06/23/2026
The intersection of food equity and LGBTQ+ history is rooted in a simple act of community care by a hospice volunteer named Ganga Stone.
During the height of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, the stigma surrounding the LGBTQ+ community, gay men had devastating effects. Folks were routinely cut off by families or denied entry to grocery stores. Cut off by society, the community became self-reliant.
In 1985, Ganga was asked to deliver a meal to a man dying of AIDS. Upon seeing his weakened condition, she recognized the need for nutrition alongside medical treatment for the patient to survive and founded God's Love We Deliver, a foundation of food equity.
It’s the understanding that nutritious food is a baseline human right, and that community care is a necessity when systems fail.
At Crossroads, we carry on this mission to ensure everybody eats!