The city’s largest event is the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, which attracted nearly 180,000 race fans this year.
The pride celebration is the second-largest attended event in Long Beach, drawing about 80,000 revelers. “I’m proud of my mom for being proud of me,” Corbell said. “My family’s support was huge,” Cypress said. It’s a great excuse to party for what matters.”Īnd building that sense of community is important whether it was from family, friends, colleagues or neighbors, she said. “It means raising money for the community that I love, making more out of relationships and celebrating the really beautiful parts of what Long Beach and the gay, straight, (bisexual), (transgender) … what every relationship means. “I look forward to pride every year and this year it means more than just a party,” Corbell said. The three raised just under $25,000, he said. “We all participated in raising funds for LGBT youth scholarships,” Allen said. I’ve always just gone to the (LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood).”įor many participants in the parade, marching was about bringing awareness for a cause or helping the community at large.Ĭory Allen, Larina Corbell and Isha Cypress are Mr., Ms., and Miss Gay Pride Long Beach, respectively, with the International Imperial Court of Long Beach. “It’s beautiful with the ocean right there. “We’re here to spread universal joy and stigmatic guilt,” Godoy said with a smile.įor some, Sunday was their first time attending the parade in Long Beach.ĭavid Benavides of Granada Hills joined his friend Julienne Gard of Long Beach along Ocean Boulevard to get a front-row seat to the parade. Many donned black-and-white habits worn by Catholic nuns. He and his fellow sisters were decked out in eye-catching black-and-white makeup. Godoy is known as Novice Sister Fatty-Ma of Skid Row in the Los Angeles Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
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