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San Francisco Pride Weekend Builds Toward Sunday Parade Under 'Queer Joy Is Resistance'

Preparations for today’s 55th annual Market Street parade have wrapped up following record crowds at community marches beneath the four-mile Rainbow Lasers display

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Overview

  • The 'Queer Joy Is Resistance' theme has framed this year’s Pride as an act of defiance against federal restrictions on transgender rights
  • Friday’s Trans March attracted about 10,000 people who marched from Dolores Park down Market Street to the Transgender District
  • Saturday marked the Dyke March’s return after a six-year hiatus, with organizers estimating 35,000 to 50,000 participants
  • The Rainbow Lasers installation by Illuminate continues to light a four-mile stretch of Market Street from sunset to sunrise through Monday morning
  • Today’s 55th annual Pride Parade is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. from Embarcadero Plaza to Civic Center Plaza along a 1.5-mile route