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Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: The city of Long Beach announced Friday it has canceled this weekend’s Long Beach Pride Festival, citing apparent permitting issues, though Sunday’s parade will still take place. City officials said the festival, which had been scheduled to start Friday at 5 p.m. with Teen Pride and continue Saturday and Sunday, will not move forward as planned. “Unfortunately, one event, the Long Beach Pride Festival, will not be able to take place this year as sufficient information to safely permit the event has not been made available by the event organizers,” the city said in a statement. […]

Join our 2026 Grand Marshals, Peaches Christ, and Honey Mahogany at the Castro Theatre for the official Kickoff Variety Spectacular. Buy Kickoff Tickets 2026 Community Grand Marshals Images and bios provided by Grand Marshals. Marcel Pardo Ariza they/he Public Choice Marcel Pardo Ariza is a proud Colombian trans migrant and a visionary force in the Bay Area’s cultural landscape. As an artist and activist, they transform cultural institutions into spaces of radical visibility and power for queer and trans people of color, often collaborating with performers, artists, policymakers, and community organizers. Marcel curated the retrospective of drag icon Juanita MORE! at […]

The Los Angeles chapter of NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists is set to celebrate Southern California journalists and newsrooms at its second annual Press Pride Prom journalism awards gala on May 9, 2026, at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. The ceremony will honor Greg Gordon and Lucia Chappelle of This Way Out Radio with the Troy Masters Legacy Award for Visionaries in Media. Presented in collaboration with the Los Angeles Blade, the award honors a journalist or news media professional whose work reflects a dedication to the craft of journalism. The award is named in honor of Troy Masters, veteran queer journalist and former publisher […]

Cal Matters reports: California lawmakers are advancing a new strategy to discourage efforts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Colorado law banning the practice. The strategy: Extend the statute of limitations for medical malpractice claims. A bill introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, would increase the time period during which someone could file a malpractice suit against a mental health professional for trying to change their sexual orientation or gender and harming them in the process. Depending on the age of the person who files the […]

Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, will hold a rally at the State Capitol West Steps in response to rising anti-LGBTQ+ attacks in California and across the country. The rally serves as part of the organization’s annual LGBTQ+ Advocacy Day, held each year to bring together constituents with lawmakers in support of pro-LGBTQ+ legislation. WHO: Equality California Executive Director Tony Hoang (Featured Speaker), Senate President Pro Tempore Monique Limón (Featured Speaker), Assembly Democratic Caucus Chair Rick Chavez Zbur (Featured Speaker), Legislative LGBTQ Caucus Chair Asm. Chris Ward (Featured Speaker), Legislative LGBTQ Caucus Vice Chair Sen. Sabrina […]

Coming together for a Mass Training to prepare to shut it down on May Day: No Work. No School. No Shopping. ​     You’re invited to participate, Saturday, March 14, from 9-3 pm at Mission High School in San Francisco for the Bay Resistance Mass Noncooperation Training. Also, on Sunday, March 22, 12-6 pm, North Bay Unites for a Noncooperation Training, at the Petaluma Veterans Memorial Hall (link here), 1094 Petaluma Blvd. S, Petaluma, CA. ​     This is bigger than organizing towards a single day of action. This is about building a mass non-cooperation movement to con- front fascism and […]