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Celebrate the LGBTQ+ Community and Join Us in the 2022 San Francisco Pride Parade

Celebrate the LGBTQ+ Community and Join Us in the 2022 San Francisco Pride Parade

It’s June–school is out, summer is in full-swing—and across the nation all month long we acknowledge, honor, and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with Pride awareness, advocacy, and events.

This year, LightHouse is honored to, once again, extend an invitation to all LGBTQ+ community members, their families, friends, and allies as we march in the 52nd annual Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, June 26. We will proudly commemorate LGBTQ+ heritage as well as raise awareness for the needs of LGBTQ+ people with disabilities. Join us in marching side-by-side or come to the LightHouse headquarters at 1155 Market Street to watch a live stream of the parade with audio description. Once the parade is over, and our contingency arrives at LightHouse, we will commence the Pride After-Party, serving snacks and refreshments. This is a celebration you won’t want to miss!

The celebration runs from Sunday, June 26, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Registration for the LightHouse Pride celebration will be required for all participants, whether they want to walk the parade route or watch from our LightHouse Headquarters at 1155 Market Street. There will also be opportunities for those who wish to volunteer. We will host a live stream of the parade, complete with an audio description. When our contingent finishes marching the parade and arrives at LightHouse, we will commence the Pride after-party, offering light snacks and refreshments. This is a celebration not to be missed!

The San Francisco Lighthouse is proud to provide visual interpreting services for the San Francisco Pride Parade in partnership with Aira. Aira will be describing the televised coverage of the parade from ABC affiliate, KGO Channel 7. Aira will not provide video coverage, but you may watch the video of the parade on one device and listen to audio description from Aira on a separate device. Here’s how:

Watching the Parade

The San Francisco Pride Parade will air on Bay Area station ABC 7 (KGO). It will also be streamed at abc7news.com/Pride.

Audio Description from Aira 

The San Francisco Lighthouse is proud to provide visual interpreting services for the San Francisco Pride Parade in partnership with Aira. Aira will be describing the televised coverage of the parade from ABC affiliate, KGO Channel 7. Aira will not provide video coverage, but you may watch the video of the parade on one device and listen to audio description from Aira on a separate device. Here’s how:

Via YouTube

You can listen to the coverage on Aira’s YouTube channel. If you subscribe to the channel, you will be notified when the live stream begins.
 

Via Zoom

We will provide a Zoom Webinar for those wishing to use the Zoom platform. Go to bit.ly/airapride to join the webinar.
 
You can also listen by phone via Zoom at one of these numbers. For higher quality, dial a number based on your current location:
 
In the United States:
+1 312 626 6799 or
+1 646 876 9923 or
+1 301 715 8592 or
+1 346 248 7799 or
+1 669 900 6833 or
+1 253 215 8782
Webinar ID: 842 2939 6670
International numbers available: https://aira.zoom.us/u/kciAr2e0Nl

Accessibility for those Marching in the Parade

The parade route is 1.8 miles long and will involve standing and walking. We will have limited ways for seated options to participate in the parade. If you’d like to request a wheeled ride during the parade, please indicate this in the comments at the end of the registration form.
 
You may also request a human guide to march in the parade.

LightHouse Pride T-Shirts

The first 50 people to register for the LightHouse Pride celebration, whether marching in the parade or watching from our headquarters, will receive a free LightHouse Pride t-shirt. You may also purchase a LightHouse 2022 Pride t-shirt online at Adaptations.org. Our fabulous Pride t-shirt was designed in-house and sports a stylish and unique way to bring awareness to blind, low vision, and DeafBlind LGBTQ+ community members. The shirt is white and features a pair of sunglasses with the rainbow Pride flag reflecting in the lenses. A white cane leans on the left side of the sunglasses’ frame. Underneath the glasses it says “Be Seen” in black print with “be seen” in orange Braille dots beneath. On the back of the t-shirt is the LightHouse logo with “LightHouse” in uncontracted rainbow-colored Braille beneath the logo. T-shirts are available in sizes S-XL for $30.00, size 2XL for $33.25, and size 3XL for $34.50.

For more information about the San Francisco Pride 2022 event, please contact Sheri Albers, Community Outreach Coordinator, at SAlbers@lighthouse-sf.org or call 415-694-7331.

Register for the LightHouse San Francisco Pride Parade celebration.

Order Your Pride t-Shirt online from Adaptations.org.