One year in, Daniel Lurie’s administration is leaving its mark on San Francisco, and seeking to address long-standing concerns over public safety and regulation. (Part 1 of 3) www.ebar.com/story/161418/

Here is a selection of notable literary gems that were published later in the year that are definitely worth checking out. Read your way into 2026 with some amazing books.

“Compulsory Figures” and “Queer Country Crossroads” are works from Caitlin Press with writers reflecting on the process of growing up queer and trans, mostly from Canadian towns.

If you’re looking for the perfect gift for a “Rocky Horror” fan, even if it’s yourself, look no further than the lavish paired books in “The Official Rocky Horror Late Night Double Feature."

Few events epitomize the sound of holiday traditions better than the annual Chanticleer Christmas concerts. They’ll perform in cathedrals and churches around the Bay Dec. 17-21, and the ensemble has a new recording as well.

What are Jews supposed to do for Christmas? That’s a question posed for each of the past 33 years by comic and host Lisa Geduldig.

“The Christmas Writer” is a new sapphic holiday romantic comedy directed by the Emmy-nominated producer and Tello Films founder and CEO Christin Baker in her feature debut, co-written with Katie I. Williams.

LGBTQ advocates are remembering Hollywood actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, after news broke Sunday night that the couple were found dead in their Brentwood home.

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San Francisco is being represented in the 137th Tournament of Roses parade on New Year’s Day for the first time in nearly 50 years, but don’t expect a nod to the LGBTQ community on the float.

The preliminary hearing for the alleged killer of gay reality TV star Edwardo Xol has been delayed until March 17.

The obituary for Camille Marie Moran, who was a longtime volunteer for gay and trans rights and fully supported the community.

The Rev. Jim Mitulski shares a Christmas reflection.

A reader writes about the Castro neighborhood; another offers a critique of a recent music interview.

At dusk one evening prior to Halloween, nearly two dozen people gathered on a windswept hilltop with views of San Francisco Bay at Monte Bello Open Space Preserve.

Looking over the site of Richmond, California’s largely abandoned Hilltop Mall, gay City Councilmember Cesar Zepeda sees potential for a future reimagining of the property. www.ebar.com/story/161372

A new affordable housing project affirming of LGBTQ seniors should open by early 2029 in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood.

Lady Gaga remains an unmatched icon of the queer community, winning three categories in Grindr’s year-end report released earlier this month.

A terrorist attack in Australia at a Hanukkah celebration was on the minds of many attendees at the Castro menorah lighting in Jane Warner Plaza this week.

The Bay Area Reporter continued its award-winning journalism by picking up several awards at the recent San Francisco Press Club event.

The owners of the Castro Street coffee shop and nail salon whose leases weren’t renewed earlier this year are changing tack after expressing hope for a solution two weeks ago. www.ebar.com/story/161286

San Francisco police and a local dog owner are asking for the community’s help in locating an alleged stolen French bulldog.

BREAKING: A state council awarded funding to build affordable housing affirming of LGBTQ seniors in San Francisco on upper Market Street. www.ebar.com/story/161118...

Transmissions 🏳️‍⚧️ celebrates 25 years.

The obituary for Nolan Dean Madson, who had a varied career from banking to startups. Mr. Madson was also a founding member of Positives Being Positive, a pioneering support group for those living with HIV/AIDS. www.ebar.com/story/161063

Janelle Kellman, a Democrat and gay woman, is an environmental attorney and former Sausalito City Council member who is running for lieutenant governor in 2026.

The pews at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood were packed with celebrants who paid tribute to transgender pioneer Miss Major Griffin-Gracy during a celebration of her life Dec. 6.

The pews at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood were packed with celebrants who paid tribute to transgender pioneer Miss Major Griffin-Gracy during a celebration of her life Dec. 6.

A writer for independent magazines, Ferguson Porter in the last two elections for the U.S. House seat that represents Palm Springs had worked to elect the gay candidate, attorney Will Rollins.

The leather district’s annual Kinky Holiday Market is Dec. 13.

The 2026 California governor’s race so far lacks a clear frontrunner – and, except state schools chief Tony Thurmond and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin), many candidates have not offered full-throated support for the transgender community, our editorial board writes. www.ebar.com/story/161107

“Sort of” based on a chance Sally Kirkland encounter, “Sallywood," the feature-length debut by Xaque Gruber, feels like a vintage indie movie; low budget, quirky, naïve, and unintentionally annoying.

“Sort of” based on a chance Sally Kirkland encounter, “Sallywood," the feature-length debut by Xaque Gruber, feels like a vintage indie movie; low budget, quirky, naïve, and unintentionally annoying.

There has been an avid longing in the LGBTQ art and entertainment community for a serious openly gay, masculine artist to be able to create memorable roles that appeals to mass audiences. Luke Evans has filled the bill on every level.

Tahara, one of the original Cockettes and Angels of Light, will share personal stories about the early gay revolution days in the 1960s and ’70s in Berkeley and San Francisco, in a Dec. 14 conversation with the LGBTQ Hitory Project's August Bernadicou.

Friends of former drag activist Joan Jett Blakk have added a new enticement to the ongoing appeal support; boldly designed T-shirts.

A candlelit fairytale for the holiday season, “100 Nights of Hero” unfolds as if brought to life from the sepia-colored pages of an antique storybook.

If you’re looking for some unusual choices for quick, last-minute gift-giving this holiday season, step into our parlor for theater, events, puzzles, food, travel kits, cookbooks and more.

Hot on the trail of “Boots” and a few other prominently gay TV series, HBO Max and Crave in Canada present “Heated Rivalry,” about closeted gay rival hockey players.

Executives from four of the nation’s most prominent LGBTQ organizations convened Dec. 4 for a virtual forum hosted by Horizons Foundation.

Three experts in their fields discussed the perils and pitfalls at the intersection of sexual freedom, censorship, and artificial intelligence during a recent virtual conversation hosted by the Woodhull Freedom Foundation.

A coalition of parents, trans youth, and their allies known as Rainbow Families Action marched down Powell Street in Emeryville Monday to demand that Sutter Health reverse its decision to end gender-affirming care for patients under the age of 19. www.ebar.com/story/161064

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take the case of a Bakersfield baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

The Imperial Council of San Francisco will celebrate the 103rd birthday of late Empress I José Julio Sarria with a benefit Dec. 13, 5-9 p.m., at the Cafe, 2377 Market Street.

Two races for open U.S. House seats in California with LGBTQ contenders remain in flux as their fields of candidates continue to change.

The Sacramento LGBT Community Center is holding a town hall Dec. 16 following a series of violent, troubling incidents in the city’s queer neighborhood.

The suspect in the fatal stabbing at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center's famed HIV/AIDS ward last week was unable to appear in court Dec. 9. www.ebar.com/story/161072

John “Jack” Collins, Ph.D., a gay man who founded the nation’s first Gay and Lesbian Studies Department at the collegiate level at City College of San Francisco, died October 30 after a brief illness. www.ebar.com/story/161031

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Monday she’s filed homicide charges in the fatal stabbing at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center's famed HIV/AIDS ward.

After twice seeing its funding application rejected via a California program, a LGBTQ affordable senior housing project in San Francisco is expected to win approval this month. www.ebar.com/story/160962