A Quote by Chloe Benjamin

I grew up in San Francisco. And I grew up with gay parents.

Chloe Benjamin

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Chloe Benjamin
American - Author

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I have the ability and the will to lead San Francisco in building more housing. Without it, people like me who grew up in San Francisco, and people who came here for the values we embrace will simply not be able to stay.

London Breed

I like going to San Francisco. It's close to where I grew up.

Robin Lopez

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Stephen Breyer

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I grew up in Oregon, and then I lived in San Francisco and New York.

Rachel Kushner

I grew up when people were afraid to 'come out' as gay. If you asked me how many gay kids I grew up with or went to school with, I would have said none - which of course could not have been true. The truth is I have no idea how many confused and frightened kids I grew up with. They are still out there.

Susan Estrich

I was born in New York. I grew up in San Francisco, Long Beach, and Los Angeles.

Tab Hunter

I grew up in Marin County north of San Francisco, and in the 1950s and '60s it was a natural paradise.

Huey Lewis

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Sara Zarr

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Lori Lightfoot

I grew up in San Francisco. My parents were not hippies; they were writers. They were very active politically, but on the intellectual side, not on the "taking drugs in a field and listening to the Grateful Dead" side.