From The Transgender District to the Castro and beyond, LGBTQ community members are getting the vaccine and thriving.

A couple wearing masks and Pride-striped bandages on their upper arms stands together, overlooking Dolores Park. Text to the side reads "Show Your Pride Get vaccinated" and "For more info visit sf.gov/getvaccinated", alongside the logos of the Office of Transgender Initiatives and the San Francisco City Seal.

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Show Your Pride! Get vaccinated.

Ms. Billie Cooper, Tenderloin Community Activist and founder of TransLife, is calling on all trans people to get vaccinated when they are eligible. She recently got her first shot and is looking forward to her second! 
 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9N-fE6FmJXBwheBpzKjmmzy1T1i49KEP">See more videos here</a>.

Ms. Billie Cooper, Community Activist

Good afternoon! My name is Miss Billy Cooper.
I'm a 62 year-old African-American  transgender woman.
I have lived in San Francisco's Tenderloin  District 6 area for over three decades.
And I am a community activist  and community advocate.
And I am a person who has been  clean and sober for over 20 years.
We are celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility
to help us stay visible in  San Francisco and beyond.
I encourage everyone to think  about taking the vaccine.
I, myself, am a United States veteran.
And I have taken my first shot  two weeks ago, no side effects,
and I'm waiting to take my  second shot on April the 8th.
I am a person living with HIV.  I am a long-term survivor.
I was diagnosed May the15th, 1985.
I am the first Black, transgender  woman to have been given the honor
of starting a group six years ago at the
San Francisco AIDS Foundation called TransLife.
We are a community group for trans  men and women, gender non-conforming,
gender non-binary and gender fluid people.
And I'm so happy that the San  Francisco AIDS Foundation has
given me the platform to be  a leader in my community.
I feel it's very important for each and  every person to take a vaccine to help
transgender people feel more  secure in and around other people.
Because they talk about herd immunity,  so trans people should also feel
as though we have herd immunity  when it comes to taking the vaccine.
So I implore each and every  transgender, gender non-conforming,
gender non-binary person to take the vaccine.

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The Office of Transgender Initiatives (OTI) advocates for and uplifts the voices and needs of transgender, gender non-conforming, intersex, and 2-spirit (TGNCI2S) San Franciscans by acting as a bridge between communities and local government in the pursuit of equity.

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In honor of the International Transgender Day Of Visibility (TDoV) and San Francisco Pride Month, the Office of Transgender Initiatives (OTI) in partnership with community organizations and the City’s COVID Command Center, presents a multimedia COVID-19 vaccine campaign for the LGBTQ community.

Drawing of a person with long brown hair wearing a mask and bandaid on their arm, and standing next to a pole in the Trans District with the trans pride flag colors.

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Show Your Pride! Get Vaccinated.

This Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) we honor trans heroes working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in San Francisco.

Show Your Pride! Get Vaccinated.

Show Your Pride! Get Vaccinated.

Show Your Pride! Get Vaccinated.

Show Your Pride! Get vaccinated.

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Celebrating Trans & GNC Heroes of the Pandemic

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