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After bitterly criticizing last year’s Lesbians Who Tech and Allies’ confab in the Castro, the merchants association decided Thursday to back the group’s return to the LGBTQ neighborhood this fall — with conditions.

After bitterly criticizing last year’s Lesbians Who Tech and Allies’ confab in the Castro, the merchants association decided Thursday to back the group’s return to the LGBTQ neighborhood this fall — with conditions.

Members of the Castro Merchants Association and gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman seem to agree that the recent Lesbians Who Tech conference has outgrown the LGBTQ neighborhood and should look to hold future events elsewhere in San Francisco.

Members of the Castro Merchants Association and gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman seem to agree that the recent Lesbians Who Tech conference has outgrown the LGBTQ neighborhood and should look to hold future events elsewhere in San Francisco.

Members of the Castro Merchants Association and gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman seem to agree that the recent Lesbians Who Tech conference has outgrown the LGBTQ neighborhood and should look to hold future events elsewhere in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Arts Commission's second Art on Market Street poster series for 2022 highlights a Black nonbinary artist.

The San Francisco Arts Commission's second Art on Market Street poster series for 2022 highlights a Black nonbinary artist.

The last time Lesbians Who Tech & Allies held an in-person conference in San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro neighborhood back in 2019 life was, arguably, a little easier to navigate.

The last time Lesbians Who Tech & Allies held an in-person conference in San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro neighborhood back in 2019 life was, arguably, a little easier to navigate.

Anna Damiani, who worked for many years as a district aide for gay former state lawmaker Mark Leno, died at her Castro district home February 25. She was 65.