Top Two Leaders Of San Francisco Pride Resign Over Financial Crisis

San Francisco Pride executive director Amy Andre and board president Mikayla Connell have both resigned over the organization's financial crisis. Via Bay Area Reporter:

Andre and Connell's decisions to leave come after months of both women being defensive over Pride's crumbling finances. The two leave the organization with a deficit for this year that could be as much as $150,000. That figure includes an estimated $55,000 to $60,000 that is owed to beverage partners from this year's event. Connell, who had previously expressed a desire to resign, has been board president for four years. Her term as president expired Tuesday night, and she had decided not to run again. She's also resigned from the board altogether, she said in an e-mail exchange with the Bay Area Reporter . Andre, who started as executive director last October, did not respond to requests for comment. The effective date for her resignation wasn't immediately confirmed.

Openly gay San Francisco city supervisors Bevan Dufty and David Campos say they will step in and help the organization resolve its finances.

SAN FRANCISCO: Two Shot During Pink Saturday Shooting Vigil

Two people were shot last night at a memorial vigil for the young man shot to death at San Francisco's Pink Saturday street party in the Castro.

The shooting was reported at about 8 p.m. near the intersection of Third Street and Quesada Avenue during a neighborhood vigil being held for 19-year-old Stephen Powell, who was shot and killed Saturday during Gay Pride in the city's Castro District, Officer Samson Chan said. One victim, a 21-year-old man, was shot through the cheek, Chan said, and the other victim, a 20-year-old man, was shot in the leg. Both victims were taken to the hospital. Their injuries were not expected to be life threatening. Witnesses were not forthcoming with information, Chan said, and police did not release any details regarding possible suspects early this morning.

The young man accused of Saturday's shooting remains in custody on a murder charge.

SF Pride Flash Mob Performs Grease

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LGBT HISTORY: HIV Story Telling Video Booth To Launch For San Francisco Pride

Generations HIV - A Video Story Telling Booth & New Media AIDS Quilt for the 21st Century will launch in San Francisco on June 16th at Under One Roof. Facebook event page here. The booth will be open until June 30th to share and record your life with HIV.

Backstreet Boys To Headline SF Pride

The Backstreet Boys will headline San Francisco Pride on Sunday, June 27th. You weren't expecting that were you?

Main stage producer Audrey Joseph, who was brought on board by the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee only in April to line up talent for this year's 40th anniversary of the LGBT Pride Parade and festival, confirmed the news Tuesday, May 18. The Backstreet Boys were already scheduled to be in San Francisco for a pair of concerts at the Warfield, according to Joseph and the band's website. Besides the boy band, popular for hits such as "As Long as You Love Me," the lineup for Sunday, June 27, is expected to include Rose Royce ("Car Wash"), Martha Davis and the Motels ("Suddenly Last Summer"), and Andy Bell from Erasure (the band known for the song "A Little Respect").

The band will be performing in the mid-afternoon prior to their show at the Warfield that night. And yes, there's only four of them now that the one with the eyebrows has quit.