Election 2020 + SCOTUS: The Queer View
We’ve heard plenty of straight analysis. So now a queer take on our nail-biting national election. Why did Trump get twice as many LGBTQ votes this year as he did in 2016!?* What’s the outlook…
Disabled Trans Rabbi Calls COVID Response ‘Genocide’
Are we in the midst of a national genocide? Disability activist Rabbi Elliot Kukla tells Out in the Bay that systemic racism, economic injustice and US government inaction to COVID-19 amount to genocide against the…
New Laws Help Protect LGBTQ Californians
Despite an unprecedented two-month break in this year’s legislative session, a 54-billion-dollar budget deficit — both due to COVID-19 — and death threats, California lawmakers sent several LGBTQ equality measures to Governor Gavin Newsom for…
Drag is Revolutionary in ’50 Years of Fabulous’
To celebrate LGBTQ History Month, Frameline Distribution releases for online viewing 50 Years of Fabulous, an award-winning documentary recounting the life and legacy of iconic queer rights activist José Sarria and featuring the international drag…
Queer Comix From Prison Depict Incarcerated Life
Casper Cendre started writing letters to queer people in prison when they were in high school. Cendre wanted to know what queer life was like from the inside and was a little shy, so getting…
‘The Most Important Election of Our Lives’
The election now underway is “the most important election of our lives,” says the Human Rights Campaign. It’s about more than just the presidential race. The HRC and other LGBTQ organizations say motivating people to actually…
Helping Queer Youth Through COVID
How are young LGBTQ people coping with COVID-19? Especially as so many students must attend school virtually, if they’re still able to attend at all. When schools and colleges closed in the spring, many queer…
Why Local Elections Matter. VOTE!
This week’s guest says four years of Trump’s presidency, COVID, and the Black Lives Matter movement have inspired a new generation of queer leaders to seek elected office in the Bay Area. And that was before…
Frameline 44 Queer Film Fest Opens with Drive-In!
Frameline 44, San Francisco’s international LGBTQ film festival, opens with a live, in-person drive-in event Thursday Sept. 17. It’s the world premiere of Shit & Champagne, written by and starring Oasis night club owner D’Arcy…
In Good Company: A Play for Our Ears to Aid Theatre
With performance venues closed since March, how are theatre companies surviving? Many are using relatively new technologies – Zoom and other video conference platforms, for example – but a small SF theatre company has turned…
