State Senator Scott Wiener spoke at the Castro holiday tree lighting ceremony December 1.

Photo: JL Odom

This week, President Donald Trump tried to cancel World AIDS Day – but San Francisco recognized it anyway.

This is the grim reality our community faces: an extremist right-wing movement using every opportunity to score political points by erasing the suffering, joy, history, and humanity of LGBTQ people, and by attacking our health care, civil rights, dignity, and at times our very existence.

In a moment like this, it is not enough to have just allies in the room. We need our own people at the table – people who know our lives, our history, our battles – and who will fight back without hesitation.

That’s a key reason I’m running for Congress.

We must pass the Equality Act; restore

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