For the first time I can remember, the LGBTQ+ community does not have a champion in San Francisco City Hall.

It’s stunning that the landmark equal benefits ordinance, or EBO, is on the chopping block and none of the supervisors from our community have stepped up to stop the destruction of this hard-won law. Even worse, not only is gay District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey leading the charge and gay board President Rafael Mandelman is non-committal, but the rationale for this change is that giving up our rights will save money. Freedom is not free. Have we forgotten that the fight for our rights cost Harvey Milk his life?

Dorsey’s cost justifications are embarrassingly laughable. He suggests in the San Francisco Chronicle that $290 million in savings for the city are on the table. Seriously?

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