Techies Strut Their High Tech #Pride At #SFPride Parade
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Tech companies strutted their pride Sunday as Apple, Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Uber and hundreds other high-tech employees came out in full force for the 45th Annual Gay Pride Parade in San Francisco.
Legions of techies donned t-shirts, and carried banners and flags as they walked down Market Street alongside elaborate floats.
This year's Pride Celebration is likely to go down as the biggest Pride parade in San Francisco history in light of Friday's historic Supreme Court ruling making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states.
Gary Virginia, board president of SF Pride, which organizes the celebration told CNET it makes good business sense for tech companies to support LGBT rights.
"They attract a younger population for their workforce, and it's been proven that social attitudes are changing," said Virginia.
Apple CEO, Tim Cook marched along with 8000 Apple employees. Cook made history as the the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company. He along with San Francisco-based Salesforce.com's CEO Marc Benioff are huge advocates for gay rights.
Yahoo, which had around 1,000 employees marching in Pride Parades worldwide this year, was ranked as industry leader and considered a "Best Place to Work" for the LGBT community by the Human Rights Campaign.
One tweeter gave Salesforce.com the prize for best parade float.
RT @patricia_dugan @farrellERA: @salesforce best #lovewins float at SF Pride Parade @cporro_sfdc great day!! pic.twitter.com/vooGnw0cXC
— Daryl Shaber (@darylshaber) June 28, 2015
Apple CEO @Tim_Cook joins 8,000 $AAPL employees at the San Francisco Pride Parade today. (via @sfmeghawk) pic.twitter.com/T383qlXFum
— CNBC Social Media (@CNBCSocial) June 28, 2015
Can't wash my hand now @tim_cook liked our shirts! #applepride #LoveCantWait #loveislove pic.twitter.com/h9fIxqWacD
— Selina Chang (@selina_chang) June 28, 2015
#uber you were the best #PrideDay #PrideSF pic.twitter.com/nRy5r6u2Ke
— Arash (@ArachJalali) June 28, 2015
Happy Pride Peeps!!! Please stop by the Lyft Booth to say hi at Larkin and Grove!! #pridesf #lovewins #lyftlove pic.twitter.com/WE23CEqHqg
— Mimi Lyft (@Mimilyft) June 27, 2015
#uber in the #PrideSF. All the tech startups are here. #PrideDay pic.twitter.com/hnVZDtAsJo
— Arash (@ArachJalali) June 28, 2015
So much #GayArea pride! @Airbnb #applepride #Pride2015 #PrideSF pic.twitter.com/nISPAGMJFE
— KaylanS (@kkblabs) June 28, 2015
@DavidChiu has spaceship to celebrate @SFPride pic.twitter.com/AA19Oh1uke
— emilytgreen (@emilytgreen) June 28, 2015
I ❤️ Apple. You guys are the BEST. #SFPride2015 #LoveWins #PrideSF #applepride pic.twitter.com/gQcdt2MZma
— Steffi Lee (@steffizp) June 28, 2015
Getting ready to march for our #PrideSF #applepride @Humblewolf @DrakeArlin @ViviMegapixel @GrisserRabbit @Krominof pic.twitter.com/EuSQgOCpyS
— Pride Otter, (@rudderg33k) June 28, 2015
@claryschneider orange is better #PrideSF pic.twitter.com/9VGCmrLvKv
— Kyle Lexmond (@lightweavr) June 28, 2015
Apple at #PrideSF is 8 or 10 blocks long. (And long blocks) pic.twitter.com/9Ti0JxQS3C
— Jim Averbeck (@jimaverbeck) June 28, 2015
.@twitter at @sfpride pic.twitter.com/BWTvjZEaQo
— Ardent Admirer (@1ardentadmirer) June 28, 2015
Crowd goes wild for #OITNB on the @netflix float at @SFPride #CoryPride pic.twitter.com/owCz2H8nBW
— Cory (@CoryUpdate) June 28, 2015
Gettin' ready to march in our first #pride parade! #yodelpride @SFPride pic.twitter.com/NHjYZerY2M
— Aaron Rothman (@rothmana) June 28, 2015
Wow. RT @TUSK81: All those white tee shirts? Apple employees. @SFPride #SFPride pic.twitter.com/1svp2fSZ4L
— Kenya (@KenyaBlue121) June 28, 2015
@DoloresHuerta an amazing activist supporting gay pride well before it was fashionable in front of @netflix @SFPride pic.twitter.com/sWGTKSNSs9
— All About E (@AllAboutE_) June 28, 2015
Happy #SFPride from Google!! pic.twitter.com/AVd06Qxrq1
— Dara Makeda Wilson (@DaraMWilson) June 28, 2015
Impressed by the @facebook showing at #SFPride pic.twitter.com/r788bR3zQL
— Nancy Duan (@nancy_duan) June 28, 2015