San Francisco's second People's March & Rally of the COVID-19 era on Sunday, June 27 was a jubilant celebration that echoed the spirit of the 1970 San Francisco Gay Liberation March.
Everyone was invited to "Unite to Fight," down Polk Street toward Civic Center, a mile-long route similar to that of the revolutionary moment in queer history 51 years ago that marked the first anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, long considered the birth of the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
This year's march was smaller than last year's, with a few hundred people participating. Among the contingent of rebels and revelers (two blocks deep at its largest and most vibrant) chanting "Whose streets?" "Our streets!" and "Give it to the