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• GAYBORHOODS ARE GETTG STROYED, SAN FRANCIS LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ACTIVIST SAYS

GAYBORHOODS ARE GETTG STROYED, SAN FRANCIS LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ACTIVIST SAYS

It's been more than a month sce gay San Francis cyclist David Sexton was killed a h-and-n crash the East Bay cy of Richmond, and his partner told the Bay Area Reporter that he's trated wh the slowns of the vtigatn. LGBT — SFGate's gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr rource for the San Francis Bay Area and beyond - SFGATE. Homotech, YouShoot, EDGE Media Network, Pri Labs and QueeryMe are registered tramarks of EDGE Publitns, Inc.

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“When we lose the gayborhoods, we lose a lot more than a few taverns; we lose the polil power that when we are ncentrated specific preccts and have the abily to elect our own [reprentativ] and feat our enemi. “We will lose the abily to provi the specialized social servic that are so crilly important to the most vulnerable members of our muny: our senr cizens, our youth, our transgenr fay members, our HIV survivors, ” Jon loss of a gay haven L.