“It’s a great celebration,” said Blanca Herrara, 37, a city resident who had come with her husband, Jake Byrnes, and 3-year-old daughter, who perched on her father’s shoulders, Many others wore rainbow-colored costumes or painted their cheeks with the vibrant symbol. Parade watchers included several women in wedding dresses, stopped constantly by strangers requesting a photo as well as - it being San Francisco - a contingent of people with barely any The sun came out in San Francisco, and Market Street was transformed into a dance hall of sorts, as young and old, tourists and locals, gay and straight, cheered the colorful floats as they went by,Ĭreated by sponsors ranging from Airbnb to Pacific Gas & Electric, the floats proceeded slowly toward the Civic Center, where afternoon speakers included Alicia Garza, co-founder of #BlackLivesMattter,Īnd Kate Kendell, leader of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Credit Jason Henry for The New York Times “We wanted to be a part of the history,” said Ms. The couple, from Paterson, N.J., married since last September, said they wanted to make their first pride parade worthwhile. Their necks, miniature flags on poles stuck into the pockets of their shorts. Johan Barranco and her wife, Amelia Gonzalez, showed off the day’s haul of accessories: colorful rubber bracelets stacked to the elbow, dozens of beaded necklaces and lanyards hanging from On Fifth Avenue and 10th Street, floats from New York University, an animal-rights group and Mr. “It’s been a long day,” said Hunter Davidson, 21, a fashion major from Indiana University, “but it’s been fun.” In front of the Stonewall Inn in the West Village, marchers streamed past rainbow-colored balloons spelling out Pride.
Seven hours after the parade started, it was still going strong. Dancers from Chutney Pride, a group for gays and lesbians of Caribbean descent, made a splash on Fifth Avenue.