Visitors at Long Beach Pride in 2017 showed their pride in many ways. Photo: Q Voice News. Come out, come out wherever you are.
It’s time for Long Beach Pride, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary Long Beach Gay and Lesbian Pride, the nonprofit group that runs the festival and parade, was cofounded in 1983 by Marilyn Barlow, Bob Crow, Judi Doyle.
The festival and parade started in 1984 as an effort by the local gay community to make its own identity while living in the shadow of Los Angeles’ pride event.
The first parade lasted just 30 minutes, and the two-day festival drew 5,000 people to Palm Island, which was located at the end of Pine Avenue in what is Shoreline Drive.