As for us in SF, we're probably going to be slightly embarrassed all weekend like we usually are, wondering if too much blatant pride doesn't make one want to circle back to shame, while everyone wanders around muttering "Happy pride" and oscillating between hungover and drunk for three days straight.  Maybe after the Harvey Milk movie comes out the younger generation will learn why all this parading started in the first place, and pick up new vocab words like "Stonewall" and "Anita Bryant."

 

CHECK IT: The Sword and our pornier sister site, Nakedsword, will be out in force with the Get Off On Us Street Team, including Falcon stars and hot male models, in the select cities listed below. Check back after each sordid weekend for photos and footage. (* means there's a special Sword Guide  ** means we have photos to share)

Long Beach, CA (Long Beach Pride)
May 17 - 18

Los Angeles, CA**(LA Pride)
June 6 - 8

Philadelphia, PA** (Philly Pride)
June 8

Boston, MA** (Boston Pride 2008)
June 14 - 15

Washington D.C** (Capital Pride 2007)
June 6 - 15

San Francisco, CA ** (San Francisco Pride)
June 28 - 29

New York City ** (Heritage of Pride)
June 27 - 29

Chicago, IL (PRIDEChicago 2008)
June 27 - 29

Atlanta, GA (Atlanta Pride Festival 2008)
July 4 - 6

Dallas, TX (Dallas Pride 2008)
Sept 21

New Orleans, LA (Southern Decadence)
Aug 27 - Sept 1

And here's a quick schedule of other Prides around the country and the globe so you can plan your road-tripping ahead (Boise pride is da bomb, yo).

Albuquerque, NM (Albuquerque Pride 2008) 
June 13 - 14

Amsterdam, Netherlands (Amsterdam Pride 2008)
Aug 1 - Aug 3

Athens, Greece**
June 7-8

Austin, TX (Austin Pride Parade 2008)
June 14

Baltimore, MD (Baltimore Pride 2008)
June 21 - 22

Bangkok, Thailand (Bangkok Together 2008)
Nov 1 - Nov 9

Barcelona, Spain (Barcelona Pride 2008)
March 19 - 24

Berlin, Germany (Christopher Street Day Berlin)
June 28

Boise, ID (Boise Idaho Pride)
June 6 - 8

Charlotte, NC (Pride Charlotte 2008)
July 26

Cologne, Germany (ColognePride 2008)
June 21 - July 6

Copenhagen, Denmark (Copenhagen Pride 2008)
August 11 - 16

Denver, CO (Denver Pridefest 2008)
June 21 - 22

Detroit, MI (Motor City Pride)
June 1

Dublin, Ireland (Dublin Pride 2008)
June 13 - 22

El Paso, TX (El Paso Sun City Pride)
June 5 - 8

EuroPride 08 (in Stockholm)
July 25 - Aug 3

Frankfurt, Germany (Christopher Street Day 2008)
July 18 - 20

Harrisburg, PA (Harrisburg PrideFest 2008)
July 26

Hartford, CT (2008 Connecticut LGBTI Pride Festival)
June 7

Houston, TX (Pride Houston)
June 28

Iowa City, IA (Iowa City LGBT Pride)
June 16

Indianapolis, IN (IndyPride!)
June 13 - 15

Jacksonville, FL (First Coast Pride)

July 26 - Aug 26

Kansas City, MO (Kansas City Gay Pride)
May 30 - June 1

Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Pride)
May 2 - 4

Lincoln, NE (Pride on the Prairie) -- Editor's Note: could someone please send us pictures of this?
June 20 - 22

London, England (Pride London)
July 5

Madrid, Spain (Madrid Pride)
July 3 - July 6

Manchester, England (Manchester Pride)
Aug 15 - 25

Mexico City, Mexico (Mexico City Pride)
June 26 - 30

Milwaukee, WI (Milwaukee PrideFest)
June 6 - 8

Minneapolis, MN (Twin Cities Pride)
June 28 - 29

Montreal, Canada (Divers/Cite)
July 27 - Aug 3

Nashville, TN (Nashville Pride Fest)

June 1

New Haven, CT (Connecticut Pride)
June 7

New Hope, PA (New Hope Celebrates)
May 16 - 18

Orlando, FL (Come Out With Pride)
Oct 12

Oslo, Norway (Nebraska Pride Parade)
June 20 - 22

Palm Springs, CA (Greater Palm Springs Pride)
November 1 - 2

Paris, France (Paris Pride)
June 28

Phoenix, AZ (Pheonix Pride)
April 12 - 13

Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh Pride)
June 16 - 22

Portland, OR (Portland Pride)
June 14 - 15

Porto, Portugal (Porto Pride)
July 12

Providence, RI (Rhode Island Pride)
June 21

Reno, NV (Power of Pride)
Aug 19

Rome, Italy
June 7

Salt Lake City, UT (Utah Pride)
June 6 - 8

Seattle, WA (Seattle Pride)
June 28 - 29

St. Louis, MO (Pride St. Louis)
June 23- 24

Stockholm, Sweden (EuroPride 2008)
July 25 - Aug 3

Toronto, Ont, Canada (Pride Toronto)
June 20 - 29

Vancouver, BC, Canada (Vancouver Pride)
Aug 3

Warsaw, Poland**
June 7

Zurich, Switzerland (Verein Gay Pride)
May 30 - June 8

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