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Gay Rights, San Francisco and the Media

Media coverage of reactions to the Supreme Court decision mirror the celebratory sentiment in San Francisco. Gay rights supporters hold a spontaneous streetside rally in the Castro. Photo by Dhyana Levey / San Francisco Public Press.

06.26.2013

| By Kevin Forestieri, Social Media and Content Partner Team,

Chorel Centers, Reporter and Yoona Ha |

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Hostility Plagues LGBTQ Latin American Immigrants Seeking Addiction Recovery Support

By Sylvie Sturm, Reporter / audio host | December 17, 2024

A new San Francisco-based group offers safe space for a stigmatized population struggling with substance use disorder.

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Reporter’s Notebook: The Rebellious Legacy of ‘Lesbian Money’

By Mel Baker | June 23, 2023

When we report a story, it can involve numerous interviews, sources speaking on background or deep dives into government or corporate records. But sometimes it’s amazing what a small object can reveal.

Like the rubber stamp recently discovered by Liana Wilcox, producer of the San Francisco Public Press’ podcast “Civic,” when she was helping her mother clear a storage area.

“I was with my mom going through some of her keepsakes and found a stamp that read ‘Lesbian Money.’ My mom told me that she found it in our old church’s basement,” Wilcox said, adding that she feared the rubber stamp had a sinister connotation.

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After SF Visit, AIDS Quilt Heads to South to Raise Awareness

By Mel Baker | July 5, 2022

The AIDS Memorial Quilt was unfurled recently in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for its largest display in a decade, marking the start of a campaign to educate the public about a disease that, since 1981, has infected 1.2 million people nationwide.

While new HIV infections in the United States have been in decline, the disease continues to take a disproportionate toll on racial and ethnic minorities, men who identify as gay or bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. The highest rates of new infections and numbers of untreated people are found in the South.

Organizers estimated that 20,000 people visited the San Francisco quilt display June 11 and 12. This fall, sections of the quilt will be taken on a tour of the South for “large displays in city centers, as well as smaller displays in rural, non-metro areas,” said Dafina Ward, executive director of the Southern AIDS Coalition. New names will be added to the 35-year-old quilt during the tour, she said.

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