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Julia Ashley Legaspi
 
City Commissioner “Julia Ashley Legaspi is one of our community’s most respected and loved personalities and activists,” wrote Nicole Murray-Ramirez in a 2004 Gay & Lesbian TImes column. “She is a member of the Asian Pacific Islander community, a member of St. Joseph Catholic Cathedral, past member of the executive Lions Club, co-founder of APICAP, member of the Filipino American Association of North County, past member of the board of directors of The Center, Empress XX of San Diego, chair of the annual community Toys for Kids Holiday Drive, a Democrat, executive board member of the Imperial Court and a member of GLBT Vote 2004. [Plus,] Julia Legaspi is also only the second transgender person to be appointed a city commissioner in the entire United States.”

 

20 Years - 20 Heroes Feature Article from the Gay & Lesbian Times
2007 Heroes
Aaron A. Borovoy
Vertez Burks
Ben Cartwright
Alberto Cortez
Carla Coshow
Bonnie Dumanis
Tony Freeman
Robert H. Gleason
John Graham, Jr.
Tracy Jarman
Julia Ashley Legaspi
Bob Lehman
Joyce Marieb
Bob Nelson
Tracy Jada O'Brien
Carolina Alcoser Ramos
Chris Shaw
Todd F. Stevens
James Ziegler
Bonnie Zimmerman