Thomas E. Horn
Thomas Eugene Horn (born June 7, 1946) is President of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center. Horn was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico the son of Lucille and H.B. Horn. His father co-founded the Horn Oil Co., a major oil and gas distributor. After serving in the New Mexico Air National Guard and graduating from UCLA School of Law, Horn served as legal director of the New Mexico Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. In 1976, Horn moved to San Francisco. As a lawyer, Horn spent much of his practice in the 1970s representing gay clients. In his native New Mexico, he advocated for gay rights and sexual civil liberties as legal director of that state's ACLU. In that capacity, he challenged New Mexico's sodomy law. After moving to San Francisco in 1976, Horn would eventually go on to become active in local politics, working with the likes of slain gay Harvey Milk, Supervisor Harvey Milk, and was eventually one of the founders oBay Area Lawyers f ...
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