More than 100 volunteers had erected it on Saturday. But it started on a troubling note when, early Sunday morning, arson investigators were called to the Pink Triangle, a 1-acre monument to gay Holocaust victims that has been displayed on San Francisco's Twin Peaks during the past 14 Gay Pride celebrations. The festivities continued with live music and food at Civic Center. It was T-shirt weather, and there were some memorable ones: "Heteros love homos," "Yay gay!" and, on the backs of employees of the city public defender's office, "Getting you off since 1921." Temperatures nearly touched 90 degrees downtown, challenging those clad in leather or latex, feathers or balloons. He said the same-sex marriage ban "was a tragedy, but we're getting together and rallying and fighting even more because of that." T-shirt weather "This is family day for our community," said Norman Tanner, 51, speaking from inside a cable car that carried Black Brothers Esteem, a support group for gay and bisexual black men for whom he does outreach.
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