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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
'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.
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In several weeks gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will know if he will wield the gavel at Board of Supervisors meetings during his remaining two years representing the city's LGBTQ Castro district and adjacent neighborhoods at City Hall.
Political Notebook: Milk's alma mater keeps his memory alive
Nov 20, 2024 · Back in 1947, Harvey Milk arrived in Albany, New York as a freshman at what was then known as the New York State College for Teachers. During his college years, he covered sports as a reporter for State College News and joined the Jewish fraternity Kappa Beta.
'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.
Edie Falco shines in 'I'll Be Right There' :: Bay Area Reporter
Oct 28, 2024 · I've been an Edie Falco fan since I first saw her in gay filmmaker Eric Mendelsohn's wonderful 1999 indie feature "Judy Berlin," then followed Falco several years on "The Sopranos," and the career high point (pun intended), "Nurse Jackie."
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