Long Beach Pride

Long Beach LGBT Pride celebrates 30 years this weekend | VIDEO

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
May 17th, 2013

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The Southern California LGBT Pride season has begun! With its third weekend in May calendar placement, the Long Beach LGBT Pride celebration is the first of many pride events that take place throughout the region throughout the summer months.

This year, Long Beach Pride celebrates its 30th anniversary.

Thousands of revelers are expected to descend upon Downtown Long Beach tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday for the festivities, which include a festival, parties, and LGBT pride parade.

LGBT2NETWORK to celebrate Long Beach Pride with pool party

SDGLN Staff
May 7th, 2013

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- LGB2NETWORK - a Southern California networking group for the LGBT community and allies - will celebrate Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Weekend with the return of the group’s popular Play@ Maya Pool party at Hotel Maya on Saturday, May 18 from noon to 6 pm.

In 2011, LGB2Network launched a much-anticipated summer pool party series, Play@ Maya, during Long Beach’s Pride weekend. The series was hosted at the completely renovated Hotel Maya in Downtown Long Beach’s south waterfront, which boasts picturesque views of the City.

VIDEO: California's Pride season begins this weekend in Long Beach

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
May 18th, 2012

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Every year around this time, many community members start noticing signals that the California LGBT pride season is approaching, often saying “It’s that time of year already?”

Long Beach, a coastal city in the southern part of Los Angeles County that is home to nearly a half-million people, hosts its LGBT pride celebration each year on the third weekend of May, which many consider the official kickoff to the California Pride season.

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Jim Winsor's Out & About: Community celebrates multiple victories this week

Jim Winsor - SDGLN Nightlife Columnist
May 17th, 2012

What a week it's been!

First, there was the end of midnight marathon towing, a story reported by SDGLN on Monday. Just goes to show what can be accomplished if you simply ignore the bitter naysayers, and press on until victory is obtained.

Long Beach Pride begins a toy drive

Phillip Zonkel - Long Beach Press-Telegram
November 25th, 2011

LONG BEACH - Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride has begun its annual holiday toy drive with several locally owned businesses.

People can drop off unwrapped toys at 19 locations around Long Beach, including the Pride office, until Dec. 15.

Needy families are welcome to visit the Pride offices, 1017 Obispo Ave., on Dec. 18, when Santa Claus will be handing out the toys.

Toy drop-off locations include:

The Britt, 1744 E. Broadway

Broadway Bar, 1100 E. Broadway

Christ Chapel, 3935 E. 10th St.

The Crest, 5935 Cherry Ave.

The Crypt, 1712 E. Broadway

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VIDEOS: Southern California pride season to commence with Long Beach celebration this weekend

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
May 20th, 2011

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- LGBT Pride season is typically associated with warm weather, hot bodies, and lots of skin. With the cold, rainy weather that Southern California is experiencing this week, it is hard to imagine that the traditional kick-off to the region’s pride season, Long Beach Pride, will take place this weekend, May 21-22.

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