An attorney for SF Pride successfully compelled a YouTube user on Thursday to disassociate the shooting of five people on Saturday with the annual LGBT event.
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An 18-year-old arrested in connection with a Saturday shooting in San Francisco that injured five people pleaded not guilty to a host of gun charges Wednesday afternoon.
Terrell Blay, 18, of San Francisco appeared in court in a bright-orange sweatshirt and pants, with his hands shackled in front of him, to deny all charges in connection to Saturday’s shooting.
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PG&E's Kick-off Party Celebrates Pride: On Thursday at the Bently Reserve, comedian Sandra Bernhard appeared at a gathering to honor LGBT community leaders. The bash, presented by PG&E and hosted by Mark Rhoades, was a benefit for the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.
Spinsters celebrate at 82nd annual ball
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After learning that New York had legalized same-sex marriage Friday, Miguel Gutierrez had to change his outfit for San Francisco Pride.
In addition to his rainbow beads and gold construction hat, Gutierrez created a 3-foot-tall Statue of Liberty that could open its robe to reveal a doll dressed in bondage next to a sign reading “Liberty is Marriage.”
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A live slideshow will be available all weekend during the Pride celebration.
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New security measures will be in place at this weekend’s Pink Saturday pride celebration in an effort to prevent another incident such as the fatal shooting that rocked last year’s event, a San Francisco police spokesman said.Attendees of the unofficial Castro district street party will not be allowed to bring alcohol this year, police Officer Albie Esparza said.
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Deon Otis said he often thinks about Stephen Powell, the former San Francisco high school basketball player whose life ended in a hail of gunfire last year at the Pink Saturday street party.
But the slain teenager’s Amateur Athletic Union coach had even more reason to remember Powell recently.
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Pink Saturday is going dry this weekend, after a deadly shooting took place in the center of the party last year.
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It’s the latest in a string of San Francisco events that have banned consumption of alcohol outside neighboring restaurants or bars.
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Though she’s usually in a New York state of mind, Sandra Bernhard is taking a holiday from her neighborhood to appear at the Marines’ Memorial Theatre this weekend. She’s also joining in the San Francisco Pride festivities with a number of other appearances around town.
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As San Francisco prepares to rally under the banner of “In Pride We Trust” at the 41st annual gay pride parade, organizers of what’s billed as the planet’s largest LGBT celebration are marching to another tune this year.
After a city audit last year revealed a looming cloud of debt left hovering over the event by previous festivities, San Francisco Pride underwent substantial structural changes.
But the show must go on.
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