Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who is the 40th governor of California, serving since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
Advocates are blasting California Governor Gavin Newsom and state public health officials for not gathering data about the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak on the Golden State's LGBT community.
LGBT advocates had requested that people with COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, be asked about their sexual orientation and gender identity.
Yet state and local officials have ignored their requests, even though laws have been passed requiring the collection of SOGI data in health care