Authorities say gay reality star Xol stabbed 20 times
Sep 30, 2024 · The Bay Area Reporter is learning of new details in the killing in Palm Springs of Eduardo Xol, a gay man, former San Francisco resident, actor, and reality show star.
Brown wins Oakland council seat; Bauters trails in Alameda supe …
Nov 18, 2024 · With additional vote totals released last week, Rowena Brown has won the Oakland City Council at-large seat. The victory means that Oakland will continue to have two out council members, as Brown is a queer woman and will join Janani Ramachandran, a queer woman who represents District 4.
Bas declares victory over Bauters in Alameda supervisor race
Nov 20, 2024 · The Alameda County Board of Supervisors apparently won't have an out LGBTQ member after all. With new vote totals issued late Wednesday afternoon, Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas declared victory over gay Emeryville City Councilmember John Bauters for the open District 5 seat.
'Wicked' - An overwhelming musical adaptation boasts great …
Nov 21, 2024 · The long, long, long-awaited film adaptation of the stunningly successful Broadway musical "Wicked" is finally upon us.After years of delays and months of inescapable marketing, one can scarcely believe it. Of course, there is a catch: this is only part one of the story, stretched beyond comprehension to a whopping two-hour and forty-minute runtime.
'Jaja's African Hair Braiding' - A powerful comedy of community
Nov 19, 2024 · Laughter and tears, insult and injury; motherhood, sisterhood and the lifeblood of a neighborhood is all in a day’s work at Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, the eponymous Harlem salon of Jocelyn Bioh’s piquant microcosmic comedy, now at Berkeley Repertory.
Wright bests Sangirardi in SF BART race :: Bay Area Reporter
Nov 13, 2024 · Voters already knew a gay man would represent District 9 on the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors — it was just a question of who would be taking gay BART board director and current President Bevan Dufty’s place.
Arrest made in SF Eagle burglary :: Bay Area Reporter
Nov 22, 2024 · The B.A.R. reported October 9 that businesses in the SOMA neighborhood had been battling burglary, break-ins, and attempted break-ins over the past few months. The incidents have prompted speculation that they are from the same or related groups of organized thieves. Targeted businesses included DECANTsf, Oasis, the Stud, Powerhouse, and Mars bar.
San Francisco supervisors reopen the door to gay bathhouses
Nov 19, 2024 · Tuesday's vote came after the two gay supervisors who serve on the board's Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee, Vice Chair District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio and District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey, voted November 14 to recommend that their colleagues adopt Mandelman's ordinance.
Arthur Bresson, Jr.'s early erotic films stream on PinkLabel.TV
Jul 20, 2020 · Before he directed ’Buddies,’ the first AIDS-themed gay feature film, filmmaker Arthur Bresson, Jr.’s early films documented Gay Freedom Day parades and idealized sexuality in San Francisco’s 1970s.
'Broadway Barbara's Holiday Spectacular' at Feinstein's
Nov 24, 2024 · They began writing and posting short Barbara videos on social media, which, to their surprise went, as Barbara might put it, va-va-viral. More than 400,000 TikTok and Instagram followers have delighted in Broadway Barbara's accounts of run-ins with legends, entrepreneurial schemes (Her signature line of body oils and shapewear is Barbara Dixon's Smells and Tights), and Fosse-style dance lessons.