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San Francisco and Cork, Ireland officials will raise twinned versions of the Progress pride flag at their city halls this Sunday, May 16, in observance of an international day that raises awareness about LGBTQ issues. For the sister cities since 1984, it is the first time that version of the Pride flag will fly at their city halls. And it is also the first time either municipality has worked in tandem with another city to simultaneously raise the LGBTQ symbol at its city hall. The flag-raisings will take place prior to the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, which...

Not only are more Bay Area cities than ever expected to raise the Pride flag this June, a number are eschewing the traditional version of the LGBTQ symbol for flags with more inclusive designs. At the request of San Mateo County LGBTQ leaders, cities on the Peninsula are being asked to fly the Progress Pride flag throughout Pride Month this year. Daniel Quasar designed it in 2018 by combining versions of the Philadelphia and the transgender pride flags. The Philly version includes black and brown stripes at the top of the flag in addition to the standard six colors of the rainbow.

Around the country, among allies and foes alike, San Francisco often acts as a byword for progressivism and queer liberation. But the city is also the epicenter of the state's housing crisis, and for many LGBTQ seniors — particularly those who are of color or trans — who've dealt with that experience, life in the City by the Bay hasn't always been somewhere over the rainbow. Veronika Fimbres, 68, who is a former San Francisco veterans affairs commissioner and in 2018 was a Green Party candidate for California governor, has lived in the city's Sunnyside neighborhood for a dozen years. Her...

SF Pride 2021: Public-Chosen Community Grand Marshals Named, Events Planned for June Winners of the Public Choice for San Francisco Pride 2021’s Community Grand Marshals were announced on April 15. They are the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center and Melonie Green and Melorra Green, the Executive Directors of the San Francisco-based African American Art & Culture Complex. Melonie and Melorra, who are twins, shared via social media, “We have big work to do and it starts with us accepting who we are regardless of what we’re told.” The San Francisco Bay Times congratulates both ...

Queer twin sisters and community activists Melonie and Melorra Green have been named San Francisco Pride community grand marshals, the organization recently announced. The women, 43, are co-executive directors of the African American Art and Culture Complex in the Western Addition. The Green sisters were selected via public vote, along with the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center, which was named this year's organizational grand marshal. The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee stated that additional grand marshals and other honorees would be announced soon. The Green sisters are curator...