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Happy Birthday, Dennis Peron
Last week Peron’s friends and loved ones – many of whom joined him in the Proposition 215 campaign – celebrated his 71st birthday.
Dennis Peron says he came to San Francisco to find love and change the world. A longtime cannabis activist, Peron started the San Francisco Buyer’s Club in 1991, one year after his lover Johnathan West passed away from the disease, and went on to become a leader in the ballot initiative that legalized cannabis for medical use in California in 1996, Proposition 215.
Peron’s party took place at his sprawling San Francisco home known as the Castro Castle. Complete with a miniature Golden Gate bridge and large black light activated outdoor paintings, Peron greeted an array of guests throughout the affair, accepting gifts and sharing stories of his lifetime of activism.