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It culminates Sunday with the city's 46th annual parade, which starts at noon in the Lakeside neighborhood. Thirty floats are being built with 15 truckloads of Styrofoam, 200 pounds of glitter and 500 gallons of paint.ĬHICAGO: Gay Pride Weekend kicked off Friday. Sunday's huge 45th annual Pride Parade will be led by grand marshal Rick Welts, president of the NBA champion Golden State Warriors. Watch Video: San Francisco celebrates gay pride, equality victory Other highlights include the annual Dyke March on Saturday next to the park, which straddles the city's Mission and Castro districts, the latter being the heart of the city's LGBT community. SAN FRANCISCO: Friday night's Trans March at Dolores Park is likely to be the biggest ever for the transgender community, boosted by the celebrity transition of Bruce Jenner to Caitlin Jenner. Grand marshals include the actors Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, and Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera, a leader of the gay-rights movement in Uganda. The ginormous Pride march begins Sunday at noon on Fifth Avenue, ending in the West Village. The 23rd annual Dyke March, which steps off Saturday at 5 p.m., will focus on gender inequality and anti-gay violence. NEW YORK: The festivities, which began Friday, carry even more poignancy days after the Stonewall Inn, site of the catalyzing Stonewall riots for gay rights in 1969, was granted city landmark status, the first related to LGBT history. Watch Video: McKellen on Pride Parade: "Bearing witness, and celebrating."įriday's Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage added a giant exclamation point to the weekend conclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.