A crowd gathers on Hollywood Boulevard to watch the first LA Pride Parade in 1970. Photo: ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
LA Pride will protest and march in solidarity with Black Lives Matter next week in Hollywood near the site of the first LA Pride Parade.
Christopher Street West, the 501(c)3 nonprofit that produces the annual LA Pride Parade and Festival, had cancelled all in-person events due to COVID-19, but the group’s board of directors voted Monday night to peacefully assemble and march in solidarity with the black community.
The Black Lives Matter march will protest racial injustice, systemic racism, and all forms of oppression. It is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
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