As a diverse community representing many intersectional identities, San Diego Pride unequivocally reaffirms its condemnation of antisemitism, Islamophobia, and anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric. San Diego Pride’s mission, vision, and Pillars of Justice call us to show up for justice and liberation.
San Diego Pride recently met with a coalition of Jewish community leaders representing a broad range of organizations, clergy, and community voices. We heard clearly about the harm experienced in connection with Pride 2025. And we heard and shared a desire to heal and reunify this year and beyond.
San Diego Pride reaffirms its commitment to addressing antisemitism and its manifestations of harm in our local Jewish community. To that end, we will not tolerate hatred or violence against any member of our community. We are committed to ensuring that Pride Week events are inclusive and safe for all people to enjoy the freedom to show up fully as themselves.
We are taking steps to ensure that our events and programming reflect our commitment to safety and belonging for all. This message is part of a broader commitment to engage across our diverse community, to listen more deeply, and to strengthen how we ensure safety and belonging for all communities connected to Pride. This includes:
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Strengthening existing board and staff training and education to better identify and prevent harm and supporting the staff already leading this work.
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Improving how we communicate and engage, including creating more direct pathways for community input and access to leadership.
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Developing a sustained structure to support ongoing accountability, safety and belonging.
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Strengthening our internal review and decision-making frameworks to ensure our values are consistently upheld.
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This ongoing work will begin with antisemitism and anti-blackness prevention training
We acknowledge that aspects of last year’s programming contributed to some members of the local Jewish LGBTQ+ community to feel unsafe, unheard, and unwelcome. We also recognize that our response at the time did not allow for the communication or space for dialogue that was needed for all community members to feel certain about safety and belonging within Pride. We also heard and understood that stepping away and creating alternate programming in 2025 was a response to those experiences.
We know this work does not end with a statement. It requires continued engagement, accountability, and action. We are committed to staying in dialogue and to strengthening Pride as a space where all members of our community can show up fully and safely. Whether you are part of the Jewish community, Black, Latinx, Indigenous, SWANA, or any of the many communities that make up our Pride family, San Diego Pride is committed to ensuring that everyone is safe, seen, and considered, because safety for all truly means all.
KishaLynn Elliott
Executive Director, San Diego Pride
