![]() World AIDS Day 2015 at the National AIDS Memorial Grove. The Community Grand Marshals, chosen in a vote by the general public, include Fresh! White, founder of the Bay Area's first trans and genderqueer mindfulness and meditation center, and Mia "Tu Much" Satya, a community organizer focused on youth empowerment, economic justice, affordable housing, and LGBTQ+ liberation. Bambiana, Bionka, LA, Nya and Xristina will all appear to highlight season two of the show, which premieres June 8th. The parade's Celebrity Grand Marshals will be the cast of Transcendent, the Fuse docu-series that follows the lives of five transgender women who perform at the SoMa dinner and cabaret show AsiaSF. This year's theme is "For Racial and Economic Justice," and in a release, the SF Pride board said honorees are "intended to illuminate our connected struggles, and ignite our obligation to address all forms of inequality." (Full disclosure: This reporter is a member of SF Pride.)Ĭast of Transcendent. Through a process that included community input, SF Pride selected these individuals and groups "in order to honor the work they have put into furthering the causes of LGBT people."Ģ016 San Francisco Pride Grand Marshals. Earlier this week, the SF Pride Board announced the Grand Marshals and other honorees for the 46th Annual San Francisco Pride Parade and celebration, to be held on Sunday June 26th, 2016.
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