San Francisco welcomes Pride

Elena Mateus
2 min readJun 26, 2018

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A man holds colorful balloons while crossing the street near Dolores Park in San Francisco on Saturday, June 23. He was one of many celebrating Pride weekend at Dolores Park.
Evan Rogers, of Nashville, Tenn., hands out free water bottles on 18th St. in San Francisco on June 23. He was one of nine volunteers with the North Dolores Park Church there. “We want people to enjoy themselves, and we want to help them stay hydrated too,” he said.
The statue of Miguel Hidalgo overlooks Dolores Park during Pride weekend on June 23 in San Francisco.
A rainbow robot dances around Dolores Park on June 23 in San Francisco.
Martha Gates, of San Leandro, Calif., holds hands with Bethany Ramirez, of Emeryville, Calif, on their way to Dolores Park in San Francisco on June 23.
A woman holds up a sign that reads, “B**** don’t kill my pride” in Dolores Park in San Francisco on June 23.
Ceara Lafferty, of Berkeley, Calif., goes in to kiss Tonya Wessman, of Sacramento, Calif., during San Francisco Pride at Dolores Park on June 23.
Flags from a vendor wave in the wind on June 23 at Dolores Park in San Francisco during pride weekend.
Even dogs like Henry, of Oakland, Calif., came out to enjoy pride weekend at Dolores Park in San Francisco on June 23.
People who were celebrating San Francisco Pride at Dolores Park often smoked or drank to celebrate. Caitlin Whiteside, of San Francisco, Calf., pictured above, said, “Pride is about love, being who you are, and doing what you want to do.”
As the sun began to set, people left Dolores Park and left behind trash strewn on the grass on June 23 in San Francisco.

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Elena Mateus
Elena Mateus

Written by Elena Mateus

Multimedia journalist, researcher and student-athlete at UC Berkeley.

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