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San Diego LGBT Pride Parade

and Festival

July 18-19, 2009

"Stonewall 2.0: Activism for Equality"

This years event commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City while embracing today's new generation of LGBT grassroots activists and the methods they've used for mobilizing attention to equal rights.

This year's theme reflects on gay civil rights activism of the last 40 years and calls upon each one of us to take action and demand full equality. We've made many advances since the Stonewall Riots marked the start of the modern gay rights movement in 1969, and since San Diego's first Pride march was held 35 years ago. The inner activist in each of us must answer the call to achieve full civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights for all LGBT people.

INTRODUCTION: Beautiful art under San Diego's Blue Skies

For many years San Diego LGBT Pride offered a unique venue to local artisits. They could display their works under the beautiful trees of Balboa Park and promote the mission of San Diego's LGBT Pride Events. Six years ago Judy the Beauty on Duty at the Big Kitchen and Jeane pulled artists together under the name of "Art of Pride". Art of Pride could provide a single area for viewing art offerings. The generousity of San Diego LGBT Pride Organization has allow Art of Pride to offer affordable space to self-representing artists.

Art of Pride continues to promote the works of San Diego artists and looks forward to the ways in which each years show and pre-shows will promote talent, understanding, tolerance and imagination through their offerings.

There is just something about MEN in uniform!

This officer and his beau were in the 2008 Parade. Makes you want to be there!

We are looking for artists!

We are seeking the works of LGBT artists who would like to participate in our 2009 Juried exhibition. Cash Prizes up to $100. See the Calls to Artists Page.

San Diego Pride Gives Back to San Diego

When you participate in the annual San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Pride celebrations, you are supporting many community organizations that are vital to the health and well-being of the entire LGBT community. San Diego Pride fosters pride in and respect for all LGBT communities, locally and globally by producing the annual Pride parade and festival and through philanthropy in our community. San Diego LGBT Pride is a non-profit organization committed to the goals of civil rights, aging, health and human services, arts and culture, and education in our community.

Since 1996, San Diego LGBT Pride has given over $1.2 million to our community.
The San Diego Pride strategy for charitable contributions includes Grant Funding, providing Direct Community Support, Support of Other Prides, Support of the LGBT Center, and forming Partnerships with community organizations whose membership desire a larger participatory role in the Pride Weekend events.

photo by Robert B. Gould

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following:

Filter, a House of Coffee and Culture

AnneX Studio Gallery, North Park Way at Ray Street

San Diego Pride

The First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego