The People's March and Rally: Unite to Fight began at the intersection of Polk and Washington streets at 10:30 a.m. As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, this event was spearheaded by longtime activist Alex U.
Inn and Juanita MORE!, who planned it in conjunction with nationwide activism on behalf of the Black community following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month.
That protest — one of three events Sunday (the others were a protest titled 'Pride is a riot' and a rally in the Fillmore district honoring Black trans people) — was planned to follow the route of that first "gay-in" in 1970, which later grew to become the San Francisco Pride parade.While this year is the occasion of the parade's 50th anniversary,.