Ron Alexander, 76, is a member of the Lavender Elders group, created for LGBTQ seniors and organized through the Pacific Pride Foundation (@pacificpridefdn), who meet every other Thursday for lunch and community.⁠ ⁠ “I’m trying to think of when I first tested positive for HIV,” said Alexander during the group’s August lunch.⁠ ⁠ He described meeting Michael Gonzales — who started Santa Barbara’s famous Summer Solstice Parade — at The Pub, one of Santa Barbara’s bygone gay bars. They dated for six