As the city and the LGBTQ community commemorate four decades since the first reported cases of what became known as HIV/AIDS, Maitri Compassionate Care in San Francisco's Duboce Triangle neighborhood is set to become the home of a new mural bringing into focus the meaning of that anniversary.
The mural, titled "Never Alone," will be painted by Serge Gay Jr., who told the Bay Area Reporter he wanted to tell a story through the art, which will be on the side of the building at 401 Duboce Avenue that houses the hospice that opened in 1986.
While Maitri still cares for people living with AIDS, it also serves those who are homeless with short-term stabilization services, as the B.A.R.