San Francisco Pride announced September 3 that its inaugural LGBTQ Freedom Day Festival — which had been scheduled to take place October 10 to coincide with National Coming Out Day the following day — has been postponed until next year.
The organization is also gearing up for board elections. The street festival had been announced in August to take place in the Mission neighborhood.
But in its newsletter sent Friday to supporters, SF Pride stated that it could not ensure the "safety and health" of would-be participants. "As we work on our plans for this event, we've determined that to produce a street fair with the safety and health of our communities at top priority, at the quality expected of SF Pride, is just not feasible this fall," the