“Gay Pride San Francisco/San Diego Parade, 1982” t-shirt. The event included a rally, and the lesbian community would continue their fight to keep Pride political. The Lesbian Solidarity March took place downtown at City College the previous week.
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The underground scene expands and contracts as it evolves, he observed, and at a certain point it comes full circle. Again, the event was more celebratory than political, and 1982 was the first year to not include a rally. As co-founder of The Deep End, vibe-setter of San Diego’s West Coast Weekender, and event production managerover the past 11 years, Eric has seen the circle of music continuously rejuvenating itself. Entertainment included a disco dance floor and performances from The Girls, The Stonewall Singers, The Union Station Swing Band, and disc jockeys Ruben Tellez and Michael Duecker. Lambda Pride operated a fundraising dunk tank. There were more than 30 booths, including food vendors, craft shops, games, and a kissing booth. That year, an admission fee was charged for the festival, and Lambda Pride was able to sell alcohol under the permit of WCPC. There’s truly not a bad time to visit San Diego, which averages about 265 days with sunshine annually, but LGBTQ visitors might want to mark their calendars for mid-July, the time for the annualand well-attendedSan Diego Pride Festival. WCPC won the “Iron Spur” award for best float in 19. The festival took place on private property this time, in the parking lot of West Coast Production Company (WCPC), a popular gay bar and dance hall owned by Chris Shaw. Doug Moore Collection, Lambda Archives of San Diego. Pride Festival in the West Coast Production Company parking lot. Christine Kehoe Collection, Lambda Archives of San Diego. Christian fundamentalists, referred to by parade participants as “fundies,” protested on the sidelines with signs quoting the bible. In 1994, San Diego Pride became a nonprofit organization, and it continues to combine the talents, skills, and ideas of our varied community through various. San Diego Pride 2022 - celebrazioni annuali del Pride LGBTQ+ a San Diego, in California, con parata gay, feste da ballo e altre attività divertenti. With the addition of a Tijuana contingent and a “Black and White Men Together” group in 1982, Lambda Pride chose the theme “Proud-Diversified-United.” The parade took place on June 12th and featured forty-six contingents including horses and motorcycle clubs. The first San Diego Pride was produced in 1974 as a sponsored project of The Center for Social Services to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion in New York’s Christopher Street. West Coast Production Company’s float, 1982.