The Most Holy Redeemer AIDS hospice is one of several LGBTQ-related sites that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors moved forward for local landmark status.

Photo: Matthew S. Bajko

One is where a pioneering LGBTQ synagogue first opened in San Francisco. Another was once home to a popular lesbian bar not far from the famous Haight Ashbury intersection.   A third was where one of the country’s first AIDS nonprofits got its start in the heart of the LGBTQ Castro district. Also on the list are the sites where a Catholic parish helped care for its members dying of AIDS in the early days of the epidemic.   They are among the 16 properties expected to become city landmarks next year due to gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman requesting city officials begin the process to grant the site

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