Long Beach Pride Parade announces grand marshals

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Long Beach Pride Parade marchers make their way along Ocean Boulevard May 20, 2018. Photo: Thomas R. Cordova Valentina, host of “Drag Race México” alongside Lolita Banana, will be one of several grand marshals at the Long Beach Pride Parade next month.

Valentina (aka James Andrew Leyva), a 32-year-old Bell native, came to international attention as a contestant on the ninth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and the fourth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.” The Long Beach Pride Parade will take place Aug.

6 at 10:30 a.m. It will kick off at Ocean Boulevard and Lindero Avenue and march west to Alamitos Avenue. The parade will feature colorful floats, marching bands, community groups, and thousands of spectators.

Audiences can tune-in to special Long Beach Pride Parade coverage on Aug. 6 on nbcla.com and Telemundo52.com and via the station’s streaming local news channels Noticias California and NBC Los Angeles News.