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Pink Saturday is a street party held the Saturday night before San Francisco Pride (Gay Pride Day) in San Francisco's Castro district. It coincides with the annual Dyke March in San Francisco.
Attendees are asked to donate money at the gate. Gate donations in 2008 were around $20,000.
In 2009, the event's estimated attendance was 100,000 people, and cost $150,000.
2010 shooting
During the 2010 Pink Saturday, on June 26, 19-year-old Stephen Powell was killed after being shot four times in the chest. Two others were injured after being shot in the leg. A 20-year-old man named Ed Perkins was arrested in connection with the shooting. Perkins knew Powell, but did not know the two others. The shooting was not a hate crime, occurred outside the actual Pink Saturday event area, and was reported as gang-related.
See also
References
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- compiled by Cynthia Laird. "The Bay Area Reporter Online | News in brief: SJ Pride this weekend". Ebar.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
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- Hemmelgarn, Seth. "The Bay Area Reporter Online | A hot LGBT Pride Parade". Ebar.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- Bajko, Matthew S. (2009-06-25). "The Bay Area Reporter Online | Changes afoot for SF Pride events". Ebar.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- "Police identify suspected Castro shooter". SFGate. 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- "Teen killed at street party - San Jose Mercury News". Mercurynews.com. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
