Wearing heart earrings the colors of the transgender Pride flag, Lisa Strawn stood in front of the steps of San Francisco City Hall Monday capturing with her cellphone the unveiling of the Pride flag on the flagpole off the mayor's balcony.
Despite a late night working, Strawn wanted to be on hand for the annual ceremony to officially recognize Pride Month in the city. "I was not going to miss this," said Strawn, a transgender woman who was released from San Quentin State Prison last July after contracting COVID. "San Francisco offers everything to anybody, not just LGBTQ people." Arrested at 19 for prostitution and later sentenced to 50-to-life for burglary due to California's "three strikes" law that automatically enhances a person's