Murray, in 'Components of Gay Community in San Francisco,' wrote that most LGBT residents of San Francisco had originated from other cities and had ' come out' in other cities. In the 1970s, the city's gay male population rose from 30,000 at the beginning of the decade to 100,000 in a city of 660,000 at the end of it.
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT) community in San Francisco is one of the largest and most prominent LGBT communities in the United States.
