HIV Advocacy Network

Jose is a passionate person who enjoys being around the community and understanding their needs. He has been working in the field for almost 5 years and finished his first term as the outreach co-chair with HAN this year. He is very passionate and loves every minute of being involved with the different events and community settings that give him perspective, fulfillment and understanding of what our community needs. He is honored to be part of the fight - every person deserves to be heard and he wants to encourage and uplift people to speak their heart.

Yves Chu (he/they), is an active community member of SF; small biz owner; realtor; pansexual, polyamorous, trans masculine, HIV+, sober, neurodivergent and multiply disabled individual. He is honored to serve HAN in any capacity to achieve Getting to Zero, particularly for historically under-looked communities growing statistically in seroconversion.

Xander Briere, who uses the pronouns They/He/Fae, is a dedicated advocate for Queer harm reduction and Sex Worker rights. Alongside their activism, Xander is also a talented Drag Performer. In 2024, Xander was honored as the Grand Marshal
for SF Pride, recognizing their significant contributions to the LGBTQ+ community and was a 2024 Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program graduate with the Transgender District. Currently, Xander holds the role of Program Specialist 2 at the San Francisco Community Health Center, where they continue to make a positive impact. In addition to their advocacy work, Xander is also the founder of Co. of Dionysus LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to promoting healthcare as a social justice movement.

Akash is a legal and policy expert, filmmaker, and storyteller. They care deeply about making a tangible impact on peoples’ lives and advocating for a society where we care for one another. They’re not always sure how to do that and so it means a lot to them to be able to learn with other folks who share that core value.

Paul A. Aguilar is a fourth generation native San Franciscan. Growing up in the Haight Ashbury he witnessed many of the social justice movements of the late 60's and early 70s. He remembers attending his first Pride March at the age of 13 in 1976 and remembers how exciting it was to have the first openly gay candidate, Harvey Milk, running for public office. It was two years later on the night of the assassination of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Milk when, as Paul recounts, "that the activist within me was unleashed. It was then that I finally understood what my father meant when he would tell me: ‘if you see an injustice happening and you do nothing to stop it, then you're just as guilty as the person perpetrating said injustice.’ And that's how I've tried to live my life since then."

Eva is currently a Field Organizer at San Francisco Rising where she empowers everyday people to have meaningful conversations with voters about the issues and values that shape our communities, using elections to turbocharge year-round campaigns for racial and economic justice. She loves exploring the intersections of queerness and sexuality in the ways we order our relationships, and stays grounded through hot yoga, traveling the country, and hanging out with cats.

T.J. is an advocate for HIV/AIDS, LGBTQIA2+, cancer, the formerly incarcerated, homelessness, and other vital social justice issues. He has served as a program manager for the Shanti Project, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Stop AIDS Project, and the SF HIV CARE Council, as well as an housing/education specialist at PRC. Additionally, he’s held council and board positions on local, state, and national levels, including the SF Ryan White CARE Council, the SF HIV Community Planning Council, Positive Pedalers, and the CA LGBT Health Equity Team for the American Cancer Society. He also loves to cycle and will be doing the 2025 AIDS LifeCycle.

William is happy to join HAN’s Leadership Team as a current participant with SFAF Black Health’s programs: Brothers Who Read and Phoenix Rising. He is a retired high school teacher of English and a current tutor at a senior center lab.