Have you noticed the rainbow flags lining Market Street in San Francisco in anticipation of the LGBT Pride Parade this Sunday? Or perhaps you or your neighbors are displaying a rainbow flag in your yard in honor of Pride Month. #BeInspired #whereyoulive #abc7celebrates #SanJosePride #SiliconValleyPride #BayAreaPride #DiscoveryMeadow #SanJose #SiliconValley #LGBTHistory #Legacy Photo courtesy of the San Jose Public Library.

Remember to mark your calendars to celebrate with Silicon Valley on Sunday, August 27, 2017. The festival was eventually renamed to the more area-inclusive Silicon Valley Pride in 2014. After almost 15 years, the Pride Parade and Festival attendance outgrew Stockton Street and were brought back downtown to Discovery Meadow Park on San Carlos Street in 1995. During the early 1980's, Stockton Street became the home of San Jose Pride. By 1977, San Jose celebrated its very first Gay Pride Parade (pictured here). The festival featured political speakers, community booths, and local entertainment. The following year, it evolved into the San Jose Gay Pride Festival, which took place downtown in St. While the historic San Francisco Pride Parade is internationally known, did you know that the San Jose Pride Parade began just a few short years after San Francisco's first took place? San Jose Pride originally began as a gay rights rally in 1975.