Additional SF Pride events will take place throughout the month of June and the remainder of 2022. The legendary Parade will take place Sunday, June 26 beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 26 at Civic Center Plaza and the surrounding neighborhood.
With the theme of “Love Will Keep Us Together,” this year’s festivities will include a two-day Celebration and Rally scheduled from noon to 6 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 4, 2022) – 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 and Parade (Pride 52) taking place on Saturday and Sunday, June 25-26, 2022. The parade is scheduled for June 26.San Francisco Pride Announces Return to in-person Celebration for the 52nd Annual San Francisco Lgbt Pride Parade and Celebration JUNE 25-26, 2022
“We just did not want full uniforms, out of harm reduction to marginalized members of our community.”įox News has reached out to the event organizers. “We didn’t ask anyone to hide, or not to denote who they were,” Ford said.
In a statement to the news outlet, Suzanne Ford, interim executive director of San Francisco Pride, said law enforcement officers can wear t-shirts with their department’s logo but not professional uniforms. San Francisco’s fire department will also sit out the parade in solidarity with the police. Parade organizers implemented the uniform ban in 2020 following a confrontation at the 2019 event when protesters blocked the parade while decrying the police and corporate sponsorship. The city’s fire department also said Monday it stands in solidarity with the police and will not march as well. But they have told us, peace officers, that if we wear our uniforms, we may not attend,” the group said in a statement. This committee would not order the drag community to wear flannel.
“Let us be clear: this committee would not order the leather community to wear polyester at the parade. AP San Francisco Mayor London Breed has decided not to march in her city’s Gay Pride Parade due to a ban on police officers attending in uniform. Multiple police groups are also refusing to participate. The group said it felt like officers were being forced to go back into the closet by not being allowed to proudly wear their uniforms.
The San Francisco Police Officers’ Pride Alliance also said its members would not participate in the parade, one of the city’s marquee events. “Let’s be very clear about who we are talking about: brave women and men who not only have the courage to put on their uniforms and go out and risk their lives every day to serve our city, but who also have the courage to do so as openly out women and men in uniform,” she added. However, if the Pride Board does not reverse its decision, I will join our city public safety departments that are not participating in the Pride Parade,” Breed said in a statement to Fox San Francisco. It’s one of my favorite events of the year. “I love the Pride Parade, and what it means for our LGBTQ community and for our city. San Francisco Mayor London Breed and local law enforcement groups have opted not to march in the upcoming Pride Parade over a ban that prohibits law enforcement officers to wear their uniforms. Trump and Pence hold dueling rallies for Perdue and Kemp RNC intervenes to block McCormick absentee ballot move BLM gave $200,000 to Chicago group whose leader calls cops 'pigs'