SFO seeks photos for Harvey Milk terminal
San Francisco International Airport is seeking the public's help in creating an exhibit about the late gay Supervisor Harvey Milk inside the terminal named in his honor. Read More »
Carmen Giannattasio debuts as 'Tosca'
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Bay Area Reporter election endorsements
The B.A.R. has made the following endorsements for the November 6 election. Editorials explaining our decisions on SF supervisors, school board, BART, and the college board have be... Read More »
Big little talent: meet 11-Year-Old Drag Diva Desmond
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Sonoma recovering a year after fires
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News
A gay man running for City Council in Redwood City had the fence outside his apartment vandalized with an anti-gay slur Thursday, October 11.
The East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club and the gay-owned Port bar are teaming up next week in an effort to help flip Republican-held congressional seats in next month's midterm election.
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf got the first word and the last during a 90-minute candidate forum last Friday at City Hall.
The late gay Supervisor Harvey Milk was a fierce advocate for San Francisco's public transit system.
San Francisco Police Department brass are still not saying whether the department's handling of the Brian Egg homicide case violated department policy on well-being checks for missing people.
The San Francisco Police Commission unanimously passed a policy last week mandating that police respect a person's pronoun choices.
The defense's case opened and closed in two days in the Michael Phillips murder trial in San Francisco Superior Court. Closing arguments are expected next week.
It's about time that a transgender person was elected to the San Francisco Board of Education.
First of all, we were impressed with the three leading candidates for the BART District 8 seat. Janice Li, Jonathan Lyens, and Melanie Nutter all told us about important changes they believe will improve the regional transit system.
Arts & Culture
The final weekend of the 41st Mill Valley Film Festival contains an impressive collection of serious Fall 2018 film fare.
Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Sweat" defies initial expectations.
Last week Out There was lucky enough to catch two major figures from contemporary LGBT arts & culture live in performance, and to learn what they're up to these days.
The new biopic "The Happy Prince" will spark a variety of emotions among devotees of the Irish-born author and gay icon Oscar Wilde.
Choreographer and performer Monique Jenkinson, in the guise of her drag queen persona Fauxnique, and her longtime partner, electronic composer Marc Kate, will premier their first full collaboration, "Girl," at the Joe Goode Annex.
"Oslo" playwright J.T. Rogers is far less interested in heads of state than in the hearts and minds of the people behind them.
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One of the things I noticed throughout Folsom week was that the array and breadth of erotic interests and fetishes and how they present in the LGBTQ kink communities are continuing to grow and solidify into distinct groupings.
Litquake's 19th annual festival runs from October 11 through 20 at venues all over the Bay Area. Along with readings galore, and the last-night Lit Crawl, several LGBTQ authors promise plenty of fun for wordsmith fans.
Can you take yourself out and have fun alone? Do you play well with others? Play along to live, lipsynched, and lively DJed talents.
Even after the many festivities of Folsom Street Fair week, there's always a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.
This weekend brings two very different drag shows to San Francisco. At Oasis, tonight through Sunday, legendary comedienne Varla Jean Merman performs her latest solo cabaret act, the circus-themed 'Under A Big Top.'
When I first moved to San Francisco, one of my roommates sold a little coke and meth to help him make some extra cash while working his way through college. By that time, I had already made it through school as a devoted pot smoker.