San Diego LGBT Pride Parade

and Festival 

July 18-19, 2009

Stonewall 2.0: Activism for Equality

This years event commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City while embracing today's new generation of LGBT grassroots activists and the methods they've used for mobilizing attention to equal rights.

This year's theme reflects on gay civil rights activism of the last 40 years and calls upon each one of us to take action and demand full equality.  We've made many advances since the Stonewall Riots marked the start of the modern gay rights movement in 1969, and since San Diego's first Pride march was held 35 years ago.  The inner activist in each of us must answer the call to achieve full civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights for all LGBT people.