Director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant had one of the longest partnerships in cinema history, almost defining independent filmmaking, now profiled definitively in the new documentary, "Merchant Ivory." ebar.com/story.php?ch=a…

LAVENDER TUBE 📺: It's almost fall! Which means "Yellowstone," "Only Murders in the Building," "Grey's Anatomy" and more. ebar.com/story.php?ch=a…

California legislators sent Gov. Gavin Newsom bills aimed at protecting the rights of LGBTQ state residents and improving their health care needs. ebar.com/story.php?ch=N…

With San Francisco's LGBTQ residents rapidly progressing to their golden years, housing specific to their cultural needs is expected to be in high demand. ebar.com/story.php?ch=n…

Marguerite "Maggi" Rubenstein, Ph.D., a pioneering bisexual activist dubbed the Godmother of Sex Ed, died Aug. 19 at her home in Red Bluff. She was 93 years old. ebar.com/story.php?ch=n…

FALL ARTS PREVIEW 🍂: San Francisco band Sly and the Family Stone sang about "Hot Fun in the Summertime" in the 1960s, but those of us who have been here for a while we know that the real hot music comes to the Bay Area in the fall. ebar.com/story.php?ch=a…

When Dan Finch and Del Turner met in 1974, the thought of being out — let alone being partnered with a family — felt like a pipe dream. ebar.com/story.php?ch=n…

NEWS BRIEFS 🗞️: The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will hold an online public hearing Friday, Sept. 6, at 10 a.m. to receive input on a new stop sign and stop changes on the J Church Muni line in Noe Valley. ebar.com/story.php?ch=n…

The U.S. Census Bureau is now testing sexual orientation and gender identity questions on its American Community Survey. ebar.com/story.php?ch=n…

The second part of my featured conversation with Bay Area Reporter⁠ about COMING OUT REPUBLICAN is now out! UChicagoPress ebar.com/story.php?ch=n…

.Chase Oliver, the Libertarian Party presidential candidate, got an unexpected boon August 23, when Democrat-turned-independent RFK Jr. dropped out of the race and endorsed Republican nominee former President Donald Trump. ebar.com/story.php?ch=n…

San Francisco's Castro neighborhood will see the first of six night markets next month. ebar.com/story.php?ch=N…

FALL ARTS PREVIEW 🍂: There is some urgency to attending classical music concerts this fall. Who knows what will happen after November? ebar.com/story.php?ch=a…

A new map for San Francisco's Corona Heights Park designating the two features posthumously named after a gay political leader in the city has made its public debut. ebar.com/story.php?ch=n…

Top law enforcement and community leaders joined the new Mission Station police captain on a visit to San Francisco's Castro neighborhood Sept. 5 to identify what's working and what needs improving in the famed LGBTQ district. ebar.com/story.php?ch=n…

PRIDE 2024 🌈: Oakland is gearing up for one of the later Prides of 2024 — the annual parade is set to kick off Sunday, Sept. 8, preceding a festival featuring popular entertainers. See story: ebar.com/story.php?ch=n…

The challengers discussed housing, homelessness, community policing, and commission reform proposals at a mayoral forum for San Francisco's District 8. ebar.com/story.php?ch=N…

FALL ARTS PREVIEW 🍂: From this week through to Christmas Eve, Bay Area theaters are presenting a fall season of remarkable variety. ebar.com/story.php?ch=a…

When Donald J. Trump was running for president in 2016, he proclaimed himself as "one of the most pro-LGBTQ Republican candidates ever." Political historian Neil J. Young analyses the contradictions in gay Republican circles, past and present. ebar.com/story.php?ch=n…

FALL ARTS PREVIEW 🍂: From SFMOMA embracing sports, to the more traditional show of American masterpieces at the de Young Museum, and the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) melding popular culture and politics in "Calli Americas," fine arts offer plenty this fall. ebar.com/story.php?ch=a…