All ages are welcome to attend any portion of the Pride events going on throughout the weekend. This year, the theme is “Pride Around the World”, and the hope of San Diego Pride is to reflect the global quest for LGBT life in all other countries, as well as to instill hope and cause for people all over the world. The parade will start at University Avenue and Normal Street and proceed west on University Avenue to 6th Avenue, it then turns south and ends on Balboa Drive and Upas Street. There will also be Run and Stride with Pride, a 5k run and walk, starting right before the parade on Saturday, July 16 at 10 a.m.
This weekend, San Diego LGBT Pride will be hosting the 37th annual Pride parade, a festival and rally from July 15 to July 17. However, it will be rolling into the month of July for a weekend of eccentric and dynamic energy from one of the largest events in San Diego. The national Gay Pride month has been set for June in the United States Bill Clinton made it official in the year 2000.