San Francisco Politics – LGBTQ+ Policy + Budget

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31 07, 2025

Gay SF Supervisor Sparks Backlash Over Plan to Repeal LGBTQ Equal Benefits Law

By JRL Charts|2025-08-12T17:54:59-07:00July 31st, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: gay san francisco news, JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics and Advocacy News, LGBT Politics USA, lgbtq equal benefits law, matt dorsey, obergefell vs hodges, san francisco politics|

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO — (July 31, 2025) — A proposal by openly gay San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey to dismantle the city’s landmark Equal Benefits Ordinance (EBO) has ignited a political firestorm within the LGBTQ+ community, raising concerns over potential erosion of hard-fought [...]

21 03, 2025

Corporate Sponsors Pull Out of San Francisco PRIDE

By JRL Charts|2025-07-31T03:32:55-07:00March 21st, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Anheuser-Bush, Comcast, Corporate Sponsors, dei programs, gay new york news, Guiness and Smirnoff, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, san francisco politics, San Francisco PRIDE Event|

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (03-21-25) — Major sponsors such as Comcast, Guinness and Smirnoff, Anheuser-Bush and more have pulled out of the 2025 San Francisco PRIDE event. These sponsors are saying the reason for pulling their sponsorship dollars was due to the Trump administration's constant anti-DEI campaign. (Basically code word for women, minorities and the [...]

15 06, 2020

Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s challenge to CA ‘sanctuary’ Law

By JRL Charts|2025-07-31T03:34:18-07:00June 15th, 2020|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: California Sanctuary Law Victory, Gay California News, immigrants sanctuary law victory, Immigration News, LGBT Politics USA, san francisco politics, US Supreme Court|

WASHINGTON — (06-15-20) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration' challenge to California's "Sanctuary Law", leaving intact rules that prohibit law enforcement officials from aiding Immigration agents in taking custody of undocumented immigrants as they are released from jail. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. were in the minority [...]

8 09, 2017

San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Raise Money for Tour Security

By JRL Charts|2025-07-31T03:33:05-07:00September 8th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: gay san francisco news, Lavender Pen Tour, LGBTQ rights, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, san francisco politics, Steve Huffines, Tom Paulino|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer GAY NEWS — San Francisco's Gay Men's Chorus is about to go on a serious journey through some of the most conservative areas of the United States and they are determined to make sure that this tour will be a safe one! The group is set to kick off their [...]