Overview
- Wiener said a group in Dolores Park surrounded, verbally and physically harassed him and forced him to leave the Trans March, making it the first year he did not participate since the event began.
- A video of the confrontation posted by Dimitry Yakoushkin circulated widely online and was shared by national reporters and high-profile accounts, turning a local clash into a national story.
- Protesters loudly accused Wiener of supporting a “genocide” in Gaza and shouted that he no longer belonged in the community as the exchange escalated into physical contact, according to Wiener and multiple eyewitness videos.
- San Francisco officials, including Mayor Daniel Lurie and state Senate Democrats, condemned the harassment as targeted and antisemitic, while police reported separate Pride-weekend arrests in related public-safety incidents.
- The episode highlights a longer pattern of the Trans March rejecting politicians and comes after Wiener's recent public reversal calling Israel’s actions in Gaza genocide, a shift that has intensified pressure on his campaign to replace Nancy Pelosi.