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Pink Triangle Rises on Twin Peaks as San Francisco Kicks Off Pride Month

Activists used the kickoff to demand the city protect HIV and AIDS funding.

Volunteers help assemble the Pink Triangle, a symbol of gay pride and resistance, in its 31st year on top of Twin Peaks in San Francisco.
Volunteers help assemble the Pink Triangle, a symbol of gay pride and resistance, in its 31st year on top of Twin Peaks in San Francisco.
Volunteers help assemble the Pink Triangle, a symbol of gay pride and resistance, in its 31st year on top of San Francisco’s Twin Peaks on Saturday. Pink triangles were forced on homosexuals in Nazi Germany but are now a symbol of resistance for the LGBTQ community. 
Leads volunteer Chrissy Cronin holds his work gloves while assembling the Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks.

Overview

  • Hundreds of volunteers are assembling an acre of bright pink sailcloth on Twin Peaks to create the Pink Triangle that will be visible across the city through June.
  • Organizers say this is the 31st installation and that the symbol reclaims a Nazi-era badge once used to mark homosexuals as both a memorial and an affirmation of resilience.
  • A public dedication ceremony was planned to follow the installation's completion on the hill.
  • At a separate City Hall flag-raising activists briefly interrupted the event to protest proposed local budget cuts to HIV services, and Mayor Daniel Lurie pledged the city would backfill funding if federal support is reduced.
  • The large, city-visible display and the protests underscore how San Francisco’s Pride blends public remembrance and celebration with grassroots pressure to protect health services that directly affect LGBTQ people.