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Pink Saturday is a
Pink Saturday is a street party
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held the Saturday night before San Francisco Pride
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(Gay
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Pride
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Day) in San Francisco
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's Castro district. It coincides with the annual Dyke March
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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 ahate crime
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, occurred outside the actual Pink Saturday event area, and was reported as gang-related.
See also
*LGBT culture in San Francisco
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References
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