Political Notes: San Francisco LGBTQ political groups welcome new leaders
Two LGBTQ groups involved in San Francisco politics have welcomed new leaders this year. For both, it is shaping up to be a trial-by-fire introduction.At the GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance, Michael T.
Nguyen has passed the leadership baton to new chair Howard F. Chan. Nguyen, a gay man and attorney also known by his drag persona Juicy Liu, had led GAPA since 2017.Chan, a venture fund strategic consultant, took over in January just as news broke that the parents of Jaxon Sales, a gay 20-year-old who died March 2, 2020 in a Rincon Hill apartment, were demanding San Francisco public safety officials reopen their investigation into the circumstances of his death.
GAPA helped promote their pleas and organized a rally last month in front of City Hall to draw more public attention to the issue."The event is very sad, but I think that is why we are here.
For us, we have the ability to magnify voices and messages to the community," said Chan, 39, who is gay and grew up in Simi Valley, California.The Alice B.
