#When is gay pride in san francisco 2021 archive#
You can watch more stories from KGO-TV's archive on the "ABC7 Bay Area" app on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire and Android TV in the "From The Archive" section. In honor of pride weekend, this edition of "From The Archive" explores the evolution of the San Francisco Pride Parade. Grand Marshals have included Iraq war veteran Eric Alva, pop-singing legend Cyndi Lauper and LGBTQ rights activist Candace Gingrich. RELATED: Bay Area LGBTQ+ community talks importance of gender identity terminologyįuture California Governor Gavin Newsom, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former San Francisco mayors Willie Brown and Art Agnos, Warriors President Rick Welts, and the late Harvey Milk, Mayor Ed Lee and rainbow creator Gilbert Baker -each took the time to greet our ABC7 News photographer on the parade route. Politicians and LGBTQ+ icons have made an appearance. Throughout the years, contingents in the parade took a stance for freedom of speech, fighting for equal rights and more funding for AIDS research. In June 1979, Gilbert had planned to retrieve the original flags from storage at the San Francisco Gay Community Center. LeatherWalk is the official kick-off for San Franciscos Leather Week, which culminates one. San Francisco is a pioneering city in the areas of gender right, marriage equality, and the freedom to let rainbow flag fly.
This ABC7 special report, shown in its entirety, gives a glimpse into what gay life was like in San Francisco in 1976. LeatherWalk 2021 will take place on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2021. It was a time before the rainbow flag, before the White Night riots and before HIV and AIDS devastated a community.