▼Tuesday, June 1st Lighting Ceremony at 8PM with Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, SF Mayor London Breed, CA State Senator Scott Weiner, SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros, SF District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, BART Board Member Bevan Dufty and other dignitaries.
Donna Sachet and Gary Virginia told the “History of the Pink Triangle”. Opening and closing music provided by the SF Gay and Lesbian Freedom Band and singer Leanne Borghesi in their first public performance in 15 months!
The 9PM lighting was preceded by the Dykes on Bikes who brought two Pink Torches all the way to the Twin Peaks ceremony from an earlier mini-ceremony at Oakland City Hall with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. From downtown Oakland, the Dykes on Bikes then continued their journey across the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge to another mini-ceremony with Sister Roma at the SF Ferry Building, and then drove onward to their final destination to the top of Twin Peaks where the Dykes on Bikes handed a Pink Torch to both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and SF Mayor London Breed. Together, Pelosi and Breed pushed the “pink triangular button” to light the 26th annual Pink Triangle.
Many thanks to all the above who participated before and during the opening night ceremony. In addition to the speakers at the ceremony, a huge “THANK YOU” to our 2021 sponsors: SF Pride, the Bob Ross Foundation (overseen by Tom Horn) sponsored the 2021 Pink Triangle t-shirts and masks, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Hodgkins Jewelers, and Brian Gerritsen. Also, a huge “THANK YOU” to our 2021 Media Sponsors: Betty's List, and SF Bay Times (see the Bay Times live-feed Castro Street Cam #2 of the 26th annual Pink Triangle via http://sfbaytimes.com/castro-street-cam/ and to the Bay Area Reporter.
On the support and operations side, a big “THANK YOU” to the SF Mayor's Office, SF Supervisor Rafael Mandelman's office, SF Department of Real Estate for their ongoing support, and the SF Department of Public Works (DPW) for sending a crew to clear much of the hillside site of poison oak and non-native thorny plants; Rec & Park Rangers, officers of the SF Police Park Station who not only provided security and traffic control for the June 1st evening ceremony but also for the continuous 24 hour safeguarding of the display for the month of June; and thanks to volunteer Katie Hickox for starting and updating the Pink Triangle website since 1999.
Thank you to the nearly 500 supporters who have contributed to the ILLUMINATE the PINK TRIANGLE charity link. This event could not have continued over a quarter-century without the ongoing dedication of creator/producer Patrick Carney, and his two main helpers/supporters Colleen Hodgkins and Hossein Carney whose efforts have been instrumental each year in completing the project.
Thank you to all the volunteers who have assisted with the setup and taking down of the pink border, the lighting equipment and lastly thank you to anyone (not mentioned above) who has helped in any way to make the 2021 Pink Triangle a successful event! It truly “takes a Village”.
In 2021 the Pink Triangle will be illuminated atop Twin Peaks all of Pride Month, from dusk on June 1st to sunrise on July 1st.
The gigantic illuminated 26th annual Pink Triangle will again SHINE as a beacon of resilience, hope and remembrance over San Francisco in 2021 as a reminder of where hatred can lead.
The Pink Triangle, once a symbol of one of the darkest chapters in human history and now embraced as a beloved symbol of equality, inclusion, hope and perseverance has long been at the center of the city's annual San Francisco Pride celebration.
Even though the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic in 2021 will prevent the traditional large group of community volunteers from installing a huge fabric Pink Triangle, there will be a pink outline visible on the hillside during the daytime and 2,700 LED nodes of pink light at night. It will again be lit by ILLUMINATE and Ben Davis, the masterminds behind the Bay Lights - the illumination of the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Please widely share the project information and charity link. It truly takes a village.
In 2020, last year's nighttime display of the PINK TRIANGLE was illuminated during the Global Grand Lighting Ceremony on Saturday June 27, and continued through the night of Friday July 10 and then was taken down Saturday July 11.
Thank you to all the volunteers who signed up and helped with setting up and taking down the borders of the Pink Triangle display.
Thank you to the 500+ people who made an online donation!
It takes a community to come together and put this display on and we could not do this without your support. THANK YOU ALL!
Annual Pink Triangle Installation and Commemoration for SF Pride Weekend 2020
GREAT NEWS - the 25th Pink Triangle illuminated display was a HUGE SUCCESS!
It was ILLUMINATED by the masterminds behind the Bay Lights, the illumination of the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge.
The 25th Pink Triangle was augmented by the nonprofit Illuminate under the direction of its Founder & Chief Visionary Officer Ben Davis.
The illumination featured 2,700 LED nodes of pink light. The mesmerizing triangle - covering a full acre - served as an enduring symbol
of San Francisco’s resilience and as a Beacon of Hope.
: San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Sister Roma
who told the “History of the Pink Triangle”, German Consul General Hans-Ulrich Suedbeck, CA State Senator Scott Wiener, CA State Assemblymember David Chiu, SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros, and SF Supervisor Rafael Mandelman. Guest speaker introductions were given by Pink Triangle founder Patrick Carney and Ben Davis of Illuminate. We are delighted that Violinist Kippy Marks performed several times during the ceremony. Thank you to Mayor London Breed who declared June 27 “Patrick Carney and Pink Triangle Day in San Francisco”.
A big THANK YOU to our 2020 Sponsors (for general 2020 Pink Triangle event expenses): The SF LGBT Pride Celebration Committee, the Bob Ross Foundation(via Thomas Horn for the t-shirts), the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Hodgkins Jewelers, and Brian Gerritsen. For help inspiring volunteers, The SF Bay Times and Betty’s List as “Media Sponsors” along with The Bay Area Reporter and CBS KPIX 5.
A big THANK YOU to San Francisco Bay Times for the live camera feeds of the Twin Peaks Pink Triangle Display on July 9th and 10th. Thank you Betty Sullivan and Jen Viegas for facilitating access to these live cams. Thank you John Herren for his technical assistance with making adjustments to the live camera feeds.
Thank you to the Dykes on Bikes and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for taking part in the first Pink Triangle Torch Procession which was produced by Patricia Suflita Wilson. Thank you to the 75+ Dykes on Bikes torchbearers for the festive lead up to the 25th Pink Triangle: they carried the torch from Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf at Oakland's City Hall in downtown Oakland travelling 15+ miles to Twin Peaks in San Francisco. Along the way, they made stops in Oakland and San Francisco travelling across the Oakland-SF Bay Bridge. After the Dykes on Bikes arrived in SF, the Pink Torch was handed over to volunteers who walked on foot starting from the Ferry Building and then kept walking westward along Market Street (which is closed to street traffic until Van Ness Street) to Castro Street. Then the Pink Torch was picked up again by Dykes on Bikes who carried it to Twin Peaks and handed it to SF Mayor London Breed, shown holding the Pink Torch standing between Patrick Carney and Sister Roma standing adjacent to the newly illuminated Pink Triangle as shown in the SF Chronicle photo second from the top of this home page.
SPECIAL THANKS in 2020 to the San Francisco Police Department Park Station for providing traffic control but also providing regular patrols around the clock for over two weeks at the Twin Peaks area to keep an eye on the 2,700 pink LED nodes and edging that made up this year's special illuminated pink triangle display. In previous years, the pink triangle had been vandalized after several pink canvas tarp pieces were set on fire. THANK YOU!
The Pink Triangle
is a visible yet mute reminder of man’s inhumanity toward man. The lesson of the Pink Triangle is: "what can happen when hatred and bigotry are allowed to become law".
San Francisco
is the ONLY city on the planet with a giant ONE-ACRE Pink Triangle hovering over the city for its Pride Weekend. This giant Pink Triangle is uniquely San Francisco.
2019 COMMEMORATION CEREMONY Program:
HONORED GUESTS
: San Francisco Mayor London Breed, German Consul General Hans-Ulrich Suedbeck
will give the “History of the Pink Triangle” at the beginning of the ceremony. What better image of how far Germany has progressed since the horrors of the Holocaust’s Pink Triangle than an out-gay-man representing Germany (with his husband and children at his side) telling the history of this tragic symbol?
Then French Consul GeneralEmmanuel Lebrun-Damiens will speak.
They will join CA State Senator Scott Wiener,CA State Assemblymember David Chiu, SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros,
SF Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, SF Community College Trustees Alex Randolph (President) and Tom Temprano (Vice President)and Shanell Williams,
along with several of the SF Pride Parade Community Grand Marshalls and Honorees. SF Mayoral Senior Advisor Clair Farley who is a human rights and transgender rights advocate will discuss the Transgender Ban in the U.S. Military and will also be speaking of transgender issues in general as an illustration that there is still much to do in spite of recent gains in the decades since the Pink Triangle was used as a badge in the Holocaust.
A special thanks goes to former CA State Senator Mark Leno who will be unable to attend but has always made time to appear and speak every year since first becoming appointed as SF Supervisor in 1998 !
The Band:
We are delighted that The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay
Freedom Band(the “official band” of SF) will be performing for us again this year as they have been for over 20 years! Thank you to “The Band”!
A big THANK YOU to our 2019 Sponsors: The SF LGBT Pride Celebration Committee, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Bob Ross Foundation, Badlands, Toadhall, Hodgkins Jewelers, Lazy Bear Weekend Fund, Rick Stokes owner of Steamworks, Brian Gerritsen, Pendergast Consulting Group, Sue Saiz, Debbie Taylor, Starbucks for the coffee, tea, snacks and store volunteers,
and Barefoot & Bubbly for the champagne to be used in the christening of the 2019 Pink Triangle.
For help inspiring volunteers, The SF Bay Times and Betty’s List as “Media sponsors” along with the Bay Area Reporter and GLOSS Magazine.
SPECIAL THANKS in 2019 to the San Francisco Police Department Park Station for providing traffic control but also providing regular patrols around the clock at the Twin Peaks area to keep an eye on the pink triangle tarp which has been vandalized in previous years. THANK YOU ALL!
The Pink Triangle
is a visible yet mute reminder of man’s inhumanity toward man. The lesson of the Pink Triangle is: "what can happen when hatred and bigotry are allowed to become law".
2018 Commemoration Ceremony Program:
Honored Guests: Cleve Jones (Founder of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
and author of the book “When We Rise”) will give the “History of the Pink Triangle” at the beginning of the ceremony. As part of the “History” portion, the German Consul GeneralHans-Ulrich Suedbeck will speak and introduce his husband and their children at the ceremony.
What better image of how far Germany has progressed since the horrors of the Holocaust’s pink triangle? Then French Consul GeneralEmmanuel Lebrun-Damiens will speak and introduce French Goverment MinisterSchiappa who is France’s “Minister for Equality between Women and Men”
(as such she is also in charge of LGBT issues for France). They will join San Francisco Mayor-elect London Breed, CA State Senator Scott Wiener, CA State Assemblymember Phil Ting, CA State Assemblymember David Chiu, SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros,
SF Supervisor-elect Rafael Mandelman, SF Community College Trustees Alex Randolph and Tom Temprano,
along with many of the SF Pride Parade Community Grand Marshalls and Honorees. A special thanks goes to former CA State Senator Mark Leno who will be unable to attend but has always made time to appear and speak every year since first becoming appointed as SF Supervisor in 1998 !
The Band:
We are delighted that The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay
Freedom Band(the “official band” of SF) will be performing for us again this year. They are the “Organizational Grand Marshal” this year. Thank you to “The Band”!
Special Guest:
Musical Theater Star Leanne Borghesi will sing “San Francisco”, “California Here I come!” along with other rousing tunes and accompanied by the SF L/G Freedom Band.
A big THANK YOU to our 2018 Sponsors: The SF LGBT Pride Celebration Committee, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Bob Ross Foundation, Hamburger Mary’s, Hodgkins Jewelers, Starbucks for the coffee, tea, snacks and store volunteers.
For help inspiring volunteers, The SF Bay Times and Betty’s List as “Media sponsors” along with the Bay Area Reporter and GLOSS.
SPECIAL THANKS in 2018 to the San Francisco Police Department Park Station for providing traffic control but also providing regular patrols around the clock at the Twin Peaks area to keep an eye on the pink triangle tarp which has been vandalized in previous years. THANK YOU ALL!
The Pink Triangle
is a visible yet mute reminder of man's inhumanity toward man. The lesson of the Pink Triangle is: "what can happen when hatred and bigotry are allowed to become law".
The test of any democracy is how well it treats its minorities. The Third Reich demonstrates how easily a government can devise minority scapegoats. During the Holocaust, the Nazi's devised a whole array of colored triangles to label and
distinguish their "undesirables". Branding homosexuals as criminals let most Germans feel comfortable looking the other way, while the Nazis went about their persecution. This is a tactic now being used in numerous countries again.
The goal is to educate people about the hatred of the past to help prevent it from happening again. The display continues to have a special meaning one year after the tragic shootings at The Pulse in Orlando, Florida.
The display and ceremony are not only to remember the hatred of the past, but to also show we aren't out of the woods yet regarding hatred and violence directed toward the LGBTQ and Latino and other minority communities - as Orlando so vividly illustrates.
Discriminatory laws led to the creation of the Pink Triangle patch that homosexuals were forced to wear in Nazi concentration camps, and the Yellow Star of David badge that Jews were forced to wear under Nazi occupation,
and a whole series of colored patches for each of their targeted groups of "undesirables". We try to prevent such hatred from happening again. Click here for further history information.
During the Pink Triangle Commemoration Ceremony at 10:30 am on Saturday June 24, 2017 various speakers will point out that the kind of hatred that existed in the 1930's and 40's still exists today - still exists today - as in Chechnya, Indonesia,
Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and so many other nations, and even a few places in the US including here in California. There is much to be done, and education is the key! That is why the Pink Triangle is still being installed after all of the decades - it is a giant learning tool.
2017 Commemoration Ceremony Program:
Honored Guests: former CA Senator Mark Leno, former CA Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, CA Senator Scott Wiener, CA Assemblymember Phil Ting, CA Assemblymember David Chiu, SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros,
SF Supervisor Jeff Sheehy, SF Community College Trustee Alex Randolph, African Human Rights Coalition Executive Director and SF Pride Vice President Melanie Nathan,
along with many of the SF Pride Parade Community Grand Marshalls and Honorees.
Musical Theater Star Leanne Borghesi will sing "San Francisco" accompanied by the SF L/G Freedom Band.
A big THANK YOU to our 2017 Sponsors: Toad Hall owner Les Natali, The SF LGBT Pride Celebration Committee, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Rick Stokes owner of Steamworks, Hodgkins Jewelers,
Starbucks for the coffee, tea, snacks and store volunteers, and Barefoot
and Bubbly for the champagne to be used in the christening of the 2017 Pink Triangle.
For help inspiring volunteers The Bay Area Reporter, The San Francisco Bay Times, Betty's List for "media sponsors" and Gloss Magazine.
SPECIAL THANKS in 2017 to the San Francisco Police Department Park Station for providing traffic control but also providing regular patrols around the clock at the Twin Peaks area to keep an eye on the pink triangle tarp which has been vandalized in previous years. THANK YOU ALL!
2016 Commemoration Ceremony Program:
Honored Guests: CA Senator Mark Leno, CA Assemblymember Phil Ting, CA Assemblymember David Chiu, SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros,
SF Supervisor Scott Wiener, SF Supervisor David Campos,
along with many of the SF Pride Parade Community Grand Marshalls and Honorees.
Musical Theater Star Leanne Borghesi will sing "San Francisco" accompanied by the SF L/G Freedom Band.
A big THANK YOU to our 2016 Sponsors: Toad Hall and Badlands
owner Les Natali, The Apothecarium, SF LGBT Pride Celebration Committee, The Steamworks, Rick Stokes, Hodgkins Jewelers,
Starbucks for the coffee, tea, snacks and store volunteers, and Barefoot
and Bubbly for the champagne to be used in the christening of the 2015 Pink Triangle.
For help inspiring volunteers The Bay Area Reporter, The San Francisco Bay Times,
Betty's List for "media sponsors".
SPECIAL THANKS in 2016 to the San Francisco Police Department Park Station for providing traffic control but also providing regular patrols around the clock at the Twin Peaks area to keep an eye on the pink triangle tarp which has been vandalized in previous years. THANK YOU ALL!
During the Pink Triangle Commemoration Ceremony at 10:30 am on Saturday June 25, 2016 various speakers will point out that the kind of hatred that existed in the 1930's and 40's still exists today - as in Orlando, Florida.
2015 Commemoration Ceremony Program:
Honored Guests:
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, CA Senator Mark Leno, former CA Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, CA Assemblymember Phil Ting, CA Assemblymember David Chiu, CA Assemblymember Mike Gipson, Deputy Consul General of Ireland Kevin Byrne, SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros,
SF Supervisor Scott Wiener, SF Supervisor David Campos, SF Director of Housing Opportunity, Partnerships and Engagement (HOPE) and former SF Supervisor Bevan Dufty,
along with many of the SF Pride Parade Community Grand Marshalls and Honorees.
Musical Theater Star Leanne Borghesi will sing "San Francisco" accompanied by the SF L/G Freedom Band.
A big THANK YOU to our 2015 Sponsors: Toad Hall and Badlands
owner Les Natali, The Apothecarium, SF LGBT Pride Celebration Committee, The Castro Lions Club, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,
The Steamworks, and Rick Stokes, Haus of StarFish, SF Eagle, Hodgkins Jewelers, Starbucks for the coffee, tea, snacks and store volunteers, and Barefoot
and Bubbly for the champagne to be used in the christening of the 2015 Pink Triangle.
For help inspiring volunteers The Bay Area Reporter, The San Francisco Bay Times,
Betty's List for "media sponsors".
SPECIAL THANKS in 2015 to the San Francisco Police Department Park Station for providing traffic control but also providing regular patrols around the clock at the Twin Peaks area to keep an eye on the pink triangle tarp which has been vandalized in previous years. THANK YOU ALL!
The Pink Triangle
is a visible yet mute reminder of man's inhumanity toward man. The lesson of the Pink Triangle is: "what can happen when hatred and bigotry are allowed to become law".
2014 Commemoration Ceremony Program:
Honored Guests:
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, comedian, actress, and jazz musician Lea DeLaria of TV's hit program "Orange is the New Black", and Celebrity Grand Marshal Ross Mathews, of TV's "Hello Ross", and "Chelsea Lately",
CA Senator Mark Leno, CA Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, CA Assemblymember Phil Ting, SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros, President of the SF Board of Supervisors David Chiu,
SF Supervisor Scott Wiener, SF Supervisor David Campos, SF Supervisor Malia Cohen, SF Director of Housing Opportunity, Partnerships and Engagement (HOPE) and former SF Supervisor Bevan Dufty,
along with many of the SF Pride Parade Community Grand Marshalls.
A big THANK YOU to our 2014 Sponsors: Toad Hall and Badlands
owner Les Natali, SF LGBT Pride Celebration Committee, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Apothecarium,
The Steamworks, Powerhouse,Haus of StarFish,The Castro Lions Club, Hodgkins Jewelers, Starbucks for the coffee, tea, snacks and store volunteers, and Barefoot
and Bubbly for the champagne to be used in the christening of the 2014 Pink Triangle.
For help inspiring volunteers The Bay Area Reporter, The San Francisco Bay Times,
Betty's List for "media sponsors".
SPECIAL THANKS in 2014 to the San Francisco Police Department Park Station for providing traffic control but also providing regular patrols around the clock at the Twin Peaks area to keep an eye on the pink triangle tarp which has been vandalized in previous years. THANK YOU ALL!
2013 Commemoration Ceremony Program:
Honored Guests:
Michael Tilson Thomas (11-time Grammy winning conductor
and Music Director of the SF Symphony) will tell the "History of the Pink Triangle", CA Senator Mark Leno, CA Assemblymember Tom Ammiano,
CA Assemblymember Phil Ting, President of the SF Board of Supervisors David Chiu, SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros, SF Supervisor Scott Wiener, SF
Supervisor David Campos, SF Supervisor Malia Cohen, SF Director of Housing Opportunity, Partnerships and Engagement (HOPE) and former SF Supervisor Bevan Dufty,
Grand Marshal Tabatha Coffey of Bravo TV's "Tabatha Takes Over",
Grand Marshal Alex Newell of TV's hit "GLEE", Grand Marshal Mondo Guerra of "Project Runway",
along with many of the SF Pride Parade Community Grand Marshalls.
A big THANK YOU to our 2013 Sponsors: Toad Hall and Badlands
owner Les Natali, SF LGBT Pride Celebration Committee, The Apothecarium,
The Steamworks, Powerhouse,Haus of StarFish,The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,
The Castro Lions Club, Hodgkins Jewelers, Starbucks for the coffee(and tea), and Barefoot
and Bubbly for the champagne to be used in the christening of the 2013 Pink Triangle.
For help inspiring volunteers The Bay Area Reporter, The San Francisco Bay Times,
Betty's List(for email promotion).
The 2013 Pink Triangle was installed on Twin Peaks thanks to the more than 175 volunteers who showed up Sat morning, June 29th, 2013--see KTVU News coverage: Large turnout!
SPECIAL THANKS in 2013 to the San Francisco Police Department Park Station for providing traffic control but also, for the first time, assigning officers to keep an eye on the pink triangle tarp which has been vandalized in previous years. THANK YOU ALL!
2012 Commemoration Ceremony Program:
Honored Guests:
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Democratic House Leader;
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee; Grand Marshal Dot Jones of TV's hit 'GLEE'
will tell "The History of the Pink Triangle", former Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr.
(Lifetime Achievement Grand Marshal) will co-emcee, CA State Senator Mark Leno,
CA Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, President of the SF Board of
Supervisors David Chiu, SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros, SF
Supervisor Scott Wiener, SF Supervisor David Campos, SF
Supervisor Christina Olague, SFo Assessor/Recorder Phil Ting, former
Supervisor Bevan Dufty, Grand Marshal Carmen Carrera, along with many of the
Community Grand marshalls of the SF Pride parade.
the San Francisco LGBT Pride
Celebration Committee, Toad Hall and Badlands owner Les Natali,
the Castro Lions Club, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Hodgkins
Jewelers; for help inspiring volunteers The Bay Area Reporter, The San
Francisco Bay Times, Betty's List(for email promotion), and the SF Police
Department Park Station for providing traffic control.
2011 Commemoration Ceremony Program:
Honored Guests: SF Mayor Ed Lee, CA State Senator Mark
Leno, CA Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros, President of the SF Board of Supervisors
David Chiu, SF Supervisor Scott Wiener, SF Supervisor
David Campos, SF Assessor/Recorder Phil Ting, former SF Supervisor
Bevan Dufty, along with the Grand marshalls of SF Pride.
Guest speakers: The celebrity Grand marshalls of the Parade along with
the elected officials listed above.
A big thank you to
our 2011 Sponsors: the SF LGBT Pride Celebration Committee,
Toad Hall owner Les Natali, the Castro Lions Club, the Sisters of
Perpetual Indulgence, the Grand Ducal Council, Hodgkins
Jewelers, Betty's List (for email promotion), and the SF Police Department Park Station for providing traffic control.
2010 Commemoration Ceremony Program:
Honored Guests: SF Mayor Gavin Newsom, CA State Senator
Mark Leno, CA Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, SF Supervisor Bevan Dufty,
SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros, SF
Supervisor David Campos,SF Assessor/Recorder Phil Ting,
and the Grand marshalls of SF Pride.
Guest speaker Andy Bell, the lead singer of the pop group Erasure
gave "The History of the Pink Triangle." He is one of the most
acclaimed and beloved singers in British and US pop. He has five #1 hits and has had 17 Top-10 UK singles.
Guest speaker: The Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney Australia Phillip
Black added an international perspective to the discussion of the persecution
of those within the LGBT community worldwide. He also spoke of the great
positive aspects our community enjoys within Sydney.
Honored Guests: Actress Cloris Leachman, CA State Senator Mark Leno, CA Assemblymember
Tom Ammiano, SF
Supervisor Bevan Dufty, SF Treasurer Jose
Cisneros, President of the SF Board
of Supervisors David Chiu, SF
Supervisor David Campos,
Grand marshalls of SF Pride.
Guest speakeractress ClorisLeachman
gave "The History of the Pink Triangle." She is an Emmy and
Oscar-winning actress of stage, film, and television. She has won eight
Primetime Emmy Awards--more than any other female performer, and won an Oscar
for "The Last Picture Show."
Guest speaker Congressman Jared Polis of Colorado, was
unable to attend at the last minute.
Guest speaker Lieutenant Dan Choi
graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point
in 2003 with a degree in Arabic and Environmental Engineering. His fluency in
Arabic and West Point degree became very useful to the Army's mission in Iraq as he did
not need to use an interpreter. He declared his sexual orientation publicly on
national television, on The Rachel Maddow Show,
resulting in his recent notification of discharge despite his desire to
continue serving. He fights for the repeal of the discriminatory Don't Ask
Don't Tell policy and reminds all soldiers that they are not alone, and
they should never be ashamed of being honest with themselves and others.
Honored Guests: SF Mayor Gavin Newsom, CA State Senator
Carole Migden, CA Assemblymember Mark Leno, SF Supervisor Tom Ammiano, SF
Supervisor Bevan Dufty, San Francisco Treasurer Jose
Cisneros, President of the SF Board of Supervisors David Chui, SF Supervisor David Campos, SF Assessor/Recorder
Phil Ting, Grand marshalls of SF Pride.
Guest speaker: Roger Rees: actor of CHEERS, Nicholas Nickleby, and many other productions told " The History of
the Pink Triangle "
Guest speaker: Ashram Parsi who has been
called the " first Iranian gay activist "
Guest speaker: The Consul General of the Federal Republic of
Germany Rolf Schutte
Guest speakers - Celebrity Grand marshalls:
*Stuart
Milk: Nephew of Harvey Milk, and much like his uncle, Stuart proudly
presents a message of providing hope to young people and the
disenfranchised.
*Dustin
Lance Black: Academy-Award winning author of the screenplay for the film " Milk "
*Cleve
Jones: the Creator of the amazing NAMES PROJECT Quilt among
other great contributions to our community.
Exciting news! House Speaker Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, SF Mayor London Breed, Pink Triangle Founder Patrick Carney (holding pink torch) and Illuminate CEO Ben Davis celebrate as the lights are turned on for the 26th Annual Pink Triangle display which can be seen glowing in the background.
Nancy Pelosi is introduced by Patrick Carney at 16m:40s(Photo: Gooch)
Watch 2,700 pink lights turn on for the 26th annual Pink Triangle cermony that was held June 1st.
Last year's 25th annual Pink Triangle was illuminated for the first time on June 27, 2020 so it could SHINE as a Beacon of Hope for the 50th anniversary of SF Pride.
This SF Chronicle photo (Photo: Santiago Mejia, The Chronicle)captures the glow of the Pink Triangle after the lights were turned on:
The SF Chronicle featured this photo of the Pink Triangle illuminated at night on the front page of the 06/28/20 Sunday edition. Below is a photo from the 06/29/20 Monday feature story that appeared on the frontpage of the SF Chron Datebook section by reporter Lily Janiak: LED-powered Pink Triangle shines in dark times on its 25th anniversary
Ben Davis(left), Patrick Carney, Mayor London Breed (holding pink torch) and Sister Roma celebrate the 25th annual Pink Triangle (Photo: Santiago Mejia)
of the Pink Triangle install.
Welcome to the home page of the Pink Triangle of San Francisco, the annual commemoration of the gay victims who were persecuted and killed in concentration camps in Nazi Germany starting in 1933 through the end of WWII.
The pink triangle symbol has since evolved into an important reminder for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community of the continuing homophobia and inhumanity against them and other repressed minorities around the world. We transform the side
of the Twin Peaks north hill facing the Castro district and downtown San Francisco, into a memorial by installing a giant pink triangle made up of dozens of pieces of pink canvas that can be seen from miles away
during SF Pride weekend each year.
Dem House Leader Nancy Pelosi speaking, with SF Supervisor Scott Weiner (from l to r), Pink Triangle Event Organizer Patrick Carney, State Senator Mark Leno and Assemblymember Tom Ammiano in 2012.
Mayor Edwin Lee at the podium with Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi, Patrick Carney and State Senator Mark Leno in 2012.
Patrick Carney, with former Mayor Gavin Newsom and former Supervisor Tom Ammiano, displays the Pink Triangle Weekend Mayoral Proclamation in 2008.
Group photo from the 2009 Pink Triangle Commemoration Ceremony.
Academy Award winning actress Cloris Leachman with Patrick Carney, Edith Carney, Colleen Hodgkins, Shelley McClean and Lynn Condit in 2009.
Watch a short video about the pink triangle installation on Twin Peaks produced by
Sean Chapin Productions, set to music, the song 'Meet Me On The Mountain', sung by Ryan Harrison and written by Shawn Kirchner.
2008 Pink Triangle Installation photos. Notice the foggy early morning weather that year!
Various Pink Triangle views close up and from a distance.
Photos of volunteers and friends of the Pink Triangle. Thanks to all who participated.
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