SF Pride Week (Take 2)

In observance of the San Francisco Pride Week 2006 I put up on my blog a different rainbow flag this week. This one comes from Rambling Along in Life who issued a challenge at the beginning of the month to post the same picture, pass it along to other bloggers and show your true colors. Yesterday I picked up a copy of the SF Pride magazine and tried to look up where the parade on Sunday will start and end. Like celebrations in the past, the fair with entertainment stages and booths will locate at civic center off Market.

The city explodes in queerness as more than 500 rainbow flags are hoisted the length of Market Street. The parade finishes at 8th Street but the fun does not stop there--in upper Market at the Castro partying goes on, with thousands and thousands of revelers pouring into bars and restaurants and partying into the wee hours. This year I plan to capture nuances of the celebration through the lens and maybe a couple of podcasts--the most candid moments of pride, love, hugging, holding hands...A picture from the official pride magazine catches my eye. It shows a mature (daddy-type) officer holding hands with his young muscular partner at the parade. The unflinching pride and the fearless candor touch my heart. I'll try to post that picture later. After all, gay pride is about celebrating the freedom to be who we are. It's the celebration of that honesty of expressing who we are.

To be continued...