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"content": "\u003cp>Beginning in 1977, for nearly a year, Harvey Milk served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors — the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. He authored a bill banning discrimination in public places, housing and employment based on sexual orientation. He also promoted free public transportation, cheaper child care facilities and public oversight of the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November of 1978, Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were assassinated. The city mourned the loss of two of its most outspoken political leaders. Over the years, Harvey Milk became a martyr for causes of equality and social justice, and in 2009, the state of California designated May 22, Milk’s birthday, as Harvey Milk Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when LGBTQ+ rights are under attack nationwide, with a string of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation introduced in dozens of state legislatures, the significance of Harvey Milk as a politician and activist resonates more than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleve Jones, author and longtime activist, talked to KQED’s Brian Watt about Milk as a person, a politician and an icon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: Can you take us back to when you met Harvey Milk? What was that like?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cleve Jones:\u003c/strong> Well, Harvey was quite a character. When I first met him, he was still emerging from his hippie phase, and he struck me as being entirely too old to be wearing a ponytail. But he and his partner, Scott Smith, had opened a little camera store on Castro Street, and I met him on Castro Street as he was registering voters. And that was our first conversation. I was struck by his warmth, though, and he ran for office a few times before he was elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with each campaign, I could see that he became more serious, more grounded in the issues and more thoughtful in his approach, which was never a single-issue thing. He cared, of course, about gay rights, the community we now call LGBTQ+. But he cared about unions, he cared about seniors, he cared about kids. He was a very astute coalition builder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are some of the things he taught you about coalition building and government and advocacy?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11933264,arts_13845645,arts_13814550\" label=\"Related Posts\"]I got to work with Harvey on the Coors beer boycott, which was one of the first, if not the very first, real alliance between the LGBTQ movement and the labor movement, specifically the Teamsters, who were on strike at the brewery in Golden, Colorado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey saw an opportunity to get jobs for gay people, to support the union and to build a relationship that ended up being incredibly valuable, because just a couple of years later, we in California faced the Briggs Initiative, which was Proposition 6 of the 1978 November ballot. Prop. 6 would have essentially made it illegal for LGBT people and their supporters to work in any capacity in the public school system. And so those initial alliances with labor through the Teamsters then grew to a powerful alliance with the teachers union, the service workers union, and all the unions who saw that not just as an attack on gay people, but as an attack on workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11950270\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1408991899.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11950270\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1408991899-800x578.jpg\" alt=\"A bespectacled white man with white hair and a green sweater smiles at the camera with arms crossed and a blurry city street behind him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1408991899-800x578.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1408991899-1020x737.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1408991899-160x116.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1408991899.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cleve Jones, in the Castro District in San Francisco, on Feb. 16, 2017. \u003ccite>(Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Milk also taught me a lot. He took me with him to City Hall when he got elected and I was a student intern in his office until he was shot. So I got to work on the inside and saw the nuts and bolts of creating legislation, the hearings, the committee work, all of that. But I will say one kind of overarching lesson I learned from him that has really stuck with me is the importance of communicating with plain language, and always trying to find common ground. He was really a genius at that. He could meet anybody, a worker in a union hall, a society lady on Nob Hill, cute street kids. He could talk to anybody, find the common ground, and create a deeper conversation about shared values and shared aspirations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You have been open about this before: You found Milk on the night that he was gunned down. What was going through your mind then? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was Nov. 27, 1978. It was horrifying. I’d never seen a dead person before. I’d never seen close up what bullets do. I was maybe the third person to walk in. Dianne Feinstein was there. I just kept thinking, “Well, it’s all over now.” He was our leader. And also for me personally. Harvey had become, for me, very much a father figure. And I just kept thinking, everything’s over. I mean, how can we move forward without him? And it was a real personal loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that night was so extraordinary. As word spread, people began to gather, gay and straight, young and old, Black and brown and white, immigrant and native-born, and it was just thousands and then tens of thousands and tens of thousands more. And that enormous silent candlelight procession filled Market Street from Castro to City Hall. It was just the most extraordinary thing. And I think I realized that night that I was wrong. It wasn’t over. It was just beginning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11950274\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11950274\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/05/GettyImages-517285578.jpg\" alt=\"A white man in a suit and tie leans back in his chair behind a desk in his office and smiles at the camera.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/05/GettyImages-517285578.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/05/GettyImages-517285578-800x537.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/05/GettyImages-517285578-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/05/GettyImages-517285578-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, Dec. 4, 1977. \u003ccite>(Bettmann/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We often just hear about these highlights with major figures, the tragic ones. But I want to know about moments of joy. Like maybe a time when Milk made people laugh or some other act of kindness.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey was very funny. He loved being a clown. He would dress up as a clown. He really had an amazing ability to connect with kids and make them laugh. He also had a real big place in his heart for senior citizens. At his campaign office, his camera store and his City Hall office, I was always struck by how many kids and seniors were there. He was very empathetic and he had all these funny little rituals. Like one of the rituals was that every year on his birthday, he would receive a pie in the face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was very good at self-deprecating humor, and this was part of a strategy, because at that point in time most heterosexual people had yet to encounter an out-loud-and-proud gay politician. So there was fear, there was anxiety, there were all sorts of preconceptions. And Harvey would disarm people with humor that would then open the door for more serious conversations to happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You have dedicated your career to fighting for LGBTQ rights. In what way did being close to Milk help you reach this point where you realized that this was the work that you wanted to do? \u003c/strong>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Cleve Jones, author and activist\"]‘I have no doubt that if Harvey were here with us today, he would be warning people that there is peril ahead, that we are in dangerous times.’[/pullquote]You know, I was always interested in politics. I was always interested in the movement. I’m a product of the Vietnam War era and the Civil Rights Movement and the feminist movement. I graduated from high school in 1972, just as the war in Vietnam was winding down. Certainly Nov. 27, finding Harvey’s body, kind of set my course permanently. But I’m not just an LGBTQ activist. In fact, for the last 17 years or so, I’ve worked with Unite Here, the hospitality workers union in the Bay Area. We’re Local 2, and we’re a fighting union of people, immigrants, native-born, people of all colors, faiths, backgrounds, genders and orientations. We take on some of the biggest corporations in the world, and we fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We win contracts that provide workers with better pay, safer working conditions, access to health care and more respect on the job. And so my work for the last almost two decades now focused on labor as well as LGBTQ. It really goes directly back to Harvey Milk and the Teamsters and a Teamster organizer named Allan Baird, who gave Harvey a bullhorn and built that coalition to get Coors beer out of all the gay bars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you see Milk’s legacy today, particularly in San Francisco and the Bay Area?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think about Harvey almost every day, and I wonder what he could have accomplished had he not been killed. I wonder if he would have survived the AIDS pandemic, which took so many of us. I think he might possibly have become mayor. I think he might have ended up in Congress. Maybe he would have ended up being just another disappointing politician who made big promises. But being cut down as he was, he gave a people and a community a shared martyr. Now, there are a lot of martyrs in the LGBTQ community. A lot of people have been taken by violence or by suicide or have lost their way to drugs and alcohol, with which we suffer a lot of tragedies. But Harvey’s death brought us together in a powerful way that continues to reverberate through the generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And at the core of his message is the importance of coming out and being true to yourself. Being honest and open about who we are, and also about understanding that none of us goes through our lives alone, that all of our lives and our communities are intertwined and interconnected, and that what we do matters. The decisions that we make have consequences, and we need to support each other and do our best to build a world that is free from war in which we can live with justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11950269\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1298867563.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11950269\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1298867563-800x589.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo in which a white man screams with joy and pumps his fist in the air with his right hand while holding a sign that says "I'm from Woodmere NY" with the other, seated on the back of a convertible with a parade of people holding signs and flags behind him on a city street lined with people and buildings.\" width=\"800\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1298867563-800x589.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1298867563-1020x751.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1298867563-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1298867563.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harvey Milk at the Gay Pride Parade, San Francisco, June 23, 1978. \u003ccite>(Terry Schmitt/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is a pretty fraught time for LGBTQ rights around the U.S. We’re seeing state legislatures introducing bills that ban books focused on queerness and others targeting drag performances. How do you think Harvey Milk would have tried to address this moment? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, I don’t need to speculate at all. I know exactly what he would do. He would be organizing people and he would be encouraging people to take responsibility for fighting these fights. You know, when Harvey was coming of age back in New York and as he was becoming aware of his sexual orientation and figuring out who he was going to be, the Holocaust was unfolding in Europe. As a Jewish gay person, Harvey was extremely aware of what could happen, and he spoke of it often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s this very famous quote from Dr. King about how the moral arc of the universe bends toward justice. And I believe that that is true. But when we step back and look at that arc, we see that there are a lot of twists and turns. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>I got to work with Harvey on the Coors beer boycott, which was one of the first, if not the very first, real alliance between the LGBTQ movement and the labor movement, specifically the Teamsters, who were on strike at the brewery in Golden, Colorado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey saw an opportunity to get jobs for gay people, to support the union and to build a relationship that ended up being incredibly valuable, because just a couple of years later, we in California faced the Briggs Initiative, which was Proposition 6 of the 1978 November ballot. Prop. 6 would have essentially made it illegal for LGBT people and their supporters to work in any capacity in the public school system. And so those initial alliances with labor through the Teamsters then grew to a powerful alliance with the teachers union, the service workers union, and all the unions who saw that not just as an attack on gay people, but as an attack on workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11950270\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1408991899.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11950270\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1408991899-800x578.jpg\" alt=\"A bespectacled white man with white hair and a green sweater smiles at the camera with arms crossed and a blurry city street behind him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1408991899-800x578.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1408991899-1020x737.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1408991899-160x116.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1408991899.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cleve Jones, in the Castro District in San Francisco, on Feb. 16, 2017. \u003ccite>(Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Milk also taught me a lot. He took me with him to City Hall when he got elected and I was a student intern in his office until he was shot. So I got to work on the inside and saw the nuts and bolts of creating legislation, the hearings, the committee work, all of that. But I will say one kind of overarching lesson I learned from him that has really stuck with me is the importance of communicating with plain language, and always trying to find common ground. He was really a genius at that. He could meet anybody, a worker in a union hall, a society lady on Nob Hill, cute street kids. He could talk to anybody, find the common ground, and create a deeper conversation about shared values and shared aspirations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You have been open about this before: You found Milk on the night that he was gunned down. What was going through your mind then? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was Nov. 27, 1978. It was horrifying. I’d never seen a dead person before. I’d never seen close up what bullets do. I was maybe the third person to walk in. Dianne Feinstein was there. I just kept thinking, “Well, it’s all over now.” He was our leader. And also for me personally. Harvey had become, for me, very much a father figure. And I just kept thinking, everything’s over. I mean, how can we move forward without him? And it was a real personal loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that night was so extraordinary. As word spread, people began to gather, gay and straight, young and old, Black and brown and white, immigrant and native-born, and it was just thousands and then tens of thousands and tens of thousands more. And that enormous silent candlelight procession filled Market Street from Castro to City Hall. It was just the most extraordinary thing. And I think I realized that night that I was wrong. It wasn’t over. It was just beginning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11950274\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11950274\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/05/GettyImages-517285578.jpg\" alt=\"A white man in a suit and tie leans back in his chair behind a desk in his office and smiles at the camera.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/05/GettyImages-517285578.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/05/GettyImages-517285578-800x537.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/05/GettyImages-517285578-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/05/GettyImages-517285578-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, Dec. 4, 1977. \u003ccite>(Bettmann/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We often just hear about these highlights with major figures, the tragic ones. But I want to know about moments of joy. Like maybe a time when Milk made people laugh or some other act of kindness.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey was very funny. He loved being a clown. He would dress up as a clown. He really had an amazing ability to connect with kids and make them laugh. He also had a real big place in his heart for senior citizens. At his campaign office, his camera store and his City Hall office, I was always struck by how many kids and seniors were there. He was very empathetic and he had all these funny little rituals. Like one of the rituals was that every year on his birthday, he would receive a pie in the face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was very good at self-deprecating humor, and this was part of a strategy, because at that point in time most heterosexual people had yet to encounter an out-loud-and-proud gay politician. So there was fear, there was anxiety, there were all sorts of preconceptions. And Harvey would disarm people with humor that would then open the door for more serious conversations to happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You have dedicated your career to fighting for LGBTQ rights. In what way did being close to Milk help you reach this point where you realized that this was the work that you wanted to do? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>You know, I was always interested in politics. I was always interested in the movement. I’m a product of the Vietnam War era and the Civil Rights Movement and the feminist movement. I graduated from high school in 1972, just as the war in Vietnam was winding down. Certainly Nov. 27, finding Harvey’s body, kind of set my course permanently. But I’m not just an LGBTQ activist. In fact, for the last 17 years or so, I’ve worked with Unite Here, the hospitality workers union in the Bay Area. We’re Local 2, and we’re a fighting union of people, immigrants, native-born, people of all colors, faiths, backgrounds, genders and orientations. We take on some of the biggest corporations in the world, and we fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We win contracts that provide workers with better pay, safer working conditions, access to health care and more respect on the job. And so my work for the last almost two decades now focused on labor as well as LGBTQ. It really goes directly back to Harvey Milk and the Teamsters and a Teamster organizer named Allan Baird, who gave Harvey a bullhorn and built that coalition to get Coors beer out of all the gay bars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you see Milk’s legacy today, particularly in San Francisco and the Bay Area?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think about Harvey almost every day, and I wonder what he could have accomplished had he not been killed. I wonder if he would have survived the AIDS pandemic, which took so many of us. I think he might possibly have become mayor. I think he might have ended up in Congress. Maybe he would have ended up being just another disappointing politician who made big promises. But being cut down as he was, he gave a people and a community a shared martyr. Now, there are a lot of martyrs in the LGBTQ community. A lot of people have been taken by violence or by suicide or have lost their way to drugs and alcohol, with which we suffer a lot of tragedies. But Harvey’s death brought us together in a powerful way that continues to reverberate through the generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And at the core of his message is the importance of coming out and being true to yourself. Being honest and open about who we are, and also about understanding that none of us goes through our lives alone, that all of our lives and our communities are intertwined and interconnected, and that what we do matters. The decisions that we make have consequences, and we need to support each other and do our best to build a world that is free from war in which we can live with justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11950269\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1298867563.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11950269\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1298867563-800x589.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo in which a white man screams with joy and pumps his fist in the air with his right hand while holding a sign that says "I'm from Woodmere NY" with the other, seated on the back of a convertible with a parade of people holding signs and flags behind him on a city street lined with people and buildings.\" width=\"800\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1298867563-800x589.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1298867563-1020x751.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1298867563-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1298867563.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harvey Milk at the Gay Pride Parade, San Francisco, June 23, 1978. \u003ccite>(Terry Schmitt/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is a pretty fraught time for LGBTQ rights around the U.S. We’re seeing state legislatures introducing bills that ban books focused on queerness and others targeting drag performances. How do you think Harvey Milk would have tried to address this moment? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, I don’t need to speculate at all. I know exactly what he would do. He would be organizing people and he would be encouraging people to take responsibility for fighting these fights. You know, when Harvey was coming of age back in New York and as he was becoming aware of his sexual orientation and figuring out who he was going to be, the Holocaust was unfolding in Europe. As a Jewish gay person, Harvey was extremely aware of what could happen, and he spoke of it often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s this very famous quote from Dr. King about how the moral arc of the universe bends toward justice. And I believe that that is true. But when we step back and look at that arc, we see that there are a lot of twists and turns. 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"content": "\u003cp>In the summer and fall of 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919070/monkeypox-in-the-bay-area-from-symptoms-to-how-to-find-a-vaccine-heres-what-we-know\">an outbreak of the mpox virus\u003c/a> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.who.int/news/item/28-11-2022-who-recommends-new-name-for-monkeypox-disease\">formerly known as monkeypox\u003c/a> — hit the United States, particularly affecting gay and bisexual men, as well as trans and nonbinary people who have sex with men, in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11939819/when-mpox-hit-community-clinics-stepped-in-why-hasnt-the-government-paid-them-back-yet\">a mass vaccination effort led both by organizers from the LGBTQ+ community\u003c/a> and public health officials, the rate of mpox infections dropped to virtually zero in California. But after \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mpox-resurgence-dozens-new-cases-nationwide-cdc-investigating/\">an outbreak in Chicago in the last week resulted in 13 suspected or confirmed cases\u003c/a>, Bay Area health officials are once again urging local communities to be vigilant for the virus ahead of Pride festivities next month, and to seek out the free mpox vaccine — even though there hasn’t been another outbreak here so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what we know about mpox in the Bay Area, the precautions local public health officials are recommending ahead of Pride month, and where you can find an mpox vaccine in the Bay Area — including at \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/news/san-francisco-encourages-mpox-vaccinations-advance-summer-season-and-pride-celebrations\">a special mpox vaccination event in San Francisco on Saturday.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#mpoxvaccinenearme\">Where can I find an mpox vaccine?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#mpoxsymptoms\">How does mpox spread, and what are the symptoms?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Do I need to worry about mpox again in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The good news: “Over the last five, six months, cases of mpox in the United States and in San Francisco have been low,” said Dr. Stephanie Cohen, director of HIV prevention for the Population Health Division at the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH). San Francisco hadn’t seen any mpox cases at \u003cem>all\u003c/em> since January 2023, said Cohen — with the exception of one lone case in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Cohen says that the United States has started to see an uptick in cases nationally — including the recent outbreak in Chicago — and city health officials are “remaining vigilant and [encouraging] everyone who wants to get fully protected against mpox to get the vaccine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How mpox cases are tracked around the country:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Mpox-Data.aspx\">Mpox case data for California\u003c/a>, via the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/monkeypox-cases\">Mpox case data for San Francisco\u003c/a>, via SFDPH\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html\">Mpox case data for the United States\u003c/a>, via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\nIf mpox cases are still very low, why is SFPDH recommending awareness? One big reason: The city’s Pride celebrations are just around the corner in June, and it’s a time when many folks are gathering and also arriving into the region from other parts of the United States, says Cohen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Last year we saw that the mpox outbreak really was fueled during the spring and summer season,” Cohen said, “and we think that that was largely related to a lot more travel — as well as large gatherings — with many people coming together from different parts of the country, and the world.” In the realm of infectious diseases, Cohen said, that’s “a time when things can spread more quickly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need to know about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Another reason: Last year’s mpox outbreak starting in the spring and the summer makes public health officials think that “it’s also possible there is a seasonal nature to mpox,” said Cohen — as there is with many viruses. “There’s a lot we still are learning about mpox.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who is most at risk?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>SFDPH says that the 2022 mpox outbreak predominantly affected communities of gay and bisexual men, and men who have sex with men (MSM), as well as trans and nonbinary people who have sex with men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This 2022 outbreak was “unique compared to what had been known about mpox previously,” said Cohen, because the virus “really seemed to spread through sexual transmission, and [was] associated with sexual activities.” \u003ca href=\"#mpoxsymptoms\">Read more about how mpox spreads. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you look at our national data, almost 97% of cases in the U.S. were in people who are cis men,” said Cohen. “There were very, very few cases in cisgender women and also very few cases — about 0.08% — in children under the age of 16.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Should I get the mpox vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The mpox is a two-dose vaccine series, with roughly a month between doses. So …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you got both doses of the mpox vaccine in 2022:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re all up to date — and you don’t need to get another mpox vaccine in 2023. There’s no recommendation at this time to get an mpox booster, says Cohen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you \u003cem>didn’t\u003c/em> get the mpox vaccine in 2022:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Go ahead and get your first dose as soon as possible, and get your second dose around 28 days later. A good reason to move quickly to get your first dose: “If you receive your first dose on May 13, you will be eligible for your second dose by the Saturday, June 10 event and will receive maximum immunity before Pride,” stated SFDPH in a recent statement regarding \u003ca href=\"#mpoxvaccinenearme\">an upcoming mpox vaccination event taking place in San Francisco on Saturday, May 13\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you got \u003cem>only your first dose\u003c/em> of the mpox vaccine in 2022, or more than 28 days ago:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get your second dose as soon as possible, says Cohen. “Getting both doses of the vaccine is very critical for protection,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reminder: The mpox vaccine is available for everyone.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022 public health officials were originally only offering vaccines to people who’d been exposed to mpox, or were categorized as being in a specific group more at risk from mpox. \u003cstrong>Those eligibility criteria are no longer in effect, and anyone who wants an mpox vaccine can get one in San Francisco, and in many other areas of California. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now there are no limitations on supply,” said Cohen. “So I think that that is really going to help us with our response this summer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"mpoxvaccinenearme\">\u003c/a>Where can I find the mpox vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Your mpox vaccine will be 100% free, and you don’t need health insurance to receive one. As with the COVID vaccine, receiving an mpox vaccine won’t make you a public charge or affect any future immigration processes you may enter into, and you won’t be asked about your immigration status to receive the mpox vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can schedule an appointment for an mpox vaccine, or choose a walk-in clinic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you live in or near San Francisco:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fully vaccinated against mpox in time for Pride, SFDPH recommends going to this weekend’s vaccination event, held in partnership with Folsom Street Events and the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District. First and second doses of the mpox vaccine will be available at the May and June SOMA Second Saturday events:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dates:\u003c/strong> Saturday, May 13 and Saturday, June 10\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Location:\u003c/strong> 12th Street between Folsom and Harrison streets\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Time:\u003c/strong> 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/mpox-vaccine\">a full list of mpox vaccine sites near you in San Francisco\u003c/a>. Cohen confirms that you don’t have to be a city resident to get vaccinated for mpox in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mpox vaccination sites elsewhere in the Bay Area and California:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Find an mpox vaccine clinic near you using \u003ca href=\"https://npin.cdc.gov/DynWidgets/index.html?chost=www.cdc.gov&cpath=/lgbthealth/summer/index.html&csearch=&chash=&ctitle=Get%20Healthy%20and%20Ready%20for%20Summer%20%7C%20LGBT%20Health%20%7C%20CDC&wn=DynWidgets&wf=/DynWidgets/&wid=DynWidgets1&mMode=widget&mPage=&mChannel=&componentName=MpoxLocator#/\">the CDC’s Vaccine Locator\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Find an mpox vaccine clinic near you using \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">the state’s myturn.ca.gov site\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How effective is the mpox vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“We’re still learning about the durability of protection after a vaccine or after [an mpox] infection itself,” said Cohen. No vaccine is 100% effective, she stresses, and the mpox vaccine is no exception — but several analyses by the CDC show that “it looks like it provides about 69% reduction in risk with the full two dose series.” So while protection from mpox isn’t 100%, it’s still “really good protection,” said Cohen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reason to get an mpox vaccine: It could help reduce your symptoms — which can be painful — if you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> still get infected, said Cohen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s, of course, really a good outcome of the vaccine — because we did see some pretty severe cases of mpox last summer in unvaccinated individuals,” said Cohen. “And we really don’t want people to experience the distressing and painful symptoms that occurred at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"mpoxsymptoms\">\u003c/a>What you need to know about mpox\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How does mpox spread?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/monkeypox\">Mpox is a disease that is caused when a person is infected with the mpox virus.\u003c/a> As the name might suggest, the virus is related to the smallpox virus but is generally less severe and “much less contagious” than smallpox, according to CDPH.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/mpox\">Mpox spreads through “prolonged skin to skin contact,”\u003c/a> says SFDPH, which can include sex, kissing and sharing bedding or clothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the symptoms of mpox?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The symptoms of mpox often start as flu-like symptoms, says SFPDH, but the virus also appears as a rash or sores or spots that can resemble pimples or blisters on the skin anywhere on the body, especially around your genitals. These spot often start as “red, flat spots, and then become bumps,” says SFDPH, before the bumps become filled with pus, and turn into scabs when they break. \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/mpox\">See the full list of mpox symptoms from SFDPH.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Guides from KQED' tag='kqed-guides']“It’s really important that if someone develops a rash that they think might be related to pox, even if it’s subtle, to come in and see their doctor and get checked out and get tested,” urged Cohen. “And that can help us prevent the spread of transmission in the community.” \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/mpox\">See more on what to do if you suspect you have mpox.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is mpox the same as monkeypox?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In the summer and fall of 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919070/monkeypox-in-the-bay-area-from-symptoms-to-how-to-find-a-vaccine-heres-what-we-know\">an outbreak of the mpox virus\u003c/a> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.who.int/news/item/28-11-2022-who-recommends-new-name-for-monkeypox-disease\">formerly known as monkeypox\u003c/a> — hit the United States, particularly affecting gay and bisexual men, as well as trans and nonbinary people who have sex with men, in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11939819/when-mpox-hit-community-clinics-stepped-in-why-hasnt-the-government-paid-them-back-yet\">a mass vaccination effort led both by organizers from the LGBTQ+ community\u003c/a> and public health officials, the rate of mpox infections dropped to virtually zero in California. But after \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mpox-resurgence-dozens-new-cases-nationwide-cdc-investigating/\">an outbreak in Chicago in the last week resulted in 13 suspected or confirmed cases\u003c/a>, Bay Area health officials are once again urging local communities to be vigilant for the virus ahead of Pride festivities next month, and to seek out the free mpox vaccine — even though there hasn’t been another outbreak here so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what we know about mpox in the Bay Area, the precautions local public health officials are recommending ahead of Pride month, and where you can find an mpox vaccine in the Bay Area — including at \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/news/san-francisco-encourages-mpox-vaccinations-advance-summer-season-and-pride-celebrations\">a special mpox vaccination event in San Francisco on Saturday.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#mpoxvaccinenearme\">Where can I find an mpox vaccine?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#mpoxsymptoms\">How does mpox spread, and what are the symptoms?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Do I need to worry about mpox again in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The good news: “Over the last five, six months, cases of mpox in the United States and in San Francisco have been low,” said Dr. Stephanie Cohen, director of HIV prevention for the Population Health Division at the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH). San Francisco hadn’t seen any mpox cases at \u003cem>all\u003c/em> since January 2023, said Cohen — with the exception of one lone case in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Cohen says that the United States has started to see an uptick in cases nationally — including the recent outbreak in Chicago — and city health officials are “remaining vigilant and [encouraging] everyone who wants to get fully protected against mpox to get the vaccine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How mpox cases are tracked around the country:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Mpox-Data.aspx\">Mpox case data for California\u003c/a>, via the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/monkeypox-cases\">Mpox case data for San Francisco\u003c/a>, via SFDPH\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html\">Mpox case data for the United States\u003c/a>, via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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One big reason: The city’s Pride celebrations are just around the corner in June, and it’s a time when many folks are gathering and also arriving into the region from other parts of the United States, says Cohen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Last year we saw that the mpox outbreak really was fueled during the spring and summer season,” Cohen said, “and we think that that was largely related to a lot more travel — as well as large gatherings — with many people coming together from different parts of the country, and the world.” In the realm of infectious diseases, Cohen said, that’s “a time when things can spread more quickly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need to know about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Another reason: Last year’s mpox outbreak starting in the spring and the summer makes public health officials think that “it’s also possible there is a seasonal nature to mpox,” said Cohen — as there is with many viruses. “There’s a lot we still are learning about mpox.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who is most at risk?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>SFDPH says that the 2022 mpox outbreak predominantly affected communities of gay and bisexual men, and men who have sex with men (MSM), as well as trans and nonbinary people who have sex with men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This 2022 outbreak was “unique compared to what had been known about mpox previously,” said Cohen, because the virus “really seemed to spread through sexual transmission, and [was] associated with sexual activities.” \u003ca href=\"#mpoxsymptoms\">Read more about how mpox spreads. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you look at our national data, almost 97% of cases in the U.S. were in people who are cis men,” said Cohen. “There were very, very few cases in cisgender women and also very few cases — about 0.08% — in children under the age of 16.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Should I get the mpox vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The mpox is a two-dose vaccine series, with roughly a month between doses. So …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you got both doses of the mpox vaccine in 2022:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re all up to date — and you don’t need to get another mpox vaccine in 2023. There’s no recommendation at this time to get an mpox booster, says Cohen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you \u003cem>didn’t\u003c/em> get the mpox vaccine in 2022:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Go ahead and get your first dose as soon as possible, and get your second dose around 28 days later. A good reason to move quickly to get your first dose: “If you receive your first dose on May 13, you will be eligible for your second dose by the Saturday, June 10 event and will receive maximum immunity before Pride,” stated SFDPH in a recent statement regarding \u003ca href=\"#mpoxvaccinenearme\">an upcoming mpox vaccination event taking place in San Francisco on Saturday, May 13\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you got \u003cem>only your first dose\u003c/em> of the mpox vaccine in 2022, or more than 28 days ago:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get your second dose as soon as possible, says Cohen. “Getting both doses of the vaccine is very critical for protection,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reminder: The mpox vaccine is available for everyone.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022 public health officials were originally only offering vaccines to people who’d been exposed to mpox, or were categorized as being in a specific group more at risk from mpox. \u003cstrong>Those eligibility criteria are no longer in effect, and anyone who wants an mpox vaccine can get one in San Francisco, and in many other areas of California. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now there are no limitations on supply,” said Cohen. “So I think that that is really going to help us with our response this summer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"mpoxvaccinenearme\">\u003c/a>Where can I find the mpox vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Your mpox vaccine will be 100% free, and you don’t need health insurance to receive one. As with the COVID vaccine, receiving an mpox vaccine won’t make you a public charge or affect any future immigration processes you may enter into, and you won’t be asked about your immigration status to receive the mpox vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can schedule an appointment for an mpox vaccine, or choose a walk-in clinic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you live in or near San Francisco:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fully vaccinated against mpox in time for Pride, SFDPH recommends going to this weekend’s vaccination event, held in partnership with Folsom Street Events and the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District. 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Cohen confirms that you don’t have to be a city resident to get vaccinated for mpox in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mpox vaccination sites elsewhere in the Bay Area and California:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Find an mpox vaccine clinic near you using \u003ca href=\"https://npin.cdc.gov/DynWidgets/index.html?chost=www.cdc.gov&cpath=/lgbthealth/summer/index.html&csearch=&chash=&ctitle=Get%20Healthy%20and%20Ready%20for%20Summer%20%7C%20LGBT%20Health%20%7C%20CDC&wn=DynWidgets&wf=/DynWidgets/&wid=DynWidgets1&mMode=widget&mPage=&mChannel=&componentName=MpoxLocator#/\">the CDC’s Vaccine Locator\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Find an mpox vaccine clinic near you using \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">the state’s myturn.ca.gov site\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How effective is the mpox vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“We’re still learning about the durability of protection after a vaccine or after [an mpox] infection itself,” said Cohen. 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"content": "\u003cp>Drag performers and activists gathered at the “Drag Up! Fight Back!” rally in San Francisco on Saturday to protest recent anti-drag and anti-trans legislation as well as increased attacks against LGBTQ+ rights across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to show the whole world that San Francisco isn’t standing still, that Oakland isn’t standing still, that the Bay Area is not standing still, period,” said LGBTQ+ rights activist and drag king Alex U. Inn. “They come after everything I am. They come after my Black books, they come after my nonbinary books, they come after me being a woman in my womb, they come after me being transidentified. And what does that leave me? So f— them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946131\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946131\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7432-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Four people on stage, all dressed in drag, waving and clapping to the crowd.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7432-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7432-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7432-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7432-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7432.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Alex U. Inn, Juanita MORE!, Sister Roma and Honey Mahogany speak at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ rally at Union Square in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Activist, politician, drag performer and singer Honey Mahogany, who was one of the organizers of the rally, hailed the LGBTQ+ community’s long history of struggle and defiance that goes back to the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria riot in San Francisco, where drag queens and trans women, fed up with police harassment, fought back when an officer grabbed a trans woman’s arm. That rebellion, along with the Stonewall riots in New York three years later, set the stage for the modern-day LGBTQ+ rights movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq1JHAKPpuh/?hl=en\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have fought so hard for equal rights for the LGBTQ community, and we’ve made a lot of progress, but right now, we’re really facing an unprecedented level of attacks,” said Mahogany. “We have a duty to stand up for those who cannot do that for themselves, who may be less safe in doing that, across the country. We have a lot of great organizations like Southern Equality, the NCLR, the ACLU and many others who are litigating these laws when they are passed, making sure that they are not implemented. It’s really important that we join them in this fight because today it’s them, but tomorrow it could be right here in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946118\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of LGBTQ+ rights supporters young and old march waving rainbow flags and holding signs. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-2.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters march to Union Square at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ march in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener referred to the “vicious attacks” on trans people, drag queens and the LGBTQ+ community in states across the country as “unacceptable” and “un-American” and said he considered it a form of “gender policing,” which, he added, has a long history in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946126\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7487-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A white man speaks into a microphone.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7487-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7487-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7487-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7487-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7487.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener speaks at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ rally at Union Square in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is straight-up homophobia and transphobia,” said Wiener, in an interview with KQED prior to the rally. “They dress it up as other things and pretend it’s about the safety of children. These laws are often [drafted] in ways that go towards adults as well. They’re now trying to ban gender-affirming care for anyone under the age of 26, not just children. So this is a broader attack against all LGBTQ people. They want to take us back to the 1950s — or maybe the 1850s. It’s terrifying and we’re gonna fight it hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters march, some in drag, with rainbow colored flags and signs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-3.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters march to Union Square at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ march in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The “Drag Up! Fight Back!” rally and march was organized by a coalition of drag activists that included Mahogany, Inn, drag icon \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13919897/san-francisco-arts-commission-juanita-more-30-years\">Juanita MORE!\u003c/a>, Oasis nightclub owner D’Arcy Drollinger and Sister Roma of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The protest kicked off at San Francisco City Hall before heading to Union Square, where there were performances. It came just days after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927233/heklina-dies-drag-legend-san-francsico\">untimely death\u003c/a> of San Francisco drag icon Heklina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to pay a tribute to Heklina when we get to Union Square,” said MORE! at the start of the rally. “I’ve known Heklina since ’94 or ’95. We’ve done a lot of things together that were so much fun and so crazy, and I was part of T-Shack the whole time that she ran it. I loved her very much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946115\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Michael-Chua-center-chats-with-friends-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-Chua-is-the-elected-reigning-emperor-of-the-Imperial-Council-of-San-Francisco-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a suit and with a beard smiles at the camera surrounded by fellow ralliers. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Michael-Chua-center-chats-with-friends-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-Chua-is-the-elected-reigning-emperor-of-the-Imperial-Council-of-San-Francisco-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Michael-Chua-center-chats-with-friends-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-Chua-is-the-elected-reigning-emperor-of-the-Imperial-Council-of-San-Francisco-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Michael-Chua-center-chats-with-friends-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-Chua-is-the-elected-reigning-emperor-of-the-Imperial-Council-of-San-Francisco-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Michael-Chua-center-chats-with-friends-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-Chua-is-the-elected-reigning-emperor-of-the-Imperial-Council-of-San-Francisco-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Michael-Chua-center-chats-with-friends-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-Chua-is-the-elected-reigning-emperor-of-the-Imperial-Council-of-San-Francisco.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Chua (center) chats with friends at San Francisco City Hall on Saturday, April 8, 2023. Chua is the elected reigning emperor of the Imperial Council of San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to the ACLU, statehouses nationwide have seen a record \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights\">452 anti-LGBTQ+ bills\u003c/a> this year alone, many of them targeting drag performances, trans people’s access to medical care and other rights. A greater threat, LGBTQ+ rights supporters point out, is the prospect that backers of these bills in state legislatures are intent on taking their efforts to the federal level. News of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11946073/texas-judge-halts-fda-approval-of-abortion-pill-mifepristone-newsom-slams-ruling\">a Texas federal judge ordering a hold on federal approval of a widely used and effective abortion pill\u003c/a> on Friday added to the sense of urgency Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve already introduced bills in Congress to attack LGBTQ people to replicate what they’re doing in red states,” said Wiener. “Those bills currently are not gonna go anywhere, because we control the Senate and the White House. But if the Republicans take over both the Congress and the presidency in the future, they will absolutely pass these laws into effect nationally. And so they are coming at us here in California. We’re already seeing this with abortion, that they’re trying to effectively ban abortion pills nationwide. They will do the same with respect to LGBTQ people. This is our fight, and it’s our fight everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946116\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946116\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Mickey-Skinner-center-holds-a-sign-reading-22If-it-werent-for-the-drag-queen-who-raised-me-I-would-be-dead22-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023._-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters hold signs as they march.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Mickey-Skinner-center-holds-a-sign-reading-22If-it-werent-for-the-drag-queen-who-raised-me-I-would-be-dead22-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023._-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Mickey-Skinner-center-holds-a-sign-reading-22If-it-werent-for-the-drag-queen-who-raised-me-I-would-be-dead22-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023._-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Mickey-Skinner-center-holds-a-sign-reading-22If-it-werent-for-the-drag-queen-who-raised-me-I-would-be-dead22-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023._-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Mickey-Skinner-center-holds-a-sign-reading-22If-it-werent-for-the-drag-queen-who-raised-me-I-would-be-dead22-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023._-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Mickey-Skinner-center-holds-a-sign-reading-22If-it-werent-for-the-drag-queen-who-raised-me-I-would-be-dead22-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023._.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mickey Skinner (center) holds a sign reading, ‘If it weren’t for the drag queens who raised me, I would be dead,’ at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ march in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have different states who are bringing legislation because they feel threatened against people who are in drag or people who are trans,” said rally attendee and transgender rights supporter Stanley Wong. “There needs to be more visibility and more activism to educate people that we are in this community and not a threat. Guns are more of a threat to us than people wearing attire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946133\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946133\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A6840-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"An Asian man smiles at the camera wearing a yellow fluorescent vest and a bus in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A6840-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A6840-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A6840-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A6840-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A6840.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stanley Wong at San Francisco City Hall on Saturday, April 8, 2023. ‘Drag queens are not the people you should be worried about. In fact, they’re probably the people who are going to stand up,’ said Wong. ‘Look at what happened in Stonewall or before that at Compton’s Cafeteria here in San Francisco. There’s been a history of the drag community being very vocal and not taking it. So the march today also symbolizes that, that we aren’t going to just stand by and take it and be threatened by any of this.’ \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I just think that I need to be out here to support my drag sisters and my transgender brothers and sisters, and I just see what’s going on in so many states, and there’s even an anti-trans bill here in California that was introduced,” said rally attendee Brian Harradine. “People aren’t realizing how serious the attacks are. I’m hoping that this march and me participating in this march will encourage more people to wake up and take action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946112\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Brian-Harradine-holds-a-22Drag-is-not-a-crime22-sign-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023_-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A white man holds a sign that reads 'Drag is not a crime.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Brian-Harradine-holds-a-22Drag-is-not-a-crime22-sign-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Brian-Harradine-holds-a-22Drag-is-not-a-crime22-sign-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Brian-Harradine-holds-a-22Drag-is-not-a-crime22-sign-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Brian-Harradine-holds-a-22Drag-is-not-a-crime22-sign-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Brian-Harradine-holds-a-22Drag-is-not-a-crime22-sign-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023_.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rally attendee Brian Harradine holds a ‘Drag is not a crime’ sign at San Francisco City Hall on Saturday, April 8, 2023. ‘When I’m feeling really down, I know I can go to a drag performance and feel better,’ said Harradine. ‘When I feel the world is against me. I can go to a drag performance and just feel that I’m safe. I’m welcome.’ \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think all of the movements are connected and the true fight is always intersectional,” said rally attendee Rose Tinani. “When you’re fighting for human rights, you’re fighting for all human rights. You are fighting for Black people, you are fighting for people of color, you’re fighting against anti-trans and anti-queer rights. You’re fighting for all of them, for our right to live as we deem appropriate, not as some white cis men deem appropriate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946110\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/From-left-Celine-Nghiem-Rose-Tinani-and-Tahoe-Roe-gather-for-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-_-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"An Asian woman with a face mask, a south Asian woman and an Asian man smiles for the camera with people behind them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/From-left-Celine-Nghiem-Rose-Tinani-and-Tahoe-Roe-gather-for-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/From-left-Celine-Nghiem-Rose-Tinani-and-Tahoe-Roe-gather-for-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/From-left-Celine-Nghiem-Rose-Tinani-and-Tahoe-Roe-gather-for-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/From-left-Celine-Nghiem-Rose-Tinani-and-Tahoe-Roe-gather-for-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/From-left-Celine-Nghiem-Rose-Tinani-and-Tahoe-Roe-gather-for-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-_.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Celine Nghiem, Rose Tinani and Tahoe Roe gather for the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ march at San Francisco City Hall on Saturday, April 8, 2023. ‘I’m here because we need queer people and queer allies to be showing up and fighting and knowing that this is a fight that will be fought at the ballot box, but it’s not going to end at the ballot box,’ said Tahoe Roe. ‘And so we all need to be here and ready to fight.’ \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What’s bringing me to this rally today? I think it’s ridiculous that people who have positions of power are utilizing it to diminish the humanity of the queer community as a whole,” said Shane Zaldivar, who identifies as both a drag queen and a trans woman. There are people out there just trying to make other people’s lives harder when it’s hard enough … It feels like lives are at stake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946145\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946145\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Shane-Zaldivar-performs-as-the-Pop-Up-Drag-Queen-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-rally-at-Union-Square-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A trans person on stage performs in drag with rainbow wings.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Shane-Zaldivar-performs-as-the-Pop-Up-Drag-Queen-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-rally-at-Union-Square-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Shane-Zaldivar-performs-as-the-Pop-Up-Drag-Queen-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-rally-at-Union-Square-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Shane-Zaldivar-performs-as-the-Pop-Up-Drag-Queen-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-rally-at-Union-Square-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Shane-Zaldivar-performs-as-the-Pop-Up-Drag-Queen-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-rally-at-Union-Square-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Shane-Zaldivar-performs-as-the-Pop-Up-Drag-Queen-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-rally-at-Union-Square-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023..jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shane Zaldivar performs as the Pop Up Drag Queen at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ rally at Union Square in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. ‘I’ve been performing publicly on the streets of San Francisco for maybe seven years now,’ said Zaldivar. ‘I like to just show joy. I like to engage with people … to show that drag and gender expression is not something that needs to be feared. It can be beautiful, it can be joyful, it can be silly.’ \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“[This] march is to show the country and the world that the LGBTQ community is not taking this lying down and that drag queens will not be silenced and we will not go back into the closet,” said Mahogany in a previous interview with KQED. “We will not be relegated to just the back of a dark room in a club. We are here as a part of the community, we’re here to stay, and we’re gonna fight back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946129\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946129\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7310-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Black trans woman with a black top hat and black dress speaks into a microphone.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7310-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7310-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7310-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7310-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7310.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honey Mahogany speaks at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ rally at Union Square in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting by Attila Pelit, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/nvoynovskaya\">Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/afinney\">Annelise Finney\u003c/a> of KQED with photos by Estefany Gonzalez.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>“We have fought so hard for equal rights for the LGBTQ community, and we’ve made a lot of progress, but right now, we’re really facing an unprecedented level of attacks,” said Mahogany. “We have a duty to stand up for those who cannot do that for themselves, who may be less safe in doing that, across the country. We have a lot of great organizations like Southern Equality, the NCLR, the ACLU and many others who are litigating these laws when they are passed, making sure that they are not implemented. It’s really important that we join them in this fight because today it’s them, but tomorrow it could be right here in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946118\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of LGBTQ+ rights supporters young and old march waving rainbow flags and holding signs. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-2.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters march to Union Square at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ march in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener referred to the “vicious attacks” on trans people, drag queens and the LGBTQ+ community in states across the country as “unacceptable” and “un-American” and said he considered it a form of “gender policing,” which, he added, has a long history in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946126\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7487-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A white man speaks into a microphone.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7487-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7487-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7487-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7487-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A7487.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener speaks at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ rally at Union Square in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is straight-up homophobia and transphobia,” said Wiener, in an interview with KQED prior to the rally. “They dress it up as other things and pretend it’s about the safety of children. These laws are often [drafted] in ways that go towards adults as well. They’re now trying to ban gender-affirming care for anyone under the age of 26, not just children. So this is a broader attack against all LGBTQ people. They want to take us back to the 1950s — or maybe the 1850s. It’s terrifying and we’re gonna fight it hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters march, some in drag, with rainbow colored flags and signs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Protesters-march-to-Union-Square-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023-3.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters march to Union Square at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ march in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The “Drag Up! Fight Back!” rally and march was organized by a coalition of drag activists that included Mahogany, Inn, drag icon \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13919897/san-francisco-arts-commission-juanita-more-30-years\">Juanita MORE!\u003c/a>, Oasis nightclub owner D’Arcy Drollinger and Sister Roma of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The protest kicked off at San Francisco City Hall before heading to Union Square, where there were performances. It came just days after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927233/heklina-dies-drag-legend-san-francsico\">untimely death\u003c/a> of San Francisco drag icon Heklina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to pay a tribute to Heklina when we get to Union Square,” said MORE! at the start of the rally. “I’ve known Heklina since ’94 or ’95. We’ve done a lot of things together that were so much fun and so crazy, and I was part of T-Shack the whole time that she ran it. I loved her very much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946115\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Michael-Chua-center-chats-with-friends-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-Chua-is-the-elected-reigning-emperor-of-the-Imperial-Council-of-San-Francisco-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a suit and with a beard smiles at the camera surrounded by fellow ralliers. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Michael-Chua-center-chats-with-friends-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-Chua-is-the-elected-reigning-emperor-of-the-Imperial-Council-of-San-Francisco-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Michael-Chua-center-chats-with-friends-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-Chua-is-the-elected-reigning-emperor-of-the-Imperial-Council-of-San-Francisco-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Michael-Chua-center-chats-with-friends-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-Chua-is-the-elected-reigning-emperor-of-the-Imperial-Council-of-San-Francisco-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Michael-Chua-center-chats-with-friends-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-Chua-is-the-elected-reigning-emperor-of-the-Imperial-Council-of-San-Francisco-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Michael-Chua-center-chats-with-friends-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-Chua-is-the-elected-reigning-emperor-of-the-Imperial-Council-of-San-Francisco.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Chua (center) chats with friends at San Francisco City Hall on Saturday, April 8, 2023. Chua is the elected reigning emperor of the Imperial Council of San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to the ACLU, statehouses nationwide have seen a record \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights\">452 anti-LGBTQ+ bills\u003c/a> this year alone, many of them targeting drag performances, trans people’s access to medical care and other rights. A greater threat, LGBTQ+ rights supporters point out, is the prospect that backers of these bills in state legislatures are intent on taking their efforts to the federal level. News of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11946073/texas-judge-halts-fda-approval-of-abortion-pill-mifepristone-newsom-slams-ruling\">a Texas federal judge ordering a hold on federal approval of a widely used and effective abortion pill\u003c/a> on Friday added to the sense of urgency Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve already introduced bills in Congress to attack LGBTQ people to replicate what they’re doing in red states,” said Wiener. “Those bills currently are not gonna go anywhere, because we control the Senate and the White House. But if the Republicans take over both the Congress and the presidency in the future, they will absolutely pass these laws into effect nationally. And so they are coming at us here in California. We’re already seeing this with abortion, that they’re trying to effectively ban abortion pills nationwide. They will do the same with respect to LGBTQ people. This is our fight, and it’s our fight everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946116\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946116\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Mickey-Skinner-center-holds-a-sign-reading-22If-it-werent-for-the-drag-queen-who-raised-me-I-would-be-dead22-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023._-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters hold signs as they march.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Mickey-Skinner-center-holds-a-sign-reading-22If-it-werent-for-the-drag-queen-who-raised-me-I-would-be-dead22-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023._-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Mickey-Skinner-center-holds-a-sign-reading-22If-it-werent-for-the-drag-queen-who-raised-me-I-would-be-dead22-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023._-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Mickey-Skinner-center-holds-a-sign-reading-22If-it-werent-for-the-drag-queen-who-raised-me-I-would-be-dead22-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023._-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Mickey-Skinner-center-holds-a-sign-reading-22If-it-werent-for-the-drag-queen-who-raised-me-I-would-be-dead22-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023._-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Mickey-Skinner-center-holds-a-sign-reading-22If-it-werent-for-the-drag-queen-who-raised-me-I-would-be-dead22-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023._.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mickey Skinner (center) holds a sign reading, ‘If it weren’t for the drag queens who raised me, I would be dead,’ at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ march in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have different states who are bringing legislation because they feel threatened against people who are in drag or people who are trans,” said rally attendee and transgender rights supporter Stanley Wong. “There needs to be more visibility and more activism to educate people that we are in this community and not a threat. Guns are more of a threat to us than people wearing attire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946133\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946133\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A6840-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"An Asian man smiles at the camera wearing a yellow fluorescent vest and a bus in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A6840-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A6840-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A6840-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A6840-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/D7A6840.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stanley Wong at San Francisco City Hall on Saturday, April 8, 2023. ‘Drag queens are not the people you should be worried about. In fact, they’re probably the people who are going to stand up,’ said Wong. ‘Look at what happened in Stonewall or before that at Compton’s Cafeteria here in San Francisco. There’s been a history of the drag community being very vocal and not taking it. So the march today also symbolizes that, that we aren’t going to just stand by and take it and be threatened by any of this.’ \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I just think that I need to be out here to support my drag sisters and my transgender brothers and sisters, and I just see what’s going on in so many states, and there’s even an anti-trans bill here in California that was introduced,” said rally attendee Brian Harradine. “People aren’t realizing how serious the attacks are. I’m hoping that this march and me participating in this march will encourage more people to wake up and take action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946112\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Brian-Harradine-holds-a-22Drag-is-not-a-crime22-sign-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023_-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A white man holds a sign that reads 'Drag is not a crime.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Brian-Harradine-holds-a-22Drag-is-not-a-crime22-sign-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Brian-Harradine-holds-a-22Drag-is-not-a-crime22-sign-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Brian-Harradine-holds-a-22Drag-is-not-a-crime22-sign-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Brian-Harradine-holds-a-22Drag-is-not-a-crime22-sign-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Brian-Harradine-holds-a-22Drag-is-not-a-crime22-sign-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023_.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rally attendee Brian Harradine holds a ‘Drag is not a crime’ sign at San Francisco City Hall on Saturday, April 8, 2023. ‘When I’m feeling really down, I know I can go to a drag performance and feel better,’ said Harradine. ‘When I feel the world is against me. I can go to a drag performance and just feel that I’m safe. I’m welcome.’ \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think all of the movements are connected and the true fight is always intersectional,” said rally attendee Rose Tinani. “When you’re fighting for human rights, you’re fighting for all human rights. You are fighting for Black people, you are fighting for people of color, you’re fighting against anti-trans and anti-queer rights. You’re fighting for all of them, for our right to live as we deem appropriate, not as some white cis men deem appropriate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946110\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/From-left-Celine-Nghiem-Rose-Tinani-and-Tahoe-Roe-gather-for-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-_-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"An Asian woman with a face mask, a south Asian woman and an Asian man smiles for the camera with people behind them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/From-left-Celine-Nghiem-Rose-Tinani-and-Tahoe-Roe-gather-for-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/From-left-Celine-Nghiem-Rose-Tinani-and-Tahoe-Roe-gather-for-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/From-left-Celine-Nghiem-Rose-Tinani-and-Tahoe-Roe-gather-for-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/From-left-Celine-Nghiem-Rose-Tinani-and-Tahoe-Roe-gather-for-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/From-left-Celine-Nghiem-Rose-Tinani-and-Tahoe-Roe-gather-for-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-march-at-San-Francisco-City-Hall-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-_.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Celine Nghiem, Rose Tinani and Tahoe Roe gather for the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ march at San Francisco City Hall on Saturday, April 8, 2023. ‘I’m here because we need queer people and queer allies to be showing up and fighting and knowing that this is a fight that will be fought at the ballot box, but it’s not going to end at the ballot box,’ said Tahoe Roe. ‘And so we all need to be here and ready to fight.’ \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What’s bringing me to this rally today? I think it’s ridiculous that people who have positions of power are utilizing it to diminish the humanity of the queer community as a whole,” said Shane Zaldivar, who identifies as both a drag queen and a trans woman. There are people out there just trying to make other people’s lives harder when it’s hard enough … It feels like lives are at stake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946145\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946145\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Shane-Zaldivar-performs-as-the-Pop-Up-Drag-Queen-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-rally-at-Union-Square-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A trans person on stage performs in drag with rainbow wings.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Shane-Zaldivar-performs-as-the-Pop-Up-Drag-Queen-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-rally-at-Union-Square-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Shane-Zaldivar-performs-as-the-Pop-Up-Drag-Queen-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-rally-at-Union-Square-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Shane-Zaldivar-performs-as-the-Pop-Up-Drag-Queen-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-rally-at-Union-Square-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Shane-Zaldivar-performs-as-the-Pop-Up-Drag-Queen-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-rally-at-Union-Square-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023.-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Shane-Zaldivar-performs-as-the-Pop-Up-Drag-Queen-at-the-Drag-Up-Fight-Back-rally-at-Union-Square-in-San-Francisco-on-Saturday-April-8-2023..jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shane Zaldivar performs as the Pop Up Drag Queen at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ rally at Union Square in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. ‘I’ve been performing publicly on the streets of San Francisco for maybe seven years now,’ said Zaldivar. ‘I like to just show joy. I like to engage with people … to show that drag and gender expression is not something that needs to be feared. It can be beautiful, it can be joyful, it can be silly.’ \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“[This] march is to show the country and the world that the LGBTQ community is not taking this lying down and that drag queens will not be silenced and we will not go back into the closet,” said Mahogany in a previous interview with KQED. “We will not be relegated to just the back of a dark room in a club. 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The bill would set up a fund to pay for the campaign, which would accept private donations and state funding — if any is available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think polarization is not working,” said Atkins. “We need to adjust our strategy. We know what we need to do, but we need to be able to be there to do it.”[aside postID=\"news_11943932,news_11944976\" label=\"Related Posts\"]Overturning the ban could be difficult in the California Legislature, where \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-california-legislature-gender-identity-gay-rights-888ff8d45b817800e4c2231f6bb22377\">10% of lawmakers now identify as LGBTQ+\u003c/a>. 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The fate of the space currently sits at San Francisco City Hall, where a fight for it’s future has been unfolding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To understand the issue fully, we’ve first got to go back to the theater’s earliest days, because behind the boarded-up windows lie 100 years of stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The early years\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the earliest days of film, three brothers — William, Elias and George Nasser — opened a nickelodeon at 18th and Collingwood in San Francisco. This crude cinema was little more than pictures projected onto a wall, but it led the Nasser brothers to dream of a bigger space in which to entertain audiences with silent films. Before long, they’d tapped architect Timothy Pflueger to design a movie palace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro Theatre opened in 1922 on Castro Street, and Pflueger would go on to design celebrated movie theaters like the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, and iconic San Francisco cocktail lounges like the Top of the Mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Castro is a bit of a grab bag of Beaux-Arts, Spanish Baroque, Renaissance, and a variety of other styles,” said queer public historian Gerard Koskovich, “including some Art Deco elements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That mix of styles creates a whimsical environment designed to transport the audience into a world of fantasy and film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 582px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942950 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white image taken from the balcony of a classic, highly decorated movie theater.\" width=\"582\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927.jpg 582w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927-160x110.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of the Castro Theatre in 1927. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the beginning, the Castro showed silent films, often accompanied by live music from a variety of instruments, most famously the Castro’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CastroTheatre/videos/san-francisco-on-castro-organ/747351313094835/\">Wurlitzer organ\u003c/a>. The Castro catered primarily to the working-class community in the Eureka Valley, then considered a distant suburb outside bustling San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In those days, people expected to see a mixed program … some shorts, perhaps to see a newsreel, and then a feature,” said Koskovich.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC8810679935&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As sound arrived in film, speakers arrived at the Castro, installed into a large, burlap-lined hole in the wall behind the square movie screen. When film went wide-screen, so did the Castro: Just a few feet in front of the original screen and proscenium, another screen was constructed, and over time the old, gold square was forgotten. It remains visible backstage at the Castro, if you can climb the stairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro, with its 1,400 seats, was considered small for the time period. In San Francisco alone there was competition from behemoths like the El Capitan on Mission Street; now a parking lot, the Cap had double the seats of the Castro. The Fox Theatre on Market Street (on the land now home to Fox Plaza) was dubbed “The World’s Finest Theatre” by \u003cem>The San Francisco Chronicle,\u003c/em> and clocked in at 4,651 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average movie theater in 2023 has approximately 150 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The larger movie houses like the Fox and El Capitan would show the big blockbusters or first-run pictures, while the Castro’s repertoire mostly consisted of second- or third-run pictures — films that had already played at the bigger theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942945 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The inside of a grand movie theater with ornate decoration. An Art Deco chandelier hangs from a vaulted ceiling. Many rows of red velvet seats lead down to an elevated stage with a curtain closed over the film screen. The lighting is low, in reds and ambers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The gay Castro\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Deindustrialization and white flight changed the makeup of the Castro through the ’50s and ’60s. Then the gay community began moving in. By all accounts, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon — a lesbian couple who became longtime community activists — were the first openly LGBTQ people to move into the Castro, arriving in 1953.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the 1950s, this declining working-class neighborhood had started to emerge as a gay enclave,” said Koskovich. The Castro’s first gay bar — called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgayhistory.com/neighborhoods/castro/castro-gay-bars/84-2/\">Missouri Mule\u003c/a> — opened in 1963. “And by the early ’70s,” said Koskovich, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5rlwVsyKXA&ab_channel=KQEDArts\">the Castro\u003c/a> was becoming very clearly marked as a gay neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mel Novikoff was the Castro Theatre’s programmer in those days, and he quickly discovered a strategy for getting the neighborhood’s rapidly growing gay community into the theater:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bringing back old film, mixing it with art house films and foreign films,” said Koskovich. This was key to understanding this emerging urban public, he added: “It was people who’d fled their dismal, monochrome hometowns and moved to San Francisco because they wanted to have a sophisticated, thrilling, cosmopolitan cultural life.” Novikoff understood that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And what emerged at the Castro Theatre,” said Koskovich, “was the fact that there were an awful lot of crazed movie queens in San Francisco. They just had to go see a double bill of \u003cem>The Women\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?\u003c/em> often dressed like their favorite characters, or dressed to mock some of the characters, often reciting along the best lines of dialogue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the outside world, it wasn’t necessarily safe to be openly gay. But inside the Castro Theatre, gay people — mostly gay white men — felt safe to express themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1977, the Castro Theatre was recognized as a beacon for the LGBTQ community when it became San Francisco’s 100th historic landmark, protecting the exterior from demolition or alteration. [baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A place of refuge\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Before there were effective treatments around 1996, remaining part of the community as a person with AIDS was impossible,” Koskovich said. Close to 20,000 people died in San Francisco alone during the AIDS crisis — “the overwhelming majority of them gay men under the age of 50,” Koskovich added, with the majority of them living within two miles of the Castro District. “So imagine the impact of that epidemic, not just on the city, but on this specific neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro Theatre became a chapel to a community grieving the loss of a generation of young men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a place to go after you got done with the two memorial services for people you knew that week,” remembered Koskovich. “You could spend a couple of hours escaping to a movie, or a live show. You could bring people who were sick and they could sit calmly in a safe, secure, comfortable place and know they weren’t going to be excluded if they had signs [of AIDS], like Kaposi’s sarcoma lesions. That people weren’t going to pull away from them. They could remain part of the community that had been built there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the ’90s and 2000s, the Castro Theatre continued to grow in engagement and visibility within the LGBTQ community under the watchful eye of programmer Anita Monga. She began the era of film festivals, like Frameline, being hosted at the theater, as well as major film premieres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008, the Harvey Milk biopic, \u003cem>Milk\u003c/em>, much of which takes place in the Castro, held its world premiere at the theater. In preparation for the event, the film studio funded a facelift to the Castro’s exterior, restoring it to its 1970’s glory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942954 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-800x594.jpg\" alt='Image taken at night of a glowing neon sign and marquee outside a movie theater. Posters for the movie \"Milk,\" starring Sean Penn are featured on the sign.' width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-800x594.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-1020x757.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atmosphere at the world premiere of ‘Milk’ at the Castro Theatre on Oct. 28, 2008, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Steve Jennings/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The future of an icon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During the COVID-19 pandemic, theaters and concert venues were shuttered. Though the Castro Theatre is still owned by descendants of the original Nasser brothers, it came out of 2020 under new management, a company called Another Planet Entertainment. APE is a locally owned concert production company founded in 2003, which also manages the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Oakland’s Fox Theater and the Outside Lands festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>APE announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13908311/castro-theatre-to-become-live-music-and-events-venue-after-renovation\">plans to renovate\u003c/a> the Castro Theatre, which include removing the fixed movie theater-style seating, and adding tiered sections for standing-room concerts. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917362/castro-theatre-seating-renovation-town-hall\">film community’s reaction\u003c/a> was swift, and decisive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro Theatre Conservancy, a community organization whose mission, according to their website, is to protect the theater “as a cultural and entertainment venue for motion pictures and live performances,” announced the creation of the “Save the Castro Theatre” campaign in response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942947 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A person wearing a rainbow striped sweater hold up two signs. One says \"Another Planet Sucks!\" The other says \"Save the seats.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Petrelis holds a sign that says ‘Save the Seats’ during a town hall meeting about renovations by Another Planet Entertainment at the Castro Theatre on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What followed were rallies, the online #SaveTheSeats campaign, and hundreds of chain emails sent to officials asking that the seats and their layout be specifically protected in a landmark designation for the interior of the theatre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Historic Preservation Commission took public comment for and against the proposed landmarking on Feb. 1, 2023, at San Francisco City Hall. More than 100 people lined up and waited hours to speak. The majority of the public comments were against any proposed changes to the Castro Theatre’s seating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://citypln-m-extnl.sfgov.org/Commissions/HPC/2_1_2023/Commission%20Packet/2022-006075DES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://citypln-m-extnl.sfgov.org/Commissions/HPC/2_1_2023/Commission%20Packet/2022-006075DES.pdf\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">HPC voted to recommend landmarking\u003c/a> the interior of the Castro Theatre, but the details are complicated. The official draft of their recommendation to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors says, “The following features are character-defining and shall be preserved or replaced in kind,” and goes on to list interior features of the theatre, including the “Vast interior auditorium volume with raked floor, aisles, and presence of seating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, it will be up to the Board of Supervisors to decide on the designation and interpretation thereof, including what that means for the existing seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some members of the film community see APE’s proposed changes as the destruction of a cultural space. On the other side are folks who imagine a future where queer concerts play just as much of a role as queer cinema.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t imagine the city of San Francisco, or the international gay community without the Castro Theater,” said David Perry, the Castro Theatre spokesperson for APE, “The plan that Another Planet has put forward doesn’t lessen the iconic nature of the Castro. It increases its ability to become an icon for people to embrace for years to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Either way, the iconic Castro Theatre will remain a part of the San Francisco experience for generations to come, whether as a multi-use community space, or a temple to film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A final decision on its fate could be reached by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors some time in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro Theatre opened in 1922 on Castro Street, and Pflueger would go on to design celebrated movie theaters like the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, and iconic San Francisco cocktail lounges like the Top of the Mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Castro is a bit of a grab bag of Beaux-Arts, Spanish Baroque, Renaissance, and a variety of other styles,” said queer public historian Gerard Koskovich, “including some Art Deco elements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That mix of styles creates a whimsical environment designed to transport the audience into a world of fantasy and film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 582px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942950 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white image taken from the balcony of a classic, highly decorated movie theater.\" width=\"582\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927.jpg 582w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927-160x110.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of the Castro Theatre in 1927. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the beginning, the Castro showed silent films, often accompanied by live music from a variety of instruments, most famously the Castro’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CastroTheatre/videos/san-francisco-on-castro-organ/747351313094835/\">Wurlitzer organ\u003c/a>. The Castro catered primarily to the working-class community in the Eureka Valley, then considered a distant suburb outside bustling San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In those days, people expected to see a mixed program … some shorts, perhaps to see a newsreel, and then a feature,” said Koskovich.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC8810679935&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As sound arrived in film, speakers arrived at the Castro, installed into a large, burlap-lined hole in the wall behind the square movie screen. When film went wide-screen, so did the Castro: Just a few feet in front of the original screen and proscenium, another screen was constructed, and over time the old, gold square was forgotten. It remains visible backstage at the Castro, if you can climb the stairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro, with its 1,400 seats, was considered small for the time period. In San Francisco alone there was competition from behemoths like the El Capitan on Mission Street; now a parking lot, the Cap had double the seats of the Castro. The Fox Theatre on Market Street (on the land now home to Fox Plaza) was dubbed “The World’s Finest Theatre” by \u003cem>The San Francisco Chronicle,\u003c/em> and clocked in at 4,651 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average movie theater in 2023 has approximately 150 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The larger movie houses like the Fox and El Capitan would show the big blockbusters or first-run pictures, while the Castro’s repertoire mostly consisted of second- or third-run pictures — films that had already played at the bigger theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942945 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The inside of a grand movie theater with ornate decoration. An Art Deco chandelier hangs from a vaulted ceiling. Many rows of red velvet seats lead down to an elevated stage with a curtain closed over the film screen. The lighting is low, in reds and ambers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The gay Castro\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Deindustrialization and white flight changed the makeup of the Castro through the ’50s and ’60s. Then the gay community began moving in. By all accounts, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon — a lesbian couple who became longtime community activists — were the first openly LGBTQ people to move into the Castro, arriving in 1953.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the 1950s, this declining working-class neighborhood had started to emerge as a gay enclave,” said Koskovich. The Castro’s first gay bar — called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgayhistory.com/neighborhoods/castro/castro-gay-bars/84-2/\">Missouri Mule\u003c/a> — opened in 1963. “And by the early ’70s,” said Koskovich, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5rlwVsyKXA&ab_channel=KQEDArts\">the Castro\u003c/a> was becoming very clearly marked as a gay neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mel Novikoff was the Castro Theatre’s programmer in those days, and he quickly discovered a strategy for getting the neighborhood’s rapidly growing gay community into the theater:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bringing back old film, mixing it with art house films and foreign films,” said Koskovich. This was key to understanding this emerging urban public, he added: “It was people who’d fled their dismal, monochrome hometowns and moved to San Francisco because they wanted to have a sophisticated, thrilling, cosmopolitan cultural life.” Novikoff understood that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And what emerged at the Castro Theatre,” said Koskovich, “was the fact that there were an awful lot of crazed movie queens in San Francisco. They just had to go see a double bill of \u003cem>The Women\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?\u003c/em> often dressed like their favorite characters, or dressed to mock some of the characters, often reciting along the best lines of dialogue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the outside world, it wasn’t necessarily safe to be openly gay. But inside the Castro Theatre, gay people — mostly gay white men — felt safe to express themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1977, the Castro Theatre was recognized as a beacon for the LGBTQ community when it became San Francisco’s 100th historic landmark, protecting the exterior from demolition or alteration. \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A place of refuge\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Before there were effective treatments around 1996, remaining part of the community as a person with AIDS was impossible,” Koskovich said. Close to 20,000 people died in San Francisco alone during the AIDS crisis — “the overwhelming majority of them gay men under the age of 50,” Koskovich added, with the majority of them living within two miles of the Castro District. “So imagine the impact of that epidemic, not just on the city, but on this specific neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro Theatre became a chapel to a community grieving the loss of a generation of young men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a place to go after you got done with the two memorial services for people you knew that week,” remembered Koskovich. “You could spend a couple of hours escaping to a movie, or a live show. You could bring people who were sick and they could sit calmly in a safe, secure, comfortable place and know they weren’t going to be excluded if they had signs [of AIDS], like Kaposi’s sarcoma lesions. That people weren’t going to pull away from them. They could remain part of the community that had been built there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the ’90s and 2000s, the Castro Theatre continued to grow in engagement and visibility within the LGBTQ community under the watchful eye of programmer Anita Monga. She began the era of film festivals, like Frameline, being hosted at the theater, as well as major film premieres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008, the Harvey Milk biopic, \u003cem>Milk\u003c/em>, much of which takes place in the Castro, held its world premiere at the theater. In preparation for the event, the film studio funded a facelift to the Castro’s exterior, restoring it to its 1970’s glory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942954 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-800x594.jpg\" alt='Image taken at night of a glowing neon sign and marquee outside a movie theater. Posters for the movie \"Milk,\" starring Sean Penn are featured on the sign.' width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-800x594.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-1020x757.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atmosphere at the world premiere of ‘Milk’ at the Castro Theatre on Oct. 28, 2008, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Steve Jennings/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The future of an icon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During the COVID-19 pandemic, theaters and concert venues were shuttered. Though the Castro Theatre is still owned by descendants of the original Nasser brothers, it came out of 2020 under new management, a company called Another Planet Entertainment. APE is a locally owned concert production company founded in 2003, which also manages the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Oakland’s Fox Theater and the Outside Lands festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>APE announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13908311/castro-theatre-to-become-live-music-and-events-venue-after-renovation\">plans to renovate\u003c/a> the Castro Theatre, which include removing the fixed movie theater-style seating, and adding tiered sections for standing-room concerts. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917362/castro-theatre-seating-renovation-town-hall\">film community’s reaction\u003c/a> was swift, and decisive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro Theatre Conservancy, a community organization whose mission, according to their website, is to protect the theater “as a cultural and entertainment venue for motion pictures and live performances,” announced the creation of the “Save the Castro Theatre” campaign in response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942947 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A person wearing a rainbow striped sweater hold up two signs. One says \"Another Planet Sucks!\" The other says \"Save the seats.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Petrelis holds a sign that says ‘Save the Seats’ during a town hall meeting about renovations by Another Planet Entertainment at the Castro Theatre on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What followed were rallies, the online #SaveTheSeats campaign, and hundreds of chain emails sent to officials asking that the seats and their layout be specifically protected in a landmark designation for the interior of the theatre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Historic Preservation Commission took public comment for and against the proposed landmarking on Feb. 1, 2023, at San Francisco City Hall. More than 100 people lined up and waited hours to speak. The majority of the public comments were against any proposed changes to the Castro Theatre’s seating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://citypln-m-extnl.sfgov.org/Commissions/HPC/2_1_2023/Commission%20Packet/2022-006075DES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://citypln-m-extnl.sfgov.org/Commissions/HPC/2_1_2023/Commission%20Packet/2022-006075DES.pdf\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">HPC voted to recommend landmarking\u003c/a> the interior of the Castro Theatre, but the details are complicated. The official draft of their recommendation to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors says, “The following features are character-defining and shall be preserved or replaced in kind,” and goes on to list interior features of the theatre, including the “Vast interior auditorium volume with raked floor, aisles, and presence of seating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, it will be up to the Board of Supervisors to decide on the designation and interpretation thereof, including what that means for the existing seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some members of the film community see APE’s proposed changes as the destruction of a cultural space. On the other side are folks who imagine a future where queer concerts play just as much of a role as queer cinema.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t imagine the city of San Francisco, or the international gay community without the Castro Theater,” said David Perry, the Castro Theatre spokesperson for APE, “The plan that Another Planet has put forward doesn’t lessen the iconic nature of the Castro. It increases its ability to become an icon for people to embrace for years to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Either way, the iconic Castro Theatre will remain a part of the San Francisco experience for generations to come, whether as a multi-use community space, or a temple to film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A final decision on its fate could be reached by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors some time in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California public schools could soon all be equipped with an all-gender restroom for students during the school day, if \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB760\">a state bill introduced this month\u003c/a> passes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal marks a stark contrast to the 16 anti-transgender bathroom bills that are currently in the legislative process in states such as Idaho and Arkansas, where lawmakers are looking to restrict students to using only the bathroom consistent with their assigned sex at birth.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton)\"]'To me, this is less about education than just fair treatment and decency.'[/pullquote]Supporters of California’s bathroom bill, SB 760, say the all-student restroom option will help provide a safe and private bathroom to any kid, regardless of their gender identity. And several California school districts are already ahead of the curve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was necessary that we find a legislative fix to standardize access to bathrooms across California and solve this problem not just for current students having these challenges, but future students as well,” said Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), who authored the bill. “To me, this is less about education than just fair treatment and decency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting in January 2025, the bill would require each California school district to provide at least one all-gender restroom for students to use at every school campus. The restroom would have to meet the same requirements that school bathrooms already must follow, such as regular maintenance, cleaning, stocked toilet paper and soap, and it must be unlocked and accessible during school hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They would also need signage indicating that the restroom is open to all students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many schools, it could be a matter of simply repurposing an existing single-stall restroom to fulfill the requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11941782\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11941782\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/GettyImages-1244280434-e1677270108470-800x613.jpg\" alt=\"A white man in a dark suit and green tie with round glasses and Gov. 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Under that law, all California businesses must make single-occupancy restrooms open to all genders and identifiable with signage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We converted at all K–12 school sites an existing single-stall staff bathroom to a single-stall all-gender student bathroom. It was a process of a few months. It didn't take that long once it started,” said Ilsa Bertolini, coordinator for health education at OUSD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to the bathroom update, nonbinary students would have to visit the office or ask for a key to a staff bathroom, a common story at many schools that lack inclusive bathroom access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many LGBTQ advocates say it’s an unnecessary hurdle that can turn an everyday need — going to the bathroom — into a traumatizing experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn't want to have that barrier, and it's a privacy issue,” Bertolini said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About \u003ca href=\"https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/YouthReport-California-Final.pdf\">43% of transgender and nonbinary students said they are never allowed to use a bathroom, or locker room, that matches their gender identity (PDF)\u003c/a>, according to a 2018 study from the Human Rights Campaign. Of that group, more than half of students said they don’t feel safe using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity, and 12% were told by teachers or administrators not to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We unfortunately have heard really terrible reports from students who do not feel comfortable using the restroom at school. They will deny themselves food or water, skip school to use the bathroom at home or leave the school campus. And those are not the outcomes we want,” said Cathryn Oakley, state legislative director and senior counsel with the Human Rights Campaign. “We want young folks to be able to focus on their education without being hungry, thirsty or riddled with anxiety about what will happen when they use the restroom.”[aside postID=news_11936552 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/122622-Eli-Erlick-TH-01-CM-1020x680.jpg']Nearly 50% of LGBTQ youth in California reported they have been teased or bullied because of their actual or perceived gender identity or sexuality, according to the 2018 HRC report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Avoiding the restroom can lead to a variety of issues, such as physical pain or infection, accidents, or kids choosing to stay home from school or leave campus to go to the bathroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kena Hazelwood remembers being a queer student in San Francisco Unified School District before there was an effort to provide more inclusive restrooms and other support programs for LGBTQ students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was a queer student in SFUSD, having a space to go to and explore questions would have been crucial. But those didn’t exist when I was in school,” said Hazelwood, who now leads LGBTQ student services for the district. “We are now creating spaces that resonate for more students. We aren’t telling kids to choose an identity, we are telling them these are spaces where you can feel safe and seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, 1 in 5 students in the district identifies as LGBTQ, according to Hazelwood, including about 2% who identify as nonbinary or transgender at the high school level. Nearly 77% of all LGBTQ students in the district also identify as people of color.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Cathryn Oakley, state legislative director and senior counsel, Human Rights Campaign\"]'We want young folks to be able to focus on their education without being hungry, thirsty or riddled with anxiety about what will happen when they use the restroom.'[/pullquote]In SFUSD, district leaders began a similar effort to open at least one single-stall all-gender bathroom at each school site back in 2016. But it’s taken some time, and money, to implement the change across the entire district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, which is subject to change as it moves through the lawmaking process, states that reimbursement for any construction costs necessary to meet the mandate would be provided by the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For our older schools, it might mean changing the locking mechanism so students don’t have to ask for keys. Or the height of the stall to make sure it’s private for anybody,” said Hazelwood. “This legislation has potential to provide funding. That’s been a barrier to enacting this across all our schools as quickly as we like. If the funding is attached, we can live up to this promise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addressing students’ toilet needs is not just about changing locks and signs, Hazelwood said, but making sure students and staff alike understand why different options exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s easy to focus on the physical nature of these restrooms, but that’s only part of it. We have to change our community and culture so people know why it’s important,” Hazelwood said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland Unified, leaders of school sites determined which restrooms would be repurposed for students. Then, Bertolini helped train custodial and grounds staff on why the restroom was changing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We spent two hours with small groups of custodians to talk about how we support our LGBTQ students and different identities students have, including nonbinary, which is a gender option in California and public school districts when you register students,” Bertolini said. “So, we were not providing a bathroom for our nonbinary students, and we are now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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As you move around the piece, the shield seems to shift, the colors dancing on a fixed surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"forum_2010101891418,news_11933264,arts_13916204\"]Ferreira unveiled the sculpture on Dec. 7 at a reception hosted by the San Francisco LGBT Center and AGUILAS, an advocacy and resource group for LGBTQ+ Latinx people. It was a long time coming: Back in 2017, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors set aside $10,000 for a public memorial to honor the victims of the shooting. Four years later, Ferreira unveiled \u003ci>Aegis\u003c/i> in a moment when violence against queer people is once again on the rise, only weeks after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11932900/what-we-know-about-the-shooting-at-a-colorado-springs-lgbtq-club\">the shooting that killed nine people at Club Q\u003c/a>, an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Aegis\u003c/em> is intended not just to honor those who lost their lives at Pulse, but also to protect the living who remain vulnerable to anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Ferreira says. “This shield cannot be destroyed because it protects you, me, all of us,” he says. “It gives us the protection to move forward, despite resistance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferreira, originally from Brazil, is the first gay Brazilian artist to create a public memorial in the city. He says that he’s experienced discrimination in both Brazil and the U.S., and he felt the tragedy at Pulse deeply. 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The sculpture is roughly a couple feet wide and 6 inches taller than a nearby doorframe.\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Screenshot_20221216-160834_Instagram-800x590.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Screenshot_20221216-160834_Instagram-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Screenshot_20221216-160834_Instagram.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wilson Ferreira is the first gay Brazilian artist to create a public memorial in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(sfaguilas/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As gay men, we know how much we are subjected to violence,” he says. “Our community, the LGBTQIA+ community, has suffered prejudice and violence every single day — unchecked homophobia, unchecked violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sculpture’s sleek, vertical design takes the eyes upward to the top of the shield, where the rainbow banner peeks out near the ceiling. Ferreira says he wanted the piece to link the terrestrial and celestial planes. The intention behind each subtle detail — the dozens of perforations that grow smaller and fade away as you move up the piece, for example — make it clear that we are now in a place to mourn and remember.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco LGBT Center already is home to several significant works of art by LGBTQ+ artists, including \u003ci>Queeroes\u003c/i>, the mural by artists Juan Manuel Carmona and Simón Malvaez on the building’s exterior that features key figures in the movement for queer liberation, like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only a few days before the \u003ci>Aegis\u003c/i> unveiling, Rita Wantings started their new job at the San Francisco LGBT Center as a services navigator. 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Four years later, Ferreira unveiled \u003ci>Aegis\u003c/i> in a moment when violence against queer people is once again on the rise, only weeks after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11932900/what-we-know-about-the-shooting-at-a-colorado-springs-lgbtq-club\">the shooting that killed nine people at Club Q\u003c/a>, an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Aegis\u003c/em> is intended not just to honor those who lost their lives at Pulse, but also to protect the living who remain vulnerable to anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Ferreira says. “This shield cannot be destroyed because it protects you, me, all of us,” he says. “It gives us the protection to move forward, despite resistance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferreira, originally from Brazil, is the first gay Brazilian artist to create a public memorial in the city. He says that he’s experienced discrimination in both Brazil and the U.S., and he felt the tragedy at Pulse deeply. Many of those who lost their lives at Pulse were queer Latinx people who sought to create a space without queerphobic, racist or xenophobic aggression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935653\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Screenshot_20221216-160834_Instagram.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11935653\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Screenshot_20221216-160834_Instagram-800x590.jpg\" alt=\"a young-looking, bald Latino man with a dark brown mustache and goatee, wearing a brown shirt and coat, smiles in front of a metal and rainbow-hued sculpture hanging on a blue interior wall. The sculpture is roughly a couple feet wide and 6 inches taller than a nearby doorframe.\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Screenshot_20221216-160834_Instagram-800x590.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Screenshot_20221216-160834_Instagram-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Screenshot_20221216-160834_Instagram.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wilson Ferreira is the first gay Brazilian artist to create a public memorial in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(sfaguilas/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As gay men, we know how much we are subjected to violence,” he says. “Our community, the LGBTQIA+ community, has suffered prejudice and violence every single day — unchecked homophobia, unchecked violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sculpture’s sleek, vertical design takes the eyes upward to the top of the shield, where the rainbow banner peeks out near the ceiling. Ferreira says he wanted the piece to link the terrestrial and celestial planes. The intention behind each subtle detail — the dozens of perforations that grow smaller and fade away as you move up the piece, for example — make it clear that we are now in a place to mourn and remember.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco LGBT Center already is home to several significant works of art by LGBTQ+ artists, including \u003ci>Queeroes\u003c/i>, the mural by artists Juan Manuel Carmona and Simón Malvaez on the building’s exterior that features key figures in the movement for queer liberation, like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only a few days before the \u003ci>Aegis\u003c/i> unveiling, Rita Wantings started their new job at the San Francisco LGBT Center as a services navigator. Originally from Colorado, Wantings came to San Francisco to find a place where they would be understood and not judged for their identity or experiences as a queer person of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935646\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 344px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/598A0453.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11935646\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/598A0453-800x1200.png\" alt=\"A gold and rainbow-colored metal sculpture hanging on a blue wall.\" width=\"344\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/598A0453-800x1200.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/598A0453-1020x1530.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/598A0453-160x240.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/598A0453-1024x1536.png 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/598A0453-1365x2048.png 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/598A0453-1920x2880.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Aegis,’ by Wilson Ferreira, draws its name from a divine form of protection in Greek mythology. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the SF LGBT Center)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back in Colorado, Wantings says, they were judged and ridiculed for their pronouns. “Out here I don’t feel like that. I feel very protected out here,” they say. “I feel seen. I feel heard. I feel valid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even though they have only been in the Bay for a short period of time, Wantings says they have already formed deep connections. “I don’t even want to call them friends. I call them my chosen family — people who see me, who identify in similar ways as what I identify,” they say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That chosen family has become their shield, Wantings says, so \u003ci>Aegis\u003c/i> reminds them of the care and protection they receive from the community. They point to their bag, which reads “Protect Black women.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colorado will always be their home, Wantings says. But they add that the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs hit close to home — literally. They are still working through their grief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s actually somewhere I’ve been,” they say. “I’ve experienced that place. It was a beautiful place, I’ve seen drag shows there.” Throughout these difficult emotions, they’ve leaned on their new chosen family in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to be our own shield,” they say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Correction (Dec. 19): The original version of this story incorrectly stated the year of the Pulse nightclub shooting as 2017. The event occurred June 12, 2016. The year has since been corrected.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11934613/gift-is-san-franciscos-guaranteed-income-program-for-transgender-people-heres-how-to-apply\">\u003cem>Read in English\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El programa \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">GIFT de San Francisco proporcionará a 55 personas trans que viven en la ciudad $1,200 dólares al mes\u003c/a> durante un máximo de 18 meses, y la fecha límite para solicitarlo se acerca rápidamente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GIFT (por sus siglas en inglés), que significa Ingresos Garantizados para Personas Transgénero, \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/faq\">es el primer programa de ingresos garantizados del Área de la Bahía que se centra exclusivamente en atender a las personas trans\u003c/a>. Este fue creado por la ciudad en colaboración con el centro comunitario de salud Lyon-Martin, el cual proporciona atención médica a las personas trans, no binarias e intersexuales, junto con las mujeres cisgénero que forman parte de la comunidad LGBTQA+, y el Distrito Transgénero de San Francisco, que trabaja para empoderar y visibilizar a las personas trans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La fecha límite para \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">solicitar GIFT\u003c/a> es el jueves 15 de diciembre. La aplicación de GIFT \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/apply\">ya está disponible en línea\u003c/a> y en la misma página, puedes subir todos los documentos requeridos. \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">El sitio de GIFT también está disponible en español\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/faq\">El sitio de GIFT incluye una sección de preguntas frecuentes\u003c/a>, y también hemos creado esta guía para responder a preguntas adicionales que el público ha hecho a KQED sobre el programa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ir a:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#GIFT\">\u003cstrong>¿Quién puede solicitar la ayuda GIFT?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#impuestos\">\u003cstrong>¿Cómo funciona GIFT con mis impuestos o con otras prestaciones que esté recibiendo?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#vivienda\">\u003cstrong>¿Cómo puedo demostrar que vivo en San Francisco si mi situación de vivienda es complicada?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#encuestas\">\u003cstrong>¿Qué son las encuestas que los participantes tienen que hacer cada tres meses?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#puedo\">\u003cstrong>¿Dónde puedo hablar con alguien que me ayude a solicitar GIFT?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué es GIFT y para qué sirve el programa?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>El programa GIFT ofrecerá a 55 personas trans de San Francisco $1,200 dólares al mes durante 18 meses, desde enero de 2023 hasta junio de 2024. Los fondos se entregarán a los participantes a través de una tarjeta Visa de débito que el programa recargará con la misma cantidad cada mes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aubrey Davis, asociada ejecutiva del Distrito Transgénero, señala que muchas personas trans de San Francisco siguen teniendo dificultades para hacer alcanzar el dinero debido a la situación económica, pero también a causa de la intolerancia y discriminación.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dice que algunas personas trans también se enfrentan a la falta de hogar y a la inseguridad de la vivienda después de haber sido expulsadas por la familia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Este programa propone mejorar este tipo de situación, hacer posible que las personas puedan mantenerse a sí mismas, que tengan un poco más de tranquilidad con sus finanzas”, dijo Davis. Añadió que no es fácil vivir en una de las ciudades más caras del país y la ayuda económica que ofrecería GIFT sería como una especie de salvavidas para cubrir algunos gastos esenciales.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"GIFT\">\u003c/a>¿Quién puede aplicar a GIFT?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Para poder solicitar GIFT, debe:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Tener 18 años o más\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>No percibir ingresos superiores a $600 dólares al mes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Vivir en la ciudad de San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hablar con los organizadores de GIFT cada tres meses durante el programa para llenar una encuesta\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Debe de completar y entregar su solicitud \u003cstrong>antes de la fecha límite del 15 de diciembre\u003c/strong>. Recuerde que sólo se seleccionarán 55 beneficiarios para este programa piloto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dado que la financiación procede de la ciudad de San Francisco, sólo los residentes de San Francisco podrán participar en el programa, y aquellos participantes inscritos si abandonan la ciudad también tendrán que abandonar el programa GIFT.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"impuestos\">\u003c/a>¿Cómo incluyo GIFT en mis impuestos o en otras prestaciones que esté recibiendo?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Tendrá que declarar a la Oficina de Impuestos sobre la Renta (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés) lo que ha recibido de GIFT cuando presente sus impuestos del 2023 en el 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otros organismos públicos, como la Administración del Seguro Social, también considerarán el GIFT como un ingreso, lo que podría afectar a otras prestaciones, como la Seguridad de Ingreso Suplementario (SSI por sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A veces se tarda décadas en conseguir la SSI y cuando por fin se recibe, sólo se puede ganar hasta cierto punto”, dijo Samuel Favela, asociado del programa en el Distrito Transgénero. El SSI y otros programas de ayuda del gobierno, como CalFresh, tienen estrictos límites de ingresos. Favela señala la posibilidad de que alguien pueda perder estas prestaciones si supera el límite de ingresos al recibir los fondos de GIFT.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si es elegido para participar en GIFT y también recibe prestaciones estatales como CalFresh o CalWorks, Favela recomienda notificar a ese organismo de la existencia de GIFT antes de empezar a recibir dinero. “Si no lo comunica, le pasarán factura al final del programa”, dice Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, Favela afirma que el equipo del Distrito Transexual se compromete a ayudar a la gente en estas situaciones delicadas, ya que la organización cree que alguien no debería tener que elegir entre dos salvavidas cuando se trata de sobrevivir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hay exenciones a las que pueden acogerse y vamos a trabajar con ellos en eso también”, dijo Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero lo más importante que puede hacer si recibe prestaciones del gobierno y está avanzando en el proceso de solicitud de GIFT es ser lo más transparente posible, tanto con los organizadores de GIFT, como con los organismos gubernamentales. “Su trabajador social es probablemente la mejor persona con la que debe ponerse en contacto, y quien también puede ponerse en contacto con nosotros”, añadió Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Trabajo de manera informal. ¿Qué puedo hacer para demostrar mis ingresos?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En la página web de GIFT puede \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">cargar diversos documentos para acompañar su solicitud\u003c/a> y comprobar sus ingresos. Puede incluir formularios W-2, talones de pago o incluso extractos bancarios. Las personas que sólo reciben ingresos del SSI o del SSDI pueden compartir las cartas que reciben de la Administración del Seguro Social confirmando que reciben estas prestaciones. También se aceptan las cartas de ayuda financiera de universidades o escuelas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero si trabaja de manera informal y no dispone de documentación que acredite sus ingresos, puede presentar una carta de autocertificación. Este \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/_files/ugd/40a234_33ab30018f9c4a53bc75aee82f583dcb.pdf\">formulario de declaración de ingresos está disponible en PDF\u003c/a> en el sitio web de GIFT, junto con otros documentos para descargar y utilizar, y le permite compartir cuántos ingresos tiene al mes, cuántas personas viven con usted y por qué no puede aportar pruebas de sus ingresos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Confiamos en que la gente nos facilite la información correcta y tenga buenas intenciones”, explica Favela, quien añade que son muy comprensivos con el hecho de que la gente tenga muchas formas distintas de ganarse la visa. “Así que si quieren hacernos saber que son trabajadores sexuales, y esto es lo que ganan al mes, sólo tienen que escribir un correo electrónico y llenar esa sección de esa manera”, dijo Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11934956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11934956\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/HAND-ON-LAPTOP-ON-DESK-NEXT-TO-WINDOW-HERE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/HAND-ON-LAPTOP-ON-DESK-NEXT-TO-WINDOW-HERE.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/HAND-ON-LAPTOP-ON-DESK-NEXT-TO-WINDOW-HERE-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/HAND-ON-LAPTOP-ON-DESK-NEXT-TO-WINDOW-HERE-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/HAND-ON-LAPTOP-ON-DESK-NEXT-TO-WINDOW-HERE-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/HAND-ON-LAPTOP-ON-DESK-NEXT-TO-WINDOW-HERE-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">En el sitio web de GIFT, puede subir una serie de documentos para acompañar su solicitud y comprobar cuánto gana. \u003ccite>(Cottonbro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"vivienda\">\u003c/a>Mi situación de vivienda es complicada, o estoy entre dos alojamientos en este momento. ¿Cómo puedo demostrar que vivo en San Francisco?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Al igual que para verificar sus ingresos, hay muchas formas de confirmar que vive actualmente en San Francisco. Si no tiene ningún recibo de PG&E o de una compañía telefónica que incluya su nombre y dirección actual, puede pedir a un trabajador social o proveedor de atención sanitaria o agencia con la que esté trabajando, que escriba una carta que confirme que vive en la ciudad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si se aloja en un albergue, puede solicitar una carta de verificación a la gerencia del albergue. Pero si eso tampoco es una opción, puede llenar otro \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/_files/ugd/40a234_e495477cb1df47319fab57e3b20f314e.pdf\">formulario de autocertificación de residencia (PDF) disponible en el sitio web de GIFT\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En el formulario de declaración de residencia, tendrá que confirmar que actualmente no tiene vivienda y que no hay ningún organismo u organización que pueda facilitarle una carta que confirme su situación de alojamiento. Una vez completado, \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">puede subirlo al portal en línea con el resto de sus documentos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"encuestas\">\u003c/a>¿Qué hay de esas encuestas de seguimiento que los participantes en GIFT tienen que hacer cada tres meses?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Aubrey Davis, asociada ejecutiva del Distrito Transgénero, confirma que el objetivo de estos controles es saber cómo les va a la gente desde que inició el programa. “No estamos vigilando cómo gastan el dinero”, afirma Davis. “Pero nos gustaría saber cómo está mejorando su vida”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La clínica Lyon-Martin y el Distrito Transgénero participarán en estos seguimientos, los cuales también verán si han cambiado las rutinas diarias y las responsabilidades de los participantes. Por ejemplo, explica Davis, “¿Están recibiendo la atención de salud mental que necesitan? ¿Pueden pagar la comida? ¿Pueden pagar el seguro? ¿Pueden acudir a las citas con el médico o conseguir recetas médicas?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En estas conversaciones, si un participante dice que necesita servicios de atención de salud, se le puede poner en contacto con los Servicios Comunitarios de Salud Lyon-Martin para que reciba tratamiento. Algunos de estos datos también se compartirán con la Oficina de Iniciativas Transgénero del Ayuntamiento. Sin embargo, el equipo del Distrito Transgénero aclaró que estos datos se utilizarán para comprender mejor el impacto del programa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También es importante mencionar que las agencias de la ciudad no comparten información sobre el estatus migratorio de nadie con las agencias federales.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Puedo participar en este programa si estoy indocumentado?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sí, y no necesita un número del Seguro Social para recibir los ingresos de GIFT.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Los organizadores dicen que las personas hispanohablantes monolingües, y los inmigrantes indocumentados tienen prioridad de inscripción.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Cómo se elegirá exactamente a los participantes?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>El centro de Servicios Comunitarios de Salud Lyon-Martin y el Distrito Transgénero seleccionarán a los participantes al azar. Y en cuanto al público trans de San Francisco al que se quiere llegar, el programa todavía tiene “datos demográficos que estamos tratando de concretar”, dijo Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“El 60% de las personas que vamos a intentar que participen en el programa son personas trans negras”, explicaron.\u003c/strong> “Así que en esa selección al azar, al menos el 60% van a ser [personas trans negras]”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Los clasificaremos según la categoría en la que se encuentren y luego simplemente haremos una selección al azar dentro de cada categoría”, añadió Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"puedo\">\u003c/a>¿Dónde puedo dirigirme?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">Dado que la solicitud GIFT sólo está disponible en línea\u003c/a>, puede resultar difícil presentarla para las personas que no tienen acceso regular a una computadora o una conexión estable a Internet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para ofrecer un asesoramiento más personalizado, el equipo del centro de Servicios Comunitarios de Salud Lyon-Martin está aceptando ayudar a personas interesadas sin cita previa a presentar su solicitud, o que tengan preguntas al respecto. Puede hablar en persona con el equipo en la clínica ubicada en el 1735 de la calle Mission, cerca de las líneas 14 y 49 de Muni. También puede llamarles al (415) 565-7667.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davis, del Distrito Transgénero, también recomienda que acuda a su trabajador social si lo tiene. Si usted o alguien que usted conoce necesita más ayuda en español, Davis recomienda contactar a \u003ca href=\"https://ellaparatranslatinas.org/es/home\">El/La Para TransLatinas\u003c/a>, una organización que se centra en servir y abogar por las personas trans Latinx en el Área de la Bahía. Puede ponerse en contacto llamando al (415) 864-7278.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>¿Quiere solicitar GIFT pero se siente inseguro o incluso nervioso por hacerlo?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No tenga dudas”, exhorta Davis, añadiendo que, al tratarse de un programa piloto, este puede influir en lo que se pueda hacer en San Francisco, y potencialmente otras ciudades más.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Por el momento, es una oportunidad única en la vida, y esto ayudará a muchas más personas trans, jóvenes trans y personas mayores trans en el futuro”, dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por la periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mpena/\">María Peña\u003c/a> y editado por el periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11934613/gift-is-san-franciscos-guaranteed-income-program-for-transgender-people-heres-how-to-apply\">\u003cem>Read in English\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El programa \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">GIFT de San Francisco proporcionará a 55 personas trans que viven en la ciudad $1,200 dólares al mes\u003c/a> durante un máximo de 18 meses, y la fecha límite para solicitarlo se acerca rápidamente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GIFT (por sus siglas en inglés), que significa Ingresos Garantizados para Personas Transgénero, \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/faq\">es el primer programa de ingresos garantizados del Área de la Bahía que se centra exclusivamente en atender a las personas trans\u003c/a>. Este fue creado por la ciudad en colaboración con el centro comunitario de salud Lyon-Martin, el cual proporciona atención médica a las personas trans, no binarias e intersexuales, junto con las mujeres cisgénero que forman parte de la comunidad LGBTQA+, y el Distrito Transgénero de San Francisco, que trabaja para empoderar y visibilizar a las personas trans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La fecha límite para \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">solicitar GIFT\u003c/a> es el jueves 15 de diciembre. La aplicación de GIFT \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/apply\">ya está disponible en línea\u003c/a> y en la misma página, puedes subir todos los documentos requeridos. \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">El sitio de GIFT también está disponible en español\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/faq\">El sitio de GIFT incluye una sección de preguntas frecuentes\u003c/a>, y también hemos creado esta guía para responder a preguntas adicionales que el público ha hecho a KQED sobre el programa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ir a:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#GIFT\">\u003cstrong>¿Quién puede solicitar la ayuda GIFT?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#impuestos\">\u003cstrong>¿Cómo funciona GIFT con mis impuestos o con otras prestaciones que esté recibiendo?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#vivienda\">\u003cstrong>¿Cómo puedo demostrar que vivo en San Francisco si mi situación de vivienda es complicada?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#encuestas\">\u003cstrong>¿Qué son las encuestas que los participantes tienen que hacer cada tres meses?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#puedo\">\u003cstrong>¿Dónde puedo hablar con alguien que me ayude a solicitar GIFT?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué es GIFT y para qué sirve el programa?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>El programa GIFT ofrecerá a 55 personas trans de San Francisco $1,200 dólares al mes durante 18 meses, desde enero de 2023 hasta junio de 2024. Los fondos se entregarán a los participantes a través de una tarjeta Visa de débito que el programa recargará con la misma cantidad cada mes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aubrey Davis, asociada ejecutiva del Distrito Transgénero, señala que muchas personas trans de San Francisco siguen teniendo dificultades para hacer alcanzar el dinero debido a la situación económica, pero también a causa de la intolerancia y discriminación.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dice que algunas personas trans también se enfrentan a la falta de hogar y a la inseguridad de la vivienda después de haber sido expulsadas por la familia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Este programa propone mejorar este tipo de situación, hacer posible que las personas puedan mantenerse a sí mismas, que tengan un poco más de tranquilidad con sus finanzas”, dijo Davis. Añadió que no es fácil vivir en una de las ciudades más caras del país y la ayuda económica que ofrecería GIFT sería como una especie de salvavidas para cubrir algunos gastos esenciales.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"GIFT\">\u003c/a>¿Quién puede aplicar a GIFT?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Para poder solicitar GIFT, debe:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Tener 18 años o más\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>No percibir ingresos superiores a $600 dólares al mes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Vivir en la ciudad de San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hablar con los organizadores de GIFT cada tres meses durante el programa para llenar una encuesta\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Debe de completar y entregar su solicitud \u003cstrong>antes de la fecha límite del 15 de diciembre\u003c/strong>. Recuerde que sólo se seleccionarán 55 beneficiarios para este programa piloto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dado que la financiación procede de la ciudad de San Francisco, sólo los residentes de San Francisco podrán participar en el programa, y aquellos participantes inscritos si abandonan la ciudad también tendrán que abandonar el programa GIFT.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"impuestos\">\u003c/a>¿Cómo incluyo GIFT en mis impuestos o en otras prestaciones que esté recibiendo?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Tendrá que declarar a la Oficina de Impuestos sobre la Renta (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés) lo que ha recibido de GIFT cuando presente sus impuestos del 2023 en el 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otros organismos públicos, como la Administración del Seguro Social, también considerarán el GIFT como un ingreso, lo que podría afectar a otras prestaciones, como la Seguridad de Ingreso Suplementario (SSI por sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A veces se tarda décadas en conseguir la SSI y cuando por fin se recibe, sólo se puede ganar hasta cierto punto”, dijo Samuel Favela, asociado del programa en el Distrito Transgénero. El SSI y otros programas de ayuda del gobierno, como CalFresh, tienen estrictos límites de ingresos. Favela señala la posibilidad de que alguien pueda perder estas prestaciones si supera el límite de ingresos al recibir los fondos de GIFT.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si es elegido para participar en GIFT y también recibe prestaciones estatales como CalFresh o CalWorks, Favela recomienda notificar a ese organismo de la existencia de GIFT antes de empezar a recibir dinero. “Si no lo comunica, le pasarán factura al final del programa”, dice Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, Favela afirma que el equipo del Distrito Transexual se compromete a ayudar a la gente en estas situaciones delicadas, ya que la organización cree que alguien no debería tener que elegir entre dos salvavidas cuando se trata de sobrevivir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hay exenciones a las que pueden acogerse y vamos a trabajar con ellos en eso también”, dijo Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero lo más importante que puede hacer si recibe prestaciones del gobierno y está avanzando en el proceso de solicitud de GIFT es ser lo más transparente posible, tanto con los organizadores de GIFT, como con los organismos gubernamentales. “Su trabajador social es probablemente la mejor persona con la que debe ponerse en contacto, y quien también puede ponerse en contacto con nosotros”, añadió Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Trabajo de manera informal. ¿Qué puedo hacer para demostrar mis ingresos?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En la página web de GIFT puede \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">cargar diversos documentos para acompañar su solicitud\u003c/a> y comprobar sus ingresos. Puede incluir formularios W-2, talones de pago o incluso extractos bancarios. Las personas que sólo reciben ingresos del SSI o del SSDI pueden compartir las cartas que reciben de la Administración del Seguro Social confirmando que reciben estas prestaciones. También se aceptan las cartas de ayuda financiera de universidades o escuelas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero si trabaja de manera informal y no dispone de documentación que acredite sus ingresos, puede presentar una carta de autocertificación. Este \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/_files/ugd/40a234_33ab30018f9c4a53bc75aee82f583dcb.pdf\">formulario de declaración de ingresos está disponible en PDF\u003c/a> en el sitio web de GIFT, junto con otros documentos para descargar y utilizar, y le permite compartir cuántos ingresos tiene al mes, cuántas personas viven con usted y por qué no puede aportar pruebas de sus ingresos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Confiamos en que la gente nos facilite la información correcta y tenga buenas intenciones”, explica Favela, quien añade que son muy comprensivos con el hecho de que la gente tenga muchas formas distintas de ganarse la visa. “Así que si quieren hacernos saber que son trabajadores sexuales, y esto es lo que ganan al mes, sólo tienen que escribir un correo electrónico y llenar esa sección de esa manera”, dijo Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11934956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11934956\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/HAND-ON-LAPTOP-ON-DESK-NEXT-TO-WINDOW-HERE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/HAND-ON-LAPTOP-ON-DESK-NEXT-TO-WINDOW-HERE.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/HAND-ON-LAPTOP-ON-DESK-NEXT-TO-WINDOW-HERE-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/HAND-ON-LAPTOP-ON-DESK-NEXT-TO-WINDOW-HERE-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/HAND-ON-LAPTOP-ON-DESK-NEXT-TO-WINDOW-HERE-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/HAND-ON-LAPTOP-ON-DESK-NEXT-TO-WINDOW-HERE-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">En el sitio web de GIFT, puede subir una serie de documentos para acompañar su solicitud y comprobar cuánto gana. \u003ccite>(Cottonbro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"vivienda\">\u003c/a>Mi situación de vivienda es complicada, o estoy entre dos alojamientos en este momento. ¿Cómo puedo demostrar que vivo en San Francisco?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Al igual que para verificar sus ingresos, hay muchas formas de confirmar que vive actualmente en San Francisco. Si no tiene ningún recibo de PG&E o de una compañía telefónica que incluya su nombre y dirección actual, puede pedir a un trabajador social o proveedor de atención sanitaria o agencia con la que esté trabajando, que escriba una carta que confirme que vive en la ciudad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si se aloja en un albergue, puede solicitar una carta de verificación a la gerencia del albergue. Pero si eso tampoco es una opción, puede llenar otro \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/_files/ugd/40a234_e495477cb1df47319fab57e3b20f314e.pdf\">formulario de autocertificación de residencia (PDF) disponible en el sitio web de GIFT\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En el formulario de declaración de residencia, tendrá que confirmar que actualmente no tiene vivienda y que no hay ningún organismo u organización que pueda facilitarle una carta que confirme su situación de alojamiento. Una vez completado, \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">puede subirlo al portal en línea con el resto de sus documentos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"encuestas\">\u003c/a>¿Qué hay de esas encuestas de seguimiento que los participantes en GIFT tienen que hacer cada tres meses?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Aubrey Davis, asociada ejecutiva del Distrito Transgénero, confirma que el objetivo de estos controles es saber cómo les va a la gente desde que inició el programa. “No estamos vigilando cómo gastan el dinero”, afirma Davis. “Pero nos gustaría saber cómo está mejorando su vida”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La clínica Lyon-Martin y el Distrito Transgénero participarán en estos seguimientos, los cuales también verán si han cambiado las rutinas diarias y las responsabilidades de los participantes. Por ejemplo, explica Davis, “¿Están recibiendo la atención de salud mental que necesitan? ¿Pueden pagar la comida? ¿Pueden pagar el seguro? ¿Pueden acudir a las citas con el médico o conseguir recetas médicas?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En estas conversaciones, si un participante dice que necesita servicios de atención de salud, se le puede poner en contacto con los Servicios Comunitarios de Salud Lyon-Martin para que reciba tratamiento. Algunos de estos datos también se compartirán con la Oficina de Iniciativas Transgénero del Ayuntamiento. Sin embargo, el equipo del Distrito Transgénero aclaró que estos datos se utilizarán para comprender mejor el impacto del programa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También es importante mencionar que las agencias de la ciudad no comparten información sobre el estatus migratorio de nadie con las agencias federales.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Puedo participar en este programa si estoy indocumentado?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sí, y no necesita un número del Seguro Social para recibir los ingresos de GIFT.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Los organizadores dicen que las personas hispanohablantes monolingües, y los inmigrantes indocumentados tienen prioridad de inscripción.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Cómo se elegirá exactamente a los participantes?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>El centro de Servicios Comunitarios de Salud Lyon-Martin y el Distrito Transgénero seleccionarán a los participantes al azar. Y en cuanto al público trans de San Francisco al que se quiere llegar, el programa todavía tiene “datos demográficos que estamos tratando de concretar”, dijo Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“El 60% de las personas que vamos a intentar que participen en el programa son personas trans negras”, explicaron.\u003c/strong> “Así que en esa selección al azar, al menos el 60% van a ser [personas trans negras]”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Los clasificaremos según la categoría en la que se encuentren y luego simplemente haremos una selección al azar dentro de cada categoría”, añadió Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"puedo\">\u003c/a>¿Dónde puedo dirigirme?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">Dado que la solicitud GIFT sólo está disponible en línea\u003c/a>, puede resultar difícil presentarla para las personas que no tienen acceso regular a una computadora o una conexión estable a Internet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para ofrecer un asesoramiento más personalizado, el equipo del centro de Servicios Comunitarios de Salud Lyon-Martin está aceptando ayudar a personas interesadas sin cita previa a presentar su solicitud, o que tengan preguntas al respecto. Puede hablar en persona con el equipo en la clínica ubicada en el 1735 de la calle Mission, cerca de las líneas 14 y 49 de Muni. También puede llamarles al (415) 565-7667.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davis, del Distrito Transgénero, también recomienda que acuda a su trabajador social si lo tiene. Si usted o alguien que usted conoce necesita más ayuda en español, Davis recomienda contactar a \u003ca href=\"https://ellaparatranslatinas.org/es/home\">El/La Para TransLatinas\u003c/a>, una organización que se centra en servir y abogar por las personas trans Latinx en el Área de la Bahía. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11934949/gift-el-programa-de-san-francisco-que-otorgara-1200-al-mes-a-personas-transgenero\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/apply\">GIFT program will provide 55 trans people living in the city with $1,200 per month\u003c/a> for up to 18 months — and the deadline to apply is approaching fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GIFT — which stands for Guaranteed Income for Transgender People — is \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/faq\">the first guaranteed income program in the Bay Area that focuses solely on serving trans people\u003c/a>. It’s a creation of San Francisco officials in partnership with Lyon-Martin Community Health Services — an organization that provides medical care for trans, nonbinary and intersex people, along with cisgender women who are part of the LGBTQA+ community — and SF’s Transgender District, which works to empower trans people, and to make trans people and history more visible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deadline to \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/apply\">apply for GIFT\u003c/a> is Thursday, Dec. 15. There’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/apply\">an online GIFT application form\u003c/a>, where you can upload all the required documents in the same portal. \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/es/apply\">GIFT’s site is also available fully in Spanish.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/faq\">GIFT’s site includes a commonly asked questions section\u003c/a>, and we’ve also created this guide to answer additional questions that audiences asked KQED about the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#who\">\u003cstrong>Who is eligible to apply for GIFT?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#taxable\">\u003cstrong>How does GIFT work with my taxes, or with other benefits I’m getting?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#live\">\u003cstrong>How can I prove I live in San Francisco if my living situation is complicated?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#survey\">\u003cstrong>What are the surveys that participants have to do every three months?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#help\">\u003cstrong>Where can I speak to someone for help applying for GIFT?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What is GIFT, and what is the program meant to do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The GIFT program will offer 55 trans people in San Francisco a guaranteed income of $1,200 per month, for 18 months — starting in January 2023 and ending in June 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funds will be given to participants via a new debit Visa card, which the program will reload with a fresh $1,200 each month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aubrey Davis, executive associate with the Transgender District, points out that many trans people in San Francisco continue to struggle making ends meet, due to layoffs but also discrimination that can make it harder for them to find a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says some trans folks are also dealing with homelessness and housing insecurity, after being pushed out by family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What this program is supposed to do is help the situation — make it possible for people to support themselves, for them to just have a little bit more ease with their finances,” Davis said. She added that by receiving direct financial assistance each month to cover some essential expenses, folks living in one of the most expensive cities in the country will be getting some sort of lifeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"who\">\u003c/a>Who can apply for GIFT?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To qualify to apply for GIFT, you must be:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Age 18 or over\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Not be receiving more than $600 per month in income\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Live in the city and county of San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Agree to complete a survey for GIFT every three months during the program\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Your application must be fully completed and finished by the deadline of Dec. 15 to be considered for GIFT. Remember, 55 recipients will ultimately be selected for this pilot program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because only San Francisco residents can be participants in the program, since funding comes from the city and county of San Francisco, enrolled participants who then \u003cem>leave\u003c/em> San Francisco would also have to leave the GIFT program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"taxable\">\u003c/a>How does GIFT work with my taxes, or with other benefits I’m receiving?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You’ll have to report what you received from GIFT to the IRS when you file your 2023 taxes in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other government agencies, like the Social Security Administration, will also consider GIFT as income — which could potentially affect other benefits folks receive, like Supplemental Security Income (SSI).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes it takes decades to get on SSI and when you finally receive it, you can only earn so much,” said Samuel Favela, program associate at the Transgender District. SSI and other government lifeline programs like CalFresh have strict income limits. And Favela points out the possibility that someone could lose these benefits if they exceed the income cap by receiving GIFT.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are chosen to be a GIFT participant and you also receive state benefits like CalFresh or CalWorks, Favela recommends notifying that agency about GIFT — \u003cem>before\u003c/em> you start receiving money. “If [you] don’t report this, it’s going to catch up to [you] at the end of this program,” said Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Favela says the team at the Transgender District is committed to helping folks in these tricky situations, as the organization believes that someone shouldn’t have to choose between two lifelines when trying to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s waivers that they could sign up for and we’re going to be working with them on that as well.” said Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the most important thing you can do if you’re receiving government benefits and are moving forward along the GIFT application process? Be as transparent as possible with both GIFT organizers \u003cem>and\u003c/em> government agencies. “Their case manager is probably the best person [to contact], and their case manager can then reach out to us, too,” Favela added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I work informally. What can I do to prove my income?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On the GIFT website, \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/apply\">you can upload a variety of documents\u003c/a> to go with your application that verify how much you earn. That can include W-2 forms, pay stubs or even bank statements. People who only receive SSI or SSDI income can share the letters they receive from the Social Security Administration confirming they receive these benefits. Even financial aid letters from schools are accepted as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you work informally and do not have documentation to go along with your earnings, you can instead provide a self-attestation letter. This \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/_files/ugd/40a234_1b957f500e164f44b6427e13fafebe91.pdf\">income attestation form is available as a PDF\u003c/a> on the GIFT website along with \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/apply\">other documents to download\u003c/a> and use, and lets you share how much income you are making a month, how many people live with you and why you cannot provide proof of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trusting people to make sure that they come in with correct information and have good intentions,” said Favela, who added that they are very understanding that folks have many different ways to pay the bills. “So if they want to let us know that they’re doing sex work and this is how much they make that month, they could just write an email and fill out that section that way,” Favela said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11867225\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11867225 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-5054213-scaled-e1617913983516.jpg\" alt=\"Two hands with dark brown skin type on a laptop in front of a window.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the GIFT website, you can upload a variety of documents to go with your application that verify how much you earn. \u003ccite>(Cottonbro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"live\">\u003c/a>My living situation is complicated, or I’m between housing at the moment. How can I prove I live in San Francisco?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Just like verifying your income, there are many ways you can confirm you currently live in San Francisco. If you don’t have any mail from PG&E or a phone company that includes your name and current address, you can ask a social worker or health care provider or agency you are working with to write a letter that confirms you are living in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are staying at a shelter, you can request a homeless verification letter from shelter management. But if that’s not an option, either, you can fill out \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/_files/ugd/40a234_1505cef25be14f31b42fe69aaf7b011d.pdf\">a different proof-of-residency self-attestation form available on the GIFT website (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the residency attestation form, you will have to confirm that you are currently unhoused and that there is not an agency or organization able to provide a letter confirming your housing status. Once completed, you can then \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/apply\">upload it to the website with the rest of your documents\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"survey\">\u003c/a>What about those follow-up surveys GIFT participants have to complete every three months?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Aubrey Davis, executive associate with the Transgender District, confirms that the goal of these check-ins is to understand how folks are doing since the program started. “We are not policing them on how to spend the money,” Davis said. “But we would like to know how it’s improving their life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lyon-Martin Community Health Services and the Transgender District will take part in these follow-ups, which would also touch on how a participant’s daily routine and responsibilities are changing. For example, Davis explained, “Are they receiving the mental health that they need? Are they able to pay for food? Are they able to pay for insurance? Are they able to go to those doctor’s appointments or get prescriptions?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In these conversations, if a participant shares that they need health care services, they can be connected to treatment at Lyon-Martin Community Health Services. Some of this data will also be shared with the Office of Transgender Initiatives at City Hall. However, the team at the Transgender District clarified that this data will be used to better understand the impact of the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also important to mention that city agencies do not share information on someone’s immigration status with federal agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can I apply to this program if I’m undocumented?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, and you do not need a Social Security number to receive GIFT income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>People who are monolingual Spanish-speakers and undocumented immigrants have priority enrollment, say the organizers.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How exactly will participants be chosen?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lyon-Martin Community Health Services and the Transgender District will select participants randomly. But among the target audience of trans San Franciscans, the program still has “demographics that we’re trying to hit,” said Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“Sixty percent of people that we’re going [to] try to have in the program are Black trans folks,” they said.\u003c/strong> “So in that randomized selection, at least 60% are going to be [Black trans folks].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will sort them out to each category that they fall in and then just randomize within each category,” added Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"help\">\u003c/a>I need help completing my application. Where can I go?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Because \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/apply\">the GIFT application is only available online\u003c/a>, it can be harder for people without regular access to a computer, or a stable internet connection, to apply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To offer more personalized advice, the team at Lyon-Martin Community Health Services is taking walk-ins from folks who are interested in applying or have questions about their applications. You can talk to the team in person at the Lyon-Martin Community Health Services clinic located at 1735 Mission St., close to the 14 and 49 Muni lines. You can also call the front desk at (415) 565-7667.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davis, with the Transgender District, also recommends reaching out to your social worker if you have one. If you or someone you know needs more help in Spanish, Davis recommends reaching out to \u003ca href=\"https://ellaparatranslatinas.org/\">El/La Para TransLatinas\u003c/a>, an organization that focuses on serving and advocating for trans Latinx people in the Bay Area. You can contact them by phone at (415) 864-7278.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you really want to apply for GIFT before the Dec. 15 deadline, but feel unsure or even nervous about doing so? You should still go for it, says Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t feel hesitant,” Davis urged, adding that because this is a pilot program, it can influence what San Francisco — and potentially many other cities — does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the moment, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and this will help so many more trans people, trans kids and trans elderly in the future,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"who\">\u003c/a>Who can apply for GIFT?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To qualify to apply for GIFT, you must be:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Age 18 or over\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Not be receiving more than $600 per month in income\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Live in the city and county of San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Agree to complete a survey for GIFT every three months during the program\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Your application must be fully completed and finished by the deadline of Dec. 15 to be considered for GIFT. Remember, 55 recipients will ultimately be selected for this pilot program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because only San Francisco residents can be participants in the program, since funding comes from the city and county of San Francisco, enrolled participants who then \u003cem>leave\u003c/em> San Francisco would also have to leave the GIFT program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"taxable\">\u003c/a>How does GIFT work with my taxes, or with other benefits I’m receiving?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You’ll have to report what you received from GIFT to the IRS when you file your 2023 taxes in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other government agencies, like the Social Security Administration, will also consider GIFT as income — which could potentially affect other benefits folks receive, like Supplemental Security Income (SSI).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes it takes decades to get on SSI and when you finally receive it, you can only earn so much,” said Samuel Favela, program associate at the Transgender District. SSI and other government lifeline programs like CalFresh have strict income limits. And Favela points out the possibility that someone could lose these benefits if they exceed the income cap by receiving GIFT.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are chosen to be a GIFT participant and you also receive state benefits like CalFresh or CalWorks, Favela recommends notifying that agency about GIFT — \u003cem>before\u003c/em> you start receiving money. “If [you] don’t report this, it’s going to catch up to [you] at the end of this program,” said Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Favela says the team at the Transgender District is committed to helping folks in these tricky situations, as the organization believes that someone shouldn’t have to choose between two lifelines when trying to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s waivers that they could sign up for and we’re going to be working with them on that as well.” said Favela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the most important thing you can do if you’re receiving government benefits and are moving forward along the GIFT application process? Be as transparent as possible with both GIFT organizers \u003cem>and\u003c/em> government agencies. “Their case manager is probably the best person [to contact], and their case manager can then reach out to us, too,” Favela added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I work informally. What can I do to prove my income?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On the GIFT website, \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/apply\">you can upload a variety of documents\u003c/a> to go with your application that verify how much you earn. That can include W-2 forms, pay stubs or even bank statements. People who only receive SSI or SSDI income can share the letters they receive from the Social Security Administration confirming they receive these benefits. Even financial aid letters from schools are accepted as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you work informally and do not have documentation to go along with your earnings, you can instead provide a self-attestation letter. This \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/_files/ugd/40a234_1b957f500e164f44b6427e13fafebe91.pdf\">income attestation form is available as a PDF\u003c/a> on the GIFT website along with \u003ca href=\"https://www.giftincome.org/apply\">other documents to download\u003c/a> and use, and lets you share how much income you are making a month, how many people live with you and why you cannot provide proof of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trusting people to make sure that they come in with correct information and have good intentions,” said Favela, who added that they are very understanding that folks have many different ways to pay the bills. “So if they want to let us know that they’re doing sex work and this is how much they make that month, they could just write an email and fill out that section that way,” Favela said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11867225\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11867225 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-5054213-scaled-e1617913983516.jpg\" alt=\"Two hands with dark brown skin type on a laptop in front of a window.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the GIFT website, you can upload a variety of documents to go with your application that verify how much you earn. \u003ccite>(Cottonbro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"live\">\u003c/a>My living situation is complicated, or I’m between housing at the moment. 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