reported it's curious that belittling humor of these same people is openly welcomed," Forster said. "Leno's remarks took an historic recognition for a transgender community leader and summarily diminished it with insensitive humor." The NTAC also criticized Leno for using the male pronoun to refer to Sparks. The LGBT Advisory Committee of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission reported at a meeting on April 15 that Jay Leno had apologized to Mark Leno for his comments. Minutes of the meeting also recorded that "national organizations have been responding to Mr. Leno without conferring with Commissioner Sparks first". Awards and honors Honor Roll of LGBT Elected and Appointed Officials, Horizons Foundation (2004) Community Service Award, Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club (2001) Honorary Grand Marshal, San Francisco Pride (2001) See also LGBT culture in San Francisco References External links Official website San Francisco District 6 Supervisor Campaign website Frequently Asked Questions Long road to acceptance for man who became woman 1949 births Living people American businesspeople in retailing American women chief executives American civil rights activists American consultants Engineers from California American law enforcement officials American LGBT military personnel California Democrats Kansas State University alumni American LGBT businesspeople LGBT law enforcement workers American LGBT rights activists People from Kansas City, Kansas Businesspeople from San Diego Businesspeople from San Francisco San Francisco Police Department Transgender women Transgender politicians Transgender military personnel Waste managers Women in California politics LGBT people from California LGBT people from Kansas Women in law enforcement Female United States Navy personnel Activists from California