I'm writing this at home as "pride " parade is going on.

I've marched in many past CSW parades's with my Transgender contingents.

the parade --filled with commercial and 'religous' entries, very feww political ones,
and the $20 to-get-in 'festival' [plus double inflated prices for everything you eat and drink], and has-been 'entertainers' isn't worth it.

San Francisco's is much bigger and better and charges only $ 3.00 to enter.

Instead of Love & Equality, CSW seems to promote GREED, HYPER-CONSUMERISM, AND ELITISM of upper-class, white gay men, with all others in 'LBGT' only after thoughts [just another sucker to have their wallets and purses emptied by CSW organizers].

This is not the only civil rights march to get co-opted.
The King day parade has also been hijacked by the corporations and the military.

Whoa, San Francisco Pride is one big commerical, and the planners of it discriminate against media and the transgender community. Please follow the link above to learn more. If you go to San Francisco indymedia you can see more....
http://www.indybay.org/sf/
that link will show you some of the other experiences that queers had at San Francisco Gay Pride.
Gay Pride' have become a hassle and have become costly. It is my opinion they are veering away from the community that started them.