Those stories start in 1970, with just 30 “hair fairies” marching down Polk Street, San Francisco’s O.G. “I’m lucky to be among those who are still here to tell stories from 50 years ago when the gay liberation movement started for us in San Francisco.”
“San Francisco has changed over the last few years in that it feels new,” San Francisco Pride Board President Michelle Meow said. It’s more of a decades-old tradition that’s been happening since before Harvey Milk was an LGBT icon, since even before the Castro was the world’s greatest gay mecca. The City by the Bay will host its 49th Pride celebration on Sat., June 29 and Sun., June 30.īut SF Pride is by no means a modern celebration. San Francisco has changed radically since 1970, going from sleepy, artistic backwater to international powerhouse, but one thing remains the same: each June, we celebrate loud and proud.
