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Guest Opinion: Changing the pattern for a future without AIDS

November 30, 2022 | by John Cunningham

As our community comes together this World AIDS Day, it's hard not to look around and see who's missing — our friends, lovers, and family we've lost over four decades of this horrific, cruel disease.

Guest Opinion: New governor's council is state's latest step to stop hate

by Joyce Newstat and Scott Wiener
Nov 22, 2022

Every year, at the beginning of Pride Month, we put on our parkas and wool caps and head up to Twin Peaks to light the incredible pink triangle installation.

Guest Opinion: Born and becoming

by Dianna Anderson
Nov 16, 2022

[Growing up], I didn't feel connected to womanhood any more than I felt connected to the car my mom drove to ferry me to and from school while I played my genuinely terrible mix CDs for her.

Guest Opinion: Florida's ban on gender-affirming care is dangerous for us all

by Kellan E. Baker
Nov 9, 2022

Our nation's political landscape is frightening, to say the least. Every day, I read new headlines about political extremists who are attacking the rights of LGBTQ+ people in school, at work, and in the doctor's office.

Guest Opinion: Vote yes on Prop L — SF's transportation future depends on it

by by Rafael Mandelman
Nov 2, 2022

San Franciscans have a critical choice to make on the ballot this year, and it's one that I fear is not getting enough attention with everything else filling up our ballots.

Guest Opinion: Navigating coming out of the closet in the South

by Kollyn Conrad
Oct 26, 2022

Growing up in the South as gay leaves one with the feeling of not merely being different, but undeserving of respect and, more recently, in danger.

Guest Opinion: In conversation with SFAF's Tyler TerMeer

by Cleve Jones
Oct 12, 2022

Cleve Jones, a co-founder of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, interviewed the agency's current CEO, Tyler TerMeer, Ph.D., about the MPX outbreak, including the community's response and what it has learned from responding to AIDS.

Guest Opinion: On my knees for SF's Prop M

by Victor H. Floyd
Sep 28, 2022

Thirty years ago, I tested positive for HIV. I could not imagine a secure future for myself as an out gay man in my hometown of Atlanta. I had to escape.

Guest Opinion: CA Senate Bill 951 matters to our community

by by Mimi Demissew
Sep 14, 2022

California is a beautiful state, there's no question about it. As a state we lead the nation in many ways, from affordable access to education, legal protections for our most vulnerable, and employee-friendly policies.

Guest Opinion: Pridefest offers a new beginning in Oakland

by Sean Sullivan and Christie James
Sep 7, 2022

After years of working to create a safe space and build a sense of community in The Town, our town, we couldn't believe the words we were hearing about the spirit of Pride in Oakland — that "Pride was dead."

Guest Opinion: SF aging agency helps LGBTQ seniors

by Martha Knutzen
Aug 31, 2022

LGBTQ+ seniors, the San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services is here to serve you. Check us out.

Guest Opinion: It's time to expand the Youth Acceptance Project

by Jill Jacobs
Aug 24, 2022

All children deserve a family who loves them unconditionally. They deserve a place where they feel they belong and where they receive love and acceptance of who they are.

Guest Opinion: Tips for parents talking to college-age students about drugs

by Michael Leach
Aug 17, 2022

Beginning college or university means taking on more responsibility, making adult choices, and facing the consequences of some of these decisions.

Guest Opinion: Why drag queen story hour belongs in public libraries

by Cindy Chadwick
Aug 10, 2022

On June 11, San Lorenzo Library, part of the Alameda County (CA) Library system, hosted a Drag Queen Story Hour as part of the library's annual Pride Month programming.

Guest Opinion: I caught monkeypox

by Kevin Stone
Aug 3, 2022

An internet friend, a Berlin artist, sent me a WhatsApp message in May: "Excited we'll finally meet. But a little worried for you — you've heard about this, right? Happening all over the venues I think you'll be interested in."

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