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About Chula Vista
Chula Vista has its own Pride: South Bay Pride, organized by the South Bay Alliance, a nonprofit that works to bring together LGBTQ people and their allies in the southern part of San Diego County. It started out as a small picnic called Gay Day in the South Bay, aimed mostly at families. The Alliance took the event over from Family Matters, a San Diego association of gay and lesbian parents.
Over time the picnic grew into the South Bay Pride Art & Music Festival. It is held on the waterfront at Bayfront Park, on the San Diego Bay side of the city, with live music, art, information booths and activities for families. The organizers describe the festival as a statement that there is a queer community in the South Bay, not just in Hillcrest, and that it belongs here. HIV prevention and access to PrEP have been part of the message as well.
The festival takes place in late summer. It used to be held in September and later moved to August, so check with the South Bay Alliance for the exact date before making plans.
If you are looking for a large parade, head north to San Diego. San Diego Pride runs a much larger Pride, with a parade and festival centered on Hillcrest. South Bay Pride is smaller and more relaxed, and it reflects the bilingual, largely Latino population of the South Bay.
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Magnus Hirschfeld and His Institute: What Was Lost on 6 May 1933
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Harvey Milk and Proposition 6: The November 1978 Victory
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Brenda Howard and the Pride Week: Who Turned a Memorial March into a Tradition
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