Somber Pride

Memorial at 18th and Castro, San Francisco

There have been many seasons when Gay Pride celebrations have been a grand, heavily commercial, happy civic party. A tourist attraction. A blast. And there will be plenty of that this year. 

But once again, we're reminded that there are fellow citizens who would like to erase us. They can't. We won't let them and neither will our allies. But they can do terrible harm in their madness to both individuals and communities. 

The June gloom of this Northern California season feels appropriate to this moment.