Judi Doyle, Long Beach Pride cofounder, dies at 78
qvoicenews.comJudi Doyle’s achievements were recognized in 2015 when she was honored at Harvey Milk Park and her name inducted into Equality Park.
The space is reserved for LGBTQ+ people in the Long Beach area who have fought against discrimination and for equal rights. Photo: Brennan Doyle Nothing quite says Gay Pride like wearing a bulletproof vest while marching in the Long Beach Pride Parade.
In 1985, Long Beach Pride President Judi Doyle received a threatening voice message. A few weeks before the Long Beach Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade, Doyle listened to a message on the answering machine at the Long Beach Pride office.
The caller told Doyle she would be shot if she walked the parade route along Ocean Boulevard. Doyle remembers the caller’s threat: You slipped by us the first year, but it’s not going to be easy this time.
