San Francisco civic leaders and the Italian consulate dedicated a plaque to the late mayor George Moscone in the North Beach neighborhood October 4, paying tribute to him as an early advocate of LGBTQ equality. The plaque is the first in a series to be dedicated to Italian Americans in the neighborhood, known for being the city's Little Italy.
October is Italian American Heritage Month and also LGBTQ History Month. Current Mayor London Breed paid tribute to her predecessor and discussed his November 27, 1978 assassination alongside Harvey Milk, who became the first gay man elected to office in California when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in November 1977.
