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38th Annual Santa Cruz Pride Parade and Festival: Life Gets Better Together

by Bradley Stuart (bradley [at] riseup.net)
On Sunday, June 3rd, the Diversity Center of Santa Cruz presented the 38th annual Santa Cruz Pride demonstration, which featured a march and rally with thousands of people on Pacific Avenue. Some of the many featured speakers and performers included representatives of the Diversity Center, John Laird, who was the first openly gay mayor when he took over the mayoralty of the city of Santa Cruz in 1983, and cheer squads from San Francisco, Sacramento and Folsom.
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The 2012 Santa Cruz Pride press release states:

For the past 22 [of 38] years, The Diversity Center’s Pride Committee has been the force behind Santa Cruz Pride, the biggest political event on the Central Coast, and Santa Cruz County’s most important annual LGBTQ community event. We are proud to embark on Santa Cruz Pride 2012, bringing the parade and festival together like never before.
§The Bike Girls
by Bradley Stuart
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§Bay Area Gay And Lesbian Ensemble
by Bradley Stuart
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The Bay Area Gay And Lesbian Ensemble is based in San José, California
§Rainbow Flag
by Bradley Stuart
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§Occupy Santa Cruz
by Bradley Stuart
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§Resource Center for Nonviolence
by Bradley Stuart
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§Teen Center
by Bradley Stuart
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§Louden Nelson Community Center
by Bradley Stuart
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§Planned Parenthood
by Bradley Stuart
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§Proud T Latina
by Bradley Stuart
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§Pride on Pacific
by Bradley Stuart
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§Queer Youth Outreach at UCSC
by Bradley Stuart
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§Gender Neutral Frarority
by Bradley Stuart
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§Surf City AIDS Ride
by Bradley Stuart
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§Kid Pride
by Bradley Stuart
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§Cooper Street
by Bradley Stuart
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§Equality Happens WAMM
by Bradley Stuart
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§Diversity Center
by Bradley Stuart
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§Santa Cruz Derby Girls
by Bradley Stuart
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§Folsom Cheer
by Bradley Stuart
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§Cheer SF
by Bradley Stuart
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§John Laird
by Bradley Stuart
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§Sacramento Sirens Cheer
by Bradley Stuart
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§Cheer SF
by Bradley Stuart
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§Cheer SF
by Bradley Stuart
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§Cheer SF
by Bradley Stuart
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§Cheer SF
by Bradley Stuart
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§Cheer SF
by Bradley Stuart
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§Cheer SF
by Bradley Stuart
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§Cheer SF
by Bradley Stuart
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§Cheer SF
by Bradley Stuart
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§Cheer SF
by Bradley Stuart
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§Cheer SF
by Bradley Stuart
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