Q: Why is the Mental Health Association of San Francisco a proud sponsor of the LightHouse Disability Pride contingent?Ī: MHASF is a proud sponsor of the LightHouse Disability Pride contingent because we care deeply about the mental health of the LGBTQ+ communities we serve. Q: What is the mission of the Mental Health Association of San Francisco?Ī: The mission of the Mental Health Association of San Francisco (MHASF) is to cultivate peer leadership, build community and advance social justice in mental health.
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Meet the Mental Health Association of San Francisco Learn more about their reasons for marching with us below: Thanks to the support of community sponsors The Mental Health Association of San Francisco and The Arc San Francisco, we have organized a pan-disability contingent for San Francisco Pride 2018 ready to make a strong statement about intersecting identities in the LGBT+ community. Disability Pride pride 2018 San Francisco Pride Two rainbow-bedecked pride participants march side by side, one holding a sign that says “Proud of everything that we are.” A french bulldog smiles while his owner, a LightHouse volunteer, holds him before the parade starts. One holds a sign that reads “Proud to be here.” LightHouse Pride organizer Laura Millar smiles while marching, with her white cane wrapped in rainbow ribbon. A contingent member marches with a sign attached to their wheelchair that reads “Free our people.” Two Pride participants in wheelchairs laugh while marching down market street with the contingent.
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I can have both.” A pride participant with a cane walk side by side in the midst of our large Pride contingent. A contingent member from the Mental Health Association of San Francisco smiles and holds a sign that reads, “Disabled & Proud.
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A LightHouse student stands with his guide dog and a volunteer holding a sign that reads, “Shared history, shared struggles, shared liberation”. A little girl wearing a tutu and fairy wings smiles and jumps into the air. Contingent members from The Arc San Francisco smile and pose before the parade begins. A pride participant from Senior & Disability Action marches with our contingent, holding a ‘Blind, Queer & Proud’ sign. Wheelchair California’ sash, prepare to march in the parade. Two pride participants, one standing wearing the LightHouse shirt and the other wearing a ‘Ms. A woman applies eyeshadow to a fellow LightHouse contingent member with rainbow balloons in the background.
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Three volunteers in rainbow spandex hold the LightHouse banner while marching at the front of the contingent. We’re still selling our beloved SF Pride T-shirts in the Adaptations Store! Support LightHouse and pick one up for next year’s parade for only $20. We’d like to extend a warm thank you to the staff, volunteers, community supporters and our sponsors, Mental Health Association San Francisco and The Arc San Francisco, who marched with us and made this a truly celebratory day. This year’s contingent was a true testament to the shared experience of having a disability, whatever it may be, and the subsequent empowerment that comes with being seen and celebrating that identity. To our knowledge this is the largest-ever group of disability supporters to march in San Francisco Pride. But on Sunday, we took to the streets for the 2018 SF Pride parade with a rainbow-clad pan-disability contingent of more than 150 people with disabilities and our allies. It’s not every day that we get to march freely down the middle of Market Street with our canes wrapped in multi-colored ribbon.