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Matthew S. Bajko

San Francisco

Assistant Editor and Political Columnist at Bay Area Reporter

assistant editor/political columnist for @eBARnews - the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco's LGBTQ newspaper of record since 1971. 🏳️‍🌈 🦄

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  • 1 month ago | ebar.com | Matthew S. Bajko

    Events around the Bay Area will mark this year's observance of International Transgender Day of Visibility, annually held March 31. It was established in 2009 as a way to celebrate trans individuals and their contributions to society, as well as to shine a light on the discrimination they face. This year's celebration comes amid an ongoing attack on the rights of all gender-nonconforming individuals, whether they be trans, intersex or genderqueer.

  • 1 month ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Matthew S. Bajko

    For 17 years, Oakland City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan has provided a lesbian voice on the East Bay city's governing body. First as its elected at-large member, Kaplan has continued to do so this year as the appointed District 2 council representative.

  • 1 month ago | ebar.com | Matthew S. Bajko

    For 17 years, Oakland City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan has provided a lesbian voice on the East Bay city's governing body. First as its elected at-large member, Kaplan has continued to do so this year as the appointed District 2 council representative.

  • 1 month ago | ebar.com | Matthew S. Bajko

    Under a new system for tracking the sexual orientation and gender identity of judges in California, those who are transgender are being obscured in the annual reports. For the second year in a row, the category for transgender justices is blank even though there are two known such justices serving on superior courts in the state.

  • 1 month ago | ebar.com | Matthew S. Bajko

    Just as President Donald Trump was preparing to deliver his address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, news broke that his Republican administration had disbanded several advisory panels to the U.S. Census Bureau. It raised alarms about plans for the 2030 decennial count of the nation's population, and threw into doubt seeing questions about sexual orientation and gender identity be added to various census forms.

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Matthew S. Bajko
Matthew S. Bajko @politicalnotes
8 Jan 25

RT @BarbaraLee_CA: Oaklanders have always overcome challenges by coming together.  At this critical moment, we must not be a city divided,…

Matthew S. Bajko
Matthew S. Bajko @politicalnotes
8 Jan 25

Former longtime Teamsters official and staunch LGBTQ ally Allan M. Baird, who famously led a boycott of Coors beer at gay bars, died Wednesday, January 8, friends told the Bay Area Reporter.... https://t.co/zudZIuqJAJ

Matthew S. Bajko
Matthew S. Bajko @politicalnotes
19 Dec 24

RT @DanArriolaCA: THANK YOU to my family, friends, and all who joined us as I took the Oath of Office as the new Mayor of Tracy last night!…