This is the 48th annual celebration and organizers say this year’s theme is about being proud and remaining resilient.
"We know that AIDS is not just a gay man’s disease. AIDS is universal and it can affect anybody. So, it meant a lot. I think it’s one step in the right to direction to destigmatize HIV and AIDS but also to destigmatize the community," said Nicole Altamirano, Silicon Valley Pride CEO.
Altamirano says this year they also wanted to showcase the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community, with R & B singer Netta Brielle, a student at San Jose State University, as a featured artist on the Hey Girl stage. On September 3, the "Heart of the City" Farmers’ Market will be relocated from the United Nations Plaza to San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza.
"We have iconic figures just around our Hey Girl stage. Black Lives Matter, Malcolm X, Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, and we really wanted to highlight that this year, what Pride is about is protest," said Altamirano. Adore Delano headlined the main stage, with other artists from San Jose and throughout the region. Organizers say the entire week was meant to uplift and bring the community together.
"Everybody always went up to San Francisco because that was where you want to be right? The Mecca of gay, but San Jose is a really great place, and we’ve got culture and this is part of the culture," said Russell Velazquez, of San Jose. that I have read and agree
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