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Memorial for activist Ken Jones at the corner of 18th & Castro

Ken Jones (1950-2021)

Author: Royal Scribe Published Date: February 7, 2021 1 Comment on Ken Jones (1950-2021)

Ken Jones (November 9, 1950 – January 13, 2021), a Black gay rights activist who fought against the segregation of LGBTQ activism and spaces, lost…

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1901 Douglas Tilden's homoerotic statue The Mechanics Monument is formally dedicated at the intersection of Market, Bush, and Battery Streets in San Francisco.

1992 Police Chief Richard Hongisto is fired after the San Francisco Police Commission finds him culpable of getting police officers to take 2,000 copies of the San Francisco Bay Times, an LGBT publication that ran an article critical of his police actions.

2008 The California Supreme Court rules in favor of San Francisco's lawsuit stemming from the City's 2004 attempt to allow same-sex couples to marry. Same-sex couples marry until the passage of Prop. 8 in November.

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