Fifty years after its first march in San Jose, Silicon Valley Pride is still defined by the people daring to show up—who refuse to let the party, or the politics, fade into the background, and the community go unseen. People like Nicole Denson, CEO of SV Pride.

“I came out when I was 17 years old,” says Denson, who has “made it a point to attend San Francisco Pride and also San Jose, now Silicon Valley Pride, every year.”

The activist says attending year after year shaped her connection to the LGBTQ+ community. “I always felt it was important, even to this day. I no longer go to San Francisco on Sunday for the parade, but I remember starting with SV Pride in 2017 and that was a whole other level of the community bond that I have since developed and cherished.”

Denson had attended the fi

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