Jun 272011
Gay Pride Parade – San Francisco – 2011. It was a beautiful day on Sunday for a parade, and the town was out in full force.
The first event resembling the modern San Francisco Pride celebration was held in 1970–a small “gay-in” in Golden Gate Park. Since 1972, the event has been held each year. The name of the festival has changed over the years. The Rainbow Flag identified with the Gay community was originally created by Gilbert Baker for the 1978 San Francisco Pride Parade. It originally had eight stripes, but was later simplified to the current six stripes. The parade is several hours long, and filled with everyone you can imagine from all communities around the bay area. Here are just a rambling sample of some of the parade participants.
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
BART meet Carmen Miranda
(Bay Area Rapid Transit)
The Local SPCA – telling you rescuing pets is “Out of this World”
The San Francisco Opera
Great Bands
Fire Departments from all over the Bay Area
Lots and lots of dogs
Google had a huge contingency marching
The American Legion
Kaiser – Permanente’s float won first prize
Policemen and women
American Indians, and Pacific Islanders
That first sign had me laughing in my coffee:)
oh, this looks so much bigger than in Helsinki! and this is more carnival than here…
Great shots!