Dr. Tyler TerMeer
@dr-tyler-termeer.bsky.social
LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS Activist, Movement Leader, Public Speaker, Philanthropist, and Chief Executive Officer at San Francisco AIDS Foundation #blackexcellence #blackphd
"From the KS Foundation’s efforts in 1982 to raise awareness about a strange new disease, to SFAF’s continued efforts to end the HIV epidemic and support people living with and at risk for HIV, we are proud to continue the fight more than 40 years later," said TerMeer.
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LGBTQ historic sites among bevy that could be landmarked in District 8
Sites historic to LGBTQ history are among the 18 buildings in San Francisco’s District 8 that have been proposed for landmarking.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"From the KS Foundation’s efforts in 1982 to raise awareness about a strange new disease, to SFAF’s continued efforts to end the HIV epidemic and support people living with and at risk for HIV, we are proud to continue the fight more than 40 years later," said TerMeer.
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“San Francisco and the region generally are about to be hit pretty seriously by the process that the HHS reorganization has unleashed,” said Ernest Hopkins, senior strategist and adviser for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
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Trump’s HHS layoffs in S.F. could be a ‘catastrophe’ for fight against AIDS, experts say
The layoffs, including the closure of the San Francisco branch, threaten HIV/AIDS services and efforts to end the epidemic, according to experts.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
“San Francisco and the region generally are about to be hit pretty seriously by the process that the HHS reorganization has unleashed,” said Ernest Hopkins, senior strategist and adviser for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
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Tyler TerMeer, chief executive of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, warned that the new policy could result in more people turning from smoking drugs to injecting them, raising the likelihood of people overdosing and contracting infectious diseases.
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San Francisco ties clean needle distribution for drug users to treatment, counseling
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said the city's drug overdose crisis requires a bolder approach to getting illicit drug users off the streets and into treatment.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Tyler TerMeer, chief executive of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, warned that the new policy could result in more people turning from smoking drugs to injecting them, raising the likelihood of people overdosing and contracting infectious diseases.
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“People are more likely to seek help when they’re treated with dignity and respect rather than stigma and shame,” Dr. TerMeer said.
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San Francisco Rethinks Its Free Handouts of Drug Paraphernalia
Daniel Lurie, the city’s new mayor, is scaling back a program that gives away clean foil, pipes and plastic straws for fentanyl consumption. Nonprofits will have to direct people toward treatment.
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April 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“People are more likely to seek help when they’re treated with dignity and respect rather than stigma and shame,” Dr. TerMeer said.
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“Rather than prevent people from using drugs, this move may push people toward injection drug use, increasing the risk of fatal overdose and the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases,” Dr. TerMeer said in an emailed statement on Wednesday.
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SF announces major shift in distribution of drug-use supplies
Fentanyl smoking supplies will no longer be distributed on the street.
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April 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“Rather than prevent people from using drugs, this move may push people toward injection drug use, increasing the risk of fatal overdose and the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases,” Dr. TerMeer said in an emailed statement on Wednesday.
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“San Francisco has long been a beacon for evidence-based compassionate response to the realities of substance use and with this decision, we risk becoming a cautionary tale,” said Tyler TerMeer, CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
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Mayor Lurie plans major shift in S.F. drug policy. Here’s what will change
Starting April 30, city-funded nonprofits that provide drug users with safe consumption supplies have to offer counseling and treatment first.
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April 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“San Francisco has long been a beacon for evidence-based compassionate response to the realities of substance use and with this decision, we risk becoming a cautionary tale,” said Tyler TerMeer, CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
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“My fear — the fear of many harm reductionists in the city — is that if we are to tailor back safer smoking supply, that folks will begin injecting their drug again...
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San Francisco Ends Health Programs for Drug Users Not Active in Treatment | KQED
Public health experts decried the decision, which will require drug users seeking safer-use supplies to participate in counseling or other services.
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April 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“My fear — the fear of many harm reductionists in the city — is that if we are to tailor back safer smoking supply, that folks will begin injecting their drug again...
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Dr. TerMeer warned that the policy “may push people toward injection drug use, increasing the risk of fatal overdose and the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases.”
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'Moronic': Nonprofits slam Lurie's new rules on free drug supplies
City-funded public health programs will no longer distribute drug use supplies without providing counseling sessions or connecting recipients to services, Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Wednesday.
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April 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Dr. TerMeer warned that the policy “may push people toward injection drug use, increasing the risk of fatal overdose and the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases.”
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Take a listen to our conversation discussing how Trump executive orders and an increasingly hostile political environment threaten LGBTQ rights, and what local organizations are doing to fight back!
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Local LGBTQ Community Reacts to Trump Actions / SF Supervisor Stephen Sherrill / Chris Edell's Marathon Odyssey
We'll sit down with new Supervisor Stephen Sherrill, discuss how the local LGBTQ community is responding to actions by the Trump administration and meet a man who ran 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 ...
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April 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Take a listen to our conversation discussing how Trump executive orders and an increasingly hostile political environment threaten LGBTQ rights, and what local organizations are doing to fight back!
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Stay informed with us—because knowledge is power, and power drives change.
March 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Stay informed with us—because knowledge is power, and power drives change.
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The LGBT Asylum Project is the only San Francisco nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to providing accessible legal representation for LGBT asylum seekers who are fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation, gender identity and/or HIV status.
March 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The LGBT Asylum Project is the only San Francisco nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to providing accessible legal representation for LGBT asylum seekers who are fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation, gender identity and/or HIV status.
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Get involved in your local and state politics—let's ensure your voice shapes the future.
March 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Get involved in your local and state politics—let's ensure your voice shapes the future.
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Numbers don't lie.
March 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Numbers don't lie.
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Stay informed. Share information. Call your Representatives.
March 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Stay informed. Share information. Call your Representatives.
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Real-life consequences to real-life decisions. Stay informed with SFAF.
March 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Real-life consequences to real-life decisions. Stay informed with SFAF.
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🚨 ALERT: HIV Prevention Funding at Risk! 🚨
We refuse to go backward. Raise your voice. Advocate. Fight for the future we deserve.
We refuse to go backward. Raise your voice. Advocate. Fight for the future we deserve.
March 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🚨 ALERT: HIV Prevention Funding at Risk! 🚨
We refuse to go backward. Raise your voice. Advocate. Fight for the future we deserve.
We refuse to go backward. Raise your voice. Advocate. Fight for the future we deserve.
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Our Annual Report for 2024 is now live.
Find our more about our impact, our accomplishments, and the difference we made in our communities from our 2024 Annual Report. 1/2
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March 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Our Annual Report for 2024 is now live.
Find our more about our impact, our accomplishments, and the difference we made in our communities from our 2024 Annual Report. 1/2
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We are proud to co-sponsor SB 41: Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers
This bill would strengthen regulation of these corporations, helping control costs of HIV treatment, hepatitis C, PrEP, and other drugs.
This bill would strengthen regulation of these corporations, helping control costs of HIV treatment, hepatitis C, PrEP, and other drugs.
March 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
We are proud to co-sponsor SB 41: Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers
This bill would strengthen regulation of these corporations, helping control costs of HIV treatment, hepatitis C, PrEP, and other drugs.
This bill would strengthen regulation of these corporations, helping control costs of HIV treatment, hepatitis C, PrEP, and other drugs.
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SFAF is proud to co-sponsor AB 554: Increasing Access to Injectable PrEP
The bill strengthens state laws mandating that health insurance companies provide all PrEP medications (including injectable options), plus PrEP lab tests and office visits,at no cost to consumers.
The bill strengthens state laws mandating that health insurance companies provide all PrEP medications (including injectable options), plus PrEP lab tests and office visits,at no cost to consumers.
March 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
SFAF is proud to co-sponsor AB 554: Increasing Access to Injectable PrEP
The bill strengthens state laws mandating that health insurance companies provide all PrEP medications (including injectable options), plus PrEP lab tests and office visits,at no cost to consumers.
The bill strengthens state laws mandating that health insurance companies provide all PrEP medications (including injectable options), plus PrEP lab tests and office visits,at no cost to consumers.
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By allowing data sharing between the California Department of Public Health and Medi-Cal managed care plans, SB 278 would help identify Medi-Cal members experiencing poor HIV health outcomes—ensuring they get the extra care and support they need.
March 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
By allowing data sharing between the California Department of Public Health and Medi-Cal managed care plans, SB 278 would help identify Medi-Cal members experiencing poor HIV health outcomes—ensuring they get the extra care and support they need.
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March 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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📢 Save Our Sciences Rally to Protect HIV Research!
📍Yerba Buena Gardens
📅 Monday, March 10 at 6pm
Join us as we rally to support HIV and other critical research programs, which are threatened by the federal funding freeze.
Sign up and show up ➡️ p2a.co/yofne8o
📍Yerba Buena Gardens
📅 Monday, March 10 at 6pm
Join us as we rally to support HIV and other critical research programs, which are threatened by the federal funding freeze.
Sign up and show up ➡️ p2a.co/yofne8o
March 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
📢 Save Our Sciences Rally to Protect HIV Research!
📍Yerba Buena Gardens
📅 Monday, March 10 at 6pm
Join us as we rally to support HIV and other critical research programs, which are threatened by the federal funding freeze.
Sign up and show up ➡️ p2a.co/yofne8o
📍Yerba Buena Gardens
📅 Monday, March 10 at 6pm
Join us as we rally to support HIV and other critical research programs, which are threatened by the federal funding freeze.
Sign up and show up ➡️ p2a.co/yofne8o
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This lawsuit is about more than policy—it is about survival.
-Dr.Tyler TerMeer
-Dr.Tyler TerMeer
February 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This lawsuit is about more than policy—it is about survival.
-Dr.Tyler TerMeer
-Dr.Tyler TerMeer