I’ve always loved Pride Weekend, ever since my first one in 1983, riding in the back of a creaky Bay Guardian pickup truck in a parade that cost almost nothing to enter … And now I know it’s corporate and sponsored and too often more party than protest (though we need both) … but I still love the citywide festivity over what started as a violent rebellion against repression. Even if most people have forgotten that.
But my favorite event is the Trans March, which is always about radical politics, has no corporate sponsorship, doesn’t follow the rules, and features some of the coolest people — and by far the best shirts and signs and banners.
A few of the photos I took reflect the energy that was out there against Trump — and the “cis-tem.”
