After months of debate about the need for LGBTQ representation on San Francisco s Historic Preservation Commission, the Board of Supervisors has seated a gay man on the oversight body. The supervisors unanimously voted 11-0 July 20 in approval of Mayor London Breed s appointment of Jason Wright to the commission s Seat 3, which is designated for an architectural historian.
If the mayor administers his oath of office in time, Wright could take part in the commission s Wednesday (July 21) meeting. He is replacing Commissioner Jonathan Pearlman, a gay man, and will be the only out person on the seven-member advisory panel.
Earlier this year Breed opted to also replace Andrew Hyland, a gay man who had been president of the commission. Her initial selection of three straight people for the trio of seats up for renewal this year drew criticism from both LGBTQ preservationists and members of the supervisors rules committee, who review mayoral appointees.
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Susan Dyer Reynolds, editor emeritus of the Marina Times community newspaper in San Francisco, is facing a backlash for several tweets that attacked a gay critic of hers by inferring he supported pedophilia. She also retweeted another person s comments that used transphobic language in talking about the Board of Supervisors.
A number of the city s Democratic clubs, including the two main LGBTQ political groups, are calling on the gay owner of the paper to strip Reynolds of her title as editor emeritus and block her access to the Marina Times Twitter account. Brian Calle, CEO and publisher of Street Media, also owns the LA Weekly and was the former opinion editor of the Orange County Register.
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