San Diego Pride weekend kicked off Friday with two big events in the heart of Hillcrest: a ceremony honoring community leaders and a block party leading a full…
The events are leading up to Saturday’s Pride Parade, which is San Diego’s largest annual gathering, with more than 200,000 people expected to join the weekend’s festivitiesequality movement, which many trace back to the Stonewall Uprising in 1969.
Also happening Friday was the Hillcrest Pride Block Party, with vendors, musical performances and a dance party. The assassination attempt of former President Trump in Pennsylvania is a big reminder of the need for tight security at big events. NBC 7’s Dana Williams spoke with San Diego Pride as it prepares to welcome tens of thousands of people for the annual parade.
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