Sigh….. we will have so much to do when we finally have a chance to repair all this damage

But I’m here, we’re here, and I have so many of you to thank for making SAAF the safe place it is. I couldn’t ask for a better place to be.
I should stop calling myself “the new CEO” now. 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙🩷❤️💛
@saafhouse.bsky.social

There have been many challenges and difficult moments, many more days of doubt and many sleepless nights. 2025, while starting off fabulous got a major sucker punch on Jan 21 and we’re still holding our collective breaths.

Nah. Protests will be mild and basically street parties. We’re not rioting

@trohrkir.bsky.social On Sunday, the TX Department of State Health Services, which administers CDC funds for HIV prevention, told us to STOP until further notice.

Your donations help immensely. Your calls to elected officials help. Your VOTES in our local election will help.

@saafhouse.bsky.social is still working on logistics but will be testing again soon, albeit at reduced capacity. Thanks to @eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org testing w/Corazon is on.

As they pour money and influence into anti vax state legislators to make it easier to oppose vaccines.
They were victims of the charlatans. They are not the aggressors preventing public health action.

As someone who worked in immunization policy in Texas pre-Covid, fighting anti Vax propaganda and working with vaccine hesitant parents, I am conscientious of the need to not vilify victims of misinformation.
OTOH, I’m so damn tired of fighting these “victims” in the state legislature-

Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the case on Cibolo is Rubella, not measles.

Shout out to the public health workers no doubt working their asses off and getting very little love, probably a lot of grief, and dealing with their own emotional challenges of trying to stop a completely preventable infection.