Tom Waddell
(1937-1987)
Physician, decathlete and co-founder of the Gay Games which created an international community of LGBT athletes and helped to shatter stereotypes of LGBT people worldwide.
Oscar Wilde
(1854-1900)
Irish dramatist, poet, novelist and essayist known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, glittering conversation and enduring artistic acheivements.
Jane Addams
(1860-1935)
Pioneering social reformer, activist for women's rights and world peace, public philosopher, author, first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
James Baldwin
(1924-1987)
Eloquent novelist, essayist, poet, social critic, civil rights leader and passionate advocate for racial equality and human rights for gays.
George Choy
(1960-1993)
Passionate activist for queer Asians and Pacific Islanders and AIDS awareness who was instrumental in bringing LGBT counseling programs into San Francisco public high schools.
Frida Kahlo
(1907-1954)
Artist who used indigenous symbols, imagery, colors and traditions of Mexican culture to resolutely depict and celebrate women's form and experience.
Allen Ginsberg
(1926-1997)
Renowned poet, leading figure of the Beat Generation of American writers and artists, champion of freedom of expression and sexual self-determination.
Christine Jorgensen
(1926-1989)
American entertainer whose highly publicized gender change in the 1950s first brought widespread mainstream attention to transgender issues.
Alan Turing
(1912-1954)
British cryptanalyst, logician, philosopher and mathematician widely recognized as a pioneer of artificial intelligence and the father of computer science.
San Francisco has a small community of obsessives who are so freaking intense about their sushi that nobody dare try to tell them who serves the best fish in the city or delivers the best experience. Some of these self-proclaimed experts have been to Japan a zillion times and have a very broad, educated basis for comparison, while others just like to flex their opinions as loudly as possible.
