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A San Francis native remembers the legacy of his late partner, Stephen Jaby, a gay pilot who found the San Francis chapter of Habat for Humany before dyg of an AIDS-related illns 1991. * habitat for humanity lgbt *
Spectm is the employee rource group for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer employe and their alli. Complitg matters, Habat for Humany Internatnal was a Christian anizatn, and wasn't clear the anizatn's bylaws how that Christian missn uld be clive of people om other religns or of gays and lbians.
" The day before he died, knowg I would not receive ath-of-spoe benefs om our pany, he challenged me to fight for benefs for gay and lbian upl. In October 1998, I was subpoenaed by the cy of San Francis to ttify on how gay and lbian employe were discrimated agast our pany's benefs program.
I was asked to speak and shared the followg story wh the diverse group of volunteers:Joe, who is reverg om surgery, and I recently watched The Normal Heart, which chronicl the early years of the AIDS crisis, before the disease had a is a scene the movie where Tommy, played by Jim Parsons, giv a logy durg which he ponrs what the world lost when so many gay men died too young of AIDS. Richard, who is an openly gay navy veteran, stggl wh PTSD. The Digny for All: LGBTQI+ Assistance Program provis emergency assistance; secury, opportuny, and advocy rapid rponse grants (SOAR grants); and secury asssment and trag to human rights fenrs and civil society anizatns unr threat or attack due to their work for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex human rights.