Saturday, April 16 is our Show of Hope 35th Anniversary Gala. ~
After two years adjusting our lives and work around COVID-19, this is an opportunity to get together safely and in person in support of the essential, life-saving services we have offered the Tenderloin community throughout the pandemic. We would love to celebrate with you!
Tickets are still available!!
Click on the link aboveto see what a great time we are planning and reserve your seat!
San Francisco Community Health Center Presents…
Black History Month
Confronting Challenges in African American Health Panel
Friday, February 25th 2022
11:00am-12:00pm
Live Stream @ www.Facebook.com/SFCommunityHealth
Join us and our esteem panelist as we discuss historical and current health disparities affecting African American communities. From recent challenges in addressing COVID-19 to the long fight against HIV/AIDS, learn more of the struggles in achieving equitable healthcare and strategies to overcome generations of systemic racism in public health.
Vincent Fuqua, Psy. D – Health Educator at City and County of San Francisco
Shelly Stinson, MPA – Director at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Monique Wagner – Case Manager at St. James Infirmary
Cedric Holley, MEA – Medical Assistant at Tom Waddell Clinic
Hosted by, Kyilynn Fowler – Interim Program Supervisor San Francisco Community Health Center
A space for young LGBTQ+ folks (ages 18-25) to talk about their Sex Ed experiences. This will be a monthly event featuring roundtable discussions, games/trivia, guest speakers, and more.
The flyer is attached to this email.
Queer Sex Ed will be held every 3rd Friday from 1 pm – 3 pm.
Located upstairs at City Hope – 750 Ellis st. (between Polk & Larkin)
Please have IDs (age verification) & Vaccine Cards ready at arrival.
You can register here.
Since 1988, December 1 has been known to be World AIDS Day. A day is known internationally to raise awareness on the AIDS pandemic caused by HIV and honor those who’ve passed. Join San Francisco Community Health Center and our partners to commemorate through a community gathering, speakers, performances, with light food and refreshments.
Collaborating Partners and Programs
• The Connection
• Dose To Pose
• El/La Para Translatinas
• Instituto Familiar de la Raza
• Office of Transgender Initiatives
• SF Team
• Transform SF
• TM4m
• TransThrive
A space for young LGBTQ+ folks (ages 18-24) to talk about their Sex Ed experiences. This will be a monthly event featuring roundtable discussions, games/trivia, guest speakers, and more. Queer Sex Ed will be held virtually on Zoom, every 3rd Friday (starting Nov 19th) from 1 pm – 3 pm.
You can register here.
HOPE Squad is a harm reduction group that offers incentivized rapid HIV & Hep C testing.
The support group runs every Tuesday from 1 to 2 pm & testing runs from 2 to 4 pm.
There are also opportunities for outreach, for more information contact Pat Robinson at (415) 553-0644 or pat@sfcommunityhealth.org.
The TDOR Planning Committee 2021 invites you to a community gathering to uplift the lives of our trans siblings we have lost from violence and transphobia and others who we lost due to different causes.
To be held on Saturday, November 20 from 2:00pm- 5:00pm at La Cocina Municipal Market ( 101 Hyde Street/ entrance will be at 332 Golden Gate/pickup-take out entrance) and hosted by Fluid Coffee & Events.
This hybrid presentation will be an in-person and virtually streamed via FB Live and TWITCH.
This year’s commemoration has been supported by the following folks:
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
San Francisco Community Health Center
Fresh Meat Productions
EL/la Para Trans Latinas
Openhouse
Mayor’s Office of Transgender Initiatives
Trans Thrive
SF Transgender Empowerment Advocacy Mentorship( SF TEAM)
Trans March
Gender Health SF
Trans Pilot Program -DPH
COVID-19 Regulations at In Person Event:
For in-person attendees, masks & proof of vaccination will be required.
For more information, please visit La Cocina Municipal Market’s Covid -19 Policy Page:
Gaysian Movie Night is The Connection’s virtual movie watch party featuring a variety of LGBTQ and API films.
Our Featured Movie: Fathers
Who: Gay, Bi, Trans Asian & Pacific Islander guys who-like-guys (trans & cis, welcomed!), ages 18+
WHERE: Online via The Connection’s Kast App
WHEN: Thursday, July 22th | 7 PM – 9 PM (PDT)
For for more details on how to join us, sign up at
bit.ly/APIConnectionMovie
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About The Connection:
The Connection is a community health and social space for Asian & Pacific Islander gay, bisexual, and trans men at the San Francisco Community Health Center.
We are a group of Asian & Pacific Islander gay, bisexual and trans men who aim to foster a strong, connected A&PI community through health, wellness, and friendship.
Questions? Reach out to Rowland Mendoza, HIV Prevention Coordinator at rowland@sfcommunityhealth.org
See us out on the streets this Sunday at Folsom Street Market! We’ll be providing healthcare resources, giving out swag and proving HIV testing! Come get wearing your leather kink gear and say “Hi”
This year our infamous July event Up Your Alley needs to stay all tied up. Instead come celebrate the middle of summer by shopping at all your favorite vendors and re-connecting with your community. We’ve all had a rough year, and a little retail therapy with your favorite artists, craftspersons and purveyors of fine toys will have you feeling ready to get back out there! (You’ve got all your shots, right puppy? No? Come get your COVID vaccine ONSITE!) The DJs will be hot, the local bars will be serving drinks cold, and we’ll all be there!
One of the most important staples of Trans March is its Resource Fair. We have collaborated with SFMTA’s Shared Spaces to create a safe space, a street closure on Dolores Street (between 18th & 19th Streets) to host a Resource Fair that will be regulated with 100 guests per hour. This will take place on Friday, June 25, from 11:00am- 4:00pm.
San Francisco AIDS Foundation will be offering Covid-19 Vaccination with the J & J Vaccine for free.
San Francisco Community Health Center will provide free HIV rapid HIV testing. You may qualify to receive a $ 20.00 Visa Gift Card.
The planning committee has been working with the Department of Public Health, SFMTA/ Shared Spaces/ SF
Parks & Recs in making sure that these events will be meeting all the required COVID-19 protocols for everyone’s safety.
SPONSORS:
PLATINUM/GOLD SPONSORS:
Crane Center
Gender Health SF
Shanti
Lyon Martin Health
Office of Transgender Initiatives
MHSA Trans Pilot Project
Openhouse
Project Open Hand
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
SF TEAM
Trans Research Unit for Equity (TRUE)
The SF LGBT Center
TRANS THRIVE
GOLD SPONSOR:
Transform SF
SILVER SPONSORS:
The Gender Confirmation Center
ASIA SF
BRONZE SPONSORS:
EL/LA Para TransLatinas
Dimensions Clinic
Fresh Meat Productions
Trans Heartline
UCSF Alliance Health Project
Love Dolores
SEIU Local 1021
Flying Over Walls, SF Bay Area Chapter of
Black and Pink
