Location: Online
Strut Book Club reads “The Best of Me” by David Sedaris
This queer book club has been around since 2003 and currently is holding meetings virtually due to the pandemic.
Now, for the first time collected in one volume, the author brings us his funniest and most memorable work. In these stories, In these pages, Sedaris explores falling in love and staying together, recognizing his own aging not in the mirror but in the faces of his siblings, losing one parent and coming to terms—at long last—with the other. Taken together, the stories in The Best of Me reveal the wonder and delight Sedaris takes in the surprises life brings him. No experience, he sees, is quite as he expected—it’s often harder, more fraught, and certainly weirder—but sometimes it is also much richer and more wonderful.
To learn more about David Sedaris go to https://www.davidsedarisbooks.com/
Please call the clinic at 415-581-1600 for instructions, or go to sfaf.org for more information
Strut Book Club Reads “Spiritual Police”
Let’s Talk Queer Lit!
Cheers Queers Grupo Paso a Paso
Un grupo educacional y psicoterapéutico en Español con énfasis en reducción de daño. Duración de 6 semanas para tratar el uso y relación personal con alcohol y otras substancias, relaciones interpersonales y sexualidad para la comunidad LatinX. El contenido de las sesiones atenderá a las necesidades de la comunidad y cultura Latina de manera específica y apropiada, sin estigma ni prejuicios en un ambiente sano y seguro.
Ven y participa en una de nuestras sesiones o asiste a todas.
Si tienes preguntas o deseas avisarnos que vendrás llama al: (415) 828-4787
Walk-Ins son Bienvenidos o pide el link para ZOOM con un texto a 415-828-4787 o email rlugo@sfaf.org
Cheers Queers Grupo Paso a Paso
Un grupo educacional y psicoterapéutico en Español con énfasis en reducción de daño. Duración de 6 semanas para tratar el uso y relación personal con alcohol y otras substancias, relaciones interpersonales y sexualidad para la comunidad LatinX. El contenido de las sesiones atenderá a las necesidades de la comunidad y cultura Latina de manera específica y apropiada, sin estigma ni prejuicios en un ambiente sano y seguro.
Ven y participa en una de nuestras sesiones o asiste a todas.
Si tienes preguntas o deseas avisarnos que vendrás llama al: (415) 828-4787
Walk-Ins son Bienvenidos o pide el link para ZOOM con un texto a 415-828-4787 o email rlugo@sfaf.org
Cheers Queers Grupo Paso a Paso
Un grupo educacional y psicoterapéutico en Español con énfasis en reducción de daño. Duración de 6 semanas para tratar el uso y relación personal con alcohol y otras substancias, relaciones interpersonales y sexualidad para la comunidad LatinX. El contenido de las sesiones atenderá a las necesidades de la comunidad y cultura Latina de manera específica y apropiada, sin estigma ni prejuicios en un ambiente sano y seguro.
Ven y participa en una de nuestras sesiones o asiste a todas.
Si tienes preguntas o deseas avisarnos que vendrás llama al: (415) 828-4787
Walk-Ins son Bienvenidos o pide el link para ZOOM con un texto a 415-828-4787 o email rlugo@sfaf.org
Cheers Queers Grupo Paso a Paso
Un grupo educacional y psicoterapéutico en Español con énfasis en reducción de daño. Duración de 6 semanas para tratar el uso y relación personal con alcohol y otras substancias, relaciones interpersonales y sexualidad para la comunidad LatinX. El contenido de las sesiones atenderá a las necesidades de la comunidad y cultura Latina de manera específica y apropiada, sin estigma ni prejuicios en un ambiente sano y seguro.
Ven y participa en una de nuestras sesiones o asiste a todas.
Si tienes preguntas o deseas avisarnos que vendrás llama al: (415) 828-4787
Walk-Ins son Bienvenidos o pide el link para ZOOM con un texto a 415-828-4787 o email rlugo@sfaf.org
Cheers Queers Grupo Paso a Paso
Un grupo educacional y psicoterapéutico en Español con énfasis en reducción de daño. Duración de 6 semanas para tratar el uso y relación personal con alcohol y otras substancias, relaciones interpersonales y sexualidad para la comunidad LatinX. El contenido de las sesiones atenderá a las necesidades de la comunidad y cultura Latina de manera específica y apropiada, sin estigma ni prejuicios en un ambiente sano y seguro.
Ven y participa en una de nuestras sesiones o asiste a todas.
Si tienes preguntas o deseas avisarnos que vendrás llama al: (415) 828-4787
Walk-Ins son Bienvenidos o pide el link para ZOOM con un texto a 415-828-4787 o email rlugo@sfaf.org
Cheers Queers Grupo Paso a Paso
Un grupo educacional y psicoterapéutico en Español con énfasis en reducción de daño. Duración de 6 semanas para tratar el uso y relación personal con alcohol y otras substancias, relaciones interpersonales y sexualidad para la comunidad LatinX. El contenido de las sesiones atenderá a las necesidades de la comunidad y cultura Latina de manera específica y apropiada, sin estigma ni prejuicios en un ambiente sano y seguro.
Ven y participa en una de nuestras sesiones o asiste a todas.
Si tienes preguntas o deseas avisarnos que vendrás llama al: (415) 828-4787
Walk-Ins son Bienvenidos o pide el link para ZOOM con un texto a 415-828-4787 o email rlugo@sfaf.org
Cheers Queers Grupo Paso a Paso
Un grupo educacional y psicoterapéutico en Español con énfasis en reducción de daño. Duración de 6 semanas para tratar el uso y relación personal con alcohol y otras substancias, relaciones interpersonales y sexualidad para la comunidad LatinX. El contenido de las sesiones atenderá a las necesidades de la comunidad y cultura Latina de manera específica y apropiada, sin estigma ni prejuicios en un ambiente sano y seguro.
Ven y participa en una de nuestras sesiones o asiste a todas.
Si tienes preguntas o deseas avisarnos que vendrás llama al: (415) 828-4787
Walk-Ins son Bienvenidos o pide el link para ZOOM con un texto a 415-828-4787 o email rlugo@sfaf.org
Cheers Queers Grupo Paso a Paso
Un grupo educacional y psicoterapéutico en Español con énfasis en reducción de daño. Duración de 6 semanas para tratar el uso y relación personal con alcohol y otras substancias, relaciones interpersonales y sexualidad para la comunidad LatinX. El contenido de las sesiones atenderá a las necesidades de la comunidad y cultura Latina de manera específica y apropiada, sin estigma ni prejuicios en un ambiente sano y seguro.
Ven y participa en una de nuestras sesiones o asiste a todas.
Si tienes preguntas o deseas avisarnos que vendrás llama al: (415) 828-4787
Walk-Ins son Bienvenidos o pide el link para ZOOM con un texto a 415-828-4787 o email rlugo@sfaf.org
Black Brothers Esteem 24th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration
Join Black Brothers Esteem and TransLife for our Annual Kwanzaa Celebration and Community Awards Dinner. This event seeks to enrich connection to African cultural identity through the 7 principles of Kwanzaa. We’ll also watch videos of the 7 principles of Kwanzaa, and enjoy other entertainment.
Shut Up and Draw with Mokhtar Paki!
“Beautiful Beasts” Virtual Art Opening for Mokhtar Paki at Strut
Virtual Art Opening Friday, December 4th at 8 PM!
Join us for a virtual tour of every piece of art, interview with the artist about their work, their process, and discussion about each piece, as well as a QnA with the virtual audience.
After a very long break due to COVID 19 and the quarantine because of this tragic pandemic, we are bringing back the art program at Strut, so get ready for more queer art! Unfortunately, we will not be having our traditional big party art opening, but we are exhibiting the work of the artist Mokhtar Paki on our second-floor gallery and having a Virtual Art Opening!
Join us Friday, December 4th, at 8 PM PST for our virtual art opening! We will be doing a detailed virtual tour and discussion of each of Mokhtar Paki’s art pieces that will be hanging on our wall, as well as an interview with the artist, plus a QnA with the virtual audience. Make sure to reserve your spot through EventBrite using this LINK!
The Art program at Strut was founded the same year Magnet began back in 2003 and we’ve been exhibiting the work of a different queer artist each month ever since! We had to take a break during the pandemic but we will be doing what we can to celebrate the work of queer artists while keeping our artists and community safe. Strut is still open, if you come use our sexual health services you can check out the art in person. Mokhtar Paki’s art will be at Strut during the month of December 2020.
Artist Statement: I use the format of Pardeh which in Persian means curtain, and is an image on a large strong panel that was hung on a wall and narrated by the Pardehkha. I’m interested in mythology, and like to narrate the sequences of my stories either in one Pardeh or a collection of smaller related images. Here I have two Pardehs and related smaller images concerning the beauty of nature in time and place. The first collection is about Varun, a homosexual god that was banished with other deities by a powerful Monotheism of Zoroastrianism about 1000 BC in Iran. Varun, who’s namesake is still the god of sea in India, was demonized and pictured in unflattering images by the religious institutions. The second collection deals with the present time , 2020 with the pandemic and the social unrest and the force of imposing nature in our uncertain lives.
About the Artist: Mokhtar lives in the Bay Area and works as a visual artist and an art teacher. Mokhtar creates and shows his works at his studio Firehouse Art Collective regularly. His Daily Sketches, reflecting social, cultural and political environment has been posted uninterrupted at the social medias since November 9, 2016. His illustrations had appeared in the local as well as European publications since 1980s. To learn more just visit www.mokhtarpaki.com
Questions about Strut or San Francisco AIDS Foundation events please contact the community event manager Baruch Porras Hernandez at baruch@sfaf.org
Strut is still open, but Walk-in clients are not being seen at this time. Please call the clinic at 415-581-1600 for instructions, or go to sfaf.org for more information.
Electionpalooza Watch Party
Come Watch the Election with Us!
Bring your voting stickers and prepare to celebrate this crazy democracy we live in! We’re in for a wild election night ride – join us as we watch the election night returns together with three fabulous and hilarious hosts! Our hosts that evening are local legend drag queen Juicy Liu! Writer, Comedian, and Playwright Luna Malbroux! As well as Strut’s community events manager Baruch Porras-Hernandez, and SFAF’s Ande Stone will be there to hold our hands (virtually), laugh and hopefully not cry!
The Electionpalooza Watch Party is from 8pm – 10pm, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020
Don’t forget to reserve your free ticket to this Election Night Watch Party by visiting this EVENTBRITE LINK!
About the co-hosts:
Juicy Liu
Juicy Liu is a San Francisco based Drag Queen, a transplant from her native Dallas, where she learned the power of big, beautiful, blonde hair. A self-proclaimed “drag activist comedy queen,” Juicy excels at Park and Bark singing divas, having made her performing debut with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus at one of their member retreats. After winning the GAPA Runway Pageant in 2016 and being crowned Miss GAPA (Gay Asian Pacific Alliance) 2016, she used her platform to bring more awareness and visibility to the Queer and Trans Asian and Pacific Islander community in the Bay Area and beyond. Over the years, Juicy has been able to raise over $50K for many nonprofits in the Bay Area, including the San Francisco AIDS Foundation through AIDS/Lifecycle. In 2018, she started her own monthly show, JuicyThots, at The Lookout to showcase Queer and Trans Performers of Color. She has transitioned that show to a podcast ( available at JuicyThots.com ) and livestream, Queer Thots on Chopsticks Alley every 2nd Thursday of the month at 7pm twitch.tv/chopsticksalley. Tag Juicy in your pics @juicyliurealness on IG / FB.
Luna Malbroux
Luna Malbroux was named one of KQED’s Women to Watch, and is a comic, writer, and creator of the award winning play, “How to Be A White Man”. Winner of the Comedy Hackday Grand Prize at SF Sketchfest. Luna has made international headlines as the creator of EquiTable, an app that satirically solves the wage gap by creating ‘reparations, one meal at a time.’ A regular contributor to national publications, Luna has been featured on Fusion TV, AJ+ and Refinery 29. Tastefully crude, Luna is also the host and creator of the live and recording ongoing comedy talk-show, Live Sex. Originally from Louisiana, Luna has dazzled audiences all across the United States with her Southern charm mixed with her bold humor a feature at festivals and clubs alike.
If you have any questions about Strut’s events please feel free to contact our community events manager Baruch Porras Hernandez at baruch@sfaf.org
Strut is still open, but Walk-in clients are not being seen at this time. Please call the clinic at 415-581-1600 for instructions, or go to sfaf.org for more information
Strut Limited Clinical Services: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm . Walk-in clients are not being seen at this time. Please call the clinic at 415-581-1600 for instructions
Head Heart + Hope Mental Health Event with Nia Hamilton – Ibu!
Part Three: Still Here, Still Healing
Head Heart + Hope with Nia! Part Two
QTPOC Tips on Finding a Therapist in 2020
Our second event is titled “QTPOC Tips on Finding a Therapist in 2020! There are some off-the-chain times we wer living in and pushing us to and beyond our coping limits. Looking for a therapist or mental health specialist can be a hard process, especially the first time. Nia Ibu LCS@ will go over some of the tips about what the process is like, questions you can ask to help find what you’re looking for and explain how this relationship is different and why. Q&A time allotted.
Please call the clinic at 415-581-1600 for instructions, or go to sfaf.org for more information
Head Heart + Hope! Mental Health Event with Nia Hamilton – Ibu. Part One
13 Tips on How to Survive the Rest of 2020
Join us in this first part of a three-part event series focused on Queer and Trans BIPOC Mental Health with mental health professional Nia Hamilton-Ibu! Part of QTPOC at Strut!
Our first event is titled “13 Mental Health Tips on How to Survive the rest of 2020! Event Description: Feeling oppressed, stressed out, sad, tired, scared, unmotivated, pissed off and overwhelmed? Come and join us as Nia Ibu, LCSW will go over 13 tips including coping skills, ways to incorporate them into your daily life and procedures QTPOC people should have in place to assist you with making it through these times. Let’s bring more color into our rainbows to see us through these times. Q&A time allotted. ”
Please make sure you reserve your spot on EventBrite so we can send you a link to join the event on Oct 22nd at 7:30 PM pacific time: EventBrite Link
More info to come! Mark your calendars! To learn more about Nia Hamilton- Ibu, visit her website.
If you have any questions about Strut’s events please feel free to contact our community events manager Baruch Porras Hernandez at baruch@sfaf.org
If you have questions about QTPOC at Strut feel free to reach out to the head organizer Esteban Cuaya-Munoz at ecuaya-munoz@sfaf.org
Strut is still open, but Walk-in clients are not being seen at this time. Please call the clinic at 415-581-1600 for instructions, or go to sfaf.org for more information
Get to the Point: Needles for Beginners
Cancelled: Sex & Dating Book Club – Online
A walk-in book club for gay, bi, and trans men who have sex with men who want to maintain their substance use goals without the ins and outs of sex and dating taking them off course. Each week we will read and discuss a chapter or selection from a different book or blog. It might get juicy. All substance use goals welcome. Facilitated by Chris Powers and DaeSean Jones.
Please contact Stonewall at Stonewall@SFAF.org or 415-487-3100 to get Zoom info.
Sex & Dating Book Club – Online
A walk-in book club for gay, bi, and trans men who have sex with men who want to maintain their substance use goals without the ins and outs of sex and dating taking them off course. Each week we will read and discuss a chapter or selection from a different book or blog. It might get juicy. All substance use goals welcome. Facilitated by Chris Powers and DaeSean Jones.
Please contact Stonewall at Stonewall@SFAF.org or 415-487-3100 to get Zoom info.
Sex & Dating Book Club – Online
A walk-in book club for gay, bi, and trans men who have sex with men who want to maintain their substance use goals without the ins and outs of sex and dating taking them off course. Each week we will read and discuss a chapter or selection from a different book or blog. It might get juicy. All substance use goals welcome. Facilitated by Chris Powers and DaeSean Jones.
Please contact Stonewall at Stonewall@SFAF.org or 415-487-3100 to get Zoom info.
Sex & Dating Book Club – Online
A walk-in book club for gay, bi, and trans men who have sex with men who want to maintain their substance use goals without the ins and outs of sex and dating taking them off course. Each week we will read and discuss a chapter or selection from a different book or blog. It might get juicy. All substance use goals welcome. Facilitated by Chris Powers and DaeSean Jones.
Please contact Stonewall at Stonewall@SFAF.org or 415-487-3100 to get Zoom info.