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Gay sex venues return - Bay Area Reporter
Jun 23, 2021 · In San Francisco, Market Street's Eros has been open since May 20, as the B.A.R. reported earlier this month. Co-owner Ken Rowe told the B.A.R. June 21 that the restrictions that remained then — such as a mask requirement in the play space, and a 25% capacity limit — went by the wayside on June 16, one day after the great California reopening.
SF DA candidates spar on what justice looks like
Oct 9, 2024 · SF DA candidates spar on what justice looks like. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, left, and prosecutor Ryan Khojasteh are running against each other on the November ballot. Photos: courtesy the campaigns. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins faces one challenger — a prosecutor she fired who has contrasting views ...
Tamara de Lempicka Opening-Day Celebration on October 12
Oct 8, 2024 · Starting on October 12, experience an Art Deco love story on her canvas, only at the de Young. Learn More about the Exhibition. Image credit: Tamara de Lempicka, Jeune fille en vert (Jeune fille aux gants) (Young Woman in Green, Young Woman with Gloves) (detail), 1930—1931. Oil on board, 24 1/4 x 17 7/8 in. (61.5 x 45.5 cm).
Political Notebook: Gay SF treasurer Cisneros set to extend his ...
Aug 14, 2024 · Photo: Courtesy José Cisneros. With no one filing to run against him in November, gay San Francisco Treasurer-Tax Collector José Cisneros will cakewalk into a sixth term through 2028, giving him a historic 24-year tenure. Should he serve all four years, Cisneros will become the Bay Area's longest-serving LGBTQ elected official in the same ...
California outlaws the banning of LGBTQ books from public library ...
Sunday September 29, 2024. Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation preventing public libraries in California from banning books due to their LGBTQ content. Photo: Bill Wilson. California's public libraries will no longer be able to pull books off the shelves because they talk about race or sexual orientation.
Castro Street Fair celebrates golden anniversary
Oct 2, 2024 · The fair will be Sunday, October 6, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Its golden anniversary comes at the same time as the 50th anniversary of then-future supervisor Milk's column — Milk Forum — in the Bay Area Reporter. Milk, who was the first openly gay person elected in California when he won a seat on the Board of Supervisors in November 1977 ...
Lesbian CA legislator's out sister aims to succeed her in …
Dec 21, 2022 · On Wednesday Cervantes' younger sister, Clarissa, announced her candidacy to succeed her sibling in the Assembly District 58 seat. Clarissa Cervantes, 32, who uses she and they pronouns, identifies as bisexual and queer, as the statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization Equality California noted when it endorsed her last year during her successful ...
Editorial: SF prop recommendations :: Bay Area Reporter
Oct 9, 2024 · Proposition A: Schools Improvement and Safety Bond. YES. This measure needs 55% affirmative votes to pass. It would authorize the San Francisco Unified School District to borrow up to $790 million by issuing general obligation bonds that can be used to improve, repair, or upgrade its sites, and to build new facilities.
Obituaries: Clifford "Don" Howard - Bay Area Reporter
June 14, 1934 — June 29, 2024. Sad to report the passing of Clifford "Don" Howard, who died peacefully at home on June 29, 2024 at the age of 90. Don was the son of Irene and Dewey Howard. He was born in Covington, Kentucky on June 14, 1934. He was reared by Mae and Howard McKinsey, his aunt and uncle, of Dry Ridge, Kentucky.