June 12, 2022 Extremists Threaten Violence at LGTBQ Children’s Story Hour at East Bay Library By Bay City News Men made homophobic and transphobic remarks against a member of the LGTBQ+ community who was hosting the June 11 event at the San Lorenzo Library. Read More 3
October 28, 2021 Fremont Mayor Shadowed by Past Voting History in Tight State Senate Race By The Fly Sen. Bob Wieckowski endorsed Wahab as his successor, but if campaign coffers are any sign, it’s still going to be a close race. Read More 4
October 14, 2021 Social Fabric of Santa Clara County Communities Unravels Online and at Meetings By Katie Lauer The way Americans communicate and perceive each other—often at first glance—has changed since the election of former President Donald Trump. Read More 20
June 25, 2021 Points of Pride: History San Jose Chronicles 50 Years of LGBTQ History in Silicon Valley By Katie Lauer From leather to politics to bars, a new history exhibit features decades of pageantry, heartache and belonging in the South Bay. Read More 0
June 2, 2021 Inaugural Pride Flag Raising at Gilroy City Hall Proves ‘Divisive’ By The Fly Councilmember Carol Marques worries the policy will open a "can of worms," expose the city to liability. Read More 3
April 28, 2021 A Quest for Love: Natalia Smut’s Death Highlights Trans Struggles By Katie Lauer The native San Jose transgender woman’s murder has devastated, but not shocked, friends, family and the South Bay drag scene. Read More 6
December 23, 2020 Alex Padilla, Shirley Weber Make California History in New Roles By The Fly In Padilla and Weber, Californians get their first Latino U.S. Senator and first Black female secretary of state. Read More 5
November 5, 2020 Proudly Out: Queer Silicon Valley Preserves Local LGBTQ History By Katie Lauer Spearheaded by Ken Yeager, Queer Silicon Valley offers a look into the culture, crime and organizations of LGTBQ people. Read More 1
October 30, 2020 ‘Hallowellness’ Offers Free Coronavirus Tests for LGTBQ+ Community in Downtown SJ By Emanuel Lee The inaugural hALLoWELLness provides a safe haven for a LGBTQ+ community that faces unique challenges from the coronavirus pandemic. Read More 0
September 1, 2020 New SJ District to Offer LGBTQ+ Community a Place to Call Home By Emanuel Lee The district, which aims to showcases the history, culture and diversity of the LGBTQ+ community, is being planned in downtown. Read More 5
August 19, 2020 In Race Against Openly Gay Challenger, Cupertino Mayor Takes Flak Over Rainbow Signs By The Fly The colorful world of politics got a little more prismatic this week in the race between Mayor Steven Scharf and J.R. Fruen. Read More 17
August 18, 2020 Anti-Masker’s Meltdown at Campbell Marshalls Goes Viral By Jennifer Wadsworth An unmasked patron at a South Bay bargain store threw a fit of such epic proportions that it landed him above-the-fold placement on TMZ. Read More 41
August 3, 2020 Lawsuit: CHP Unconstitutionally Targeted Men at I-280 Rest Stops By Jennifer Wadsworth The arrests were discriminatory because no women or drivers with families were targeted, attorney Bruce Nickerson argues. Read More 6
July 29, 2020 San Jose’s Watergarden Survived Homophobia, Political Shifts, AIDS—But Not Coronavirus By Jennifer Wadsworth What the storied history—and now closure—of the Watergarden bathhouse means for Silicon Valley’s LGBTQ community. Read More 15
July 21, 2020 Op-Ed: No More Policing Who ‘Gets’ to be Queer By Tonya Barajas, Rizzo Barajas, Alysa Cisneros, Ra Hopkins, Richard Mehlinger and Alex Lee Unfortunately, people in the bi+ and non-binary communities too often face rejection not just from straight people but from gay people. Read More 5
June 18, 2020 Santa Clara County Celebrates Court Decision Upholding DACA By Kyle Martin Local officials celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court decision to block Trump’s attempt to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act. Read More 7