carolyn weisinger andsuzanne or . [applause] i want to thank the person who is in charge of the pride alliance for as fpd, catherine winters is joining us today. [applause] i want to thank so many of our electedofficials including the persons that helped facilitate a lot of this . who is the cofounder of the transgender cultural districtin san francisco , arya sayiid. yes, the family had a family fight butnow we are back together again . and with thatbefore we get started with our program , that is truly really more meaningful this year than ever before especiallyafter not having pride or any major activities in the city for the past year , i want to introduce a person who really in some ways needs no introduction. tim philip has been leading the gay men's chorus in san francisco the last five years and this year she's going to be conducting a number of farewell concert concerts but although you may be leaving your role my hope is that you're still going to be all around and today he wanted to bless us with a special

. >> carolyn weisinger is the president of sf pride.any non-queer people might think same-sex marriage is a settled matter, others have had fears of their rights being taken away for years. she points to growing anti- gay rhetoric. >> you gain allies but you also gain a lot more steam from folks who thought they did not have an arena to spew hate so it's almost like a wash. tim: while the community waits to see what happens next, many advocates believe the fight for true equality will be a long one filled with just as many failures as victories. >> many times, these struggles are not linear. we go from a to b and then back to a again. tim: there is no word yet on when the senate may take up the bill next. tim johns, abc 7 news. dan: a sweltering summer is expected to get even hotter in several states, putting your urgency on efforts to get president biden to declare a climate emergency. president biden is expected to talk about clean energy tomorrow during a stop in massachusetts. the new york times is reporting he will not declare a cl

reporter: until the law is officially removed, weisinger says she will keep fighting ensuring that hard-foughtights are here to stay. >> we have to still be vigilant in a blue state like california. reporter: tim johns, abc7 news. >> this comes as critics called out grandma -- call out governor newsom in one of the states where california has banned estate from the trouble. the governor's in montana, that is where the parents of his wife own a ranch. california has banned state-funded and state-sponsored travel to montana because of its discriminatory policies against members of the lgbtq community. recently the governor's office also called out montana for restricting abortion access. according to a statement from the governor's office, the travel ban only applies to expanding state funds, and the governor's travel is not being paid for by the state. >> today we learned that he contemplated carrying out a similar attack here in madison. >> details, emerging about the man accused of the july 4 parade, killing seven people. -- july 4 parade shooting, killing seven people. it was considering ano

. >> carolyn weisinger is the president of sf pride.n-queer people might think same-sex marriage is a settled matter, others have had fears of their rights being taken away for years. she points to growing anti- gay rhetoric. >> you gain allies but you also gain a lot more steam from folks who thought they did not have an arena to spew hate so it's almost like a wash. tim: while the community waits to see what happens next, many advocates believe the fight for true equality will be a long one filled with just as many failures as victories. >> many times, these struggles are not linear. we go from a to b and then back to a again. tim: there is no word yet on when the senate may take up the bill next. tim johns, abc 7 news. dan: a sweltering summer is expected to get even hotter in several states, putting your urgency on efforts to get president biden to declare a climate emergency. president biden is expected to talk about clean energy tomorrow during a stop in massachusetts. the new york times is reporting he will not declare a climate

carolyn weisinger andsuzanne or . to thank the person who is in charge of the pride alliance for as fpd, catherine winters is joining us today. [applause] i want to thank so many of our electedofficials including the persons that helped facilitate a lot of this . who is the cofounder of the transgender cultural districtin san francisco , arya sayiid. yes, the family had a family fight butnow we are back together again . and with thatbefore we get started with our program , that is truly really more meaningful this year than ever before especiallyafter not having pride or any major activities in the city for the past year , i want to introduce a person who really in some ways needs no introduction. tim philip has been leading the gay men's chorus in san francisco the last five years and this year she's going to be conducting a number of farewell concert concerts but although you may be leaving your role my hope is that you're still going to be all around and today he wanted to bless us with a special performance which

years ago i dreamed of being ♪ ♪ president of the board and i ♪ ♪ got a phone call from kevin ♪ ♪ weisingerocess .♪ ♪ thank you carolyn.♪ ♪ [applause] i want to pack ♪ ♪ some of the pride family.♪ ♪ you might not know this but ♪ ♪ there's a ton of people that ♪ ♪ do work all year long so ♪ ♪ those two days in the last ♪ ♪ weekend ofjune we can have a ♪ ♪ parade andcelebration and ♪ ♪ allcome together and a lot ♪ ♪ of people in that family you ♪ ♪ don't know , younever know ♪ ♪ about them .♪ ♪ lisa williams is standing up ♪ ♪ here .♪ ♪ donna sachet.♪ ♪ george really .♪ ♪ gary virginia, marshall ♪ ♪ levine, you probably don't ♪ ♪ know all those names of ♪ ♪ those are a few of the ♪ ♪ people in our family.♪ ♪ it's a hard job.♪ ♪ the board ofdirectors, ♪ ♪ there's two board members ♪ ♪ appear right now .♪ ♪ our vice president and my ♪ ♪ daughter.♪ ♪ [applause] the board of ♪ ♪ pride is a non-paid position ♪ ♪ and i did it for 3 and a ♪ ♪ half years.♪ ♪ it's not a glamorous job to ♪ ♪ get to stand up here once a ♪ ♪ year.♪ ♪ they're not paid and they ♪ ♪ work really hard andthey ♪ ♪ take the wei

tim: until the law is officially removed weisinger says she will keep fighting ensuring that hard-foughthts are here to stay. >> we have to still be vigilant in a blue state like california. tim: it san francisco, tim johns, abc 7 news. karina: in the southbay, testing shows covid sub variants are to blame for prolonging a case search. one month ago, santa clara officials were hoping to see a tick in the current surge the end of june. that has not happened. the county is still seeing 1000 cases daily, according to the seven-day average, and now the santa clara county public health department director, will give an estimate on when a peak could happen. >> the main reason why is because we have additional subvariants that continues to circulate and unlike the omicron surge, rate went up and went down quickly, we are continuing to see a continued high level of transmission in the community. karina: county health officials say we need a prolonged and steady drop in cases detected in wastewater, before they can say we are exiting the search. larry: we report about the many scams that drain vi