SFBayTimes.com – By Dennis McMillan
The Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club held their Fall Awards reception at Lounge Eight on National Coming Out Day, when quite a few Alice members and friends came out. Co-chair Rebecca Prozan opened with a slap at the proposed exclusive Employment Nondiscrimination Act, saying, “Just to be clear, in San Francisco we understand that the LGBT community INCLUDES transgender!” This was followed by wild applause. Co-chair Julius Turman announced Alice is officially endorsing Tom Ammiano for Assemblyman. Ammiano said it was exciting to see so many people rallying for an inclusive ENDA. “It reminds me of the beginning of the gay movement, when Phil Donahue was covering it,” he said. “You were all probably ten years old when that happened,” and then cracked, “I am Marlo Thomas, by the way.”