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'Turn up the love:' San Francisco becomes a sanctuary city for transgender people

"Our city has been and will continue to be a sanctuary and a beacon for our transgender and gender non-conforming siblings,” Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said.

San Francisco May Lift '80s-Era Ban on Gay Bathhouses

At the height of the AIDS panic, San Francisco forced bathhouses to employ sex "monitors" and tear down walls of rooms. All of the venues shuttered.

San Francisco Lifts Gay Bathhouse Ban

The ban was a holdover from the height of the AIDS crisis.

LGBTQ+ Pride Events Place Abortion Rights Front and Center Nationally

Pridegoers protested for reproductive freedom after the Supreme Court stripped Americans of a right for the first time in history. 

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Gay S.F. supervisor gets blowback for proposing to scrap domestic-partners law

The law requires city contractors to offer same-sex domestic partners the same benefits as married straight couples, and Matt Dorsey says marriage equality means it's no longer needed.

LGBTQ Politicians Weigh in on the Meaning of Milk

Forty years after his assassination, Harvey Milk's political children discuss the slain supervisor's legacy.