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Gay Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will also speak, as will trans veteran Charlotte Clymer. Political leaders scheduled to appear include House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), lesbian Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), Congressmember Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), and gay Congressmembers Sean Patrick Maloney (D-New York) and David Cicilline (D-Rhode Island), chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus. Hormel, a gay man and philanthropist who died last year. The center will honor Ray Mulliner, a gay man who's been a longtime advocate of LGBTQ equality and worked alongside the late ambassador James C. The center also announced that it would close later this year now that military service is open to all in the LGBTQ community. The Palm Center, which worked for decades to repeal the anti-gay "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy and helped advocate for the removal of the transgender military ban, will hold a virtual program Thursday, March 31. Palm Center to hold virtual event will close later this year The art mart will take place the first Sunday of the month, organizers noted. Formerly called the Noe Street Art Mart, the event will feature live music and works by local artists that will be for sale. The Castro Art Mart returns Sunday, April 3, from noon to 5 p.m. For more information on the medical group, go to Osra Medical is a member of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce and a certified LGBT Business Enterprise. Mohamed is a member of the Golden Gate Business Association, an LGBTQ chamber of commerce. The San Francisco AIDS Foundation also plans to offer Apretude, according to a recent newsletter.
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The shots, which are administered by a health care provider every two months, were more effective than daily PrEP pills in two large studies of gay men, trans women, and cisgender women. Apretude (extended-release cabotegravir) is the first long-acting injectable option for HIV prevention. The federal Food and Drug Administration approved Apretude last December, as the Bay Area Reporter previously reported. "I am really excited to utilize my resources to adapt cutting-edge HIV prevention methods and to be among the first to bring it to my community," he stated. Mohamed stated that the advent of injectable PrEP is important. The medical center in the city's Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood strives to improve health outcomes for the LGBTQ+ community by offering access to comprehensive primary care, a news release states. Mohamed, a gay man, founded Osra Medical in 2019 "to take back my relationship with my patients and empower myself to be the doctor I set out to be," his website states. Nasser Mohamed is believed to be the first physician to offer Apretude (injectable PrEP) in San Francisco outside of a clinical trial.