Under Cecil Williams, Glide Memorial became world-renowned for welcoming ‘anyone who wanted to come’
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When the Rev. Cecil Williams took over leadership of Glide Memorial Church in the 1960s and began transforming it into a national powerhouse for social justice and nonprofit services, he became an early ally of Tenderloin residents who were then among the city’s most marginalized: gay men, lesbians and transgender youth. In the 1960s, San […]

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