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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 22:58:48 -0700
From: Gary M Klein (bear-at-heart) <gklein@WILLAMETTE.EDU>
Subject: out of the stacks & into the streets: SFO gay pride parade

     Since the upcoming conference of the American Library Association is
being held in San Francisco, June 27--July 2, there will be some overlap
on Sunday June 29 between ALA's conference, and San Francisco's annual
gay pride parade.

     The parade will travel from west to east on Market Street.  Parade and
contingent assembly will take place in the Civic Center area. The Parade
will travel on Market from about 9th Street toward the Embarcadero (The
Ferry Building).

     The official "starting time" of the "San Francisco Lesbian Gay
Bisexual Transgender Pride Parade & Celebration" is 11am on Sunday, JUNE
29th.  Please note that many parade participants start congregating at
their assigned spots a lot earlier than 11am!

     Drawing about 300,000 participants each year to San Francisco's
Market Street, the gay pride parade will make navigating Market Street
difficult for ALA attendees who are moving back & forth between
conference presentations.

     RATHER THAN fighting the traffic, how about joining up with ALA members
who invite you to enjoy the parade!

     After all, ALA's Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Task Force is an official
entrant in the pride parade.

     All librarians are welcome to join ALA's brigade and march down
Market Street with our banner!

     OUT OF THE STACKS, AND INTO THE STREETS: LIBRARIANS EMPOWER PEOPLE!

     You can either watch the parade from the sidelines of Market Street,
or you can locate a map, and maneuver over to ALA's starting spot, and
join in with other librarians from across the continent who will marching
in this pride parade.

     Althought the parade starts moving at 11am, with hundreds of
thousands of participants, it takes a while before all the groups get
rolling down Market Street.  ALA's brigade is estimated to hit the
pavement around Noon.

     Here is where you can find us:

          AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION's
         Gay Lesbian Bisexual Task Force
                     &
          SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY
           contingent color=BLUE "v"
             on McAllister between
                Post & Larkin
           (near the old SFPL building)

     Bring sunglasses and big voices to help us chant our way down Market
Street!

     For complete schedule information, meeting rooms, and descriptions of
events, please check GLBTF's special web page for ALA's 1997 Annual
Conference:
                       http://www-lib.usc.edu/~trimmer/ala97sch.html

     GLBTF has been an official part of ALA's structure since 1971.

GARY KLEIN "not your average card carrying librarian"
gklein@willamette.edu     work #503-370-6743     www.willamette.edu/~gklein