Bay Area Reporter :: Pride News

SF Pride members elect new board members, select 2023 theme

September 14, 2022

San Francisco Pride members have chosen an apt theme for the 2023 celebration following the challenges of the past three years in putting on the West Coast's largest LGBTQ event during the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic.

2 Pride events planned for Oakland in a week

by Eric Burkett
Aug 31, 2022

With two Pride events taking place in Oakland in September, it may be worth asking whether one can have too much of a good thing.

Silicon Valley Pride is ready to roll

by Eric Burkett
Aug 22, 2022

After pulling together the only large scale Pride celebration in the COVID-flattened Bay Area in 2021, Silicon Valley Pride is back this month with its weeklong observation that culminates with Pride weekend August 27-28.

Community groups locked out of SF Pride beverage sales

by Eric Burkett
Jul 6, 2022

A decision by San Francisco Pride to have a third party operate the organization's alcohol and beer booths during last month's Pride festival has had a serious impact on the budgets of several LGBTQ community and sports organizations.

Abortion ruling protested at SF Pride parade

by Ricardo De Melo Matos
Jun 29, 2022

Attendees and contingents at the June 26 San Francisco Pride parade had the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision reversing the right to an abortion on their minds as the in-person festivities returned for the first time since 2019.

Pride flag burned at Pacifica school being investigated as a hate crime

by Eric Burkett
Jun 28, 2022

The burning of an LGBTQ Pride flag at an elementary school in Pacifica earlier this month is bringing community members together Tuesday — June 28 — for a unity event.

Fights, reported chemical spray mar SF Pride festival

by Eric Burkett
Jun 27, 2022

As the first in-person Pride parade and festival since 2019 was winding down June 26, the celebration was cut short after someone sprayed what may have been Mace into a crowd outside the main stage at Civic Center.

SFPD plans heavy deployment during Pride weekend

by Eric Burkett
Jun 24, 2022

With the first in-person Pride celebration since 2019 finally here, San Francisco Police Department officials are calling on the public to keep their eyes open for any suspicious behavior as they enjoy the festivities.

2 parades to greet SF pridegoers

by Eric Burkett
Jun 22, 2022

It's been three years since San Francisco last celebrated Pride with its usual extravagance — COVID, like any unwanted guest, saw to that.

Virtual tour provides look at SF lesbian historic site

by Matthew S. Bajko
Jun 22, 2022

As viewers use their mouse to scroll around a computer-generated reimagining of the living room of the home owned by the late lesbian pioneers Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, an audio clip plays of the couple recalling their lesbian organization.