LGBTQ

• Long Beach Lost

April 11, 2019

Long Beach Lost: Club Sylvia, North Long Beach’s odd li’l drag bar

by Brian Addison    in LGBTQ

Originally called Impact, what sat at the corner of 61st St. and Cherry Ave. in North Long Beach was the headquarters for drag queens.

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LGBTQ

• Easter Walk

April 8, 2019

Long Beach’s Drag Easter Walk carries over two decades of Herstory, pain, and hope—all in a pair of heels

by Brian Addison    in LGBTQ

Since 1997, hats and heels have graced the Broadway corridor every Easter Sunday to help raise money for the C.A.R.E. program in Long Beach.

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LGBTQ

• Port of Los Angeles

April 8, 2019

Pride on the Port event will take over the Battleship Iowa (with Chad Michaels performing ‘Turn Back Time’)

by Brian Addison    in LGBTQ

The Battleship Iowa. The Fairy Ferry. Chad Michaels performing as Cher. The first Pride on the Port of Los Angeles is going to be fabulous.

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LGBTQ

• long beach pride

April 1, 2019

Long Beach named in the top five cities in the country to celebrate Pride

by Brian Addison    in LGBTQ

After compiling data regarding hotel accessibility, flight prices, travel searches, and Pride celebrations, Long Beach was named the fourth best city in the States to celebrate Pride, which has kicked off every May in Long Beach since 1984. 

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LGBTQ, News

• Supreme Court

March 18, 2019

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Hawaiian B&B owner who wouldn’t host Long Beach lesbian couple

by Stephanie Rivera    in LGBTQ, News

The Long Beach couple tried to book a stay at Aloha B&B while on a trip to Hawaii but the proprietor refused them based on their sexual orientation.

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LGBTQ

• LGBTQ

March 18, 2019

Spoken word ‘Sister Spit’, speaks its truth

by Bill Alkofer    in LGBTQ

 “Sister Spit’s annual stop is hands down one of the most creative, innovative and acclaimed LGBTQ arts events in Long Beach,” said The Center’s executive director Porter Gilberg.

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LGBTQ

• Harvey Milk Park

March 15, 2019

The importance of nominating and honoring LGBTQ leaders each year at Harvey Milk Park

by Brian Addison    in LGBTQ

One of Harvey Milk Park's most Long Beach-centric ideals is its annual honoring of LGBTQ leaders here in Long Beach.

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LGBTQ

• Sunday Funday

February 25, 2019

IN PICTURES: Varsity Gay League took on the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in a charity kickball game

by Bill Alkofer    in LGBTQ

 The two squads joined forces to raise money for the AIDS Food Store in Long Beach

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LGBTQ

• Port of Los Angeles

January 31, 2019

Queers and allies fight haters and coalesce to create the first Pride event on L.A. waterfront

by Brian Addison    in LGBTQ

Bridge Cities Alliance will head and direct the first-ever Pride event on the Los Angeles waterfront; Pride on the Port of Los Angeles will take place June 15 atop the Battleship USS Iowa.

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Arts & Culture, LGBTQ

• social media
• _instagram

January 4, 2019

Twitter responds to Long Beach couple on Netflix’s ‘Tidying Up with Marie Kondo’

by Asia Morris    in Arts & Culture, LGBTQ

SPOILER ALERT: One of the most feel-good episodes of the show features Long Beach newlyweds Alishia and Angela.

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