Dorothy Allison, a lesbian and author who rose to fame with the publication of her critically acclaimed 1992 novel "Bastard Out of Carolina," died November 6 at her home in Guerneville.

The first U.S. case of a potentially more severe variant of mpox, known as clade I, has been reported in San Mateo County, the California Department of Public Health announced Saturday, November 16.

Gay OpenAI chief Sam Altman is one of 10 people tapped to lead San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie's transition team, it ...