Lyon Martin Community Health Services’ Board is seeking applicants for new board members!
If you or someone you know might be interested, please apply and spread the word. 💕
Some cool facts about LMCHS:
-We are an independent nonprofit health clinic centering queer people, trans people and cis women’s health and well-being.
-We are a merger of two legacy SF community clinics: Lyon Martin and Women’s Community Clinic who’ve served our communities for decades.
-We provide patient centered care for those who often can’t find safe and accessible health care in other settings and are run by and for the communities we serve.
Serving on the board is a really great opportunity to contribute. The clinic provides so much: primary care, sexual and repro health care including abortion, gender affirming care, mental health care, outreach services, health worker training programs and more.
If you’re passionate about any of these values (esp current or past patients, past staff members or volunteers??👀👀👀)please consider applying! No experience is necessary though some interest fundraising will be helpful 🙂
tinyurl.com/LyonMartinBOD2023
💥STOMP💥OUT💥COVID💥
Feeling sniffly after socializing at Pride? 😅🤧 Lyon-Martin has got you covered as a COVID-19 Test to Treat (T2T) Site! 🧪😷🦠
✨✨SAME-DAY access to COVID vaccines, testing, and treatment at Lyon-Martin! ✨✨
No insurance or proof of a positive test required for treatment, especially if you`re already receiving care here or unable to reach a primary care provider.
TESTING: If you`re experiencing COVID symptoms or had close contact with someone with COVID, we recommend testing 2-5 days after exposure. Schedule a test by calling us at (415) 565-7667 or use an at-home rapid test. For negative results, re-testing within 24-48 hours is advised.
SYMPTOMS: Keep an eye out for fever, chills, cough, fatigue, body aches, headache, loss of taste/smell, sore throat, congestion, runny nose, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, shortness of breath*, or difficulty breathing*. *In case of high fever (>102.2 F) or severe respiratory distress, call 911 or go to the ER.
COVID TREATMENT: If you test positive using an at-home rapid test or PCR test, immediate treatment is crucial. Connect with our on-call provider at (415) 565-7667 for evaluation and a Paxlovid prescription.
Don`t underestimate early, mild symptoms; they can worsen quickly after you’ve already missed the treatment window! Act swiftly to receive Paxlovid, which, when taken during the treatment window, is 81% effective in preventing mortality and 67% effective in preventing hospitalization due to COVID. Let`s protect each other!
To discuss treatment options, call us at (415) 565-7667 and request same-day COVID treatment. Our nurse or provider will call you back ASAP to evaluate you for Paxlovid.
Remember, getting tested as soon as symptoms arise allows timely administration of Paxlovid, preventing severe symptoms from developing and the spread of disease to others! 🦠
Outside clinic hours? No worries! Select option 3 when calling for urgent care to speak with our on-call answering services.
Your health matters to us, Lyon-Martin Community Health Services is here for you! 🖤😷 #STOMPOUTCOVID
It’s GIVE OUT DAY, a National day to give to nonprofits who focus on QTI communities!
This year we are raising critical funds for Lyon-Martin’s Trans & BIPOC focused mental health services. We provide therapy, psychiatry, case management, substance use disorder treatment crisis intervention services, and, of course, gender affirming medical intervention. We care for over 4200 clients, 2/3 of whom are TGI.
With over 500 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills introduced all over the country, many banning Trans rights and healthcare, Data for Progress estimates that 8% of the Trans people in the US, hundreds of thousands of Trans people, have already fled their homes to relocate to safer states that have accessible gender affirming care, and another 43% (another million) are contemplating moving.
If this continues, such a large migration of people has not been seen since the dust bowl era of the 40s.
Needless to say, as a gender affirming, safety-net health center with providers who are also Trans & BIPOC, Trans refugees are seeking care with us; but demand far exceeds capacity. Our communities are in crisis. They are dying from suicide, overdose, and murder, waiting to obtain care.
Please help us expand access to meet the need!
This is a pivotal moment in history, join us! Enter our raffle, shop in our store, and donate donate donate.
In Solidarity💕🏳️⚧️💕
📢 SPEAK OUT FOR QTI & BIPOC CENTERED MENTAL HEALTH CARE! 🌈🏳️⚧️⚧️😌
LYON-MARTIN NEEDS YOUR VOICE & STORIES 🗣️ at the upcoming San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting on THIS MONDAY [6/26/23]!
JOIN LYON MARTIN IN ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING TO EXPAND ACCESS TO BY US FOR US MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR QUEER, TRANS & INTERSEX PEOPLE📣📣📣📣
MONDAY JUNE 26 10am until end of session
PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON:
CITY HALL ROOM 250
PUBLIC COMMENT CALL IN:
1 (415) 655-0001 / Meeting ID: 2599 178 2553 # #
(Press *3 to enter the speaker line)
**Keep comment to 2 minutes**
We proposed an expansion of our mental health program to meet the needs of our communities, a request for $800K/year for a pilot program that would not only expand access to by us for us therapy, psychiatry, case management, and substance use disorder care, but also our urgent/drop in crisis intervention services that is crucial to preventing suicide, overdose, and unnecessary death in our communities. Our waitlists have grown wildly long and there’s very few gender affirming external resources that also accept medi-cal or slides low enough to actually be accessible for our communities living in abject poverty.
The Mayor failed to include our ask in her budget. Now we need to tell the Board of Supervisors about the mental health emergency happening in our communities and why we need their support to hire more QTI & BIPOC providers to meet the need!
Let`s stand in solidarity and demand the city act in alignment with their spoken commitment of LIFTING UP AND SUPPORTING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR MOST VILNERABLE QTI COMMUNITIES!
Lyon-Martin is raising funds to expand access to mental health services by and for queer trans and intersex people! 🏳️⚧️
Enter for a chance to WIN prizes worth hundreds of dollars for a little as one $15 raffle ticket 🎟️
The fundraising raffle goes from 6/23-6/29 at midnight. So get your raffle ticket before the stroke of midnight on Thursday! 🪄🎃
#1 Del LaGrace Volcano: Original photograph, signed ($1500 value)
#2 The Queer Gym: 28 Day Challenge 3 workouts/week with a fitness coach, a personalized meal plan regular accountability check-ins to help you meet your fitness goals ($600 Value).
#3 Craig Calderwood: Trangel Ceramic Art Pieces ($400 value)
#4 Meehaun Glasper-Wade: Acrylic on Canvas Painting (20”x10”) “Sonic Shock” ($400 value)
#5 Mosswood Meltdown: 2 Tickets to both days July 1 & 2 ($353 value)
#6 Money Witch: one-on-one intuitive finance coaching session ($350 value)
#7 Foreign Cinema: 2 $100 Gift Certificates ($200 value)
#8 Fig & Clover: Haircut by Lauren ($175 value)
#9 Fig & Clover: Nail Art Session with Hannah ($160 value)
#10 ODC Dance : 2 tickets to ODC’s Summer Sampler event 7/20-22, ODC’s LGBTQIA+ Night is 7/22 ($200 value)
#11 Double Prize:
Witchcraft Apothecary: Bundle of Tinctures focused on alleviating anxiety, depression, and gender dysphoria ($100 value)
Tender Gardener: $75 Gift Certificate for Plants!
#12 Double Prize:
Glamarama SF: Haircut by Jude
Milk SF: $20 Gift Certificate
#13 Double Prize
Both& Apparel: $50 Gift Certificate
ForThem: $52 Gift Certificate
#14 Ratskin Records: Local Musicians Merch Bundle ($100 value)
#15 Xara Thustra/STOP MEN: 1x $100 Gift Certificate for STOP MEN merchandise
#16 Ali Samantha Tattoo: 1x 1 hour Tattoo ($200 value)
#17 Vi Zer0 at Modern Electric Tattoo: 1x 2 hour Tattoo ($200 value)
#18 AlexisMakesPhotographs: 1x 1 hour Portrait Photo Session resulting in 10+ edited photos ($400 value)
#19 Double Leather Bundle
Mr S Leather: Mystery Merch Package
Leatharcore: Mystery Leather item
#20 Mother: 4 Drink Tickets
#21 Good hot: 2 Gift Certificates ($240 value)
#22 Ace Morgan Fitness: 1x session of personal training + 3 classes ($200 value)
🏳️⚧️ITS THAT TIME YALL🏳️⚧️🗣🧱WERE DOIN IT FOR LYON-MARTIN AND WERE DOIN IT FOR YOU!💋
Today, Lyon-Martin celebrates Trans March, Dyke March, Juneteenth, and a long 44 years of By Us For Us TGI and Dÿke Centered Community Care.
We stand united today in the effort to raise funds for queer, trans and intersex centered healthcare. In the wake of escalating violence, both systemic and interpersonal, we`re dedicated to supporting our TGI communities—particularly those at the intersections of Black and Brown identity, disability, poverty, sex work, drug use, former incarceration, and immigration. With an unprecedented increase in need, and severity and complexity of mental health symptoms, our goal is to expand access to Lyon-Martin`s vital holistic mental health services: therapy, psychiatry, case management, same-day crisis intervention, overdose prevention, substance use disorder treatment, and traditional Chinese medicine.
Here are all the ways to plug in and support expanding access to T4T mental health care for Pride!
TODAY! Friday, June 23 1pm-6ishpm at Dolores Park , join us for the Trans March Resource Fair!! Our table will have:
✨Narcan✨Needles and Syringes (for drugs or hormones)✨Fentanyl Test Strips✨Harm Reduction Kits✨Safer Sex Supplies✨Water✨Snacks✨Sunscreen✨Masks✨COVID Testing✨Schedule an Appointment✨Ask Experts Questions about Gender Affirming Care✨Enter the Raffle to Win a PRIZE
TONIGHT! Friday June 23 8pm doors, show 9pm-1am at SOMArts, come dance with your trans fam at the LIGHT ASYLUM SHOW. Join us for a night of solidarity and empowerment. Together, let’s celebrate trans joy, honor trans grief, and dance the night away to goth music 🖤⛓️. PEEP THIS STELLAR LINE UP:
@light_asylum
@pridemonthbarbie
@yama.uba.music
@pseuda.name
@urheinous
@faited.fdotf
🎟️ tickets still available!
DONATE, SHOP, ENTER OUR RAFFLE FOR THE CHANCE TO BE THE NEXT TOP.. WINNER 😜
Text 302062 to 855-575-7888 to donate!🔗 to shop & raffle in bio!
See you in the streets💋🪧🧱
🚨🚨𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗟𝗘🚨🚨ITS LIVE!
Want to help #SaveLyonMartin AND win excellent prizes from amazing local vendors ❔❕
𝘚𝘞𝘐𝘗𝘌 ⇨⇨ 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘈 𝘚𝘕𝘌𝘈𝘒 𝘗𝘌𝘌𝘒
Buy tickets ONLINE or at the LIGHT ASYLUM show STARTING TODAY FRIDAY 6/23 AND GOING UNTIL 6/29 at the stroke of midnight 🎃 👠
WINNERS WILL BE DRAWN 6/30.
Thank you to our generous donors!
@money.witch
@xara_thustra
@motherbarsf
@witchcraft_apothecary
@mr.s.leather
@mosswood_meltdown_i_love_you
@alisamanthaxoxo
@zero.tattoos.xo
@acemorganfitness
@meehaunio_art_studio
craigcalderwood
thequeergym
@odcsf
@foreigncinemasf
@g_o_o_d_h_o_t
@figandclover @lcor @nail.worthy
@milk.sf
@glama_rama_salon
@ratskinrecords
@dellagracevolcano
@the_tender_gardener
@forthem
@bothandapparel
@leatharcore
🚨🚨𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧🚨🚨
Want to help #SaveLyonMartin AND win excellent prizes from amazing local vendors ❔❕
𝘚𝘞𝘐𝘗𝘌 ⇨⇨ 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘈 𝘚𝘕𝘌𝘈𝘒 𝘗𝘌𝘌𝘒
Buy tickets ONLINE or at the LIGHT ASYLUM show STARTING THIS FRIDAY 6/23
WINNERS WILL BE DRAWN 6/30
Check back in 2 days to get your raffle tickets or buy them at the show!
Thank you to our generous donors!
@money.witch
@xara_thustra
@motherbarsf
@witchcraft_apothecary
@mr.s.leather
@mosswood_meltdown_i_love_you
@alisamanthaxoxo
@zero.tattoos.xo
@acemorganfitness
@meehaunio_art_studio
craigcalderwood
thequeergym
@odcsf
@foreigncinemasf
@g_o_o_d_h_o_t
@figandclover @lcor @nail.worthy
@milk.sf
@glama_rama_salon
@ratskinrecords
@dellagracevolcano
@the_tender_gardener
@forthem
@bothandapparel
@leatharcore
Summer’s around the corner! ☀️🏖️ so we’ve got more FREE HAIRCUT dates for you ✂️ come trim that mane 🦁 for the 🥵HEAT
Tues 6/20 Lola
Thurs, 6/22 H
Mon, 7/17 Lola
Thurs, 7/20 H
Mon, 8/21 Lola
Thurs, 8/24 H
Always 1:30pm-4:30pm💕✨
Remember you do not need to be a Lyon-Martin client to walk in for a free haircut! <3<3
Now accepting raffle prize donations for Lyon-Martin’s 6/23 Trans March benefit! If you are interested in donating art, non-perishable goods, or gift cards for goods and services, please email arice@lyon-martin.org to arrange for drop off or pick up of the donated item—all items must be received by 6/20!
❤️#communitycare #transmarch #lightasylum #savelyonmartin #sfpride
🚨 MERCH ALERT 🚨 DOIN IT FOR LYON-MARTIN T-SHIRT PRESALE IS UP!
@light_asylum
@pridemonthbarbie
@faited.fdotf
@pseuda.name
@yama.uba.music
Get it online or get it in person at our Trans March afterparty!
🔗savelyonmartin.com/shop
Design modeled after the cover art for the book “Doing it for Daddy” by Pat Califia
🚨LIGHT ASYLUM BENEFIT SHOW FOR LYON-MARTIN🚨
Friday 6/23, 8pm-1am post-Trans March
SOMArts 934 Brannan St
LIGHT ASYLUM
PSEUDA
PRIDE MONTH BARBIE
YAMA UBA
After hours DJ set ft FAITED
Tickets while they last on eventbrite: bit.ly/lightasylum 🔗bio
Masks required, low scent, wheelchair accessible, limited seating
THANK YOU @jeffcheung1 for donating this beautiful mural for the Lyon-Martin waiting room!
Jeff has been absolutely critical in helping us fundraise to continue our trans health programming, thank you Jeff for all you do for our communities!
Want to contribute to Lyon-Martin’s legacy of providing safe and accessible gender affirming care in the Bay Area and beyond? link in bio!
For TDOV this year, we are just grateful to be alive. There are few trans people who are feeling joy this year as our bodies have become a public battleground for the right’s fundamentalist agenda. Though we have always been in their crosshairs, this level of public hate feels unprecedented. Our organizing and gathering spaces are being taken away, our life saving medicine banned, our lives are on the line. Purely existing is an act of resistance—we know because of how damn hard it is to exist right now, we feel it in our bones, in our weary hearts. Our ears burn and our eyes dart on high alert while we navigate this hateful world and continue to hope to find others like us, to build family, support each other in growth, and secure the material resources we need to persist.
We are seeing unprecedented demand for our gender affirming services, particularly our mental health services as trans people and their families relocate to safer parts of the country—we need your support to meet this demand.
As one of the only 100% trans led clinics in the world we’re feeling the pressure and we need the support to keep doing what we do for all who need it. 80% of our staff is Trans, 75% are BIPOC, the majority of our clinicians are Trans themselves. Lyon-Martin truly embodies by us, for us care. And, we’re tired. Can we get a trans day of rest? Despite increased funding opportunities for this work, it continues to feel like we are forced to fight for breadcrumbs and pitted against our collaborators friends and partner organizations to secure funding. This work is not meant to thrive within capitalism, especially when acting from a place of honoring values. Donations go a long way and can support our staff in feeling more spaciousness, resourcefulness, and capacity to take on the challenge of expansion.
Please consider donating to Lyon-Martin today to keep by us, for us gender affirming care safe and accessible to our clients new and old.
Thank you for trusting us, for being in community with us, and for standing alongside us in this pivotal moment in our history.
Link in bio.
¡En celebración de la Semana de la Concienciación Transgénero, ayer, Lyon-Martin lanzó el primer programa de Ingreso Garantizado para la Gente Trans (GIFT) en colaboración con el Distrito Transgénero, la Oficina de Iniciativas Trans, la Oficina de Vivienda y Desarrollo Comunitario del Alcalde de San Francisco y el Tesorero de San Francisco!
El objetivo de GIFT es combatir la pobreza en las comunidades trans de San Francisco proporcionando $1200 al mes sin restricciones a 55 personas por 18 meses durante este programa piloto. Todos los servicios envolventes de atención medica de Lyon-Martin estarán disponibles para las personas inscritas en el programa si los fueran a necesitar.
Los criterios de elegibilidad incluyen ser trans, no binario, genero no conforme o intersexual (TGI), ser mayor de 18 años, ser residente de la ciudad y condado de San Francisco, y no tener ingresos o tener bajos ingresos.
¡Las aplicaciones están actualmente abiertas y se cerraran el 12/15/22 para comenzar 1/2023!
Las prioridades de equidad incluyen a las personas TGI que también son mujeres trans negras, personas de color, hispanohablantes monolingües indocumentades, personas sin hogar, personas con discapacidades o con enfermedades crónicas, trabajadores/as sexuales trabajando en persona actualmente, personas anteriormente encarceladas, personas ancianas y personas jóvenes.
¡Aplique a hora!
En línea: giftincome.org
Por correo electrónico: gift@lyon-martin.org
Por teléfono: (415) 213-1717
En persona: 1535 Mission St, San Francisco
¿Quiere contribuir a este innovador programa y ayudar a asegurar su éxito? ¡Done a Lyon-Martin! Enlace en bio
In celebration of Trans Awareness Week, yesterday, Lyon-Martin launched the first Guaranteed Income Program for Transgender People (GIFT) in collaboration with the Transgender District, the Office of Trans Initiatives, the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and the San Francisco Treasurer! 💰🏳️⚧️
The aim of GIFT is to combat poverty in SF’s Trans communities by providing $1,200 per month of unrestricted income to 55 people for this 18 month pilot. All of Lyon-Martin’s wrap around healthcare services are available to enrollees should they need it.
Eligibility criteria includes being Trans, Non-Binary, Gender Non-Conforming or Intersex (TGI), being at least 18 years of age, residing in the City or County of San Francisco, and making no or very low income.
Applications are currently open and will close at on 12/15/22 for a 1/2023 start!
Equity priorities include TGI people who are also Black Trans Women, People of Color, Undocumented Monolingual Spanish-speakers, experiencing homelessness, disabled or living with chronic illness, current in person sex workers, formerly incarcerated, elders and youth.
Apply Now!
Online: giftincome.org
By Email: GIFT@lyon-martin.org
By Phone: (415) 213-1717
In Person: 1735 Mission St SF, CA
Want to contribute to this groundbreaking program and help ensure its success? Donate to Lyon-Martin! Link in bio🔗
traducción al español en la siguiente publicación
Friday 8/26 11am-3pm 💉TENDERLOIN MPV VACCINE POP UP @pianofightsf 144 Taylor St SF
Collab between Lyon-Martin, @transgenderdistrict & @sfaidsfound prioritizing Trans, Non-Binary, Gender Non-Conforming & Intersex People
Must meet SFDPH eligibility criteria (link in bio) and must belong to one or more of the following priority populations:
Trans, Non-Binary, Gender Non-Conforming, and/or Intersex
BIPOC
Sex Workers
Undocumented
Living with HIV or another chronic illness
Unhoused or marginally housed
Formerly incarcerated
No appointment needed! FREE!