Pride Commemorates LGBTQ+ Historical EventsĪt the forefront of the LGBTQ+ equal rights movement since 1970, Pride celebrations offer historic significance in the journey toward equality.
Vanessa Hamill-Meeriyakerd is a proud San Francisco State University alum and long-time LGBTQ+ advocate, rocking the university’s history of supporting radical views to include others in the mosh-pit for equity. Nemeth is a California-raised San Francisco transplant from Australia, where Nemeth provided peer support to LGBTQIA2S+ victim-survivors of family violence. Their mission is to assist with overcoming technological barriers blocking access to mental health care, focusing on LGBTQ+ community members.
Marie Nemeth (they/them) and Vanessa Hamill-Meeriyakerd (she/her) are the Digital Peer Navigators for the TAMHS PROJECT with the Mental Health Association of San Francisco. By Claribette Del Rosario (she/hers), Peer Programs Manager LGBTQ+ Pride Month is underway! The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer community a long with supporters have celebrated the month of June as Pride Month to honor the 1969 S tonewall R iots in New York’s Greenwich Village.
