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Letting My Inner Queer Shine with the Freeplay Crew at the SF Pride Festival

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

 

Here's the Freeplay Hip-hop Dance Crew doing the latest incarnation of our piece "Turn Turn" at the 2012 San Francisco Pride Festival. We were proud to share the stage at the Asian & Pacific Islander Pavillion with many other awesome acts that day.

This was my first SF Pride and I was totally blown away by the size, diversity, and spirit of the event. I love the New York Pride parade, but this shows why San Francisco is such an awesome place to live, whether you are gay, lesbian, transgender or just in some way out of the "norm."  

And as a straight ally, it was great to see the diversity of folks coming out to participate and support –young straight couples in rainbow gear, families with babies in strollers, grandmas and grandpas showing their love for their gay grandkids, and more.

Sadly, I couldn't stay long because of other work commitments.  But I was excited to entertain the crowds with my crew, and absorb some of the awesome, joyful, loving, gay energy of the San Francisco queer communities.  Happy Pride!

The fabulous Freeplay hip-hop crew at SF Pride 2012

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