List of LGBTQ people from San Francisco

[1] In 1993 Stephen O. Murray, in "Components of Gay Community in San Francisco," wrote that most LGBT residents of San Francisco had originated from other cities and had "come out" in other cities.

[2] A 2015 Gallup poll found that 6.2% of San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward inhabitants identified as LGBT, the highest of any metropolitan area in the United States.

[3] In the city of San Francisco itself, a 2006 survey found that 15.4% of its inhabitants identified as LGBT.

In U.S. Congressional District 8, which consists of San Franciscans of voting age, 16.6% of adults identify as LGBT.

[4] This list includes people born or raised in the San Francisco metropolitan area, as well as those who originated their careers there.