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San Francisco is being represented in the 137th Tournament of Roses
Parade on New Year’s Day for the first time in nearly 50 years, but
don’t expect a nod to the LGBTQ community on the float. SF Travel, the city’s visitors bureau, has undertaken the project, and its CEO told the
Bay Area Reporter that it was due to what the organization could fit on
the 55 foot float, “Believe in San Francisco.”
“It is the first time in a very long time, and we leaned into sports and
we touched the big assets. It was a matter of what we could get on the float,” SF Travel President and CEO Anna Marie Presutti told the B.A.R.
in a phone interview December 15.
But for 2026, the float will be without a rainbow flag or some other
symbol of the queer community.
The float features familiar city landmarks – the Golden Gate Bridge, the Victorian Painted Ladies, Chinatown’s Dragon Gate, a cable car, and the
Pier 39 sea lions at Fisherman’s Wharf. While there is not a depiction
of a rainbow flag, officials noted the float reflects San Francisco.
https://www.ebar.com/story/161279/News/LGBTQs%20missing%20from%20SFs%20Ro se%20Parade%20floa
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