What was once used to label and shame is now a symbol of pride for the LGBTQIA+ community, drawing spectators, a band and local leaders
Before dawn on Saturday morning, 400 volunteers gathered atop Twin Peaks to install an acre-wide neon pink triangle 925 feet above San Francisco.
As early as 3 a.m. Saturday morning, volunteers staked out the shape of the triangle display and then installed the pink border made up of 220-foot-long pieces of bright pink sailcloth at each edge of the triangle. The main installation includes 175 pink mesh tarps, held down by 5,000 12-foot-long steel spikes.
But today, what was once used to label and shame is now a symbol of pride for the LGBTQIA+ community, drawing spectators, a band and local leaders including Mayor London Breed; Supervisors Rafael Mandelman, Joel Engardio and Matt Dorsey; Assemblymember Phil Ting; Senator Scott Wiener and Drag Laureate D’Arcy Drollinger, who delivered impassioned speeches on the hilltop.
The ceremony also expanded to spotlight attacks on the community outside the US – activist Gary Virginia spoke on the Ugandan genocide of LGBTQIA+ people, and Dr. Michelle Kraus and Joe Rodriguez on the plight of youth and adults trapped in Afghanistan under Taliban control.
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