Magnet - 2004
About This Item
Magnet, a health center that opened in 2003 and located at 4122 18th Street; It replaced the Castro Village Pharmacy. It is the latest example of a growing movement in the gay community to focus on a wide array of health issues, not just HIV/AIDS. Issues include addiction, depression, heart conditions, prostate cancer and other common ailments. The aim is to reduce risky behaviors in gay, bisexual, and transgender men.
- Created by
- Kirkeberg, Max
- Date
- 3/25/2004
- Slide ID
- Castro-18th-4100-07
- Type
- Slide
- Format
- TIFF
- Source
- Emeritus Professor Max Kirkeberg, Department of Geography, San Fransisco State University
- San Francisco State University
- Locale
- San Francisco, California
- Rights
- Public
- Views
- 2520
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