AP News
(2010-06-26 08:45:38)
San Francisco's annual gay pride parade is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
A two-day celebration gets under way Saturday afternoon at the city's Civic Center Plaza and includes numerous concerts and events leading up to the popular parade Sunday.
San Francisco Pride Executive Director Amy Andre says the fight for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people has come a long way since the first pride celebration in 1970. At the time, gay sex was a crime in California.
This year, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is scheduled to deliver a prerecorded address after the parade. Andre says Pelosi will be the highest ranking federal official ever to address a pride event.
The theme of this year's celebration is "40 and Fabulous."
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