{"id":9361,"date":"2025-05-23T19:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/784338600133312512-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:15:50","slug":"784338600133312512-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/784338600133312512-2\/","title":{"rendered":"784338600133312512"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sftravel.com\/article\/why-san-francisco-is-international-gay-mecca\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/www.sftravel.com\/article\/why-san-francisco-is-international-gay-mecca\",\"title\":\"Why San Francisco Is An International Gay Mecca\",\"description\":\"San Francisco is a city ruled by love that welcomes everyone from anywhere.\",\"site_name\":\"San Francisco Travel\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"c3c0294e87c577413b7763e2131d97b5:0803def25fa450cb-67\",\"type\":\"image\/webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630}]}'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sftravel.com\/article\/why-san-francisco-is-international-gay-mecca\" target=\"_blank\">Why San Francisco Is An International Gay Mecca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarvey Milk and His Legacy\u201d<br \/>In 1974, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay elected official in California history. On November 27, 1978 he was shot and killed, along with beloved Mayor George Moscone, by Dan White, another city supervisor. Since his landmark years of service, San Franciscans have been represented in City Hall and the state legislature by out and proud LGBTQ+ officials, including people like Mark Leno, David Campos, and Scott Weiner. Two of the city\u2019s most important political organizations are focused on LGBTQ+ issues, and are named in honor of local queer icons: Harvey Milk himself and Alice B. Toklas. These groups wield tremendous influence, meaning that the LGBTQ+ community always has a seat at the table when major decisions are being made in San Francisco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why San Francisco Is An International Gay Mecca \u201cHarvey Milk &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12749],"tags":[5855,1071,2734,11890,287,5879,5856,5132,703,11889,8522,3181,1728],"class_list":["post-9361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tumblr","tag-aids","tag-california","tag-gay","tag-gay-community","tag-god","tag-harvey-milk","tag-hiv","tag-human-rights","tag-jesus","tag-lgntqia","tag-pride-month","tag-same-sex-marriage","tag-san-francisco"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>784338600133312512 - 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