What the Dyke March Is All About
The mission of the San Francisco Dyke March is to bring the dyke communities together to celebrate our unity, raise our consciousness and be visible.
Strengthening an international perspective in our communities, the rally and march advocates justice for all dykes around the world. We advocate on issues against oppression, racism, sexism, homophobia, and poverty.
To mobilize our coalition we organize an annual march that takes place during the week of Pride celebration (last weekend of June). The rally/cultural event showcases our communities' artists, critical thinkers and political activists.
It is one day where dykes can proclaim space, rights, visibility and respect.
Dyke March 2025 Values
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The following are the values of the San Francisco Dyke March, achieved through intensive discussions within the community from 2024-2025.
We Dykes are against war, imperialism, and all forms of genocide, including the ongoing US-backed genocide in Palestine. We oppose the use of political, institutional, and military power to oppress marginalized groups of people, including native peoples, Black people and other people of color, immigrants, asylum seekers, people with disabilities, and transgender individuals.
We are Dykes of many races, nations, ages, faiths, abilities, sexualities, and genders. We celebrate each Dyke’s contribution to our full diversity, reject any attempt to exclude a self-declared Dyke, and refuse to tolerate behaviors like racism, classism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, religious intolerance, biphobia, transphobia, homophobia, sexism, ageism, ableism, and fatphobia.
Bodily autonomy is the absolute right of every Dyke and every person. We refuse to recognize or tolerate laws that infringe on that right, including laws that criminalize sex work, and we affirm and celebrate the self-expression and self-care of all Dykes.
We are Dykes who advocate fiercely for all Dykes and each other. We reject attempts to exclude or evict transgender and nonbinary Dykes of all gender expressions from a community to which they have always belonged. We actively protect their safety, dignity, and joy in every context.
Dykes know that every kind of medical care is a necessity. We won’t be satisfied until every person, including incarcerated people, can access every form of care they need without laws or institutions that restrict safe access to abortions, birth control, and gender-affirming care, and without any consideration of cost.
Dyke joy has incomparable power. We blatantly celebrate our joy as an act of resistance against a society that attempts to extinguish our visibility, strength, and happiness.