AIDS Healthcare Foundation

I too have a major problem with this organizations sex shaming and anti-​prep stance. Though I know they do a ton of great work in other areas of HIV prevention and care, I can’t fathom the backward stance they’ve taken towards PREP. I also find the scare tactics they use in advetizing to be backwards and not helpful. The gay community doesn’t need any more shaming and fear mongering of gay sex!

I believe strongly in supporting local, small pharmacies that give back to the community rather then inflate the pockets of rich executives. That is why I have been using this pharmacy for the past two years. The three stars I’m giving them is primarily for being small, local, I’m giving back to the community. The service is mediocre at best — it can be challenging to have phone messages returned, and their overall customer service is mediocre at best. I’m writing this review in hopes that the organization does a better job of providing higher quality service so that our community uses them instead of the corporate pharmacies that have a strong hold over the city.

PrEP (pre-​exposure prophylaxis) is a therapeutic intervention that allows an HIV-​negative person to dramatically reduce the risk of becoming HIV-​positive by taking Truvada, a prescription medication, once a day. Truvada as PrEP has been approved by the FDA and is recommended by the CDC (
) and WHO (
) for people at risk of acquiring HIV. In November of 2013, Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), said «If a person takes Truvada [as PrEP] when they are supposed to, and they take it every day, then their chance of becoming infected with HIV is close to zero.» As far as I know, that was the last honest statement Michael Weinstein ever made about PrEP.
Since that time, Weinstein and his organization, AHF, have taken a a loud and public stand against PrEP, in public statements and now in a major advertising campaign that deliberately distorts the science to create fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the populations most in need of sound, accurate, and reliable information about PrEP (
). This campaign does a grave disservice to the people and populations that AHF claims to serve. In addition to FDA and CDC, virtually every major AIDS and HIV service organization in the United States has strongly endorsed PrEP (
). AHF stands alone in defending an anti-​science, anti-​prevention, and anti-​public health message.
AHF no longer deserves the respect or support of any person who cares about preventing the spread of HIV and ending the global AIDS epidemic.

Me encontré de frente con la tienda de la Benefiting Aids Healthcare Foundation, y su escaparate con sus ropas de segunda mano Vintage, me empujaron para dentro.
La verdad es que me gustó, estas tiendas en las que te venden un poco de todo, pero sobre todo ropa. Luego descubrí que en SF hay mil (en España casi no hay ninguna).
La tienda estaba bastante bien ordenada, ropa de tío y de tía, pantalones, camisas, camisetas, etc., e incluso zapatos.
Una pequeña sección de libros y vinilos de música, y algo de mobiliario.
La ropa de segunda mano en SF es muy barata, todo estaba etiquetado y el precio variaba en función del color de la etiqueta, desde un dólar a diez dólares. Al final terminé comprándome un jersey.
En esta tienda además hay una farmacia y un pequeño centro de atención.