“Pride, from its origin, is not only a celebration, it’s also a protest,” Sharat Lin, a longtime activist from San Jose who was at the parade for Dance with Pride, told SFGATE. “Here in San Francisco, where almost everybody supports LGBTQ rights, it’s easy to forget that. But it wasn’t always that way. It was part of a struggle.”

If there is one city that radiates queer joy, it’s San Francisco. While this city is a beacon of queerness all year long, but for the month of June they go all out. Despite everything in the world, 2025 proved to be no different for the city by the bay!