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• Latest round of proposed cuts hits SF nonprofit health access points
  The San Francisco Department of Public Health’s proposed 2027-28 budget includes a $750,036 reduction in funding to health access points.
• Going Out: Top 40+ arts & nightlife events, June 11-19
  Rainbowocity continues to spread its glamorous, joyful cheer throughout June. LGBTQ events are sprouting up all over in arts and nightlife. Get your pride on with Going Out.
• LGBTQs rally around Becerra for CA gov  
  With former state attorney general Xavier Becerra the lone Democratic gubernatorial candidate to make the November 3 ballot, LGBTQ leaders are rallying around his candidacy.
• Editorial: Good news for trans women prisoners
  There’s a bit of good news coming out of Washington, D.C. this Pride Month.
• LGBTQ supporters bullish on Wiener House bid
  Throughout his political career, gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has proved to be a fierce campaigner.
• ‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’ – Paris Lees' semi-autobiographical series finds the sacred in the profane
  Set in 2004, the BBC series “What It Feels Like for a Girl” is now available on Prime Video. Adapted from Paris Lees’ 2021 memoir, it features Byron (Ellis Howard), a working-class trans teenager who escapes a dying mining town for the underground club scene in Nottinghamshire.
• Political Notebook: CA LGBTQ legislative caucus set to grow by single digits
  Following last week’s primary races for seats in the state Assembly or Senate, the Legislative LGBTQ Caucus is looking at the likelihood of growing by single digits later this year.
• World Cup prompts SF health advisory 
  The San Francisco Department of Public Health is anticipating a potential increase in some communicable diseases this summer, it stated in a health advisory sent June 9.
• Party promotes SF values amid Qatar World Cup appearance
  The first Qatari person to publicly come out of the closet as LGBTQ is spearheading a campaign to call attention to human rights abuses in the Persian Gulf state.
• News Briefs: Oakland Mayor Lee to seek reelection
  As expected, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee will seek reelection on the November 3 ballot, she announced last weekend.
• Transmissions: The transgender candidate who isn't
  Transgender issues are once again taking center stage in the midterm elections, but it is one specific battleground that features a candidate who is under attack for being transgender, while simultaneously not being transgender.
• SF LGBT center kicks off Pride
  The San Francisco LGBT Community Center kicked off the Pride season with its block party June 6.
• Obituaries: Maurice Angelo Robinson
  The obituary for Maurice Angelo Robinson, a long-term survivor of HIV who was featured in the documentary "Last Men Standing,"
• Castro store marks 90th anniversary
  Cliff’s Variety, a mainstay in San Francisco’s LGBTQ Castro neighborhood, marked its 90th anniversary with a party Saturday, June 6.
• SF sees pink start to Pride season
  The pink triangle was installed atop Twin Peaks June 6 to usher in San Francisco's Pride season.