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San Francisco Pride Day Trip

As a member of a diversity program for a Fortune 500 company, I attend many philanthropic events. Most are educational and informative as to the mission of the organization, their goals, and projects. None, however, have I found to be as enlightening to the culture of an entire group as a recent fundraiser I attended aboard a San Francisco charter bus.

The event consisted of a day long trip to "gay-friendly" attraction in and around greater San Francisco. Affectionately, if not officially, coined the "Gay Day Trip" we embarked on our journey into the sites, recreational areas, entertainment venues and shopping districts that the LGBT community frequent and support.

Our bus, festively attired in a rainbow "wrap", bumping some heavy Techno beats, with drag fashion shows on the ceiling mounted monitors, and serving beverages appropriately sporting a splash of Mount Gay Rum (Barbados), tooled down the road to our first destination with more than our share of curious onlookers. I couldn't help but speculate, on this warm summer day, that many were tourist that may assume that this is normal for a San Francisco charter bus.

Our first stop was tiny Baker Beach in the Seacliff area. Boasting phenomenal views of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, as well as the naked human form, Baker Beach is "clothing optional". Dolores Park, a sun-drenched perch above the city, was our next stop. Favored by sun lovers and devotees of the gym, Dolores Park is in a heavily lesbian enclave.

An outdoor haven of another sort is found on seven acres in Golden Gate Park. The National AIDS Memorial Grove is a Mecca for those so deeply touched by the AIDS pandemic. A place of somber solitude, meditation, grief and, ultimately hope. A place both tragically beautiful and dramatically moving.

As the sun begins to set the bay aglow with it's nightly decent into the sea, our San Francisco charter bus begins to energized with anticipation as we journey to the renowned Castro District. The crown jewel of male Gaydom, you can find no greater insight into the culture than Castro District. Vibrant bars, retail shops, fine linen boutiques, and grocery stores, line the blocks of Castro. If you are in the market, merchants aren't the only ones that showcase their wares in the Castro District.

Not far away stands the showplace that is the Castro Theatre. Entirely renovated from its former dilapidation by ambitious local residents, it features art films, cutting-edge documentaries, and a live organist!

A fitting culmination to this enlightening day was our colorful, pride filled, LGBT, San Francisco charter bus pulling up to the new and equally colorful Charles Holmes LGBT Center. An icon of hope, pride, and strength for the city, the center offers programs for youth and a comprehensive outreach program to address the mental, physical, and emotional issue of this community.

Cities Served:

Alabama: Birmingham, Huntsville, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscumbia, Tuscaloosa, Decatur, Huntsville, Dothan
Arkansas: Little Rock, Fort Smith, Pine Bluff, Fayetteville, Jonesboro
Arizona: Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Tucson, Flagstaff
California: Berkeley, Branford, Brea, Castroville, Chula Vista, Costa Mesa, Escondido, Fresno, Garden Grove, Los Angeles, Merced, Modesto, National City, Norwalk, Ontario, Pasadena, Placentia, Rancho Cucamonga, Sacramento, Salinas, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Ana, South San Francisco, Stockton, Sunnyvale, Vernon, Redding, Bakersfield, Anaheim, Riverside
Colorado: Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Fort Collins, Greeley, Durango
Conecticut: Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven, Waterbury, Danbury, Stamford
DC: Washington D.C.
Deleware: all cities
Florida: Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Lake City, Lakeland, Longwood, Miami, Ocala, Orlando, Sebring, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Daytona Beach, Deltona, Spring Hill, Tampa, Sarasota, Cape Coral, West Palm Beach, Key West, Palm Bay, Naples
Georgia: Atlanta, East Point, Albany, Columbus
Indiana: Indianapolis, Bloomington, Terre Haute, Evansville, Louisville, Lafayette, Gary, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Muncie
Iowa: Des Moines, West Burlington, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Sioux City, Davenport, Mason City
Idaho: Twin Falls, Boise, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Nampa, Coeur D’ Alene
Illinois: Chicago, Elgin Aurora, Joliet, Peoria, Champaign, Springfield, Decatur
Kansas: Topeka, Wichita, Olathe, Manhattan, Salina, Hays, Newton, Hutchinson, Dodge City, Garden City, Liberal
Kentucky: Louisville, Paducah, Bowling Green, Evansville, Louisville, Lexington
Louisiana: New Orleans, Shreveport, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Alexandria, Monroe
Maine: Portland, Biddeford, Gorham, Brunswick, Lewiston, Augusta, Waterville, Bangor
Massachusets: Boston, Springfield, Worcester, Springfield, Brockton, Lowell
Maryland: Alexandria, Baltimore, District Heights
Michigan: An Arbor, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Detroit
Minnesota: Marshall, St. Cloud, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Rochester
Missouri: St. Louis, Kansas City, Columbia, Springfield, St. Joseph, Duluth
Mississippi: Jacksonville, Richland, Starkville, Gulfport, Natchez, Hattiesburg
Montana: Great Falls Missoula, Billings, Glacier National Park
Nebraska: Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Columbus, Kearney, North Platte
New Jersey: Cape May, all cities
Nevada: Henderson, Las Vegas, Reno, Sparks
New Hampshire: Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Lebanon, Salem, Portsmouth, Dover, Rochester
New Mexico: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Carlsbad, Roswell, Santa Fe, Taos
New York: Albany, Coxsackie, Middletown, Ronkonkoma, Schenectady, Vails Gate, West Hempstead, New York City, Buffalo, Rochester
North Dakota: Bismarck, Williston, Minot, Devils Lake, Dickinson, Jamestown, Fargo, Valley City
North Carolina: Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Concord, Raleigh, Greenville, Jacksonville, Fayetteville, Wilmington, Asheville
Ohio: Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Mansfield
Oklahoma: Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Bartlesville, Enid, Muskogee, El Reno, Chickasha, Lawton, Altus, Duncan, Ardmore, Ada, McAlester
Oregon: Portland, Eugene, Salem, Bend, Medford, Hood River
Pennsylvania: Allentown, Wilkes-Barre, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Reading, York, Philadelphia, Scranton, Jamestown
Rhode Island: Providence, Cranston, Warwick, Pawtucket, Fall River, New Bedford
South Carolina: Lancaster, Augusta, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Charleston
South Dakota: Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Hot Springs, Spearfish, Mitchell, Huron, Aberdeen, Watertown, Brookings
Tennessee: Chattanoga, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville
Texas: Austin, Beaumont, College Station, Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, Hutto, Killeen, San Antonio, San Marcos, Waco, Amarillo, Lubbock, Wichita Falls, Denton, Plano, Longview, Tyler, Odessa, Midland, El Paso, San Angelo, Temple, Bryan, Corpus Christi, Victoria, Harlingen, Brownsville, McAllen, Del Rio, Texarkana
Utah: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Cedar City, St. George
Vermont: Burlington, Rutland, Hanover, Middlebury, Essex, Barre, St. Albans
Virginia: Roanoke, Richmond, Virginia Beach Newport News, Charlottesville
Washington: Bellingham, Mt. Vernon, Everett, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Yakima, Spokane, Kennewick, Port Angeles, Moses Lake, Pullman, Walla Walla, Ellensburg, Longview
West Virginia: Charleston, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Morgantown
Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Madison, Eau Claire, Green Bay, Appleton
Wyoming: Casper, Rawlins, Rock Springs, Jackson, Cody, Powell, Buffalo, Sheridan, Gillette, Yellowstone National Park