Scott Wiener is following in Harvey Milk’s footsteps

California State Senator Scott Wiener speaks on the steps of San Francisco City Hall for a “Families Belong Together” rally.
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California Senator Scott Wiener is one of the state’s most high-profile gay lawmakers. A Democrat, he was elected to office in November 2016. His district covers the whole of San Francisco, along with Broadmoor, Colma, and Daly City.

Wiener, 52, was born in Philadelphia and raised in southern New Jersey. He received a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a law degree from Harvard Law School.

He moved to San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood in 1997 to work as a litigation attorney, before becoming a deputy city attorney in 2002.

Before his 2016 election, he served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He covered the district previously represented by the assassinated LGBTQ icon, Supervisor Harvey Milk.

Since taking office in 2016, Wiener’s authored dozens of bills. His priorities include tackling the housing shortage in San Francisco, clean energy, and mental health.

Coming out about PrEP

Wiener’s legislation often directly impacts LGBTQ people. This includes protecting LGBTQ seniors in long-term care facilities; a law that requires prisons to house transgender incarcerated individuals according to where they’re safest; and SB 159, which allows pharmacists to provide PrEP and PEP without a physician’s prescription.

In fact, he was the first public figure in the country to…

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