Lt. Anne Young was born in Phoenix, Arizona and was raised in San Francisco, California. She first worked in the San Jose Fire Department in her early twenties before applying to the San Francisco Fire Department. She was among the first four females to be hired by the SFFD after the 1986 Consent Decree. She became the first female lieutenant in the department, but was met with relentless discrimination. She eventually retired after taking the department to court. In this interview, she discusses her early childhood, early experiences in a handful of fire departments, the hiring process for the SFFD, fire academy, women working with the Black Firefighters Association for equal treatment, her experiences being openly gay in the department, the challenges of rising through the ranks as a woman, mistreatment by her colleagues, filing a lawsuit against the department for discrimination, her legal battle, her effort to recover after being under constant pressure and scrutiny, her decision to retire from the department, and finally, her reflections on being a part of the SFFD.