In the Planet of the Apes franchise, San Francisco is shown in the future as one of the few remaining human colonies. The city is overgrown with vegetation, and the buildings are crumbling, while the human government is incompetent and living under the constant threat of being attacked by mutant gorillas. Despite all this, the fictional San Francisco still might be a better place to live than the real city.

During a recent debate between Democrats running for mayor, incumbent London Breed challenged another candidate to name “three LGBTQ advisors for your campaign and three drag queens.” Though he failed to do that, he spoke about how he was incredibly supportive of LGBT issues, insisting that “two members of my staff” are “from the queer community.”