San Francisco Bay Times | LGBTQ News & Calendar for the Bay Area

By Ann Rostow—

Judge Vacates Kennedy’s Crazy Policy

As we went to press last issue, a federal judge in Oregon ruled that the anti-trans “Kennedy Declaration” was unconstitutional and could not be upheld. I confess that the December 18, 2025, “Declaration” from our bizarre Secretary of Health and Human Services may have escaped my notic...

Photos by Leon Kunstenaar

This year’s May Day marked the 135th Anniversary of International Workers’ Day, which originated from the 1886 campaign for an eight-hour workday in the U.S. that led to massive strikes on May 1 and culminated in the violent Haymarket Affair in Chicago. This year’s May Day rallies, including one of the Bay Area’s largest at San Francisc...

By Joanie Juster—

Since January 2025, Americans have taken to the streets in unprecedented numbers to protest the destructive policies and actions of the Trump administration. From Indivisible to 50501, Hands Off, #TeslaTakedowns, Save Our Sciences, No Kings, May Day, and many other days of action, millions of people have answered the call to stand up and be cou...

By Tyler Termee, Ph.D—

For more than a year now, I’ve been keeping an eye on changes to the federal landscape of HIV and LGBTQ+ funding—with a clear understanding that decisions at the federal level would inevitably impact state and local public health systems. That time is now.

Major provisions of H.R. 1 (the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) are taking e...

Photos by Michael Kerner

A rally on the afternoon of April 23, 2026, in Jane Warner Plaza gathered HIV/AIDS activists, community health leaders, and others to voice opposition to San Francisco’s proposed cuts to critical sexual health, HIV, and LGBTQ+ services. San Francisco Bay Times columnist Sister Dana Van Iquity was among those who attended.

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