Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A groundbreaking 82-year-old San Francisco drag queen appears set to have part of a city street named after him. City Supervisor Bevan Dufty, who is openly gay, petitioned the Board of Supervisors to rename a block of 16th Street in honor of 82-year-old Jose Sarria, who in 1961 campaigned for election to the board wearing feather boas and stiletto heels. Advertisement He didn't win, but garnered 5,600 votes and inspired successive generations of gay politicians, Dufty told the board. "It's interesting they're doing this while I'm alive," Sarria said. "Maybe somebody figures I haven't got much longer to live -- I hope they're not pushing me out the door." Other city drag activists support the designation of the block-long Jose Sarria Place "Jose Sarria is our Rosa Parks," drag activist Nicole Murray Ramirez told the Los Angeles Times. "This one little man has had a far-reaching impact."
