pride
by jay jones
LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
ORANGE COUNTY LGBT PRIDE Saturday, June 25
OC Pride will return after a two-year hiatus with the Love Out Loud! Festival taking place in downtown Santa Ana. The free event will begin with the OC Pride parade at 10:30 a.m. and the main festival follows from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Entertainment headliners include Mo Heart (previously known as Monique Heart) from RuPaul’s Drag Race. Also appearing will be Big Dipper, Pepper MaShay, Madison Rose and Boi Band. The 2022 festival promises to be bigger with additional stages and new zones. Look for the Pride Stage, Orgullo Stage, the Adult Kink and Leather Space powered by ONYX, Love Out Loud Dance Tent powered by iHeart Media, the new Trans Lounge, Family Zone, and Teen Space. WRUFF Events is producing the official kickoff party, Butch Please! on Friday, June 24 at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Orange County Pride supporting local LGBTQ communities. prideoc.com
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TRANS PRIDE LA
Thursday, June 16 - Saturday, June 18 The Los Angeles LGBT Center will host the annual Trans Pride LA, one of the nation’s oldest and most significant celebrations of the TGI/ ENBY+ (Trans, Gender Non-Conforming, Intersex, Non-Binary & Gender Expansive) community. The festivities will occur at the center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza and Anita May Rosenstein Campus in Los Angeles. “After two years of virtual Trans Pride events, we are looking forward to the return of this joyous event to The Village and Anita May Rosenstein Campus,” said Gina Bigham, the program manager of the center’s Trans* Lounge and event organizer. “These last two years have been extremely hard on our community. As we watch the continued assault on trans rights across the country, we are determined to celebrate and show the world our strength and resilience.” Trans Pride LA will begin with a job fair presented by the center’s Transgender Economic Empowerment Project. Thursday evening, join Club Intersex for From Invisible to Inclusion, an intersectional discussion on intersex experiences and issues. This uplifting program will
