Michael Smith, left, the Irish Consul General in San Francisco, and San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie unveiled the newest plaque on the Rainbow Honor Walk honoring Irish human rights activist Roger Casement. The October 28 ceremony took place outside 501 Castro Street, near the Bank of America building.   Casement, who was hanged for treason in 1916, was outed as gay when authorities found his diaries, the authenticity of which has been debated for decades, as the Irish Times noted last December. He’s credited with human rights investigations. Matthew Rothschild, a gay man and retired attorney who used to work for the city attorney’s office, spearheaded the fundraising for the plaque and considers Casement a hero, he previously told the Bay Area Reporter.   Casement risked everything to ex

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