For over 40 years, Reverend Cecil Williams has challenged and raised the limits of spirituality, compassion and diversity as the Pastor of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco and spokesperson for the poor and marginalized. Reverend Williams is respected and recognized as a national leader on the forefront of change for the LGBT Community.

14 year old gay rights activist Marina Gatto, who's appeared this year on shows such as the Today Show, the Nickelodeon special "My Family is Different" with Rosie O'Donnell, and the Montel Williams Show, is a member of COLAGE. She educates nationwide about her pride in having two moms and being raised as a part of the San Francisco lgbt community. *elected by SF Pride members

Terry Person-Harris is a seasoned community leader with over twenty years experience in anti-violence movements. She was an early leader in the domestic violence community to question its heterosexist framework. This June marks her ten years anniversary of leadership with Community United Against Violence. She is a strong believer in coalitions with a personal commitment to mentoring other women of color leadership in progressive movements. *elected by former Marshals

organization grand marshal

Mission: To secure the freedom and the right of same-sex couples to enter into legally-recognized civil marriage, having all the federal and state benefits and responsibilities which that entails.

honorary marshals

Lynn Breedlove, singer for Tribe 8, all dyke punk band since 1990. writer and performer of Godspeed, a novel on St Martin's Press about a trannyboy speed freak bike messenger in lover with a stripper. performer, activist, tour bunny, shit stirrer. teacher of baby butches at Harvey Milk Insitute, Unka Lynnee's Skool for Boys. participant in sf pride since 1976.

First openly Gay Asian-American elected to public office in the U.S. (1994) to the Community College Board where he is currently serving his 3rd term. Co-chair of GAPA (1990 – 1991) and recipient of Activist of the Year awarded by the Harvey Milk Democratic Club (1992). Served as a board member of AEF and Shanti. Became the first openly gay national executive director of the 107 year-old Chinese American Citizens Alliance (1996). He has worked on domestic partnership campaigns and, as a SF Human Rights Commissioner, on transgender rights.

Bud Light / San Francisco Chronicle Main Stage

The Main Stage on Saturday
is a blend on smooth Jazz and Blues, romance and political theatre. We kick off with the world famous San Francisco Mime Troupe who will be presenting their savage comedy and political satire, Mr. Smith Goes to Obscuristan. The 3rd Annual Domestic Partners Commitment Ceremony will follow this. Last year over 200 couples recited their commitment to each other on our Main Stage in a moving display of love and Pride. Performances on Saturday feature jazz songbirds Jacqui Naylor and Paula West. Jacqui started out as a soloist with the Sacred Heart Gospel Choir and launched her full time career as a jazz singer in 1997. Described as having “Billie Holiday’s inflections and a touch of June Christy” she can make you sway gently with a blues-flavored melody and then heat you up with a strong R&B rhythm. Her new album “Shelter” includes original works as well as jazz standards. She has also enjoyed several week-long engagements at San Francisco’s renowned Plush Room, a distinction she shares with our other Saturday headliner, Paula West. In the words of columnist Liz Smith, “She’s smoky, she’s swingin’, she’s sophisticated.” Paula West has learned her craft and honed her talent, finding audiences far beyond her San Francisco home. She has played in New York and Philadelphia, has appeared on both European and American broadcasts as well as appearing in Switzerland and Italy several times. In 1997 she had a sold-out debut at the Maison de la Musique in Paris.

The Main Stage on Sunday
features a diverse program of top quality entertainment featuring international performers and the cream of local talent.

The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and the Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band, both celebrating their 25th anniversary will take pride of place. Queer Cheerleading squads from across North America will be presenting some rousing routines. Our Sunday headliner is award-winning, show-stopping singer and actress Jennifer Holliday. A singer's singer, Jennifer is a diva with a gift for vocal interpretation who leaves audiences breathless. She has the innate ability to get inside a lyric, to give new meaning to songs she's performed time and again.

Jennifer Holliday achieved legendary Broadway status at the age of 21, garnering the 1982 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her spine-tingling performance as Effie "Melody" White in Dreamgirls, and her first Grammy Award for Best R&B Female Vocal Performance for her signature "torch-song" and Top 40 hit "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going." When Jennifer performs the earth-shakes and the heart explodes.

Enhancing the entertainment, as always, will be Community Leaders speaking on issues of topicality.

Dance mavens take note! Get ready to shake your grove thang! Expect two days of pulsating music to keep you on your dancing feet courtesy of San Francisco top disc jockeys who will serve-up a tantalizing cocktail of Hip-Hop, House, Trance and more.

Anyone who has gone clubbing in San Francisco knows Fag Fridays. Making their home at the legendary End Up for the last seven years, Fag Fridays has become an institution amongst the San Francisco party scene working with some of dance music’s most prominent artists such as Barbara Tucker, Kathy Brown, Michelle Weeks and Celeda along with djs' Tedd Patterson, Lil’ Louie Vega, and Lenny Fontana, to name just a few. For further details and updates, log on to www.fagfridays.com.

Saturday (Community Dance Stage & Arena)
12:45-2:00: (Paul Cruikshank)-Music from the 1980’s- [1984]
2:00p-3:00: (DJ Pinkyring)-Electro-Clash- [Trannyshack-Robot]
3:00p-4:00: (Audacious)-Hip-Hop- [G-Spot]
4:00-5:00: (The Reverend DJ Leslie Abraham)–Underground House- [Da House Party Productions]
5:00-6:00 (Michael Mangiaforte) –House- [ Powerhouse]

Sunday, June 29 (Fag Fridays)
12:00 - 12:50 DJ Liza Friedlander
12:50 - 1:50 DJ Rolo
1:50 - 2:50 DJ Ruben Mancias
2:50 - 3:50 DJ Special Guest TBA
3:50 - 4:50 DJ David Harness
4:50 - 5:05 Live Performance Thea Austin
5:05 - 6:00 DJ Pete Avila
6:00 - 7:00 DJ Ellen Ferrato

(Sunday only) Inspired by requests from women, The Nectar Women’s Stage celebrated its successful debut in 2001, creating a unique venue to highlight women’s talent as one panel in the textured quilt of the glbt community. Nectar will be a stage overflowing with creativity and festivity. It will be a place that will be geared toward the women’s community. The stage and setting will celebrate the diversity and talent within our community. Nectar will be a venue where hot girl bands can jam, spoken word performers and poets can connect, dancers and hip-hop dj's can make the crowd move, comedy will make you laugh out loud and the combination which reach out to all. Nectar is a venue of first-rate entertainment that folks flock to.

12 | Chili D
12:30 | Page Hodel
1 | Spirit Drumz
1:30 | Waycross
2:10 | Zarileon Dance Theatre
2:30 | Hanifah Walidah
3 | Drag King, Tranny & Faux-Queen Bonanza
3:35 | Sisterz of the Underground
4 | Madame S Leather Extravaganza
4:20 | Dance Brigade
4:45 | Sharyn Maceren
5:20 | Boy Skout
6 | DJ Black

The Shadowplay dance stage features old and new music outside the mainstream. From '60s garage bands like the MC5 and the Stooges, to '70s glam of Bowie, T.Rex, and the New York Dolls; '77 punk, like the Sex Pistols and X-Ray Spex, to post-punk like Joy Division and Gang of Four; '80s new wave and goth, like Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, and Siouxsie, to '90s shoegazing, like Ride and Curve, indie rock, and riot grrrl; and today's electroclash and New York scenes, the Shadowplay Stage promises a wild time.

DJs: Donimo & Dan (Shadowplay), Simon Hobart (Popstarz, Kit Cat Club, and Red Eye, London), Tommy Turntables (Popstarz and the Ghetto, London), Laurence Warder (Red Eye and Popstarz, London), Don Baird (Hole in the Wall and The Eagle), Femme Mystique (Alternator).

Don Baird (Hole in the Wall, Eagle) 12:00 - 12:30
Femme Mystique (Alternator, Fencesitter's) 12:30 - 1:00
Laurence (Popstarz, Red Eye) 1:00 - 2:00
Simon Hobart (Popstarz, Red Eye) 2:00 - 3:00
Donimo (Shadowplay) 3:00 - 4:00
Tommy Turntables (Popstarz) 4:00 - 5:00
Donimo and Dan (Shadowplay) 5:00 - 5:45
Popstarz All Starz 5:45 - 6:30

(Sunday only) This year’s Asian & Pacific Islander Stage will be put on once again by Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center. The stage promises to bring out the best of Asian & Pacific Islander artists & talents from all over the Bay Area and the whole nation. Aside from all the entertainment, HIV Testing will be conducted throughout the day in various Asian & Pacific Islander languages. Although still in its finalization process, here’s what to expect for the 7 hour-jam packed of entertainment, culture and education.

12:00 - 1:45 | Kick Off with DJ Shawn Perry ('N Touch),DJ EM-1
1:45- 5:45 | Headliners: Jocelyn Enriquez, At Last!. Featured Performers: Sharyn Maceren, Alvendia, Malyssa, Natalise, Fatima Cultural Groups: UTOPIA, DNDM, Sawatdee Dancers, Clark Bolivar Jr Dance Group, Purple Moon Dance Project, The Rice Girls, The Metamorphosis Girls, M x M, Prodigy and many more!
5:45- 7:00 | losing with Dj Amanda( DIVAS), DJ X (Club T)

For the complete listing of the Asian & Pacific Islander Stage line-up, please log on to www.apiwellness.org.

Whether it's two-step, line-dance, waltz, or swing, country-western dancing is popular in the queer community all around the U.S. (and Canada, Europe and Australia too). Today's country dancing is fun, romantic, wild, sexy, and free-spirited. And, best of all, it's easy to learn. The Sundance Saloon Country-Western Dance Corral will be open from noon until 6 p.m., with a beginning line dance lesson and a beginning two-step lesson during the day. Boots and hats are not required – all you need is the desire to have fun. After 6: 00 p.m. – join us for a special Sundance Saloon at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, 1231 Market St. Beginning two-step and line dance lessons from 6:00 to 7:30, open dancing until 11 p.m.

For more information about the Sundance Association or Sundance Saloon, or our weekly dance held at 550 Barneveld in San Francisco, mosey on over to www.sundancesaloon.org.

We’re hoping to see you at the SwingOUT! stage. We’ll be swingin’ all day - playing music from the 30’s and 40’s, jump blues and modern swing - and dancing our pants off! We’ll be doing the shim-sham-shimmy (swing line dancing) every hour on the hour and teaching beginning dance lessons
throughout the day. Come to dance or come to watch - either way we’ll get your toes a-tappin’ - and you’re sure to have a jumpin’ good time! Find out more online at www.queerswing.com.

12 NOON | Open Dancing
1 PM | Shim-Sham-Shimmy Swing Line Dance
1:30 | Performance by the Queer Jitterbugs
2:00-2:30 | FREE beginning East Coast Swing dance lessons
3:30 | Performance by the Queer Jitterbugs
4:00-4:30 | FREE beginning East Coast Swing dance lessons
5 PM | Shim-Sham-Shimmy Swing Line Dance
6:30 | Dance floor closes

Find out more online at www.queerswing.com.

The Faerie Freedom Village, a commercialism-free space open to all regardless of gender, perceived gender, absence of gender, sexual orientation, age, race, species, or religious beliefs can be found northwest of the fountain in United Nations Plaza .

Saturday Schedule
12:00pm-3:00pm: Radio-Free Pusspuss
12:00pm-6:00pm: Radical Faerie Village Art Exhibit
12:00pm-6:00pm: Laura Bush Memorial Anti-War Poets' Reading Hour
12:00pm-1:00pm: Opening Circle
12:00pm-6:00pm: Saturday Event/Faerie Freedom Village
2:30pm-3:00pm: Inka
4:00pm-6:00pm: DJ Pup DJs

Sunday Schedule
12:00pm: Mark Mardon DJs
12:00pm-6:00pm: Radical Faerie Village Art Exhibit
12:00pm-6:00pm: Laura Bush Memorial Anti-War Poets' Reading Hour
12:00pm-1:30pm: Frances8
12:00pm-6:00pm: Sunday Event/Faerie Freedom Village
12:30pm-4:00pm: DJ Mermaid DJs
1:30pm-2:00pm: Jokie X Wilson Poetry Reading
2:00pm-3:30pm: Garrin Benfield and Friends
4:00pm-5:00pm: Blue Nipple
4:00pm-7:00pm: Radio-Free Pusspuss w/DJ Pusspuss
5:00pm-5:45pm: Mutilated Mannequins

(Sunday only) Feel the funk at the Soul of Pride African-American Stage on McAllister near Hyde. An all day showcase of Soul, Hip-Hop, Dance, R&B and Soul Rock with live Bands, great DJs, and Black Bay Area inspirational speakers and MCs.
Producers: Blue Buddha and Former Miss Gay San Francisco Jelousy
Resident DJ: Sean G, The Underground at The Stud

12:00pm - 1:00pm | DJ Sean G
1:00pm - 2:00pm | MCs: Tianna Deville & Stacy P, Former Mr. Gay Oakland
1:00pm - 1:05pm | Tianna Deville (Ebony Diva)
1:10pm - 1:15pm | Exodus (Spoken Word)
1:20pm - 1:25pm | Tank (African Dance)
1:30pm - 1:40pm | Ronnie Williams (R&B)
1:45pm - 1:50pm | Speaker: Rahn Fudge, QTV Executive Producer
Honorary Parade Marshal
2:00pm - 3:00pm | MCs: Exodus, Spoken Word & Carolyn King, Comedy Queen
2:00pm - 2:10pm | Deadlee (Hip-Hop)
2:40pm - 3:00pm | DeepDickollective (Homo-Hop)
3:00pm - 4:00pm | MCs: Calvin Gipson, Founder Soul of Pride Stage & Jelousy,
Former Miss Gay San Francisco
3:00pm - 3:05pm | Speaker: Pat Martel, Public Utilities Commission
3:15pm - 3:35pm | Lonnie Tuck & Skuby Snax (R&B)
4:00pm - 5:00pm | MCs: George Smith III, Director of Mayor’s Office of Homelessness & Joe Hawkins, ClubRimShot Producer
4:00pm - 4:20pm | Ledisi (R&B)
4:25pm - 4:45pm | Blue Buddha -N- Motion (Soul Rock)
4:50pm - 4:55pm | Nikki Starr (Drag Diva)
5:00pm - 6:30pm | KISS Radio DJ Michael Ericson

(Sunday only) The Latin Pride dance stage at SF Pride celebrates its 6-year anniversary this summer, with what we hope will be one of our best entertainment line-ups we've ever had. Club Papi Productions, the largest gay Latino entertainment company in the U.S., will once again be producing the Latin stage. Joining them will be one of the Bay Area's hottest Friday night clubs, The Bench and Bar of Oakland, and local radio station WILD 94.9 FM.

12pm - 1:15 | DJ Alex (Bench & Bar)
1:15 - 1:55 | DJ St. John (Wild 94.9 FM)
1:55 - 2:30 | DJ Chili D (Octopussy)
2:30 - 3:00 | "Dolce" Live on stage
3:00 - 3:45 | DJ Marco (Esta Noche, Muevelo)
3:45 - 4:10 | "The Cover Girls" live on stage
4:15 - 5:00 | DJ Mike (Club Papi)
5:00 - 5:15 | "Marga Gomez"
5:15 - 6:15 | "Sonora Dinamita" live on stage
6:15 - 6:35 | DJ Mike (Club Papi)
6:35 - 7:00PM | "Minerva" live on stage"MINERVA"

(Sunday only) The TANTRA Trance stage at Pride 2003 is the latest incarnation of a collective of queer promoters and DJs dedicated to bringing trance and alternative electronica to the LGBT community. So, expect TANTRA to bring out the best queer underground DJs to keep you entranced at Pride all day long:

12-1 | Lotus (Tektite)
1-2 | Psion (FnF)
2-3 | Denise (DjDenise.com)
3-4 | Tracer (Tektite)
4-5 | Liam Shy (Eyephunk)
5-6:30 | KJ (Hypnopedia)

Dedicated this year to Audre Lorde. Showcasing the best in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer fiction, non-fiction and poetry. UN Plaza at Fulton and Hyde Streets. Featuring over 20 authors. Book sales and author signings. Lawn and chair seating available. Produced by Bound Together Bookstore. Thanks to Bolerium Books for their support.

1:00 – 2:00| Tim’m West, Hanifah Walidah, Shailia Patel, Carol Queen

2:00 – 3:00| Sparrow 13, Red Jordan Arobateau, Daphne Gottlieb, Jim Provenzano,

3:00 – 4:00| Will Roscoe, Mario Balcita, Donald Currie, Lynn Breedlove

4:00 – 5:00| Judy Grahn, , Kirk Read, Jamie Cortez, TBA

5:00 – 6:00| Our featured independent book publisher, Monkey Books, presents writers Elizabeth Chavez, Cathy Arellano, Carol Hill, Maiana Minahal, Treina Alexander and Meliza Banales .

There is seating available on the Parade Route this year on the North side of Market Street on UN Plaza. All admission to the viewing area is by ticket only.

tickets

Grand Stand Seating (Regular, Accessibility and Accessibility Partner) tickets will be available at the Grandstand seating area on June 29th at 9:00 a.m. It is done on a first come, first serve basis only.

accessible viewing

Tickets for those with accessibility needs are complimentary and each ticket comes with a “partner” ticket. Although free, donations are welcome and help to reward the community partner organization who will be staffing the viewing area on Parade day. In addition to the seating, a special ground level area has been created for wheelchair users and their partners. The first two rows of seating are for those with disabilities, and an ASL interpreter will be stationed there to provide services for members of the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and hearing-impaired.

general seating

Paid seating for the general public is also available at a cost of $30 per ticket (advance) and $35 on the day (if there are any left). In previous years all paid seating has been pre-sold.

Board of Equalization Chairwoman Carole Migden and Marriage Equality California present the 4th Annual Domestic Partners Ceremony and Reception.

Come get hitched with 100 other couples in this mass wedding ceremony.
You'll be registering as domestic partners in the State of California -
which is different than registering with your city or county.

The ceremony begins at 1:00 on Saturday, June 28, 2003 on the Main Stage in front of SF City
Hall.

Couples are asked to arrive at 12:00 to register with the notaries.

Each member of the couples needs to bring a photo ID, and we'll provide forms and volunteer notaries.

Please contact Kirsten Boyd in Chairwoman Migden's office at (415) 288-8865 or via email for more information and to RSVP by June 23, 2003.

This event is free and open to the public.