in Civic Center
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
Noon to 6:00pm – Civic Center [MAP]
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Noon to 7:00pm – Civic Center [MAP]
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2009 Event Theme Announcement NEW!
Past San Francisco Pride Themes
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About the SF LGBT Pride Celebration
Event Map 2008
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| Photo Credit: Jon Rivera |
The event theme for the 39th Annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration & Parade was selected by the General Membership. Drawing from the Preamble to the Constitution, the membership selected "In Order to Form a More Perfect Union…" from a slate of 30 potential themes, each submitted by community members and members of Pride.
Member Jokie Wilson, who submitted the winning theme, explained after the meeting why he submitted the Preamble:
“We LGBTQQIs are no longer an outsider people asking for tolerance. We are Americans. And we are not merely denizens of this earth, but citizens of the universe in a perpetual effort to form a more perfect union with all of its members. The theme was originally inspired by my reading of the 2008 California Supreme Court decision on marriage and the preamble to the US Constitution."
Past San Francisco Pride Themes
| 1970 | No theme selected |
| 1971 | No event held |
| 1972 | No theme selected |
| 1973 | A Celebration of the Gay Experience |
| 1974 | Gay Freedom by '76 |
| 1975 | Join Us, The More Visible We Are, The Stronger We Become |
| 1976 | United for Freedom, Diversity is our Strength |
| 1977 | Gay Frontiers: Past, Present, Future |
| 1978 | Come Out with Joy, Speak out for Justice |
| 1979 |
Our Time has Come |
| 1980 | Liberty and Justice for All |
| 1981 | Front Line of Freedom |
| 1982 | Out of Many...One |
| 1983 | Strengthen the Ties, Break the Chains |
| 1984 | Unity & More in '84 |
| 1985 | Honor our Past, Secure our Future |
| 1986 | Forward Together, No Turning Back |
| 1987 | Proud, Strong, United |
| 1988 | Rightfully Proud |
| 1989 | Stonewall 20: A Generation of Pride |
| 1990 | The Future Is Ours |
| 1991 | Hand in Hand Together |
| 1992 | A Simple Matter of Justice |
| 1993 | Year of The Queer |
| 1994 | San Francisco to Stonewall: Pride & Protest |
| 1995 | A World Without Borders |
| 1996 | Equality & Justice For All |
| 1997 | One Community Many Faces |
| 1998 | Shakin' It Up |
| 1999 | Proud Heritage, Powerful Future |
| 2000 | It's About Freedom |
| 2001 | Queerific |
| 2002 | Be Yourself, Change the World |
| 2003 | You've Gotta Give Them Hope |
| 2004 | Out 4 Justice |
| 2005 | Stand Up, Stand Out, Stand Proud |
| 2006 | Commemorate, Educate, Liberate — Celebrate! |
| 2007 | Pride, Not Prejudice |
| 2008 | United by Pride, Bound for Equality |
| 2009 | "In Order to Form a More Perfect Union..." |
The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee takes very seriously its commitment to maintaining an event that is open to people of all economic backgrounds.
Your generosity at the entrances to the Celebration in the form of donations helps keep San Francisco Pride free to all members of the community and provides crucial support to this important community event.
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| Photo Credit: Marriage Equality USA |
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With your help, we can do even better this year and invest in our community's future!
Join us for two days of music, food and fun... all for FREE! No tickets are needed and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds.
About the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Celebration
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Lady Gaga on the 2008 Main Stage Photo Credit: Jane Cleland |
The event will be held over the weekend of June 27 and 28, 2009 in the Civic Center of downtown San Francisco.
With over 200 parade contingents, 300 exhibitors, and 19 stages and venues, the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration and Parade is the largest LGBT gathering in the nation.
The San Francisco Pride Celebration is packed with a wide variety of vendors, artists, music in a variety of genres, performers, dance stages and venues, and fun. There really is something here for everyone.
The Celebration at Civic Center is host to our Main Stage where in 2008, attendees saw Cyndi Lauper, Margaret Cho, Kat DeLuna, Inaya Day, Crystal Waters, speakers from the marriage equality movement, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, and others.With over 20 stages and venues at San Francisco Pride, there's a lot to explore.
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