>> so today, we have come together for a historic day. today, we gather to honor 50 years of pride. yes, 50 years. [applause] >> this anniversary was hard fought from the days of the freedom -- freedom parade to compton cafeteria riots, to all

the work across this country that we continue to do for freedom. and if we look, our theme for this year's pride is future of hope. and if we look to the next 50 years, we have a lot to be hopeful for. we look at our past and marriage equality, to the first day at city hall when the first couple was married. we recognize lesbian and lgbtq folks across the city. we remember the work that we have to do across the country as trans kids are being refused access to bathrooms in our schools. we remember the families that standup for them, and we remember the work that we still have to do because this generation is hopeful. this generation will continue to be hopeful, and there's so

many reasons why we have this hope. some of that comes from our elected officials, some of that comes from our own journeys, but we know we cannot do this work without the leadership in our city, and i am so proud to work for a leader in this amazing city who's not only spear headed the work of so many of us and supported so much of lgbt quality here in san francisco but also is continuing that effort forward, our mayor, mayor london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: first of all, thank you, claire. thank you to the freedom ban of frisk. thank you to s.f. pride and supervisor mandelman and so many elected leaders and department heads here in san

francisco to celebrate the beginning of pride in san francisco, 50 years of what i think has been an amazing accomplishment, so thank you to the board members, to the president, caroline. thank you to our new executive director. like, so many great things are happening in this city and so many great things are happening with pride. and i know -- i get really excited, because even though it's february and we are not expected to have a number of activities, especially the parade, until june, it's going to be so exciting that we have to announce it now. we have to get everybody excited about what's to come because there is nothing that we do better than celebrate in san francisco. we celebrate our history, we celebrate our diversity, we celebrate what makes san francisco so unique. and we know that this -- in this city was the epic center

of what has occurred that has led to so much to support our lgbt community, and i'm really proud to be in a position as mayor to help support and carry on some of the many policies that we know are necessary to continue to make sure that there is hope for future generations. in fact, trans home s.f. has been an amazing accomplishment in this city, and thank you, tony newman, for our leadership. we've got one of our first buildings, and there's lots more to come, along with wraparound services for our trans seniors. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and in san francisco, we do celebrate a new record low of new h.i.v. infections, less than 200 last year. thank you, dr. brent colfax, for your leadership in the department of health. we know we will continue to

make those investments that we'll get to zero. we know that we did the count around homeless youth. about 50% of the youth that are homeless in this city identify as lgbt, and we want to make sure that we help the next generation of young people growing up in this community so that they have hope. so many great things but also so much more work to do. and i am really confident in the leadership of this city to really help us move forward on so many different levels. as we think about just the attacks that we have been under. i mean, we just had a visit from the other number 45 here this weekend, and i can't help but think about not only our city being under attack, but also our lgbt community, where we continue to fight for things that we shouldn't have to at

this point. you know, when i think about just what we're celebrating in the month of february, black history month. black history is american history. we're celebrating lunar new year. chinese american history is american history. lgbt history is american history. we are all a part of the fabric of what makes our city and our country so great. so we will not be silenced. we will continue to lift our voices and celebrate what makes us so great, what makes us so unique. and during the month of pride, we will just do it with that much more flair. so thank you all so much for being here. here's to 50 more incredible years for future generations to come. thank you.

[applause] >> thank you. thank you, mayor breed. and one other note i'm just so proud of, thanks to the mayor's leadership, we've invested over $1 million in the next year to seniors. so thank you to the department of aging and adult services, and thank you to all of those in our city who made sure that we were brought to this 50 years and continue to be brought to the right place. so now, a leader that we know will continue to bring us forward in the next 50 years, our new director of pride, fred lopez. [applause] >> hi. good morning, everybody. how are you? excited? s.f. pride, #sfpride50.

before anything else, i just want to convey our sincerest gratitude to the mayor, to supervisor mandelman and all these elected officials today for coming out today to start the celebration right. every city department that is present, we want to thank you for your unwavering support for san francisco's most iconic went. it may cost millions of dollars to produce, but it wouldn't happen without the amazing work of our departments, employees, and volunteers. [applause] >> as claire said, the theme for san francisco pride is a generation of hope, and it was originally suggested by pride member larry nelson. that spirit of hope will become visible at the beginning of june when the rainbow flags go

up along market street, much of market street now newly car free. on saturday, june 37, civic center will once again become a site of celebration. all weekend, with crowds in the tens of thousands we're expecting. it's going to be a big year, and we're excited for it. then, as clair has mentioned, for many of us, the center piece of pride, the parade, on june 28. 50,000 marchers are expected to be in the parade, all cheered on by more than 100,000 spectators -- it's going to be quite a spectacle this year. [applause] >> if your organization or group is thinking about marching, we encourage you to register soon because we think

the parade might run out of space earlier as it has in the years past, so that's great. for the past two years, our partners at cbs bay area have live streamed the parade so that people around the world can see it live. wear something cute, and call your mom, because you're going to be on t.v. that's exciting. thank you to our friends at kpix. [applause] >> that's not the only new development for 2020. on april 17, an exhibition entitled labor of love, the birth of san francisco pride, 1970-1980 opened at the gobt museum in san francisco. it'll be up in the museum until january 2021. further, starting may 7 in the city hall in the north light court, the historical society

and san francisco arts commission will mount a photography exhibition called 50 years of pride, so make sure to check out the amazing history that we can learn from. our entire team at san francisco pride is working hard to ensure that we are ready for this monumental event, and here are some ways in which our communities can help. applications are now open for our volunteers who provide power during the event. i want to acknowledge that in this room, there are some former community grand marshals and honorees, like our board president, carolyn, was once an honoree, and others. if you want to raise your hands, folks who have been honored in the past. thank you for all of your tireless work. that spirit of tireless volunteerism is at the core of san francisco pride, and that commitment goes both ways.

in 2019, we were pleased to go nate more than 203 -- donate more than $203,000 to ongoing bay area nonprofits, which adds to our total of more than $3 million since 1997. [applause] >> finally, 2020 may be the 50th anniversary of pride as a march and a celebration, but san francisco's pride began way before 1970. the compton cafeteria riots took place in 1966. as we look forward to the next 50 years, let's always remember the valuient struggles of previous -- valiant struggles

of previous generations, and as hectare remilk said, all give them hope. and here at pride, we always will. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, fred. we're so excited, and we know that pride is in great hands. thank you. so it is my honor to introduce our new pride chair, carolyn wisenger. >> thank you, fred, thank you, mayor breed, thank you to my aunt who has threatened bodily harm if i don't mention them. as fred mentioned, the board is excited about completing our three-year theme with this year's generation of hope. while we are excited about the events leading up to the pride weekend, we are most excited about what that word hope represents. as a community, we are in challenging times, and being in

pride, it's so different. there is more required now that we are headed into 50. the organizational needs aren't the same as they were in 1970, and either are the needs of the community that we represent. there's more required in the way that we represent community, there is more required in the way that we support our community, and there's more required in the way that we are supported. now the last leg to 50 is always the hardest leg. some of you may have been married 50 years, and you know it's hard getting to 50. it doesn't get easier as we march in these last months to 50. as someone who grew up in a church that's now 75 years old, i remember in 1995, and how hard that last road to 50 was. i remember the struggles, and i remember the squabbles, and i remember the day it seemed like it would all fall part. we are in a crunch time now,

but we as a board continue to believe that it is important to have a celebration that is reflective of the community we serves, and important to be reflective of all of those voices, and to make all those voices be heard. i remember when bishop carlton pearson said we have to remind them of the hope, so that's what we're going to do, and we ask you to join us for that. [applause] >> thank you. so 2020 is kind of an incredible year. also, it's not the 50th anniversary, and also, we need to get out there and vote. every one of you matters, so let's get out there and do that. so now, it's my honor to introduce our only out gay

supervisor who has been doing some incredible work not only in his district but for the lgbt community at large and in san francisco at large. please welcome supervisor raphael mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: good morning, everybody. it does -- you know, february does feel like a slightly odd time to be celebrating time, but i will say there's never a bad time for the queer community to take the mayor's balcony, so we are happy to be here. and madam mayor, i think it is just worth noting the extraordinary collection of queer department heads you have, from clair farley at the o.t.i., and grant colfax at the department of public health, and jeffrey tumlin, and sherreen mcspadden.

you have a very queer administration, and we are quite appreciative of that. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: the trustees never get acknowledge them, so i'm going to acknowledge them now. we have our past president, alex randolph of the college board, and our current president, tom temprano of the college board, doing great and important work. you know, as i -- and then, i also do want to congratulate fred lopez. thank you, fred, thank you, carolyn. thank you to the whole board. pride has never been easy, but it is important, so i -- this year is particularly important and seems to be particularly challenging, and i know you will get through it, and i am grateful for what you are doing to get us through what will be an amazing 50-year celebration,

so thank you. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: i was trying to think about that 1970 gay-in, the people who participa participated in that. the next 50 years, what did they imagine it would be like? did they imagine that in a few years, a gay man would get elected supervisor in san francisco? and after that, rainbow wave after rainbow wave would come crashing down until the last election when we got a record number of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people elected, even in virginia. they would not have imagined the extraordinary community response that would come to it. tom and i were just over at the airport where the quilt is getting brought from atlanta. it is finally coming home, and there's going to be a fantastic

rollout of panels of the last ten years on april 3, 4, and 5, and everybody should come. but the resilience of the gay community, responding to that crisis and building an aids movement, they had no idea. and would they have imagined same sex marriage? no matter how you feel about pete buttigieg, would they have imagine that a gay man would be one of the leading candidates for presidents this year? and gay c.e.o.s, and so much of what they imagined would have come to pass. i don't think they would have imagined that the mayor of san francisco would have been an african american woman who grew up in the projects, and i do think they would be particularly amazed and delighted at that prospect, because harvey milk talked about the uses and those who

had been left out of the power structure in the 70s, and those who had just begun to imagine that there might be a universe where they can take power. so it's amazing with our department heads and our mayor i don't remember, san francisco -- and our mayor, san francisco is living up to the hope. i feel like i have generationally benefited so much. and in a lot of ways, the work is about building, acknowledging the institution like the lesbian gay freedom ban. that was a great moment for the city, but some of those other great moments, a second building, and now having purchased a third site and

affirming lgbt senior housing. thank you, mayor, for that. there's just around the corner from that, the gay men's chorus. they are becoming the national lgbtq center for the arts, and we got some help for them into the budget last year. again, thank you, madam mayor, and thank you to my colleagues on the board. we have inherited so much, and so i think going forward, obviously, the obligations to move forward on that, and to fulfill the unfulfilled promises. in 1970, we knew that people had been left behind, and in 2020, we know that people have been left behind. we need to eradicate the epidemic. we need to reach folks who have not been reached, and so the work of justice which they know we needed to do in 1970 and '80

and '90, and they know the work that we need to do. it was the work of 50 years, so it was exciting, and now, fred lopez is going to come back. [applause] >> that's a great way to sort of summarize all the amazing things that are happening in san francisco. we are so incredibly fortunate to live in this amazing place and be supported by all of these amazing people and institutions that surround us. i do want to say quickly that i make sure i acknowledge the board members of san francisco pride who are here. give us a wave. [applause] >> and san francisco pride wouldn't happen without a really talented teams of contractors or staff. if you're a contractor or staff, give us a wave. [applause] >> great work.

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