Gay Jewish lawmaker running to replace Nancy Pelosi chased from San Francisco Trans March

California state Sen. Scott Wiener says he was harassed, threatened, and physically intimidated at San Francisco’s Trans March on Friday, forcing the out gay Jewish lawmaker to leave one of the country’s most important transgender Pride gatherings in a city that has long imagined itself as a refuge.Wiener, a Democrat who represents San Francisco and is running for the congressional seat long held by retiring House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, said in a statement posted to Instagram that two incidents this week showed how easily political anger can curdle into something more menacing.“Last night I attended the trans march, as I’ve done each year for the past 22 years since the first march in 2004,” Wiener wrote. “I attend each year in solidarity with our trans siblings, who are facing existential threats from right wing extremists, including the President.”The San Francisco Trans March, first held in 2004, is one of the largest annual gatherings for transgender and gender-nonconforming people in the world. It is part protest, part mourning ritual, part family reunion, and remains a place where people who are targeted by law, policy, and street violence gather in public and insist on being seen.This year, Wiener said, he could not safely remain.He said he was walking through Dolores Park to attend a trans-led Pride Shabbat service connected to the march when a group began screaming at him, ran toward him, surrounded him, and harassed him “both verbally and physically, including physical contact.”Related: California state Sen. Scott Wiener served a sexy leather daddy look at Folsom Street Fair See on Instagram “They made statements about my ‘Israeli handlers,’ among many other inaccurate, extreme, and vile statements,” Wiener said. “They were so physically and verbally aggressive that it was impossible for me to safely remain in the park.”As a result, Wiener said, he left and did not participate in the march for the first time since its f