Queerness and substance use collide in popular TV shows
We need to see these examples of what our community looks like when it’s in pain, and we also need to see examples of how our community can find healing.
“Grand Marsha”: Pride profile on Mellanique “Black” Robicheaux
A DJ for more than 30 years, Robicheaux is using her platform during Pride to call attention to the needs of the Black Queer community and the importance of music in Black liberation.
Star sommelier to political activist: A Pride profile on Vinny Eng
Vinny Eng--a celebrated sommelier at the lauded Tartine Manufactory--is also a Queer man committed to ending police violence in a quest for justice for his sister.
SFAF recognizes Juneteenth as a stark reminder to pause and remember the important commitment we have made to racial and health justice for all as a framework—not just in passing conversation. By Dr. Tyler TerMeer.
The longer I live with HIV, the more destructive that HIV and AIDS stigma seems to be. Here's how HIV stigma has showed up in my life--in ways both big and small.
I caught up with a couple--Charlie Arreola and Alfredo Trejo III–who are participating in AIDS/LifeCycle this year with a team that centers the lives and experiences of BIPOC cyclists.
In the early years of the epidemic, putting accurate, reliable, non-judgment information into people’s hands was a powerful tool against the spread of HIV.
Two of our leaders at SFAF share their memories working in harm reduction in San Francisco since the early '90s--distributing naloxone underground, fighting City Hall to establish needle exchanges, and more.
Why did a safe-sex poster spark controversy in 1984?
The model used on the poster, Robert Gray, shares a bit of history from the early years of AIDS, and why SFAF’s poster sparked racist and homophobic backlash.
We look back at our history with humility, and move forward with a focus on racial justice, health equity, and commitment to confronting disparities in HIV wherever they appear.
