LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2025

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning + Pride Month (LGBTQ+ Pride Month) is celebrated annually in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots, and works to achieve equal justice and equal opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ+) Americans. In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City staged an uprising to resist the police harassment and persecution to which LGBT Americans were commonly subjected. This uprising marks the beginning of a movement to outlaw discriminatory laws and practices against LGBT Americans.

Pride Month Zoom Backgrounds

Please download any of these virtual backgrounds and add them to your Zoom.

BCH Zoom Backgrounds

UCSF ZooM Backgrounds

Additional information at UCSF LGBTQ Center.

UCSF LGBTQ+ Resource Guide

SF PRIDE PARADE

San Francisco Pride Parade

Sunday, June 29 | 10 am - 5 pm

UCSF heads once again to this year's annual San Francisco LGBTQ Pride Celebration & Parade! Register by June 25 to march with UCSF. Exact staging time and location will be sent closer to the date.

UCSF Campus Life Services will be providing a shuttle for participants who would like to ride in a vehicle or require an accessible option to join the parade.

Free UCSF Pride t-shirts will be distributed at the parade on a first come, first serve basis. Open to all UCSF students, staff, trainees, faculty and family/friends

Co-hosted by UCSF LGBTQ Resource Center & UCSF Office of Community & Government Relations, in collaboration with Alliance Health Project, Benioff Children’s Hospital, Campus Life Services, Financial & Administrative Services, Gladstone Institutes, HR Talent Acquisition, Office of Communications, Ward 86/Division of HIV Infectious Diseases, and many more UCSF & UCSF Health partners!

Check out our VIDEO on Instragram of the 2023 UCSF parade contingent!

Time and Location

Contingent Name:TBD
Line up Number: TBD
We will have a UCSF banner at the very front, along with a truck from Ward 86, a van from Alliance Health Project, and a UCSF shuttle for folks needing accomodations.
Please do not drive to the parade. Streets will be closed near the Embarcadero to accommodate the parade contingents.
Use public transportation such as MUNI and BART - exit Embarcadero Station, and take exit B1 to Market St., and walk in the direction of the Ferry Building.
Bring your own water, sunscreen, and snacks.

UCSF Pride T-shirts, Pride Flags, and More!

We will have a limited number of pride flags and shirts (limited sizes) available first come, first serve at the staging area of the SF Pride Parade contingent. The theme is "Pride is Unbreakable. The UCSF Pride t-shirts come in .

Check-in at the staging area to pick up a shirt and/or pride flag! We encourage you to bring your own pride accessories as well!

Contingent Monitors

We are still in need of a few volunteers to support as parade monitors to help keep our contingent safe and organized. If you are interested in volunteering please follow these instructions:

Watch the training video and complete the quiz, which should take a total of 15-20 minutes. Use Contingent Name:

Training video
Quiz
Email [email protected] to confirm you completed the training

We appreciate you!

Safety Information

Buddy system: connect with at least 2 other people who are attending the parade. Start a group chat to stay in contact and provide any important updates.

Security & Emergency Information from SF Pride

There will be a significant law presence at all Pride activities in the city, with both uniformed and plain clothes officers on duty to monitor the events. Safety is everyone’s responsibility, including participants, organizers, security staff and law enforcement.

In the event of an emergency Dial 911. Look out for one another and report any suspicious persons or activity to event staff or a police officer. If you see something, say something. To provide an anonymous tip, call the SFPD Anonymous Tip Line at (415) 575-4444.

Photography at the Parade

There will be a UCSF photographer taking photos of our group to use on UCSF websites or social media. If you do not want to photographed we ask that you wear a face mask or let the photographer know. Please contact [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

UCSF Booth at SF Pride on June 29 | 8 am - 6 pm

UCSF will have a booth at the SF Pride Celebration on June 29, 2025. Please sign up to volunteer in shifts. We would love to show as much UCSF representation as we can this year!!

UCSF PRIDE EVENTS

Attendance and Accessibility: UCSF welcomes all participants to our events. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event because of a disability, please contact the event organizer listed on the UCSF Events Calendar link as soon as possible.

Guest Speakers: UCSF endeavors to create greater understanding and supports the exchange of diverse ideas. The views and opinions of guest speakers on campus are their own and may not reflect the perspective of the University.

Pride Movie Night: Wicked

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 | 5 pm - 8 pm

Location: Cole Hall (Parnassus)

Light refreshments will be provided

LGBTQIA+ End of Year Gathering 2025

Wednesday June 5, 2025 | 4 pm - 7 pm

Spark Social SF, 601 Mission Bay Boulevard North, San Francisco, CA 94158

As we gear up for LGBTQ Pride Month and the San Francisco Pride Parade, the UCSF LGBTQ Resource Center and the UCSF LGBTQ Committee gladly invite you to attend the annual LGBTQIA+ End of the Year Gathering! We will gather in the "backstage" tent area behind the bar.

Arc/Hive: Documenting Three Decades of Community, Collective Care, and Crisis

(Opioid Crisis Community Archive (OCCA) Event)

Friday, June 13th, 12:00- 3:30 PM
Quaker Meeting House, 65 9th Street, SF 94103

This is a hands-on event where you can explore archival materials from harm reduction organizations in Northern California—groups that have been on the frontlines of the opioid crisis for decades providing harm reduction education and supplies.

Special Guest: Kochina Rude (he/her) is a Chicana drag queen, harm reduction advocate, vocalist, and emcee born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a queer artist, her work blends activism and performance through punk subculture, drag tradition, and public health. Her talk will center around her work in queer nightlife as a critical site for making harm reduction visible and accessible.

Event Sponsors:
UCSF Library & Special Collections • UCSF LGBTQ Resource Center • UCSF Center for Tobacco Control and Education • UCSF Smoking Cessation Leadership Center • UCSF–JHU Opioid Industry Documents Archive (OIDA) • SFSU STS Hub

BCH OAK Pride Tabling

Thursday, June 26, 2025 | 11 am - 2 pm

Friendly Cafe, BCH Oakland Main Hospital

Join us as we celebrate LGBTQ Pride month amongst our staff, faculty, patients and families. The BCH LGBTQ+ Committee will host a table with a variety of fun and interactive games to educate participants on LGTBQ+ Pride history and recruit marchers for the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 29, 2025. Various LGBTQ Pride swag and materials will be distributed at the table.