 The SFLGFB presents musical programs that help to build understanding between GLBTI and other communities.The band was founded by Jon Reed Sims in 1978 as the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corp. Sims, born in Smith Center, Kansas, was a musician and performer who formed the band in response to Anita Bryant's anti-gay campaign in the late 1970s.Upon its founding in 1978, it became the first openly gay musical group in the world.