The streets were already blocked to traffic at 5:30 PM on Castro Street between 17th and 19th Streets on Thursday evening...
...for a celebration of the Supreme Court rulings striking down both the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8.
There was media galore, including a live broadcast by radio DJs from KGO under a colorful umbrella...
...along with tourists who had wandered into the neighborhood on the F line...
...plenty of policemen whose presence was unnecessary...
...and old friends such as composer Luciano Chessa above.
Avoiding politicians' self-congratulatory speeches from a makeshift stage at Castro and Market, we found a pub with a happy hour and an open-air backyard for the next couple of hours. It was a very good time.
Great day!
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