Lesbians' love affair with the WNBA is no secret.

Gay San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Rafael Mandelman is standing by embattled District 8 supervisorial candidate Emanuel “Manny” Yekutiel after an allegation of sexual assault, which he denies.

Within a geographical outline of the United States are vignettes of alligator characters sporting dark sunglasses engaged in such activities as dining in a cafe, riding bicycles, driving vehicles, and visiting an art museum.

Dr. Kent Sack, a gay man who was a medical forerunner in Contra Costa County during the AIDS epidemic, died June 15. www.ebar.com/story/168053

A letter to the editor critiques our coverage of state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) at the Trans March over Pride weekend. www.ebar.com/story/168054

Our Transmissions columnist Gwen Smith discusses a brilliant, five-hour documentary by Matt Baume on YouTube, detailing the fight for marriage equality from the era of King James until today. www.ebar.com/story/168062

Todd Lombardo, a gay man, is a recent LGBTQ+ candidate for Congress and writer in California with a background in communications. www.ebar.com/story/168063

The Bay Area Reporter has received five California Journalism Awards from the California News Publishers Association. www.ebar.com/story/168057

AIDS Walk San Francisco returns to Golden Gate Park Sunday, July 19, for its 40th year.

It is unsurprising that reported hate crime events related to gender increased last year in California, our editorial board writes. www.ebar.com/story/168094

Trekking through Samuel P. Taylor State Park along the Pioneer Tree Trail, Koshi Leonard kept an eye out for banana slugs hidden in the vegetation and leaf debris lining the pathway.

A Bay Area man convicted in connection with the notorious 2008 “gay grifters” murder in Palm Springs was freed from state prison over the Independence Day weekend. www.ebar.com/story/168056

An LGBTQ bar in Vallejo is dealing with repeat incidents of broken windows, an employee told the Bay Area Reporter. www.ebar.com/story/167735

A proposed $750,036 cut to health access points – including those for gay and bi men and trans people – was averted in the version of the budget passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ budget and appropriations committee Thursday. www.ebar.com/story/167734

What began as an evening of joy, visibility, and celebration for San Francisco’s transgender community ended with a large police response in the city’s Transgender District after the Trans March concluded Friday. www.ebar.com/story/167755

A new event joined the San Francisco Pride weekend lineup this year – one centered on solidarity with the transgender community. www.ebar.com/story/167818

Cheers erupted as the unmistakable roar of the San Francisco Women’s Motorcycle Contingent’s engines echoed through the Mission, signaling what thousands had been waiting for – the annual San Francisco Dyke March.

A viral video of gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) being harassed as he was forced to leave the Trans March June 26 prompted queer leaders to call out those who heckled him for being insufficiently supportive of Palestinians in Gaza.

The sun finally came out over the weekend for San Francisco Pride’s 56th annual festivities – and so did hundreds of thousands of spectators.

Xavier Becerra, California’s likely next governor, drew laughs at the Alice B. Toklas annual Pride Breakfast June 28 when he said he, too, wanted an impersonator to star in a gay porn film, like one being sought for San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie. www.ebar.com/story/167822

After the HIV+Hepatitis Institute lodged a formal complaint and public pressure, Mississippi’s largest health care provider reversed course on covering two HIV prevention medications. www.ebar.com/story/167733/

The last day of Pride Month was anything but celebratory for the LGBTQ community, as the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a stinging defeat for female transgender athletes. www.ebar.com/story/167844/

The CEO of Philz Coffee addressed his now-reversed decision to ban Pride flags from stores at San Francisco Pride’s recent fourth annual Human Rights Summit. www.ebar.com/story/167851/

Queer District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder sent a letter of inquiry to city leaders about two San Francisco Police Department responses to separate events related to the city’s Pride festivities over the weekend. www.ebar.com/story/167855

Gay District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey salutes outgoing former city attorney and current San Francisco Public Utilities Commission General Manager Dennis Herrera. www.ebar.com/story/167879

The defendant previously convicted of killing a gay San Francisco stylist is seeking to represent himself. www.ebar.com/story/167880

The awful ruling Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court certainly was a buzzkill to end Pride Month and put a damper on our celebratory plans for the 250th birthday of America that will be commemorated July 4, our editorial board writes. www.ebar.com/story/167881

LGBTQ advocates notched a host of fiscal successes totaling more than $2 billion in the 2026-27 state budget and associated trailer bills that California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Monday. www.ebar.com/story/167854

The San Francisco Giants remain in an unwanted spotlight regarding three pitchers who inscribed Bible verses on their rainbow-colored Pride game hats at the team’s June 12 Pride Night. www.ebar.com/story/167715

As San Francisco law enforcement officials briefed media outlets about safety over Pride weekend Wednesday, some Castro residents are wondering why it took police hours to respond to an alleged threat of violence at a nightclub. www.ebar.com/story/167714/

BREAKING: Castro mainstay Orphan Andy’s, which has served countless late-night partygoers and bar-hoppers, has been sold for $200,000, co-owner Dennis Ziebell told the Bay Area Reporter. www.ebar.com/story/167713/

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is staying quiet, for now, about whom he is supporting in the race to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) in the U.S. House of Representatives. www.ebar.com/story/167663

At his City Hall office, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie answered our questions about his budget proposal and LGBTQ representation in city government. Read the whole story: www.ebar.com/story/167660

Those wandering in for a drink on a recent evening at The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel would have found – and learned – a lot more than they came for. www.ebar.com/story/167657

Michelle Jean, a lesbian who is now Tiburon’s chief of police, was inspired to enter law enforcement by her father, who was a captain at the Sutter County Sheriff’s Department in the Sierra foothills. www.ebar.com/story/167658

Supporters of District 8 supervisor candidate Emanuel "Manny" Yekutiel express their views. www.ebar.com/story/167659/

Dennis Mabasa wrote our latest guest opinion. www.ebar.com/story/167578

The Aesop Queer Library is coming to San Francisco for the first time Friday, June 26, through Sunday, June 28, at the body care company’s store at 2450 Fillmore Street. www.ebar.com/story/167579

One afternoon a visitor walked into Guerneville’s gay-owned bookstore, Books & Letters. Michael Rex, the store’s proprietor, lifted a slim paperback volume off a display table, handed it to the visitor and said, “You need to read this book.” www.ebar.com/story/167580

Pride season is a haze of rainbows and frivolity, of massive street parades, parties, and festivals, Gwen Smith writes in Transmissions. www.ebar.com/story/167581

A gay Spanish author recently won an award for his book on healing from narcissistic abuse in same-sex relationships. www.ebar.com/story/167582

Salt Lake City, the home of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ world headquarters, is also one of the most LGBTQ-friendliest cities in the world. www.ebar.com/story/167583

Sea-breeze winds its cool way through the city’s streets, gliding by trees and wafting the perfume of jasmine and jacaranda flowers through the air. www.ebar.com/story/167584

When Sierra Sparks was a preschooler in the late 1990s, she marched in San Francisco’s Pride Parade with her two moms as part of the Our Families Coalition contingent. www.ebar.com/story/167589

Wanting to create a tribute to Teresita, one of their transgender mothers they had befriended in the late 1980s, Tina Valentin Aguirre pieced together footage of the ranchera singer performing and being interviewed for a short documentary. www.ebar.com/story/167591

A recent survey of LGBTQ people by a UCSF neurologist sought to increase awareness of stroke. www.ebar.com/story/167592

As a freshman member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Joel Engardio showed up to its meeting that coincided with Halloween in 2023 adorned in a T-shirt sporting the character Joy from Pixar’s "Inside Out" movies. www.ebar.com/story/167651

The Tenderloin became more colorful this Pride Month, housing a new monument to trans history and joy. www.ebar.com/story/167652

Four years ago, gay Mission resident Walter Parenteau set out on an ambitious goal: to walk every street in San Francisco. www.ebar.com/story/167653

LGBTQ-inclusive spaces at San Francisco Unified School District are receiving new funding for the coming academic year. www.ebar.com/story/167654