Breonna McCree

San Francisco’s Transgender District

In this episode of Sidewalk Ballet, Chip sits down with Breonna McCree, co-founder and director of San Francisco’s Transgender District—the first district of its kind in the world.

The Transgender District is a formally recognized cultural district in the Tenderloin, created to honor, protect, and sustain a neighborhood that has long been a center of transgender life, community, and resistance. In this episode, Breonna and Chip explore what a district actually is and does, how this particular place came to be named, and why formal recognition matters.

Together, they talk about the relationship between place and belonging, how neighborhoods carry history long before they’re officially acknowledged, and what it takes to turn lived experience into lasting civic infrastructure. The conversation considers public space not just as a backdrop, but as something active—shaping how people move, gather, and feel seen in a city.

At its core, this episode is an invitation to think about cities and the people who shape them, and about what becomes possible when belonging is treated as something worth protecting.

Episode Coming February 24th, 2026