The LGBTQ community in San Francisco is one of the largest and most prominent LGBTQ communities in the United States. In the 1970s, the city's gay male population rose from 30,000 at the beginning of the decade to 100,000 in a city of 660,000 at the end of the decade.Michelle Cochrane, When AIDS Began: San Francisco and the Making of an Epidemic Routledge, Aug 2, 2004, p. 22 In 1993 Stephen O. Murray, in "Components of Gay Community in San Francisco," wrote that most LGBTQ residents of San Francisco had originated from other cities and had "come out" in other cities.Murray, p. 108.
A 2015 Gallup poll found that 6.2% of San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward inhabitants identified as LGBT, the highest of any metropolitan area in the United States. In the city of San Francisco itself, a 2006 survey found that 15.4% of its inhabitants identified as LGBT. In U.S. Congressional District 8, which consists of San Franciscans of voting age, 16.6% of adults identify as LGBT.
This list includes people born or raised in the San Francisco metropolitan area, as well as those who originated their careers there.
Activists Lisa BenMarcus, Eric (1992). Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Rights 1945–1990: An Oral History. New York, HarperCollins. Harry Britt Cecilia Chung Angela Davis Felicia Elizondo Janetta Johnson Cleve Jones Bill Kraus Marsha H. Levine Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon Isa Noyola Christina Olague"Political Notebook: Lee left lasting LGBT legacy" . Bay Area Reporter, December 14, 2017. Aria Sa'id Jose Sarria Mia Satya Adela Vazquez Merle Woo
Art Actors Aleshia Brevard Charlie Carver Dick Clair Lea DeLariaGuthmann, Edward. "'The Parker Posey of Queer Cinema': Stand-up comic Lea DeLaria is all over the lesbian and gay film festival", The San Francisco Chronicle, June 14, 1998. Rodney Kageyama Alec Mapa Aubrey O'Day Vincent Rodriguez III Alicia Sixtos Ione Skye Zelda Williams BD Wong
Comedians Scott Capurro Margaret Cho Hannah Hart David Mills
Crafters Kaffe Fassett
Dancers Sean Dorsey
Drag Peaches Christ HeklinaBarmann, Jay (16 December 2014). "Heklina Talks About Mother, The New Incarnation Of Trannyshack At The Oasis". SFist. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Honey Mahogany Charles Pierce Bebe Sweetbriar
Fashion William Ware Theiss Kaisik Wong
Filmmakers Esther Eng Savannah Knoop
Illustrators Rex
Musicians Jessica Bejarano Michael Tilson Thomas Linda Tillery Remi Wolf
Painters Tauba Auerbach Bernice Bing Lenore Chinn Jess Anna Elizabeth Klumpke Martin Wong
Photographers Lenn Keller Mia Nakano
Poets Robert Duncan
Singers Sylvester
Athletes Figure skating Brian BoitanoBrian Boitano announces he's gay before trip to Sochi, by Christine Brennan, at USA Today; published December 19, 2013; retrieved December 20, 2013. Rudy Galindo
Wrestlers Gabbi Tuft
Businesspeople Sam Altman Todd B. Hawley Aug 2, 2012. Accessed Dec 1, 2015. Chuck Holmes Bradford Shellhammer Theresa Sparks Rikki Streicher
Chefs Elka Gilmore Melissa King
Lawyers Fay Stender
Politics Roberta Achtenberg Tom AmmianoSara Miles, Tom's Trip, Out (April 2000), pp. 79-81. David Campos Bevan Dufty Rebecca KaplanNaomi Tucker, Liz Highleyman, & Rebecca Kaplan. Bisexual Politics, Queries, Theories & Visions. New York: Haworth, 1995, p. xvii Anne Kronenberg Mark Leno Rafael Mandelman Carole Migden Harvey Milk"Historical Note", The Harvey Milk Papers: Susan Davis Alch Collection (1956–1962) (PDF), San Francisco Public Library . Retrieved on October 8, 2008. Jeff Sheehy Scott Wiener
Pornography Venus Lux Al Parker Dylan RyanDylan Ryan | Queer Porn TV | Public Access to the Sexual Underground | QPTV . Retrieved February 27, 2012. Madison Young
Religion Megan Rohrer
Writers Jack Bee Garland Gil HovavDalit Gvirtzman (April 25, 2019). "On the Tip of the Tongue: A Conversation with Gil Hovav," BA-Inyanim. David Lourea Armistead Maupin Toni Newman Carol Queen Randy Shilts Steve Silberman Michelle Tea Alice B. Toklas Lidia Yuknavitch
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