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Bay Area Reporter :: Gay Chinese American activist Hoover Lee dies


Hoover Lee, a Hawaii-born gay Chinese American activist and champion of global LGBTQ human rights, died February 11 at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. He was 83.
His friend Edgar Poma said that Mr. Lee s death was due to several health issues but was not COVID-related.
Mr. Lee was a founding member of the Association of Lesbian and Gay Asians; one of the original organizers of the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance; founder of the Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus of the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club; and coordinator and community organizer for many successful progressive political campaigns and causes.
If there was ever to be a founding father of the gay Asian movement in San Francisco it would be Hoover Lee, Lawrence Wong, a gay man and former elected official, wrote in an email to the Bay Area Reporter. Hoover was active as an openly gay man as a member of straight groups like the Organization of Chinese Americans and the Chinese American Democrat ....

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Rec & Parks Seeks to Keep Ferris Wheel In Golden Gate Park For Longer; Activists Complain of Impacts On Birds


Rec & Parks Seeks to Keep Ferris Wheel In Golden Gate Park For Longer; Activists Complain of Impacts On Birds
San Franciscans barely got to enjoy the 150-foot tall observation wheel that was installed in Golden Gate Park in the spring, but was only operational for five and a half weeks in October and November before being shut down due to COVID restrictions. Now Rec & Parks officials are getting set to propose an extension for the one-year permit for the wheel, and advocates for migratory birds are making noise and saying the wheel should come down early.
As the Examiner reports, the Ferris wheel is set to be removed after March under the original permit, but Rec & Parks would like both to give people more time to enjoy it and give the vendor who brought here Skystar a chance to recoup its costs through ticket sales. ....

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