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ABOVE: &#;Born This Way&#; street art in front of the Abbey on Robertson Blvd. (Photo by Hans Beimler)
Each year the Town of West Hollywood celebrates Pride with its One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival, which runs from Harvey Milk Afternoon (May 22) through the end of June Pride month.
Additionally this year, West Hollywood Mayor Lindsey P. Horvath on Sunday officially declared May 23 as “Born This Way Day,” marking the tenth year of the release of Lady Gaga’s hit album.
To commemorate and recognize its cultural impact, the Municipality of West Hollywood is celebrating with a street painting on Robertson Blvd in tribute to the LGBTQ+ community and as well as the album. Mayor Horvath also presented a Key to the City to Lady Gaga Sunday with a verb of thanks: “Thank you for encouraging us to love ourselves and be proud!”
When it was originally released in , Born This Way shattered records around the world. To date, the album has more than billion global streams, million physical albums sold, and 31 million digital tracks sold. Born This Way was Lady Gaga’s first #1 album and it debuted a
LA Pride intends to travel its annual LGBTQ parade and celebrations out of West Hollywood after more than four decades in the city, the organization confirmed Wednesday.
Representatives from Christopher Street West, the nonprofit that produces LA Pride, said the parade and festival will be moved from West Hollywood in , but a unused location has not been announced.
"There were several factors that led to our decision in moving future Los Angeles Pride festivities. This has been an ongoing conversation within our organization for the past year given how big the celebrations have become," LA Pride said in a statement provided to City News Service. "While we are still in a phase of gathering feedback and listening to the community, we felt it was important to notify the city of our intentions given our long standing relationship with them as a partner in Los Angeles Pride."
LA Pride officials sent a letter to the West Hollywood City Council on Tuesday that mentioned several other factors as contributing to the decision to move.
"These include construction in West Hollywood Park, the
Pride Starts Here!
WeHo Pride is the City of West Hollywood’s LGBTQ+ Pride celebration.
For decades, West Hollywood has been home to one of the largest annual Pride celebrations in the world, drawing hundreds of thousands of people each June.
WeHo Pride
Thursday, May 22 – Monday, June 30
WeHo Pride kicks-off on Harvey Milk Day, May 22, with a special event. WeHo Pride Weekend will take place from Friday, May 30 through Sunday, June 1 with OUTLOUD at WeHo Pride, the WeHo Pride Street Unbiased, the Women's Freedom Festival and Dyke March, WeHo Pride Parade, and much more!
This year's WeHo Pride Arts Festival will get place from Friday, May 23 through Sunday, May 25 with various events and programming.
Throughout the 40 days from May 22 to June 30, there will be community group events at various locations.
WeHo Pride offers something for everyone, be sure to check out the events page for more details!
Friday Night at OUTLOUD
Friday, May 30
WeHo Pride Presents Friday Night at OUTLOUD is free to the public and requires an RSVP to se
After 40 years in West Hollywood, LA Pride plans to find a brand-new home.
The new location for isn't known yet, but Phillip Zonkel, publisher of the LGBTQ+ publication Q Voice News, says it could be hard to find another place to hold the festival, which in became one of the first permitted gay rights parades in the country, aligned to label the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion in New York City:
"It's a huge festival, you grasp. It brings thousands of people every year, and the city subsidizes a couple million dollars for the festival with security, so trying to discover another location for this festival could be a big challenge."
In a letter to the West Hollywood City Council, LA Pride organizers cited changing demographics of the L.A. area, construction in West Hollywood Park, and the verb to be allies for other social change movements.
Guests:
Hailey Branson-Potts, metro reporter for the Los Angeles Times whose areas of coverage include LGBTQ issues; she’s been following this story; she tweets
Lindsey P. Horvath, mayor of West Hollywood