Howard Wallace, a longtime organizer who co-founded Pride at Work, died on Nov. 14. He was 76 years old and will be well remembered. There will be a memorial on January 6 at ILWU Local 34 (next to AT&T Park) from 2 to 4 p.m. Dolores Huerta of the United Farm Workers and other major [...]
Yesterday, on Wednesday, November 14, 2012, Pride at Work President Emeritus Howard Wallace passed away. Howard, 76, had been struggling with Alzheimer’s for several years and was in hospice here in San Francisco, cared for by a number of friends and members of the labor and LGBT communities. Organizing since the 1960’s, Howard was known throughout [...]
You’re Invited! … to the next CAFECITO organized by our friends at EL/la! – Come and participate in a workshop about transgender and gender identity, lead by members of El/la – Potluck style, so everyone is encourage to bring a dish, beverage or dessert to share – The conversation will be in Spanish with translation [...]
Pirates Storm Kaiser for Transgender Equality in Health Plan: While election debates on healthcare rage across the country, SF Pride at Work/HAVOQ is taking the fight against discrimination in healthcare back to Kaiser’s Oakland campus after disrupting Kaiser’s float in the Pride Parade last June. The healthcare giant has refused to remove discriminatory exemptions in [...]
Local and National Trans-Healthcare Victories this Summer: Affordable Care Act Expands Healthcare Rights of LGBT Communities: The Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed that the prohibition on sex-based discrimination under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes gender identity. This means this means that any hospital, clinic or healthcare program receiving federal funding cannot [...]
SF Pride at Work is spear-heading a letter campaign to show Kaiser that their members and community support an end to discrimination and full healthcare coverage for transgender patients. Kaiser members, unions and other organizations can participate. If your union or non-profit organization would consider writing a letter contact us for support and suggested text.If [...]
Please join us for our 6th Annual Variety Show and Fundraiser to support all of the work we do. Dancing, live music, burlesque, drag, gay haircuts, delicious food, raffle, and more!
Come today (July 31st) to City Hall to support the Tenant’s Union, Causa Justa/Just Cause, and other tenant groups who are proposing the “HASSLE-FREE HOUSING” Ordinance to the SF Board of Supervisors. What: Housing groups to announce proposed ordinance change to strengthen protections for tenants facing harassment. Tenants who have been harassed by bank agents, [...]
How does Kaiser discriminate against trans people? Kaiser and many major healthcare providers discriminate against transgender people by refusing to cover medically necessary treatment sought by patients and recommended by doctors. Every health care provider has a list of exclusions: products and services they will not cover under any circumstances. Kaiser includes healthcare needs of [...]
Community Not Commodity: Pride celebrations in the month of June originated from the 1969 Stonewall riots, an uprising of some of the most oppressed people in the queer community against police brutality. Now the SF Pride parade has been taken over by corporations who use their floats as an opportunity to promote their brand and [...]