Thomas E. Horn, a former publisher of the Bay Area Reporter and chair of the San Francisco-Paris Sister City Committee, has been awarded France's National Order of the Legion of Honor by President Emmanuel Macron.
Horn, a gay man, received notification of the honor last month from Philippe Etienne, the French ambassador to the United States. "Your contribution to strengthening our bilateral relationship through your role in the creation of the San Francisco-Paris Sister City Committee and its chairmanship, your support for the Alliances Francaises in the United States, and your efforts following the fire at Norte-Dame are absolutely extraordinary," Etienne wrote.