SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Santa Clara County Raises Trans Flag The trans flag has been raised in front of Santa Clara County's Government Center, where it will remain indefinitely; the innocent passenger killed in a high-speed-chase crash in Pittsburg has been identified; and a Trump-appointed judge on the Ninth Circuit made a questionable gun video.
Arts & Entertainment Tripling in Size, The Tenderloin Museum Doubles Down on Its Legacy The Tenderloin Museum is tripling in size, adding a neon gallery, and relaunching 'Compton’s Cafeteria Riot' to honor the neighborhood’s rich history of activism, nightlife, and LGBTQ+ resistance.
Arts & Entertainment Compton's Cafeteria Site Receives Two Official Historic Landmark Designations Compton’s Cafeteria, site of the 1966 trans uprising, is now the first U.S. historic site recognized for its role in the transgender movement, earning state and federal landmark status last week.
SF News SJSU Women's Volleyball Loses in Mountain West Finals to Colorado State The Spartans, who struggled offensively throughout against Colorado State's potent defense, won only one set out of five.
Bay Area Sports Judge Won't Block San Jose State From Conference Volleyball Tournament Over Alleged Transgender Player The San Jose State Spartans women’s volleyball team will still compete in the Mountain West Tournament this week, after a judge just refused to rule the team out of the tournament following a lawsuit from nine players over a supposedly transgender player.
Bay Area Sports Transgender Volleyball Controversy Hits SF, as Christian School Forfeits Game Against SF Waldorf Over ‘God’s Word’ The transgender women in volleyball disputes are being waged on yet another front close to home, as a Merced Christian high school just forfeited their game against San Francisco Waldorf School because they believe Waldorf has a transgender player.
SF News Union City Man Found Guilty of 2021 Murder of Trans Drag Artist Natalia Smüt In what appears to be Santa Clara County’s first guilty verdict in a transgender domestic homicide case, a 25-year-old Union City man was convicted of killing then-24-year-old Natalia Smüt Lopez of San Jose.
SF News Elon Musk’s Trans Daughter Gives First Public Interview, Says Musk Is ‘In a Ketamine-Fueled Haze’ Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s 20-year-old trans daughter, gave her first public interview following Musk’s attacks on her in a recent interview, and also took to social media to say that Musk is (zing!) “in a ketamine-fueled haze.”
SF News Right-Wingers File Lawsuit Against SF’s Transgender Guaranteed-Income Program Mayor Breed launched a Guaranteed Income for Trans People program in 2022, but a new lawsuit from a conservative legal group (that regularly sues Bay Area cities) hopes to halt it.
SF News North Beach Restaurant American Bites Facing Backlash After Hosting Virulent Anti-Trans Event A Soleil Ho opinion piece in the Chronicle brought attention to an anti-trans dinner party at a North Beach restaurant, but now the restaurant itself is getting a barrage of bad press and one-star Yelp reviews for hosting the event.
Arts & Entertainment Transgender District Celebrates Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Anniversary With ’Riot Party’ Part party, part riot, part gala, Sunday night’s second annual Riot Party helped close out Transgender History Month, and commemorated the 56th anniversary of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, an early turning point in the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement.
Business & Tech SF Joins Legal Inquiry Into Uber for Allegedly Discriminating Against Trans, Non-Binary Drivers San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego city attorneys are all digging into Uber’s alleged discriminatory practices with trans and non-binary people who try to sign up for the platform, because the bots feel their names and faces do not adequately match their driver's licenses.
Arts & Entertainment Compton's Cafeteria Riot Anniversary Marked With 'Black Trans Lives Matter' Mural in Tenderloin At the heart of still in-development Transgender District in the Tenderloin, and right at the intersection where Compton's Cafeteria once stood, activists and volunteers painted a mural on Sunday using the colors of the transgender flag.
SF News SF Opens First Transitional Housing Project For Transgender And Gender Non-Conforming Adults Thursday's ribbon-cutting ceremony along Washington Street in Chinatown marked the grand reveal of a first for the city: A transitional housing project aimed at helping transgender and gender non-conforming San Franciscans.
SF News Oregon Court Rules 'Nonbinary' A Legal Gender In Case Of Retired Army Vet In a ruling that is believed to be the first of its kind within the United States, PBS reports that an Oregon judge ruled on Friday that an individual can legally change their
SF News Couple Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime Assault Of Trans Woman Whom Public Defender Refers To As Male Dewayne Kemp, 36 and Rebecca Westover, 42, an engaged couple, have plead guilty to charges that included assault in a November 15 crime against Samantha Hulsey, a young transgender woman in SoMa. The
SF News Suspect Arrested, Charged With Hate Crime In Stabbing Of Transgender Woman Brodes Wayne Joynes of San Francisco was identified as the sole suspect in the stabbing of a transgender woman, Samantha Husley, as police Sergeant Monica Macdonald has told the Examiner. Allegedly, it was
SF News Family Of Sasha Fleischman Has 'Mixed Emotions' After Teen Is Sentenced In Skirt Fire Attack A judge sentenced 17-year-old Richard Thomas of Oakland to seven years in prison today for setting agender teen Sasha Fleischman's skirt on fire (inflicting second and third degree burns) while aboard an AC
SF News In Historic Decision, Medicare Lifts Ban On Sex-Change Surgery A staunch 74-year-old trans woman and Army veteran went toe to toe with Medicare over their denying her coverage of her sex reassignment surgery, and won. In a major decision today, the Department
Arts & Entertainment Video: Justin Vivian Bond Covers Bambi Lake's Vital 'Golden Age Of Hustlers' Broadway star and performer Justin Vivian Bond, who once called San Francisco home before moving to the top of the heap, has covered "The Golden Age Of Hustlers," Bambi Lake's ode to Polk
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Transgender Day of Visibility Billed as a "substance-free" (that means drugs, dummy) and family-friendly event, tonight's celebration of Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) is an evening of performances and speakers to be enjoyed by anyone supportive of
SF News City-Funded Transgender Surgeries A Smashing Success SF Examiner's Chris Roberts blows a blast of fresh air into an otherwise listless Monday with a great piece regarding sexual reassignment surgery in San Francisco for low income and uninsured patients. See,
SF News Agender Teen Burned On Oakland Bus Speaks Out For The First Time For the first time since the terrible incident in which Oakland teenager Sasha Fleishman had his clothing burned at the hands of another teenager in what appears, by all accounts, to be a
SF News Prop. 8 Creep Now Targeting Trans Teens The man behind Prop. 8 may have suffered a setback when his anti-gay marriage campaign was thwarted earlier this year, but Frank Shubert isn't letting that get him down. He's now ramping up
SF News Startup Bro Apologizes For San Francisco Rant Startup co-founder Peter Shih whose anti-San Francisco rant sparked an outcry that, among other things, resulted in these flyers strewn about town on Friday published an apology over the weekend. Shih's screed, if
