Interest remains high in the District 6 supervisor race to be decided in the upcoming election on November 8. Candidates include the openly LGBTQ and HIV-positive Matt Dorsey, who was appointed by Mayor London Breed to complete the term of Matt Haney, who now holds the State Assembly seat formerly occupied by City Attorney David Chiu. Dorsey previously was a communications director for the San Francisco Police Department and has a long record of civil service.
Dorsey is opposed by Honey Mahogany, who was formerly on staff for Haney who has endorsed Mahogany. In just four years, Mahogany—a RuPaul’s Drag Race alum and former entertainer who identifies as queer and gender nonconforming trans—has become a Democratic Party leader of note, becoming the first transgender person to serve on the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) in 2018. In 2021, Mahogany was elected chair of the DCCC. That year, Mahogany also was elected as the first Black and transgender chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party. Mahogany is a self-described “practical progressive,” while Dorsey has described himself as being an advocate for “authentically progressive urbanism.”
Also seeking the office in District 6 are labor leader Cherelle Jackson and activist Ms. Billie Cooper.
Evidencing the tightness of the race: the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club has endorsed Mahogany, and the Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club has ranked Dorsey as #1 and Mahogany as #2.
Published on August 25, 2022
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