Bay Area Reporter
Since 1971, the newspaper of record for the San Francisco Bay Area Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community.
Editorial: Retain California justices :: Bay Area Reporter
Oct 26, 2022 · Largely flying under the radar on the November 8 ballot are the retention elections for California Supreme Court and appellate court justices. It’s important that voters retain all of them.
SF gay sex club Eros reopens in new location - Bay Area Reporter
Jun 24, 2022 · San Francisco's last remaining gay sex club is reopening its doors in time for Pride weekend. In doing so, it is reviving a historic location in the Tenderloin once home to a bathhouse that catered to men who have sex with men.
'The Substance' - Demi Moore wows in body image horror satire
Sep 27, 2024 · Demi Moore tackles the role of a lifetime in "The Substance" (Mubi), directed by French provocateur Coralie Fargeat. While it would be easy to call Demi's performance fearless or brave or any other euphemism for "often nude," I'd simply say it's just really cool that Demi Moore, an A-list star since the 1980s —who's made movies like "Ghost," "G.I. Jane," and "A Few Good Men," but hasn't had ...
Gay sex venues return - Bay Area Reporter
Jun 23, 2021 · Patrons showing up to take a dip in the hot tub or sweat in the saunas of Steamworks Baths in Berkeley last weekend may have seen something they haven’t witnessed in a while — long lines of men stretching out the door.
Obituaries News - Bay Area Reporter
News Is Out, a collaboration of six LGBTQ+ media representing more than 250 collective years of experience covering the community, is launching the first Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 during LGBTQ History Month.
Stewart becomes 1st lesbian presiding CA appellate court justice
Former Presiding Justice Anthony Kline, left, administered the oath of office to Therese Stewart, the new presiding justice of the 1st District Court of Appeal's Division Two, which is based in San Francisco.
Fate of gay bathhouse chain Steamworks hangs in balance amid …
Jun 21, 2023 · The fate of the Steamworks Baths chain hangs in the balance, as two companies with ownership stakes duke it out in a court battle that includes allegations of impersonation, attempted poisoning, and requested drug delivery.
Out South Bay judges tell their stories :: Bay Area Reporter
Mar 9, 2022 · Becoming a judge in California is not easy, as most jurists are appointed by the governor after applying and waiting a year or more. The number of LGBTQ judges in the state increased in 2021, according to data released by Governor Gavin Newsom's office, and there are now at least 83 out members in the judicial branch, according to …
Laid Bare: new books on gay porn include filmmaker & actor …
Nov 28, 2020 · Head space For the sapiosexuals among us (those turned on by intelligent people), historian and LGBTQ scholar Jeffrey Escoffier's Sex, Society, and the Making of Pornography: the Pornographic Object of Knowledge explores how sexual acts have been documented in various media and how it effects culture and even behavior. While academic in its approach, multiple interview excerpts offer a look ...