San Diego Pride , also known as San Diego LGBT Pride, is a non-profit organization that sponsors annual three-day celebrations in San Diego, California every July, focusing on gay community lesbians, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). The show featured Pride Parade on Saturday, preceded by a block party in Hillcrest neighborhood the previous night, and followed by a two-day Pride Festival on Saturday and Sunday at Balboa Park. Pride Weekend is believed to be the largest civil event in the city of San Diego. The parade has over 200 buoys and entries and is seen by a crowd of nearly 200,000 people.
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Missions
The Mission of San Diego LGBT Pride is "building pride, equality and respect for all local, national, and global lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities."
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Vision
The vision of San Diego LGBT Pride is "a world free of prejudice and bias."
Origins
In the 1970s, gay men in San Diego set up a Social Services Center in a house on 2250 B Street. The center became a social and political focus for the gay community. In June 1974, the Center hosted a gay pride event that included page sales and makeshift dinner at the Center as well as an informal parade to Balboa Park and back again. Marchers must walk on the sidewalk because they do not have a city parade permit. In 1975 people could obtain permission to hold rallies and 400 people march. The parade has been held every year since, despite organizational and financial issues, which was finally solved in 1989 with the establishment of a permanent Pride organization with professional management.
In 1991 the event was moved from June to July. In 1993 the parade moved to the current route from Hillcrest along University Avenue and 6th Avenue to Balboa Park. San Diego Pride was founded in 1994.
Recent history
In 1994, the former mayor and current talk show host, Roger Hedgecock, organized a group of protesters calling themselves "Ordinary People". They march in the Pride parade "in political disagreement with the homosexual agenda." When rejected by the organizers of the parade, Hedgecock filed a lawsuit, arguing that their exclusion violated San Diego's "Ordinance of Human Dignity". The High Court rejected their claim, arguing that their right to march was not protected under the rules, because the parade was a private event and the "Ordinary People" message was meant to disrupt the event.
In 2011, several hundred active and retired military service members marched in parades, in anticipation of the immediate removal of the "Do not ask, do not tell" rule to US military personnel. They do not wear military uniforms, but T-shirts with the name of their official branch. This is the first time US military personnel serving publicly parade in a gay pride parade.
In 2012 the US Department of Defense gave permission to military personnel to wear their uniforms while participating in the San Diego Pride Parade. This is the first time US military personnel have been allowed to wear their service uniforms in such parades. The local Navy command has approved the use of the Navy's uniforms, but DOD decided to add their official approval stamp "because the event has attracted national media attention." The Department of Defense stressed that this was a one-time agreement and only applied to this particular parade, based on their determination that the event was a non-political civil event. Members of the military are generally allowed to participate in parades if the marches are nonpolitical, patriotic, and civilian events, but they require special permission to wear their uniforms on such occasions. The DOD Directive states, "Based on our current knowledge of current events and policies, we hereby consent to uniformed members of the servicemembers to participate in this year's parade, giving members of the service participate in their personal capacity and ensuring compliance with military service standards from appearance and uniforms of military uniform. "Two Republican congressional members objected to the ruling, saying that the march was political, but the organizers said it was not political, suggesting that both San Diego mayor lined up in the parade, although one is a conservative Republic and the other is a liberal Democrat.
Also in 2012, the march starts from Harvey Milk Street, the first street in the country named after the gay rights icon of Harvey Milk, and continues through a new big rainbow flag, which was raised for the first time on July 20, 2012. to start the Pride festival. Both street names and flags were unanimously approved by the City Council in May.
The Festival 2013 features an outdoor wedding chapel (partner set up for their own office) in the upcoming celebration of California Proposition 8 months earlier. Grand marshals are Latoya Jackson and George Takei with her husband, Brad.
In 2016 this organization became the subject of dissent and debate because some members of the community were unhappy with the actions of the organization, and demanded transparency. In particular, they sacked the famous Executive Director of Stephen Whitburn, a former San Diego City Council candidate and the next group called Save SD Pride was formed in response to a lack of perceived transparency. In December 2016 it was announced that both groups had reached an agreement that would reform the organization by adding an advisory board, as well as consolidating into one group to focus on the 2017 Pride event.
References
External links
- Official website
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