It's that time again. Pride Month will soon be over and organizers of the pink triangle installation atop Twin Peaks need volunteers to help dismantle the canvas and sailcloth borders.
Activists from El/La Para TransLatinas staged a die in along Dolores Street while on the Trans March June 23 to protest the many anti-transgender bills that have recently been introduced and/or passed in various state legislatures.
Thousands of people marched in 200 contingents up Market Street Sunday for the San Francisco LGBTQ Pride parade — a defiant answer from the City-by-the-Bay to a resurgence in homophobic and transphobic attitudes elsewhere.
With the city welcoming one of America's largest LGBTQ Pride celebrations this weekend, the San Francisco Police Department is assuring it will keep residents and the half a million expected visitors safe.
A new era is being ushered in at the Bill Wilson Center , a youth and family housing, education, counseling, and advocacy organization in Santa Clara County that also works with LGBTQ people.
San Francisco Pride community grand marshal Honey Mahogany, center, pops the champagne atop Twin Peaks Saturday, June 17, as the installation of the pink triangle was celebrated at a ceremony.
When Richmond Rainbow Pride held its ninth annual event June 4, the message from many attendees was that more work needs to be done regarding equality and the LGBTQ community.
For years now practically every city in the Bay Area has issued a proclamation to declare June as Pride Month. And many cities and towns in the nine-county region fly some version of the Pride flag during June.
Pride Month doesn't end with the last Sunday of June this year — across the bay from San Francisco's parade and celebration, Oakland Black Pride will be just about to get underway.
There isn't an official dance party planned for the Castro LGBTQ neighborhood on Pink Saturday, but families looking for Pride options are in luck with the Family Pride Block Party being hosted by the Castro Merchants Association.
As people gather this weekend for San Francisco Pride, many can't help but remember past friends, loved ones, and community leaders who have helped to make the LGBTQ community the vibrant one that is being celebrated.
