Photos by Joanie Juster
San Francisco officials and LGBTQ+ community members gathered on June 20, 2025, at the San Francisco International Airport to introduce the AIDS Memorial Quilt exhibition now on display there.
Cleve Jones, who started the quilt project in 1987, spoke along with several others including Gert McMullin, aka the “Mother of the AIDS Quilt,” who has been helping sew and repair the quilt since its inception.
During his statement, Mayor Daniel Lurie said, in part: “In 1985 at a candlelight vigil held in memory of Harvey Milk, Cleve had a vision, a way to mark the overwhelming loss of life due to AIDS. Two years later, he stitched the very first panel in honor of his friend Marvin Feldman.”
The exhibit is free and open to all visitors, no boarding pass required, in the International Terminal though March 22, 2026. It is located outside of the security check-in in the Departures area, Level 3, Galleries 4B and 4C.
https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/aids-memorial-quilt
Published on June 26, 2025
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