Fred Lopez, executive director for San Francisco Pride, told the San Francisco Chronicle that his team will move forward to have both the parade and the celebration take place while-somehow-following social distancing guidelines shortly after the SF shelter-in-place order is currently scheduled to end. This year’s Pride, happening the weekend of June 27, is still continuing as planned. In lieu of the annual celebration, SF Pride will join a groups of other Pride organizations worldwide in a “Virtual Global Pride” on Saturday, June 27.Īlthough it’s one of the biggest moneymakers in the city, the San Francisco LGBTQ Pride Parade and related festivities should be canceled for 2020. We have heard from people who urged us to cancel, and from those who implored us not to.” “Far from it: Our staff has been in frequent talks with our board, our production team, our partners at many departments of City Hall, officials at other Pride organizations worldwide - and most of all, our LGBTQ communities. “This was not a decision we arrived at lightly,” said Executive Director Fred Lopez, in a written statement. Update: San Francisco Pride has announced it will be canceled this year.
