largely anachronistic, gay District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey is questioning the need for city officials’ continued implementation of the law.

Gay San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey says it is time to consider repealing the city’s landmark law that required companies provide unmarried same-sex partners the same benefits as their married heterosexual colleagues.

07/24/2025

A committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously recommended a South of Market LGBTQ bar’s request for a music venue liquor license.

07/24/2025

Kaiser Permanente, the Oakland-based health care provider, is pausing gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19, effective Aug. 29.

Kaiser Permanente, the Oakland-based health care provider, is pausing gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19, effective August 29.

07/24/2025

Kaiser Permanente, the Oakland-based health care provider, is pausing gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19, effective August 29. It’s the latest instance of medical providers halting such care in California, as well as in many other states.

In a statement, Kaiser laid the blame on President Donald Trump, whose Executive Order 14187, titled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” interprets federal law to prevent the procedures at health providers that are recipients of Medicare or Medicaid coverage. There are three ongoing lawsuits challenging the legality of the order, including PFLAG v. Trump and Washington v. Trump.

As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, a national injunction was given in the PFLAG case; however, this was before the U.S. Supreme Court in June upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors in United States v. Skrmetti.

Kaiser’s decision comes after the federal justice department sent subpoenas to 20 unnamed doctors and clinics earlier this week.

Read more at ebar.com

📸 courtesy Kaiser

07/24/2025

“Survivor” has been on the air for 20 years and has garnered seven Emmy Awards for CBS, but just this summer Katurah Topps and Sabiyah Broderick became the show’s very first Black q***r couple.

07/24/2025

It feels premature, in the summer of 2025, to see so much jockeying for position by Democratic politicians for the presidential run in 2028, our Transmissions columnist Gwen Smith writes.

It feels premature, in the summer of 2025, to see so much jockeying for position by Democratic politicians for the presidential run in 2028.

07/24/2025

Packed with performance bravura, Gothic style and panache with a bit of whimsy, Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball packed about 19,000 joyous fans into the Chase Center on July 22 for the first of three shows this week. Read Arts Editor Jim Provenzano's review:

Packed with performance bravura, Gothic style and panache with a bit of whimsy, Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball packed about 19,000 joyous fans into the Chase Center on July 22 for the first of three shows this week.

07/23/2025

From the raucous naughtiness of the Up Your Alley Street Fair to the vibrant art at new Castro gallery Loom+Ten, we've got a wide range of events for you to consider attending, all listed in this week's Going Out.

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07/23/2025

In the face of relentless attacks by the Trump administration on the LGBTQ community over the last six months, it’s nice to celebrate a win.

Bay Area Reporter

07/23/2025

More than a month after Governor Gavin Newsom ballyhooed California would step up to train counselors at a state su***de support line for youth on LGBTQ issues, his office and state agencies have few specifics to share on how they plan to do so.

07/23/2025

San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood has called for a hearing into the GEO Group and its reentry site at 111 Taylor Street after Melvin Bulauan, a resident who had been housed there, died on the same street as the facility.

07/23/2025

Whether a man charged with felonies in the case of a brutal beating outside the Castro Theatre will be eligible for mental health diversion was not determined in a San Francisco court July 23, as originally scheduled.