In response, many are moving to online celebrations instead. The Board of Directors of San Francisco Pride are pleased to announce the return to an in-person celebration for the 52nd annual San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration. Unfortunately, most of the celebrations scheduled to celebrate the 50th anniversary have had to be scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following year, the event was renamed Gay Freedom Day. The following official celebration in 1972 was called Christopher Street West and drew an estimated 2,000 marchers and a crowd of 15,000 spectators. This is the start of the Gay Freedom Day Parade, also known as Pride. Towards the end of June every year, San Francisco comes alive with vibrant colors for the world renowned San Francisco Pride Celebration. A 'gay-in the next day in Golden Gate Park draws many more people.
The Stonewall Inn is located on Christopher Street in New York’s West Village. 1970: First Gay Pride Parade On June 27, 20 to 30 people march down Polk Street from Aquatic Park to City Hall in San Franciscos first gay rights march. It was given multiple names: San Francisco Gay Liberation March, and the Christopher Street Riots and Free the Park Gay Liberation Front Gay-In.
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June 11-12 SF Pride Movie Night at Oracle Park Doors open at 6:30 p.m. June 10-27 Framelline 45 Festival In person June 10-27, streaming nationally June 17-27. Organizers chose the last Sunday in June to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that many consider to be a pivotal moment in the modern. June 7 LGBTQ Pride Month Kickoff and Flag Raising June 7, 11 a.m. An estimated 30 people participated in that first march. In June of 1970, fifty years ago, San Francisco celebrated its first Pride celebration with a march down Polk Street followed by a “gay-in” in Golden Gate Park. Right, bottom: Empress Jose Sarria, the Widow Norton, 1989. Left: Empress Doris X of the Imperial Court, 1975.