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SAN FRANCISCO GAY PRIDE 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. (KRON) On Wednesday, San Francisco Pride’s Board Directors voted to ban the city’s uniformed police officers from participating in the 2021 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.
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SAN FRANCISCO GAY PRIDE 2021 PATCH
The San Francisco Giants wore a Pride-style patch of their team logo, adorned in the colors of the Progress Pride flag. Throughout the years, contingents in the parade took a stance for freedom of speech, fighting for equal rights and more funding for AIDS research. Updated 1530 GMT (2330 HKT) June 7, 2021. The June 26 event is reportedly one of the largest LGBT community gatherings in the United States, welcoming nearly 1 million attendees in a typical year. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty Images) In 1978, the original pride flag was created by artist, activist and drag. San Francisco Pride is a nonprofit organization that organizes the annual San Francisco pride celebration and parade at the end of June, which LGBT activists recognize as pride month. This ABC7 special report, shown in its entirety, gives a glimpse into what gay life was like in San Francisco in 1976. Play JRobin Young Jeannette Muhammad A person waving the rainbow flag.
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It was a time before the rainbow flag, before the White Night riots and before HIV and AIDS devastated a community.