Long beach gay pride festival 2022
When the 37th Long Beach Pride Parade floated through the city’s downtown on Sunday morning, July 10, to celebrate the LGBTQ community – with thousands of partiers flanking the route – the typical rainbow-hued jubilation was shaded by a once-bygone, but now-resurgent sentiment: Protest.
Long Beach’s Pride Parade and the accompanying two-day festival, which began Saturday and returned after a two-year, pandemic-induced hiatus, has long been among the largest in the region.
Yet, as the years have passed, the aura surrounding Pride has changed. Through much of the s and s, the LGBTQ community went on a winning streak:
Lawrence v. Texas, which overturned laws banning sexual intimacy among those who are gay. The repeal of the military’s “Don’t Question, Don’t Tell” policy. Rising public support for marriage equality. And then, in , Obergefell v. Hodges, which gave same-sex unions constitutional protection.
Gone were the days that forged older generations of LGBTQ people – police raids on gay bars, bigotry fueled by the AIDS epidemic and government-sponsored discrimination, such as the D
LONG BEACH (CBSLA) — After not being held for two years due to the COVID pandemic, organizers this week announced that the Long Beach Pride Parade & Festival would be returning in
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The three-day event — planned for next July 8, 9 and 10 along Shoreline Drive in downtown Long Beach — will feature live tune and dance performances and showcase local artists and special community programming. A food court will feature fare from local restaurants and popular food trucks.
Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride, a nonprofit organization that aims to "produce and support activities that educate, encourage and celebrate pride, inclusion and respect for humanity," will again present the event.
"This festival feels like a wonderful comeback for Long Beach Pride and all our guests," Elsa Martinez, Drawn-out Beach Pride president, said. "We have missed all of them.
"I am so excited to start the plann
Long Beach&#;s annual LGBTQ celebration is nearly here.
Thousands of people are expected to descend on Long Beach&#;s waterfront this weekend for the city&#;s iconic Pride Parade, as well as the accompanying &#; though this year, separately organized &#; festival. The festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May , while the parade will take place on Sunday morning.
This will be the 41st iteration of the LGBTQ celebration,
Given its four-decade run as one of the city&#;s most enduring celebrations, here is a look at the history of the parade and festival, and the nonprofit that founded them.
October The Long Beach Pride organization, which would go on to host one of the region&#;s largest annual LGBTQ celebrations, is established as Adj Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride.
June The inaugural Long Beach Pride Parade and Festival draws 5, people across two days. The second festival, in , expanded to Shoreline Aquatic Park, while the third iteration was notable because headliner Eartha Kitt didn&#;t show up.
Prolonged Beach Pride was particularly political this year as the
Long Beach Pride Festival
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We cannot wait to celebrate with you again, and this time we’ve moved our event to July to soak up those California Vibes in the warm Summer Sun.
We’ve completely reimagined our Festival and are so excited to share whats in store for Beyond headline entertainment, good vibes and excellent food – you’ll acquire to experience Long Beach Pride’s first ever roller rink! Additionally we’re curating amazing activities throughout the festival to enhance your experience and make this pride unlike anything you’ve experienced before including a Drag Makeup Station to get that face BEAT and an all recent Silet Disco.
We’ve got you on the entertainment front as well. Our out of this world nightclub experience is brand recent with the world renowned RELOAD crew featuring DJ’s, Lights &#; heart pumping bass all day in a new purpose built shaded club you wont. want. to. miss.
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