The Bear Week in Puerto Vallarta will bring in 12 million dollars in economic revenue
More than 5 thousand tourists will attend, mainly from the United States and Canada. Economic revenue of 11 to 12 million dollars. Collection event for the benefit of SETAC and Banco de Alimentos. In a press conference, producer Steve Buczek and Solidaridad Ed Thomas, a civil association, announced the details of “BeefDip Bear Week”, one […]
Recognition to the City of Puerto Vallarta for the declaration of 2023 as the year of sexual education for boys, girls and adolescents
City of Puerto Vallarta Permanent Government Commission on Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Solidaridad Ed Thomas A.C. (SETAC) To those present, Mexican Federation of Sex and Science Education gives our biggest recognition to the City of Puerto Vallarta and its Permanent Government Commission and the nonprofit association Solidaridad Ed Thomas (SETAC), and the people of […]
Celebrating gender diversity with a beauty pageant in Puerto Vallarta’s prison
Puerto Vallarta’s prison celebrated its 16th beauty pageant where 10 imprisoned women with female gender presentation and five with male presentation participated, at an event promoting and featuring gender diversity. Gustavo Solano Lopez, General Inspector of Puerto Vallarta’s prison, explained that it was the participants who decided the theme as a way to celebrate equality […]
SETAC completes 13 years responding to HIV and fighting against discrimination
Begins remodel of “Safe Space,” a place for social entrepreneurship and fellowship with more than 350 square meters of space. Conducts 1,500 HIV tests and distributes 120,000 condoms per year Has two offices, in Zona Romantica and Versalles, plus a permanent information booth in Lazaro Cardenas Park, a laboratory, and 250 patient visits each month. […]
SETAC inaugurates clinical analysis lab for sexual health in Puerto Vallarta
SETAC (Solidaridad Ed Thomas, AC), the local nonprofit with more than 12 years of community work, has created a clinical analysis lab in Puerto Vallarta specializing in low-cost sexual health to benefit the LGBTQ+ Community and the general population. Dr. Miguel Buenrostro Guevara, SETAC’s medical director, said that the main service the lab will offer […]
Mayor authorizes work plan to open sexual diversity office in Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta’s municipal president, Luis Alberto Michel Rodríguez, held a public meeting with SETAC (Solidaridad Ed Thomas A.C.) staff, with whom he initiated a work plan to open a Sexual Diversity Office in the city. “This Sexual Diversity Office is a public policy that doesn’t require additional financial resources because its aim is to link […]
SETAC Activates Monkeypox Protocol for Puerto Vallarta
Responding to the health emergency declared by the World Health Organization, local health association SETAC has put in place a community protocol for monkeypox in the city of Puerto Vallarta that includes health promotion and prevention, primary care for affected patients, and confirmation of possible cases. “Our protocol has three pillars: first, public diffusion of […]
Real-World and Behind-the-Scenes Stories about SETAC’s Impact
SETAC’s impact in the local Vallarta community goes well beyond simply distributing condoms or conducting HIV tests. Sometimes the results of those tests can put people in serious and immediate crisis, and intervention is required. Even before clients can be directed or escorted to the services appropriate to their diagnosis, sometimes it’s necessary to speak […]
15th Annual International Festival of Altruism
En mayo, SETAC participó en el 15º Festival Internacional de Altruismo, celebrado en el Marriott CasaMagna Resort. SETAC fue una de las 20 organizaciones sin fines de lucro que participan en el área, y todas las ganancias del evento se dividieron entre estas organizaciones. El evento contó con cabinas que representan muchos restaurantes locales, donde […]
SETAC had an even bigger presence in this year’s Vallarta Pride week of festivities than normal!
SETAC had an even bigger presence in this year’s Vallarta Pride week of festivities than normal! For the first time, we sponsored and organized the Púlpito Drag Derby, which drew more than 750 participants to the Zona Romántica to watch eight local contestants race to see who would be crowned this year’s queen! All hail […]
