Community Partner Spotlight

Jack Beck, Executive Director of TurnOut
August 2021 - Astrid Kane
Whether supporting homeless queer youth, LGBTQ+ elders, mental health, queer history, or queer arts, Oakland-based TurnOut helps match volunteers with more than 100 queer nonprofits across the Bay Area.
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Gert McMullin, ‘Mother of the AIDS Quilt’ and SF Pride Volunteer
July 2021 - Astrid Kane
Helping sew and repair the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt since its inception in 1987.
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Sister Celine Dionysus from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
April 2021 - Astrid Kane
Sister Celine Dionysus gushes about the honeybear nun, her elevation via Zoom, and more!
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Sophia Andary from Women's March
March 2021 - Astrid Kane
As San Francisco Pride announced on Wednesday, we will not be producing a large-scale Parade down Market Street in 2021. Given that this is Women's History Month, we wanted to check in on another large-scale annual event that came to the same decision this year The Women's March San Francisco.
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Okan Sengun from LGBT Asylum Project
February 2021 - Astrid Kane
Okan Sengun leads the LGBT Asylum Project, which SF Pride’s board chose as a Community Grand Marshal in 2020.
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