All it took was an email for a 63-year-old wound to start to heal. In December, Cantor Stephen Saxon tuned into KQED’s “Political Breakdown” and heard an interview with LGBTQ activist, politician and comedian Tom Ammiano. The 79-year-old former state Assembly member and San Francisco supervisor was discussing his memoir, “Kiss My Gay Ass,” when…
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