LGBTQ

Staff hand out mini rainbow flags to park visitors.
Pride in the Presidio
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Kick off LGBTQ+ Pride Month in the Presidio!

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Ribbon dancers performing at the Presidio Tunnel Tops for FACT/SF Fantastic Field Day
Fantastic Field Day
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Join us June 11 at 12pm for Fantastic Field Day – an all-ages, intentionally inclusive, accessible, and radically Queer sports event that challenges how we look at conventional forms of athleticism.

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Ribbon dancers performing at the Presidio Tunnel Tops for FACT/SF Fluid Form
Fluid Forms
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San Francisco dance company FACT/SF premieres its latest work, fluid forms, at Presidio Tunnel Tops on Sunday, June 4, 12 to 3:30 pm and Sunday, June 11, 12 to 2 pm.

A sunset photo of the rainbow pride flag flying in the parks.
Here's where you can hike through history with Pride in the GGNRA

Time travel is a walk in the park in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). For Pride Month and beyond, let’s make our way through some of the queer history in the parks.

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Parks for All collection
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Battery Townsley "pond" in a former gun emplacement
LGBTQ+ History at Battery Townsley

Celebrate Pride Month in the Marin Headlands! Join a ranger-led hike to Battery Townsley, followed by a tour inside the historic WWII fortification. This program will focus on WWII’s impacts on the LGBTQ+ community, the history of the Lavender Scare, and the importance of sharing these stories today.

Roving Ranger van with pride flags waving on its roof.
LGBTQ+ resources for the parks and beyond

At your leisure, peruse through our curated resources to better understand Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ (LGBTQ) history, how to be a better ally in the parks and beyond, and much more.  

Sunset on the horizon with mitten-shaped rock formation on left.
Sunset LGBTQ+ History Hike
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Come celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with us! Join this NPS Ranger led hike to Battery Townsley, followed by a tour inside the historic WWII battery. While sharing the history of the battery, this program will focus on WWII’s impacts on the LGBTQ+ community, discrimination during the Lavender Scare, and the importance of sharing these stories today.

Aerial photo of Fort Mason, the San Francisco Bay, and the city.
How the military fomented San Francisco's queer community

Discover the history of how the military shaped San Francisco's LGBTQ community.

Penny Tibbetts
Penny Wise: Trailblazing Trans Ranger Shares Her Story

Penny Tibbetts, a law enforcement ranger at Golden Gate, recounts her journey in becoming the first ranger in the National Park Service to transition genders while on duty.

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