Dyke March to depart from Dolores park Saturday evening

Photo courtesy of Dyke March Facebook page. 

One of the most iconic events of San Francisco Pride is set to happen this evening as the annual Dyke March takes place at Dolores Park.

The 26th Annual San Francisco Dyke March is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at Dolores and 18th streets, according to organizers.

"The San Francisco Dyke March has marched the streets of this city 25 times and for the 26th, the political landscape of our nation more closely resembles the first time we marched rather than the last," organizers posted on the event's webpage, www.thedykemarch.org.

"We are no longer included in the US Census and every day looms with the threat of further roll backs of our rights under the guise of religious freedoms," organizers said, describing the event this year as a call to action to fight against what they described as erasure.