After four years of overseeing the country's first municipal office dedicated to transgender issues, as well as advising three mayors on various concerns of San Francisco's LGBTQ community, Clair Farley is departing to pursue other opportunities outside of the city.
Later this month, for instance, she is expected to begin consulting with a trans-owned provider of telemedicine. The 38-year-old Farley did not rule out seeking elected office in the future during an interview with the Bay Area Reporter December 2 on her official last day with the city.
A trans woman and resident of the East Bay city of Alameda, she noted that there has yet to be a transgender person elected to a state or federal legislative office in California. "I am still