LGBTQ Pride events are expanding across SoCal, with the largest event, LA Pride Parade and festival, on June 9.
People attend the 2023 LA Pride Parade on June 11, 2023 in Hollywood, California. On June 9, 2024, the LA Pride Parade will be the biggest ever in its 54-year history. Other cities across LA County are having Pride flag raisings, festivals and parades. These events mark LA County’s celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer social and self-acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride.
“To see a collective of Pride events across L.A. County is remarkable,” she added during an interview on May 29. “We have to make sure we recognize people in all corners of the county. This is not just for the LGBTQ community but it is also welcoming to all of us.” June Pride Month celebrates gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and nonbinary residents who are estimated to number about 500,000 in Los Angeles County.
But the queen of all Pride Month events is the 54th annual Los Angeles Pride Parade happening on Sunday, June 9, starting at 11 a.m. This year’s parade will be the biggest in its history, with 165 entries marching to the theme “Power in Pride.” The bigger number of entries comes from the community rallying support for LGBTQ+ rights, she said. But it also comes from knowing about the bills and groups that have tried to limit drag queen events, school curricula and trans rights, she said.
Sister Tootie Toot, of the L.A. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, talks about the significance of the Progress Pride Flag being raised over the LA County Hall of Administration in Los Angeles, on Thursday, June 1, 2023.
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