Question

In 1963, this city’s Reverend Cecil Williams became a pastor at a Methodist church now named Glide Memorial. In this city, political candidate José Sarria adopted a persona based on this city’s former resident, the self-proclaimed “Emperor” Norton. (10[1])A 1966 protest targeted Gene Compton’s Cafeteria in this city, where a later crime inspired the derisive legal nickname of the “twinkie defense.” Dianne Feinstein served on this city's Board of Supervisors before becoming mayor following Dan White’s assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. For 10 points, the streets Haight (“hate”) and Ashbury denoted a counterculture hub in what Bay Area city just south of Alcatraz? ■END■

ANSWER: San Francisco (Sarria, an early openly gay political candidate, performed in drag at the Black Cat Bar.)
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Ben KoberleinNotre Dame APurdue A3710

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2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY1100%0%0%37.00