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Member of the California State Assembly from the 13th district
Tom Ammiano

Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2008
Preceded by	Mark Leno
Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 9
In office 1994 – 2008
Preceded by	district created in 2000; prior terms were on city-wide seat
Succeeded by	David Campos

Born	December 15, 1941 (1941-12-15) (age 66) Montclair, New Jersey
Nationality	United States
Political party	Democratic
Domestic partner	Tim Curbo (deceased)
Residence	San Francisco, California
Alma mater	Seton Hall University San Francisco State University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Schoolteacher, stand-up comedian
Religion	Roman Catholic

Tom Ammiano (born December 15, 1941), is an American politician and LGBT activist from San Francisco, California. Ammiano is a Democrat and a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 13th district.

Contents

1 Personal life
2 Political career
3 Controversy
4 Further reading
5 References
6 External links

Personal life

Ammiano was in a 16-year domestic partnership with a fellow schoolteacher, Tim Curbo, who died of complications from AIDS in 1994. He has one daughter and is now a grandfather.

Political career

Briggs Initiative

In 1977, Ammiano founded the movement (No on 6) against the Briggs Initiative, started by John Briggs to ban all gay people from teaching in California with activist Hank Wilson and Harvey Milk. The anti-Briggs movement, supported by people as diverse as Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, was successful in defeating the initiative in 1978.

San Francisco Board of Education

In 1980 and 1988, Ammiano ran for the San Francisco Board of Education, and was elected in 1990. He was subsequently elected its vice-president in 1991, and then president in 1992.

As president of the Board of Education, Ammiano was successful in his efforts to include a gay and lesbian sensitivity curriculum for all students in the San Francisco Unified School District. He helped to make San Francisco public schools' sexual education curriculum, which begins diversity and sensitivity training in kindergarten, one of the most diverse and inclusive in the United States.

San Francisco Supervisor

Among his accomplishments on the Board of Supervisors is the creation of the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance, which was passed by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors and signed by Mayor Gavin Newsom on August 7, 2006. This makes San Francisco the first city in the nation to provide universal healthcare access.¹²³ Ammiano is also the main architect of the city's Domestic Partners Ordinance, which provides equal benefits to employees and their unmarried domestic partners. It also requires companies that do business with the City and County of San Francisco to provide the same benefits. Ammiano was the first Supervisor ever to participate in Bike to Work Day.

1999 mayoral campaign

In the San Francisco mayoral race of 1999, Ammiano mounted a successful write-in campaign in the November election, preventing the incumbent Willie Brown from achieving a victory without a run-off. While he lost that second election in December, Ammiano's campaign galvanized progressive voters in San Francisco and had a major impact on the composition of the new, more liberal Board of Supervisors the next year. Ammiano ran for mayor again in 2003, but did not win enough votes to make that run-off after Superversior Matt Gonzalez entered the race, taking progressive voters from him.

Controversy

In 1999, Ammiano came into conflict with some in San Francisco's Catholic community when the Board of Supervisors, at Ammiano's request, granted the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a charity group of drag queen nuns, a street-closure permit for Castro Street for their 20th anniversary celebration on Easter Sunday.⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸ Some believe the controversy, which was repeatedly brought up by Ammiano's Catholic detractors, may have hurt his 1999 mayoral bid among San Francisco Catholics.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) rights

Laws around the world

List of LGBT rights by region

Same-sex unions

Same-sex marriage

LGBT immigration issues

Military service

Anti-LGBT violence

LGBT rights organizations

LGBT rights opposition

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Further reading

Kevin Fagan and John Wildermuth. "Ammiano's Long Road From Jersey Kid to Mayoral Candidate," San Francisco Chronicle, November 13, 1999.
Erin McCormick. "Ammiano's career as an 'inside outsider,'" San Francisco Examiner, December 7, 1999.

References

^ The Bay Area Reporter Online | Mayor signs healthcare measure
^ San Francisco Leads Nation with Health Care For Uninsured - NAM
^ [1]^{dead link}
^ "Catalyst". Retrieved on 2006-10-08.
^ "Catholic San Francisco". Retrieved on 2006-10-08.
^ "Sistory (history on The Sister's main site". Retrieved on 2006-10-29.
^ Editors (1999-03-29). "Supervisors’ vote: Reactions varied, passionate and in large numbers". Catholic San Francisco.
^ Editors (1999-04-10). "Mock Nuns Hold Easter Party Despite Protests". Catholic World News.

External links

Political offices
Preceded by Election not district-specific	Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 9 1994-2008	Succeeded by David Campos
Preceded by Mark Leno	Member of the California State Assembly 13th district 2008 – present	Incumbent

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