WHAT IS DYKE MARCH / DYKE FEST?

Dyke March and Dyke Festival is a community-driven event that empowers, inspires, promotes, and celebrates women's and trans' communities. INCREASING QUEER VISIBILITY and activism are our main goal and purpose. Over the years, DykeMarch/DykeFest organizations all over the world and United States have grown to be more inclusive of all women-loving-women REGARDLESS OF LABELS. Dyke March and Festival San Diego is an integration of lesbians, bisexuals, trans, queers, feminists, and supporters coming together for the common cause of anti-discrimnation and anti-oppression of ALL PEOPLE.

“I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.” AUDRE LORDE “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences..” AUDRE LORDE “The most important political step that any gay man or lesbian can take is to come out of the closet. It's been proven that it is easier to hate us and to fear us if you can't see us.” AMANDA BEARSE