LOS ANGELES GAY PRIDE 2021 SERIES
Q Con, an LGBTQ comics convention, and GMCLA free concert (June 18)įor information on the WeHo Pride Weekend, Street Fair, and Parade taking place June 3 - 5, visit: Īlso, if you want to learn more about West Hollywood’s very rich LGBTQ+ history, you should watch a series of short films called “The Stuart Timmons West Hollywood LGBTQ History Tour” that were created for the festival last year. Pledge Allegiance to Your Flag! A Festival of LGBTQ+ Flags, a social art intervention (June 5) Pride Poets, an interactive typewriter poetry project where you can get a custom poem written by an LGBTQ+ poet (June 4-5 and June 11-12)Ĭhurch of Trans Love, a fictitious transdo performative take on ecclesiastic rituals (June 5) Queer Diasporas: Lavender City of Dreams, an online exhibition as part of the Queer Biennial (May 27 – Aug 19) Some highlights of the 2022 WeHo Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival include:Ī Staged Reading of Dear Harvey: Stories of Harvey Milk featuring an all transgender and non-binary cast (May 22 - May 29) In 2022, it was formally decided to rebrand One City One Pride as the WeHo Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival in conjunction with the creation of the first ever WeHo Pride Weekend, Street Fair and Parade (June 3-5). The LGBTQ Arts Festival has taken place since 2008 and was formerly known as One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival. This year’s schedule of programs takes place both online and in-person throughout West Hollywood, and the vast majority are free to attend! Our theme for 2022 is ‘With Liberty, Diversity, Inclusion and Progress for All’. LA Pride also was criticized last year for its bungled attempt at having a Black Lives Matter protest march.City of West Hollywood’s WeHo Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival The City of West Hollywood celebrates pride with its WeHo Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival (formerly called the One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival), which runs from Harvey Milk Day (May 22) through the end of June Pride month (June 30).
It’s unclear if the group has found a way to cover those expenses. One element that might complicate the matter is that since 2015, West Hollywood has spent several million dollars on LA Pride, most of it for subsidized security, public safety, and permits. It’s unclear if the group has secured a new location.
Christopher Street West announced that they would leave West Hollywood and find another location for the festival and parade. Last year also was a hard year for LA Pride. Goodbye LA Pride, West Hollywood wants a new Pride celebration
“It’s a moment to remember you’re not just surviving one of the hardest years in recent memory, but growing into your truth.” Pride this year is a moment for you to stop and breathe,” said Sharon-Franklin Brown, Christopher Street West’s first Black transgender woman president. “To thrive means to flourish and progress despite the circumstances. On June 12 at 9 p.m., ABC 7 will broadcast an hour-long special “Thrive with Pride Celebration.” LA Pride officials said they will kick off what would have been Pride weekend on June 10 with a live streamed concert on TikTok featuring pop diva Charli XCX and a showcase of up-and-coming LGBTQ performers across various music genres, organizers said Thursday in a statement. Pride Makes a Difference is a new program in conjunction with Big Sunday.ĭrop off locations will be set up all throughout Los Angeles, and a list of selected local organizations and drop off sites as well as the sign-up details and commitment will be available soon, the statement said. Pride Makes a Difference will highlight opportunities for Angelenos to volunteer and donate goods and/or money to local organizations in Los Angeles County. Live events aside, LA Pride organizers said they will launch a 30-day give back campaign to support local social justice and non-profit groups who have achieved equity, actionable change and stability. LA Pride’s theme for 2021 is Thrive with Pride. ‘Pride’ FX series to feature 60 years of fighting for LGBTQ equality Officials with Christopher Street West, the nonprofit organization that has produced the annual Pride celebration since 1979, said in a statement Thursday that “potential in-person activations in accordance with COVID-19 safety protocols and LA County guidelines” might be announced before June and that “LA Pride anticipates more annual programming beyond the month of June designed to ensure Pride can be celebrated all year,” but offered no details. That date falls just after the traditional time for LA Pride, the second weekend in June. Gavin Newsom has said that if the drop in infections, deaths, and hospitalizations continue - as they have for several consecutive weeks - the state will re-open at 100 percent capacity June 15.