San Francisco Pride 2015 ~ Equality Without Exception | SF Pride | Pride Parade at SF | Pride Month

I loved San Francisco as soon as I first laid my eyes on it. It’s a city with not only a heart but also a soul. And what made the city even better for me was AB’s enthusiasm to show me around the place, it’s events and the other interesting factors that make SF so unique. And in sync with that, here’s my pictorial post on San Francisco Pride 2015, our second visit to Pride Parade and the fiesta that follows.

As I had done with my post on Carnaval San Francisco, here’s a little bit on San Francisco Pride. Pride was first held on June 28, 1970 in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles to mark the first anniversary of Stonewall. The Stonewall riots were sparked off in Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village and is one of the first well known instances of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rebellion against government-sponsored oppression of LGBT people.

San Francisco has a prominent LGBT community, with it’s center at Castro District, that has played a major role in bringing about changes and reforms for it’s people and their rights.

This year was the 45th year of San Francisco Pride and like each year, it had a theme. This year the theme was “Equality Without Exception”. The celebration took place on 27th and 28th June, 2015 with parades, people and food. There were live performances with a huge stage put up at the San Francisco Civic Center. Organizations, individuals, groups as well as corporate companies participate in the Pride parade.

Here’s an account of the colors, people, parade, celebration and art exhibits/stalls of San Francisco Pride 2015. Enjoy!

Shiny shorts were being hung up for people to take

The floats of the parade on Sunday

Participants of the Parade

Love Wins!

Pets with their owners. Why should they be left out from all the fun?

“And make it all for one and all for love!” ~ Rod Stewart

Happy Faces..

Paraders will do anything! 

Printed totes on sale

Pride color flowers with messages

Yes, you read that right!

Dance away..

“You talking to me?”

The Crowd

Colorful wrist bands

The art stalls were rather nice! Many artists showcased their work..

Art included murals and sculpture. Here’s some Indian influenced art..

Some more art

Jewelry and art on display

Born to pose.

A happy day for all 🙂

Printed Art

Colorful tutus and butterfly wings for sale!

More happy faces..

One of these guys came up to me and said, “Please take a picture of us?” Haha! “Sure!”

‘Ouchii’, a printed tee stall

Sketch Art stall by an artist

San Francisco Civic Center, where the stalls were put up with a live performance stage. The theme for this year’s Pride ~ ‘Equality without Exception’

Behind all the colors, fun and frolic, there is a strong message that Pride conveys. The phrase  ‘Equality without Exception’ sums it up aptly.