With Gilroy’s first Pride celebration, city takes a ‘scary’ leap forward for queer community

With Gilroy’s first Pride celebration, city takes a ‘scary’ leap forward for queer community

Two years ago, Terry Hernandez feared that a Pride flag would draw unwanted attention. So she marked her place with a Cinco de Mayo balloon and told those in the queer community to meet in the back of the now-defunct Chacho’s Mexican restaurant in Morgan Hill. Bit by bit, a dozen people trickled into the restaurant, found her cue and breathed a sigh of relief. Some worried that it might be a trap set up by a hate group and that they would be att…