San Diego’s Pride movement began in 1970, just months after the historic Stonewall Uprising, when LGBTQ+ students at San Diego State College organized to form the Gay Liberation Front, which later that year hosted a “Gay-In” in Presido Park, likely the first Pride event in San Diego history. This year’s event, appropriately themed “Resilient”, takes place July 10-18, and will have a virtual parade, as well as live events. June is Pride Month, but here in San Diego, we celebrate Pride twice-this month along with the rest of the world, and again in July, when we have another week of festivities hosted by San Diego Pride.
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from 2020, it’s that Pride cannot, and will never be, canceled.
