Photos by Rink Since 1983 the AIDS Legal Resource Panel (ALRP) has provided assistance to LGBTQ+ community members. To celebrate its four decades of services, a reception and program was…
By Joanie Juster– This past winter was the longest and coldest (by San Francisco standards) I can remember in over four decades. But after a couple of false starts, spring…
By Dr. Meredith Greene– Sam was 25 when he was given the news that he only had a year to live. Although he had heard about a mysterious new illness,…
By Daniel Redman– In 2020, as the COVID-19 lockdown began, a group of LGBT elder advocates and government officials began meeting to keep track of concerns and needs arising, share…
By Ames Simmons– “We’re not really a family anymore.” These were the last words spoken to me by my father, who at age 81 experienced rapidly advancing cognitive decline before…
By Rudy Lemcke– The other day I was talking to a friend about a song I had heard by the band Radiohead called “Glass Eyes.” The song ends with the…
“Welcome Castro,” a new visitor center and gift shop focusing on all things Castro, celebrated its grand opening on April 27, 2023. The event, which took place from 4–7 pm…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– Millions of Californians could soon lose their Medi-Cal health coverage if they don’t act over the next few months. That’s because the federal COVID-19 Public Health…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– As Oakland’s Councilmember At Large, representing the entire city, and as our first openly lesbian councilmember, I am thrilled to announce that, this…
By Eduardo Morales, Ph.D.– Program participants and staff gathered on Friday April 21, at AGUILAS (1800 Market Street) before traveling by bus to the Enchanted Hills Camps and Retreat in…
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