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- A federal appeals court vacated a lower court ruling that kept 17 incarcerated transgender women from being moved to male U.S. Bureau of Prison facilities in response to President Donald Trump’s day 1 executive order on gender.
- In “That Alien, Sound,” the debut feature from writer/director/editor Brando Topp, a young woman named Mika (Mia Danelle) becomes possessed by a soundwave that’s been floating around in outer space. No really, that’s the plot of this film, which is also a delightful coming of age tale.
- Ending transgender, nonbinary, and intersex youth’s access to the healthcare they require to live as their authentic selves has been a main goal of the Trump administration.
- It’s incredible to think that it took this long for Michael Jackson, the late “King of Pop” who died two months shy of his 51st birthday in 2009, to be the subject of a big-screen biopic (in IMAX, no less). Unfortunately, the mono-monikered “Michael” comes off as nothing more than a glorified Lifetime movie.
- San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed Matthew Goudeau to become the city’s first-ever executive director of arts and culture Monday.
- Funding for LGBTQ services in California routinely turns into a budgetary tug of war between legislators and the governor.
- Sitting at a cafe in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood, Tom LeNoble is happy his memoir, “My Life in Business Suits, Hospital Gowns and High Heels” has already received a number of accolades. But it’s only the entrepreneur and philanthropist’s first salvo into the literary world.
- In the fourth edition of the Bay Area Reporter’s monthly online chats celebrating the 50th anniversary of our publication, veteran writers John F. Karr and Cornelius Washington discuss the history of (mostly gay) sexuality in the publication.
- Classic rock bands have remastered albums out now, and you’ll want to hear the great songs anew.
- A short film, “Babaylan,” about Bay Area Filipino drag queens that blends ballroom and pre-colonial Babaylan spirituality as a reclamation and celebration of queer Filipino identity is one of the 2026 Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grant Recipients, announced by Frameline on April 22.
- San Francisco leaders marked Lesbian Visibility Week at a City Hall reception.
- In cities like San Francisco, where diversity, density, and movement define daily life, personal safety is rarely a static concept.
- Michael Tilson Thomas, a gay man who remade the San Francisco Symphony during his long tenure as music director, died at his home April 22.
- You’ll find a charming selection of theater, dance, music and visual art to satisfy your craving for beauty, love adventure, and more. No, we’re not exaggerating. Find it in this week’s Going Out.
- The San Francisco Arts Commission invites artists and artist teams residing in the U.S. to submit qualifications for the Harvey Milk Plaza Improvements Project public art opportunity.