Pamela David, an LGBTQ activist for four decades, has been nominated as a Community Grand Marshal for San Francisco Pride 2016. David’s many achievements include helping to organize the Lesbian Rights Alliance, Lesbians Against Police Violence, and the 1987 March on Washington. She helped to launch the San Francisco LGBT Community Center and worked to direct HIV/AIDS resources to communities of color. Her visionary efforts to bring visibility and support to Bay Area LGBT seniors merit particular attention.
Dr. Marcy Adelman, who co-founded the non-profit Openhouse with her late partner Jeanette Gurevitch, told the San Francisco Bay Times that when she and Gurevitch first approached city officials with their idea of providing housing, community and services to LGBT older adults, they were largely rejected and were not taken seriously. David, on the other hand, saw the importance of fulfilling these growing needs and was a supporter from the outset. She further had the insight to understand how important it is to mobilize our community around the shared cause of aging.
“Pam has been quietly working for progressive causes, the LGBT community and for civil rights for decades,” Adelman said. “Her assistance to me and my late partner Jeanette was invaluable. She is a person of great integrity and humility.”
On the other side of our community’s age spectrum, David aided LYRIC–San Francisco’s center for LGBTQQ youth–in finding the organization’s current home on Collingwood Street.
It would require volumes to fully convey how David has helped our community, such is the extent of her lifelong, dedicated efforts. We at the San Francisco Bay Times and “Betty’s List” join Dr. Adelman in urging you to vote for Pamela David as a Community Grand Marshal. To do so, please visit http://sfpride.org/vote/ and place your votes by February 29. More information about this year’s SF Pride nominee slate can be found on page 14 of this issue.
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