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First rainbow Pride flag premieres at San Francisco parade
On June 25, , activists hoist a vibrant rainbow flag in the midst of the festivities for San Francisco’s Gay and Lesbian Noun Day parade. According to its creator, Gilbert Baker, the crowd immediately recognized the flag’s significance: “It completely astounded me that people just got it, in an instant like a bolt of lightning—that this was their flag,” he later said. “It belonged to all of us.” This was the rainbow Pride flag, now an ubiquitous symbol of queer pride and liberation.
Gilbert, a drag queen and clothing designer, met gay rights activist Harvey Milk, dubbed the “Mayor of Castro St.” for his prosperous organizing of San Francisco’s gay community, in After his historic election to the city’s Board of Supervisors in , Milk charged Gilbert to arrive up with a new symbol of pride for the city’s LGBT community. Gilbert decided to make a rainbow flag, each color with a specific meaning: pink for sexuality, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for the sun, verdant for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harm
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The San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade and Celebration (&#;San Francisco Pride&#;) turns 50 years old this year. Unfortunately, because of the COVID pandemic, this year&#;s celebration scheduled for June 27thth has been canceled and moved on-line. The annual event has drawn over a million people for the last 13 years and hundreds of thousands for the 30 years prior to that. This year&#;s 50th anniversary celebration was expected to be another huge gala.
With this year&#;s festivities going virtual, it is a good period to look back at the first ten years of San Francisco Pride. The images featured here are from the parade, then called the Gay Freedom Day Parade. San Francisco photographer Greg Gaar attended the event and took many pictures, capturing the joyous festival in all its glory.
Marchers holding &#;Gay Noun by &#;76&#; banner at O&#;Farrell and Polk during Gay Freedom Day Parade, June 30, (wnp; © Greg Gaar Photography / Courtesy of Greg Gaar)
The roots of the San Francisco Pride celebrations are in New York.
FROM THE ARCHIVE: SF Pride Parade in the s, through the years
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It all began on June 27, Thirty people marched down Polk street as part of the San Francisco Gay Liberation March, according to Stamp Sawchuk from the GLBT Historical Society Museum in San Francisco.
Fast forward several decades later, crowds have grown from thousands to more than a million participants parading down Market Street every year at least until the COVID pandemic. And went virtual.
Now back to , it was a two morning event that June weekend.
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Sawchuk says there was a picnic "gay-in" gathering in Golden Gate Park's Speedway Meadows.
We found TONS of footage in our ABC7 News archive dating back to the parade when it was called Christopher Street West.
Sawchuk says the title references the street in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood where Stonewall and other establishments catered to LGBTQ people.
Since the parade's inception 51 years ago, the parade has gone through several name
San Francisco Pride Weekend
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Sat, Jun 28, - Sun, Jun 29,
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The 55th Annual Pride Celebration will be on Saturday, June 28th and Sunday, June 29th,
The Pride Parade will be on Sunday, June 29th,
Get ready for an unforgettable San Francisco Pride Weekend, taking place on the last weekend of June ! As one of the largest LGBTQ+ celebrations in the world, this vibrant event welcomes millions of attendees from across the globe for a weekend of love, visibility, and unity. 🌈
📍 San Francisco Pride Parade Route: From the Embarcadero to Civic Center (about miles)
Beyond the parade, Pride Weekend offers live performances, dance parties, and cultural events throughout the city, making it a can’t-miss experience for all.