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• SF sheriff tells supervisors some jail personnel reassigned after strip-search incident
  San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto told a Board of Supervisors committee Thursday that some personnel involved in a widely reported strip-search of female prisoners last year no longer work at the jail where the alleged incident took place.
• Obituaries: Jeffrey Earl Auman
  The obituary for Jeffrey Earl Auman, who was curious about different religions and volunteered in the Tenderloin and Castro neighborhoods.
• Psychiatrists, attorney to be appointed for defendant in homophobic, antisemitic SF church vandalism
  A man accused of vandalizing a local church who once allegedly threatened a mass shooting of San Francisco gays and Jews didn’t appear in court March 12, as previously scheduled.
• Ad Space Reservations for BAR's Historic 55th Anniversary Issue now being accepted
  The Bay Area Reporter, America’s longest continuously published LGBTQ newspaper, today announced that advertising space reservations are now open for its special 55th Anniversary Edition, publishing April 2, 2026.
• Going Out: Top 20 arts & nightlife events, March 12-20
  Unlike a certain undeservingly Oscar-nominated actor, we love ballet and opera, specifically San Francisco Ballet, now that the taint of their potential performing at the illegally renamed Trump-Kennedy Center is scratched. You can enjoy their amazing dances, as well as wonderful visual arts, performing and nightlife activities, including Oscar watch parties, chosen here for your […]
• Focus turns to seeing new SF development houses LGBTQ seniors
  As a new affordable housing project affirming of LGBTQ seniors eyes a 2029 opening date in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood, conversations are already underway on how to ensure a majority of its residents are queer and transgender older adults.
• Political Notebook: LGBTQ judges in CA continue to increase
  The number of LGBTQ people serving on state courts across California continues to grow, marking a 4% increase over the last 14 years on the official annual tallies released by the Judicial Council of California.
• SF bacterial STI rates continue to decline 
  Rates of sexually transmitted infections in San Francisco continued to decline in 2025, according to year-end statistics released by the city’s health department.
• SF Pride Band welcomes concert director
  The San Francisco Pride Band is welcoming its new artistic director for its concert ensemble with its first community concert of 2026 later this month.
• Editorial: Feds work overtime to omit gender identity
  The executive orders that President Donald Trump has issued since he returned to the White House last year have upended new practices and policies that were on the cusp of becoming standardized.