Held every year, the San Francisco Pride Parade will be taking place again this year on June 27 (10 AM to 2 PM) and June 28 (9 AM to 3 PM) taking place at UN Plaza/Civic Center in San Francisco. Celebrating this year’s theme, “In Order to Form a More Perfect Union…”, join many elected officials such as District Attorney Kamala Harris, Public Defender Jeff Adachi, Mayor Gavin Newsom, and many others. This year’s Celebrity Grand Marshals are: Cloris Leachman, Lieutenant Dan Choi, Bruce Cohen, Dan Nicoletta, and Howard Rosenman. The Lifetime Achievement Grand Marshall for 2009 is William Beasley. The Individual Community Grand Marshals are Joe Hawkins, Molly McKay & Davina Kotluski, Shannon Minter, Andrea Shorter, and Helen Zia. The Organizational Community Grand Marshal is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). You can find more information on SF Pride’s website at http://sfpride.org.
You can view the event map (PDF) by clicking on the image:
Bui Photography was at last year’s SF Pride parade and will be there again this year to cover the events. If you are looking for something exciting to watch, come on out! Below are some select images from last year’s SF Pride parade and you can also see the album here.
July 01, 2009 UPDATE: The 2009 SF LGBT Pride Parade pics are now up! You can see them by clicking here.
by Richard Bui
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