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.
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.
Congressmember Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) returned to the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park June 17 to help pull weeds during a monthly work day at the site.
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.
I've been a San Francisco resident for all of my adult queer life. Thirty of those I've spent inside my current tiny Tenderloin apartment — when I swing open the door, I pass by 20 feet of salon-style, self-commissioned artwork.
Yes, Jon Lovett has seen the media headlines about San Francisco's descent into an ever-worsening "doom loop." No, it doesn't make him afraid to visit the City-by-the-Bay.
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.
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.
