Pride parade.ĩ:20 a.m.: This post has been updated with more details about the L.A. L.A.'s pride parade was nearly called offġ0:02 a.m.: This post has been updated with comments from Classen and details about a news conference before the L.A. Mass murder in Orlando is the most recent in a horrific parade of violence Man with weapons and explosives arrested, was going to L.A. This year’s grand marshal is Jewel Thais-Williams, who owned the historic Catch One Disco until it closed last year and cofounded the Minority AIDS Project. Sunday on Santa Monica Boulevard and is expected to end at 2 p.m. Held in West Hollywood Park, festival hours are noon to 11 p.m. The festival celebrating the region’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community kicked off Friday with a musical lineup that features more than 40 artists, headlined by pop stars Charli XCX and Carly Rae Jepsen. “We will march for LGBT rights and pride as we have every year since 1970.” Duran said some have reached out to ask the city to cancel the parade. The parade will include remembrances of the victims of the nightclub shooting, said West Hollywood Councilman John Jude Duran in a Facebook update.
Pride parade in support of the nightclub victims, including one person who tweeted, “I will march for you today.” Many have turned to social media to encourage turnout at the L.A. We will be proud and we will celebrate in honor of all those lost.”
“Our brave founders made this happen to show the world who we are. As we remember them today at our moment of silence, we must continue to show our pride, not just today but every day. “Today, we are heartbroken that so many of our brothers, sisters and allies were lost in this tragic. “Forty-six years ago, members of the LGBTQ community came out in cities across the country in response to the Stonewall riots,” Chris Classen, L.A.
Christopher Street West, the nonprofit organizers behind LA Pride, along with the city of West Hollywood will be holding a news conference before Sunday’s LGBTQ parade in West Hollywood at Crescent Heights and Santa Monica boulevards followed by a moment of silence.