"I am not going to be forced out of San Francisco by splinter groups of radicals, social deviates and incorrigibles. You must realize that there are thousands upon thousands of frustrated, angry people such as yourselves waiting to unleash a fury that can and will eradicate the malignancies which blight our beautiful city."

Dan White wrote these words for his supervisorial campaign brochure. The picture at right comes from a campaign poster. His political handler, Ray Sloan, was proud of this picture because it made Dan White look ten years older -- less like a little kid.

At his trial, White's psychiatrists insisted that he was not homophobic.