Tom Ammiano
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Tom Ammiano was the first openly gay teacher in the state of California, coming out in 1975 when he co-founded the Gay Teachers Association.
Three years later, he campaigned against Proposition 6, which would have banned out educators in public schools. Along with Harvey Milk and Hank Wilson, Ammiano founded No on 6, which worked to defeat the initiative.
He remained involved in politics after that victory, and was eventually elected to the San Francisco Board of Education in 1990, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1994. (Ammiano was a key player in the passage of the city’s comprehensive domestic-partnership ordinance.)
In 2008, he was elected to the California State Assembly where he remains today. Last year, he succeeded in passing legislation protecting students against discrimination based on gender identity and expression.
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