After being mothballed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a festival launched in the 1970s by the late gay supervisor Harvey Milk to celebrate San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro district will return this fall.
Organizers of the Castro Street Fair are planning to host an in-person event Sunday, October 3, according to the president of the fair's board of directors. "We are pleased to announce that planning has begun for this year's Castro Street Fair," Jenn Meyer, a straight ally who is the board president, stated to the Bay Area Reporter and announced on social media. "Although it may look a little different pending potential guidance from [the San Francisco Department of Public Health], we look forward to seeing you all in person on October