Celebrating Queer Identity In Dolores Park At Witches And Yeehaw

San Francisco CA

05 June, 2022

6:49 PM

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By Yujie Zhou, Mission Local June 4, 2022 During the month of June, Mission Local will be covering Pride events, big and small This afternoon, a group of two dozen LGBT singles gathered on the grand slope of Dolores Park. From the way they were talking and laughing, you'd think they were old friends, but in fact, most of them had only met today. "I went through a breakup in January. I didn't want to spend my birthday alone," said Alexandra Coffin, who turned 29 two days ago and was the organizer of the birthday party of mostly strangers and advertised as an event on Manny's Cafe listings. "I thought about all the other people who want to flirt and hook up and stuff. So I decided to throw a singles mixer." To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.