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Harper Steele Named Celebrity Grand Marshal for 2025 San Francisco Pride

Her appointment underscores Pride’s ‘Queer Joy is Resistance’ theme for the June celebration.

Harper Steele, right, and Will Ferrell in a scene from the Netflix documentary “Will & Harper.” Steele has been named the 2025 Celebrity Grand Marshal for San Francisco Pride.
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele on the red carpet of “SNL50” on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025.
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Overview

  • An Emmy winner for her work on Saturday Night Live, Steele spent 13 years on the show—including four as head writer—before becoming creative director at Funny or Die.
  • Her Netflix documentary “Will & Harper,” which premiered to a standing ovation at Sundance in 2024, follows her 2022 cross-country road trip with longtime friend Will Ferrell after her gender transition.
  • San Francisco Pride’s 55th annual celebration runs June 28–29, with Steele leading the parade on June 29 under the declared theme of “Queer Joy is Resistance.”
  • Community grand marshals this year span activists and health leaders such as Kenan Arun of the LGBT Asylum Project, trans services advocate Jahnel Butler, volunteer Jessy Ruiz and AIDS Foundation CEO Dr. Tyler TerMeer.
  • Festivities kick off May 31 with the SF LGBT Center’s second annual “Building the Block: House Party,” setting the stage for a weekend of activism, culture and entertainment.