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The core of SF Pride is a street festival at Civic Center and a Dykes-on-Bikes-led march during the last weekend in June (June 23 and 24, 2012). Together they’re considered the largest LGBT gathering in the U.S., and you’ll find details in our guide to the San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade. But San Francisco hosts many other activities bursting with LGBT pride around the same time, including the annual Dyke March and the installation of a giant pink triangle on Twin Peaks.

Here are some of the offerings in 2012.

Radically Gay: The Life of Harry Hay
Through July 29
Marking the centennial anniversary of Hay's birth, this exhibit contains papers, videos and personal items of the social activist who laid the groundwork for the modern-day gay rights movement in the US. Hay was also worked for labor causes and co-founded the Radical Faeries.
At the San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco. Free.

Frameline
June 14-24
The 2012 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival screens some 215 films from more than 30 countries including Iran, Chile, Indonesia and South Africa.
At the Castro and other theaters in the Bay Area. Ticket prices vary.

Fresh Meat Festival
June 15-17
This transgender and queer performance festival includes presentations by Vogue Evolution (of America’s Best Dance Crew), ballroom champs Willem DeVries and Kumu Keali’i, Emily Vasquez (American Idol) and Sean Dorsey Dance.
At Brava Theater, 2781 24th St., San Francisco 94110. Tickets $15-25.

GGBA Expo
June 21, at 5-8 pm
The Golden Gate Business Association’s annual trade show showcases 75 LGBT-owned or –related businesses.
At Hotel Whitcomb, 1231 Market St., San Francisco 94103 Tickets $10.

Pride NightLife
June 21, at 6-10 pm
Besides the usual exhibits and planetarium shows, Cal Academy’s after-hours series presents a drag show and “transpecies” costume contest; a discussion about sexual individuality and diversity by Carol Queen and Dr. Robert Lawrence, co-founders of the Center for Sex and Culture; a biologist's explanation of sex-changing fish and other gender/sexuality phenomena in the animal kingdom; and entertainment by DJs and Juanita MORE!
At the California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 94118. Ages 21+. Tickets: Academy members $10; general public $12.

Stonewall Uprising
June 21, at 7 pm
This documentary includes interviews of customers of Stonewall, journalists and the officer who led the police raid of the Greenwich Village gay bar in June 1969--which sparked riots and the start of the gay rights movement. The film is presented by the Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee.
At the Ellen Driscoll Theater (at Frank Havens Elementary School), 325 Highland Ave., Piedmont 94611. Free.

Eden Pride Weekend
June 21-24
An all-women’s weekend that includes a fashion show, comedy show, benefit brunch, parties and after-parties.
At various venues in San Francisco and Oakland. Ticket prices vary. Info: events@edeninthebay.com or (510) 842-6315.

Trans March
June 22, at 3:30 pm
The premier transgender event of SF Pride. This year's theme is "Trans Generations: Define Your Moment." Participants are encouraged to wear purple and refrain from alcohol/substances. See and be seen from 3:30 pm on; begin marching to UN Plaza at 6:30 pm.
At Dolores Park, Dolores & 18th streets, San Francisco 94110. Free.

Give Them Hope: Annual Pride Concert
June 22, at 7 & 9 pm
Catch the world premiere of Harvey Milk: A Cantata, sung by the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco and Lick-Wilmerding High School's choirs. (Composer Jack Curtis Dubowsky and the San Francisco archivist who researched Milk's speeches and letters for the cantata give a free talk at 6:15 pm). The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band and local LGBT choral groups also perform.
At San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St., San Francisco 94102. Tickets $20.

Pink Triangle Installation, Commemoration Ceremony & Breakdown
June 23, at 7-10:30 am; and June 24, at 5-7 pm
As an annual memorial to the gay victims of the Holocaust, volunteers hammer pink swaths to the ground, creating a giant triangle reminder that can been seen miles away. People are needed to help install the triangle early Saturday and remove it on Sunday evening. Officials and honored guests speak at the Saturday 10:30 am commemoration ceremony.
At the Twin Peaks vista overlook, San Francisco 94131. Free.

Gary Virginia and Donna Sachet's Annual Pride Brunch
June 23, at 11 am-2 pm
The annual brunch to honor the grand marshals of the SF Pride Parade includes musical entertainment, a silent auction, a buffet and drinks. Proceeds go to Positive Resource Center, which helps people with HIV/AIDS to get benefits and jobs.
At Hotel Whitcomb, 1231 Market St., 94102. Tickets $75, 100.

San Francisco Gay Pride Freedom Ride and LGBTQ History Bike Tour
June 23, at 1-4 pm
A 10-mile bike ride from the Embarcadero and through North Beach, Polk Gulch, Civic Center, the Tenderloin, SOMA, the Mission, Valencia and the Castro hits important sites in LGBT history. Led by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
Meet at 12:45 pm at Cupid's Arrow art piece (at the Embarcadero and Folsom St.). Free for SFBC members; suggested $5 donation from non-members.

Dyke March
June 23, at 6 pm
A 5 pm rally at Dolores and 18th streets includes speakers and entertainment. The march through the Mission and to the Castro starts at 6 pm.
At Dolores Park, Dolores & 18th streets, San Francisco 94110. Free.

It Gets Indie
June 23, at 7:30 pm
Princeton, an LA band, and Berkeley's Local Hero perform at this concert, organized by two teen brothers motivated by the wave of suicides by LGBT teens. Proceeds go to It Gets Better and the Trevor Project.
At Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell St., San Francisco 94109. Tickets $25.

Juanita MORE! Pride Party
June 24, at 12:30 pm-midnight
DJs and entertainment at two venues, with a party bus shuttling between them from 3-7 pm. Juanita MORE's party this year benefits the San Francisco LGBT Community Center.
From 12:30-6 pm: Chambers, 601 Eddy St., San Francisco 94102. From 3 pm-midnight: Jones, 620 Jones St., San Francisco 94102. Tickets $25, 35.