One of the oldest and largest LGBTQIA parades in the world, San Francisco Pride Parade celebrated the 2019 theme “Generations of Resistance,” on Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Downtown San Francisco.
Over 200 parade contingents marched along Market Street from Embarcadero to Civic Center, with about 100,000 spectators. The parade started off at Market and Beale streets and ended at Market and 8th streets.
Photographs by Ekevara Kitpowsong
Khuong Lam a.k.a. “Glamda The Fabulous” wears a costume dress at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant Boom Wanvisa, an emcee of Farmhouse Kitchen Thai Cuisine’s float, wears “The Holy Spirit House” costume, in the “Amazing Thailand” theme which features the most famous Thai food, national Thai costumes and icons of Thailand, at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant from Verasphere wears a colorful and creative costume at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant wears a colorful and creative costume at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant from Verasphere wears a colorful and creative costume at the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in Downtown San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant holds a banner on Market Street in San Francisco during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants carry a large banner, a photo of Harvey Milk, a civil and human rights leader and the first openly gay elected officials in the United States, at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants take part in the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/CURRENT SF)
The 2019 San Francisco Pride Parade started off with Dykes on Bikes participants ride on the motorcycles along San Francisco’s Market Street on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants from Dykes on Bikes take part in the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant holds a large “RESIST” banner as he walks down Market Street during the San Francisco Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants take part in the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant wears a costume at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant from Farmhouse Kitchen Thai Cuisine wears “Tuk Tuk” costume, a three-wheeled taxi, in the “Amazing Thailand” theme, which features the most famous Thai food and icons of Thailand, at the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant holds a large rainbow flag at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
U.S. Senator for California and presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves to the crowd during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
The 40th Governor of California and the former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom shakes hands with people in the crowd during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
California’s First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom carries her son in her arm as she waves a rainbow flag on Market Street in San Francisco during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
California State Senator Scott Wiener waves to the crowd during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
The 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi waves to the crowd during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
San Francisco Mayor London Breed waves at the crowd during the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants take part in the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
The participant takes part in the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant from Diageo – Smirnoff wears a costume with feather wings, takes part in the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 24, 2018, in San Francisco, Calif. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participant holds a large cardboard cutout of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and a candidate for President of the United States, during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Former San Francisco Supervisor and Bay Area Director for Bernie Sanders 2020 Jane Kim and Bernie Sanders supporters take part in the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A retired United States Navy SEAL Kristin Beck who came out as a trans woman in 2013 smiles at the crowd during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant holds a banner at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant carries a child on the chest as she holds a banner during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant carries a child on his shoulder as he marches along Market Street in San Francisco during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Banners can be seen laying down on Beale Street before the start of the San Francisco Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants on a cable car wave the rainbow flags to the crowd during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
U.S. Senator for California and presidential candidate Kamala Harris shakes hands with the crowd during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant on a bicycle smiles at the crowd at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant in a colorful costume, roller skates in the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Farmhouse Kitchen Thai Cuisine’s float in “Amazing Thailand” theme won the “Absolutely Fabulous Float” award at the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant wears a golden creative costume waves a rainbow flag during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant from Farmhouse Kitchen Thai Cuisine wears a Thai traditional costume from the historical period, in the “Amazing Thailand” theme, which features the most famous Thai food, national Thai costumes and icons of Thailand, at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants take part in the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant on Levi’s car smiles to the crowd on Market Street in San Francisco during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants take part in the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants hold the Compton’s, Stone Wall, White Night and ACT UP banners as they march along Market Street in San Francisco during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant raises his fists in the air as he walks down Market Street during the San Francisco Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade watchers enjoy the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A vintage San Francisco Police Car rolls down Market Street in Downtown San Francisco during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants take part in the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant wears a colorful costume at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
The 26th San Francisco Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson and the first openly LGBTQ fire chief in San Francisco’s history shows a heart sign with hands to the crowd during the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade watchers enjoy the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants take part in the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant from San Francisco Bay Times rides a three-wheeled Tuk Tuk, on Market Street in San Francisco during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants from Verasphere wear colorful and creative costumes during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants hold banners at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A musician and TV personality Amara La Negra performs music and dance on Alaska Airlines float during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant from Farmhouse Kitchen Thai Cuisine wears a “Muay Thai” a Thai boxing costume, in the “Amazing Thailand” theme, which features the most famous Thai food, national Thai costumes and icons of Thailand, at the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade participants from Verasphere in colorful and creative costumes take part in the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
San Francisco Sheriff and the city’s first female sheriff Vicki Hennessy waves at the crowd at the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott smiles as he hands out the beaded necklaces to the crowd on Market Street during the San Francisco Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
The 2019 San Francisco Pride Parade started off with Dykes on Bikes participants ride on the motorcycles along San Francisco’s Market Street on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
California’s First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom dances as she holds her son’s hand and waves a rainbow flag on Market Street in San Francisco during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A man holds a banner as he walks down Market Street in San Francisco during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
Parade watchers enjoy the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant from Verasphere in a colorful costume takes part in the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant takes part in the 49th annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
A parade participant from Verasphere in a colorful costume takes part in the San Francisco Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong/Current SF)
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