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Gallup.com
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

San Francisco Metro Area Ranks Highest in LGBT Percentage

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The San Francisco metropolitan area has the highest percentage of the adult population who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) of any of the top 50 U.S. metropolitan areas, followed by Portland, Oregon, and Austin, Texas.
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ABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Iconic SF LGBTQ+ bar The Stud to reopen in bigger location after shutting down in 2020

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- One of the most famous LGBTQ+ bars in the world is coming back after shutting down in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Local News Matters
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

SF LGBT Center's 'Queer Vibes' shines community-centering spotlight on LGBTQ+ musicians - Local News Matters

On the corner of a busy Market Street intersection in San Francisco stands a three-story purple building, with large, triangular Pride flags on its front and side.
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San Francisco Chronicle
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Now is not the time for complacency on LGBT issues, San Francisco

Compared to the jam-packed sidewalks of Market Street during San Francisco's Pride parade, the nearby room in the Commonwealth Club where the organizers held their first Human Rights Summit was much more subdued.
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Kqed
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

SF LGBT Center's Queer Vibes Gears Up for Its First In-Person Concert | KQED

Since 2021, Queer Vibes has assisted artists with career development in addition to offering them space to perform.
@JamesJalaPayneo
The San Francisco Standard
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

SF Pride 2023: Celebrate LGBTQ+ Culture, June 15-22

The Bay Area's celebration of Pride month continues with the installation of Twin Peaks' Pink Triangle, an inclusive sail around the bay and a night of queer opulence and joy at the SF LGBT Center.
@JamesJalaPayneo
The San Francisco Standard
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Beyond the Rainbow: A Closer Look at SF's LGBTQ+ Voters

With rainbow-painted crosswalks, a transgender cultural district and an LGBTQ+ population larger than any other metropolitan area, San Francisco is easily the queer mecca of the United States.
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Kqed
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

SF LGBT Center Unveils New 'Queeroes' Mural After fnnch Honey Bear Controversy | KQED

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"Queeroes" will recognize remarkable individuals who have impacted-and stood up for-the LGBTQ community throughout history.(Courtesy of SFLGBT Center)
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Secret San Francisco
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

SF LGBT Center Unveils New Mural Celebrating Queer Dance And Joy

The SF LGBT Center unveiled a new mural on July 25th, 2023, as part of an ongoing mural series.
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BuzzFeed News
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

This Is What The LGBT Community In San Francisco Looked Like In The '70s

A new book, LGBT: San Francisco, brings together over 40 years of Nicoletta's attentive work documenting the LGBT civil rights movement from the 1970s to present day.
@JamesJalaPayneo
San Francisco Examiner
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

SF LGBT Center shines Pride spotlight on South

San Francisco can often feel like a bubble.
...
But part of The City's LGBTQ+ community is trying to break outside of it by offering support to their peers far from California.
@JamesJalaPayneo
San Francisco Bay Times
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Celebrating 20 Years of The SF LGBT Center's Service to the Community - San Francisco Bay Times

By Derek Barnes-
It's hard to believe that 20 years ago, San Francisco opened the doors to a new chapter: the creation of a new LGBT community center.
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Mission Local
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

SF LGBT Center hosts joyous, artsy queer prom

The high-cost, prescribed clothes and traditions all vanished at the SF LGBT Center as it opened its doors last week to host Queer Prom for more than 100 young people.
@JamesJalaPayneo
Mission Local
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

SF LGBT Center hosts joyous, artsy queer prom

The high-cost, prescribed clothes and traditions all vanished at the SF LGBT Center as it opened its doors last week to host Queer Prom for more than 100 young people.
@JamesJalaPayneo
ABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Harvey Milk, George Moscone remembered at SF Castro vigil amid surge in anti-LGBTQ laws

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Dozens came out to San Francisco's Castro neighborhood Monday night - all in remembrance of two men.
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GayCities Wanderlust
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Exploring Bernal Heights - San Francisco's lesbian neighborhood

If you are queer and have been to San Francisco, then you know about the gay neighborhood of the Castro.
@JamesJalaPayneo
San Francisco Chronicle
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

LGBTQ activist Amber Hollibaugh, who aided defeat of California's Briggs Initiative, dies at 77

When the Briggs Initiative to prevent gays and lesbians from working in California public schools made the ballot in 1978, San Francisco activist Amber Hollibaugh could quickly see what was needed to defeat it.
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QSaltLake Magazine
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Golden State queer mecca is more than San Francisco - QSaltLake Magazine

The 1979 police assault on San Francisco's former Elephant Walk bar on Castro Street after the White Night riots was a defining moment for the LGBTQ neighborhood, helping to cement the solidarity of a new community while the whole world was watching.
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Piedmont Exedra
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

There are many ways to celebrate Pride in San Francisco in June 2024

Pride started as a protest 50-some years ago; it has since morphed into an annual month-long commemoration of LGBTQ+ history and community.
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Underscore_SF
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

SF's Historic Gayborhood Is Getting a New Queer Art Gallery

Rosebud Gallery, which is set to open on March 7th, will exist as a 'community-focused creative haven' that celebrates SF's inclusivity and resilience.
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Underscore_SF
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Before the Castro, San Francisco's Sprawling Gayborhood Was Polk Gulch

A recently drafted map by a local queer independent tour agency showcases the demoralizing disappearance of queer spaces in SF's first gayborhood.
@JamesJalaPayneo
The Infatuation
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

The 19 Best Gay & LGBTQ+ Bars In SF - San Francisco - The Infatuation

photo credit: Susie Lacocque
Open up a local history book (which we suggest you do), and you'll know that the capital of queer nightlife has been in San Francisco for a long time.
@JamesJalaPayneo
San Francisco Chronicle
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Is the Castro still an LGBTQ safe haven?

Growing up on the East Coast, before I really knew San Francisco, I would dream about the Castro.
@JamesJalaPayneo
SFGATE
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Pride Month 2024: Your ultimate San Francisco event guide

In many respects, San Francisco is synonymous with Pride.San Francisco was the first city in the world to fly a rainbow flag, and the first in the state to elect an openly gay city official.
@JamesJalaPayneo
Advocate.com
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

'Turn up the love:' San Francisco becomes a sanctuary city for transgender people

It's unanimous - San Francisco is now a sanctuary city for transgender people seeking health care.
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ABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

PHOTOS: San Francisco Pride Parade and Celebration 2024

ABC7 Bay Area is proud to sponsor the 54th annual SF Pride Parade.
Here's a look at the joyous celebration.
@JamesJalaPayneo
The San Francisco Standard
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

SF's Castro Hosts 'GAYPEC' for LGBTQ Visitors

San Francisco officials are gearing up to put the city's core values of love and acceptance on full display next week, for the benefit of international visitors to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference.
@JamesJalaPayneo
Eater SF
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

How to Celebrate SF Pride 2024 Like a Local

Touching on Pride in the San Francisco Bay Area is tricky.
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Axios
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Measuring California's LGBT population

An estimated 5.1% of California adults identify as LGBT, compared with 5.5% nationally.
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The Mercury News
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Pride 2024: 35+ ways to celebrate Pride in the Bay Area

The time for Pride is upon us, and there's a whole lineup of celebrations to add to your calendar.
@JamesJalaPayneo
Underscore_SF
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

New SF Art Gallery Celebrates the Gorgeous Complexities of BIPOC Queer Expression

'Complex Complexions' inside the SF LGBT Center is a jaw-dropping ode to both otherness and queerness, and it'll be on display until the end of May.
@JamesJalaPayneo
ABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

29th Pink Triangle installed for SF Pride with help from 600+ volunteers: 'This is a safe space'

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco's beacon of hope in honor of Pride month is now shining bright on Twin Peaks.
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AsAmNews
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

New queer museum pop up opens in SF Chinatown

The Chinese Culture Center launched the first-of-its-kind Chinese queer museum prototype this month.You can see the story from AsAmNews intern Almira Bianca Baldoza here.
@JamesJalaPayneo
Time Out San Francisco
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

The best gay bars in SF

Queer artistic expression thrives at Oasis, a club and cabaret theater in SoMa.
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ABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Thousands celebrate love at 54th annual San Francisco Pride Parade

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Thousands came out to watch Pride shine across the city.
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time.com
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

The Military's Unexpected Role in Building San Francisco's LBGTQ+ Community

June 21, 2024 3:26 PM EDT For military servicemen during World War II, the sight of a blue discharge paper was a sentence for struggle.
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Kqed
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Your 2024 San Francisco Pride Party Guide | KQED

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Kai'lee Luckey (left) and Kaleonna Vang, both visiting from Sacramento, watch the San Francisco Pride Parade on June 26, 2022.(Beth LaBerge/KQED)
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ABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Bay Area LGBTQ+ communities kicking Pride Month with celebrations and call to action

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- One flag at a time, communities across the Bay Area are kicking off Pride Month from Sonoma County to Oakland, and San Francisco, where this year's parade grand marshals ushered in the celebration.
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San Francisco Chronicle
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Pink Triangle towers atop S.F.'s Twin Peaks as LGBTQ symbol of resilience

Thick fog hung over the top of San Francisco's Twin Peaks on Saturday morning, blanketing the peaks with moisture and obscuring the hilltop's city views into a dull gray wall.
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Axios
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Say hello to your 2024 Pride grand marshal

Rebecca Rolfe (second from right) was announced as the 2024 Pride grand marshal at a soiree last weekend.
Photo: SF LGBT Center/Onyx and Ash
@JamesJalaPayneo
Axios
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

How transgender people experience the workplace in the Bay Area

What's happening: Many LGBTQ people see San Francisco as a safe haven, but then sometimes get to their companies and realize they're not "walking the walk," said Abby Holtfort, co-chair of Indeed's iPride & Gender Identity for the Americas employee resource group.
@JamesJalaPayneo
San Francisco Examiner
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Why the Tenderloin is SF's historic LGBTQ+ haven

LGBTQ+ San Franciscans say the Tenderloin remains a haven for young queer people looking to make a fresh start in The City, even as the neighborhood has become a flashpoint for issues such as drug abuse and homelessness.
@JamesJalaPayneo
San Francisco Chronicle
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Thousands celebrate LGBTQ community at SF Pride Parade: 'We love our people'

Thousands of people came out Sunday for San Francisco's Pride Parade, a rainbow-colored love letter to the LGBTQ community that attracts celebrants from all over the world.
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Underscore_SF
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

We're Big Fans of This SF Drag Queen's Queer 2024 Voting Guide

In a time when voting rights are under attack, it's imperative we all practice our right to participate in the Democratic process... (while we still can).
@JamesJalaPayneo
San Francisco Chronicle
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Celebrate Pride Month 2024 with S.F. and Bay Area parades and festivals around the region

Stand up - as San Francisco Pride's 2024 theme, "Beacon of Love," suggests - for freedom of expression and love for all.
@JamesJalaPayneo
missionlocal.org
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

San Francisco remains a magnet for the young and queer

In the 1930s, gay neighborhoods sprouted up across San Francisco, and rumors of the city as a queer haven began to spread.
@JamesJalaPayneo
San Francisco Chronicle
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Pride 2024: A guide to San Francisco's celebrations

This year's theme for the San Francisco Pride celebration is "Beacon of Love," a fitting tribute to the City of Love, and a potent reminder that love has always been a central tenet of the LGBTQ movement, even as it experiences hate in a hyper-polarized national political climate.
@JamesJalaPayneo
Axios
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Your SF Pride guide

What they're saying: "In the face of an ongoing barrage of anti-queer and trans hate across the country, it's important for our community spaces to continue offering access to joy," Timothy Hampton, the center's director of cultural programs, told Axios via email.
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San Francisco Travel
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

7 Totally Queer Things to do in San Francisco

San Francisco is the gay capital of the USA.From the first "gayborhood" to the largest Pride March, SF is a must-visit queer destination.
@JamesJalaPayneo
San Francisco Travel
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

The Guide to San Francisco Pride

Sunday, June 23
Get ready for a fabulous afternoon filled with entertainment, delicious food, and unforgettable performances at Pescatore Trattoria.
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San Francisco Travel
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

6 Iconic Annual LGBTQ+ Events Not to Miss in San Francisco

Castro Street Fair
Castro Street, and the Castro Theater, are arguably the most famous and iconic of all San Francisco LGBTQ+ venues.
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San Francisco Travel
2 weeks ago
SF LGBT

11 Awesome LGBTQ+ Murals & Memorials in San Francisco

The history of the LGBTQ+ community is enshrined throughout San Francisco.Here's our guide to some of the best murals and memorials.
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