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In the NewsInsideLB News Announces 2026 Pride Parade Grand Marshals
InsideLB News named the grand marshals for the 43rd Long Beach Pride Parade, hosted by the City of Long Beach in partnership with Long Beach Pride on May 17, 2026.
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In the NewsSignal Tribune Previews Long Beach Pride 2025 Festival and Parade
The Signal Tribune’s May 2025 preview walked readers through our festival zones, performers, Health Hub, Teen Pride and the grand marshals for the 42nd parade.
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In the NewsABC7 Spotlights Long Beach Pride 2025 and the Power of Community
ABC7 Los Angeles covered our 42nd festival and parade in May 2025, with HYM the Rapper, Tori Kay, Teen Pride, Queer Country and a lineup of grand marshals.
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In the NewsNBC4 and Telemundo 52 Return as 2025 Long Beach Pride Partners
For the third year in a row, NBC4 and Telemundo 52 join us as media partners, with anchors Annabelle Sedano and Enrique Chiabra as Media Grand Marshals.
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In the NewsLos Angeles Magazine Previews Long Beach Pride 2025
Los Angeles Magazine kicked off Pride season with a look at our 42nd annual festival, its stages and zones, and the 2025 theme, The Power of Community.
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In the NewsLong Beach Post Covers Transgender Flag Raising at City Hall
The Long Beach Post covered a first for our city: the transgender pride flag raised at the Civic Center, to fly over City Hall every November.
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In the NewsLong Beach Post Spotlights Our 2025 Theme and Logo Contest
The Long Beach Post covered our 2025 theme, “The Power of Community,” and the contest inviting artists to design the official logo.
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In the NewsABC7 Recaps the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade on Ocean Boulevard
ABC7 Los Angeles reported that thousands lined Ocean Boulevard for the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade in May 2024, with Saucy Santana as Celebrity Grand Marshal.
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In the NewsLos Angeles Blade Covers Pride Flag Raising at Civic Center
In May 2024 the Los Angeles Blade covered the Progress Pride flag raising at Civic Center Plaza that opened Long Beach Pride Week ahead of our festival and parade.
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In the NewsLong Beach Post Shares What to Know for Pride Weekend 2024
The Long Beach Post rounded up everything to know for Long Beach Pride 2024, from Teen Pride and festival headliners to grand marshals and road closures.
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In the News2024 Long Beach Pride Parade Streams on NBC4 and Telemundo 52
The City of Long Beach announced that NBC4 and Telemundo 52 would return as media partners to livestream the 41st Annual Long Beach Pride Parade.
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In the NewsSignal Tribune Maps Out the Long Beach Pride 2024 Weekend
The Signal Tribune’s May 2024 guide covered our festival headliners, the Rhythm of the Rainbow Ball, Teen Pride, a seniors workshop, the Pride Run and the parade.
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In the NewsCity of Long Beach Names 2024 Pride Parade Grand Marshals
In April 2024 the City of Long Beach named the grand marshals for the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade, including Saucy Santana, Dykes on Bikes and our past board members.
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In the NewsThe Pride LA Recaps Long Beach Pride’s 40th Anniversary Weekend
The Pride LA reported that nearly 20,000 people joined our 40th anniversary festival and parade in August 2023, from the Drag Dome to the Mary Jane Girls on Ocean Boulevard.
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In the NewsBeachcomber Looks Back on 40 Years of Long Beach Pride
In August 2023 the Beachcomber marked our 40th year with a look back at our 1983 founding and the headliners, honorees and milestones that followed.
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In the NewsLong Beach Post Guides Readers Through Our 40th Pride Weekend
For our 40th anniversary in August 2023, the Long Beach Post laid out the whole weekend: Teen Pride, two festival days at Marina Green and the parade on Ocean Boulevard.
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In the NewsLong Beach Post Photos Capture Crowds at the 2022 Pride Parade
The Long Beach Post captured huge crowds on Ocean Boulevard as the Pride Parade returned in person in 2022 for the first time since 2019.
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In the NewsLong Beach Post Guide to the Return of Long Beach Pride 2022
The Long Beach Post mapped out our 2022 homecoming at Marina Green, from Saturday’s cumbia to Sunday’s parade and Iggy Azalea.
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In the NewsQ Voice News Announces Long Beach Pride 2022 Grand Marshals
Q Voice News shared our 2022 grand marshals, led by Jeopardy champion Amy Schneider and six leaders from across Long Beach.
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In the NewsThe Fight Spotlights Long Beach Pride 2022 Headliners
The Fight magazine previewed our 39th festival, from Iggy Azalea, Paulina Rubio and Natalia Jiménez to the Transcendence Dome.
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In the NewsCBS LA Shares News That Long Beach Pride Returns in 2022
CBS Los Angeles reported in July 2021 that Long Beach Pride would come back in person on July 8 to 10, 2022, along Shoreline Drive.
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In the NewsABC7 Previews the Long Beach Pride 2021 Virtual Celebration
ABC7 Los Angeles told viewers how to join our 2021 online celebration, with performances from four stages streamed on May 16.
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In the NewsBusiness Journal on Long Beach Pride Going Virtual in 2021
In May 2021 the Long Beach Business Journal shared our plans for a virtual Pride and a neighbor-led car parade along Ocean Boulevard.
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In the NewsLong Beach Post Looks at the Long Beach Pride Rebrand
The Long Beach Post took a candid look at our 2020 rebrand: a new, more inclusive name and a new producer for the festival.
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In the NewsThe Pride LA Covers Long Beach Pride’s New Name and Logo
The Pride LA reported on our new name, logo, mission statement and website, and our plans for the 37th Annual Long Beach Pride Festival and Parade.
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In the NewsPress-Telegram Covers the Long Beach Pride 2020 Rebrand
The Press-Telegram covered our January 2020 rebrand, when Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride became Long Beach Pride and $20 early bird tickets went on sale.
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In the NewsLos Angeles Blade Recaps a Million Moments of Pride in 2019
The Los Angeles Blade looked back at A Million Moments of Pride in 2019, from 141 parade entries to the families who march together every year.
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In the NewsLong Beach Post Captures the 2019 Pride Parade in Pictures
The Long Beach Post’s photo story from our 36th parade captured rain, rainbow flags and the biggest quilted flag ever carried at Long Beach Pride.
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In the NewsLos Angeles Blade Maps Out 36 Hours at Long Beach Pride 2019
The Los Angeles Blade built a 36-hour visitor guide around Long Beach Pride 2019, highlighting the parade, the block party, the Fun Zones and the city itself.
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In the NewsShoreline Frontrunners Lead the 2019 Long Beach Pride Run
The Pride LA talked with Shoreline Frontrunners about the 27-year-old Pride 5K and 10K that kicks off parade morning along the Long Beach shore.
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In the NewsRage Monthly on a Million Moments of Pride and Stonewall at 50
Rage Monthly’s preview of Long Beach Pride 2019 asked readers to celebrate their own milestones and to remember those who came before Stonewall and after.
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In the NewsMeet the 2019 Long Beach Pride Parade Grand Marshals
Q Voice News introduced the 2019 grand marshals: an actress, a drag icon, two transgender activists, an educator, a community builder and Equality California.
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In the NewsThe Pride LA Sends a Postcard From Long Beach Pride 2018
The Pride LA recapped the final day of our 35th celebration in 2018: the Rainbow Run, the parade and a Sunday lineup led by Sheila E.
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In the NewsQ Voice News Introduces the 2018 Long Beach Pride Grand Marshals
Q Voice News introduced the honorees chosen to lead the 2018 Long Beach Pride Parade along Ocean Boulevard on May 20, 2018.
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In the NewsSheila E. Talks Music and Prince Before Long Beach Pride 2018
Ahead of her Sunday night set at Long Beach Pride 2018, Sheila E. answered five questions for the Long Beach Post about music, Prince and our festival.
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In the NewsLong Beach Pride 2018 Opens Its First Senior Fun Zone
In March 2018, Q Voice News reported that our festival would welcome LGBTQ+ elders with a Senior Fun Zone for the first time in 35 years.
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In the NewsBravo Celebrates Lisa Vanderpump at Long Beach Pride 2017
Bravo’s The Daily Dish covered Lisa Vanderpump’s day as a grand marshal of the 2017 Long Beach Pride Parade, joined by castmates and a festival honoring Pulse.
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In the NewsLong Beach Post Guide to a Full Week of Pride in 2017
The Long Beach Post’s 2017 Pride week guide gathered Teen Pride, a history exhibit, the Pride Run, a Pulse tribute and the 34th annual festival and parade.
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In the NewsNBC Los Angeles Previews Viva La Vida Long Beach Pride 2017
NBC Los Angeles welcomed the start of Pride season with a preview of Long Beach Pride 2017 and its hopeful Viva La Vida, Here’s to Life theme.
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In the NewsPatch Reports Chaka Khan to Headline Long Beach Pride 2017
Patch shared the 2017 Long Beach Pride lineup: Chaka Khan on the main stage, headliners on every stage for the first time and a 20th anniversary for Fiesta Caliente.
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In the NewsBlue Skies for the 33rd Long Beach Pride Parade in 2016
The Long Beach Post recapped a sunny 2016 Long Beach Pride Parade, with more than 140 entries, grand marshal Thelma Houston and five couples married at once.
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In the NewsRainbow Flag Rises Over Long Beach to Open Pride Weekend 2016
The Long Beach Post was there in May 2016 when the rainbow flag went up to open Long Beach Pride weekend for the second year in a row.
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In the NewsThelma Houston and Wendell James Lead Long Beach Pride 2016
Long Beach native Thelma Houston and actor Wendell James were named grand marshals of the 33rd Long Beach Pride Parade, the Long Beach Post reported in April 2016.
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In the NewsSignal Tribune Profiles the 2015 Long Beach Pride Grand Marshals
The Signal Tribune introduced the honorees who led the 32nd Long Beach Pride Parade in May 2015, from Angela Madsen and Bamby Salcedo to a Wilson High senior.
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In the NewsLong Beach Post Maps Out Pride Week 2015 Across the City
In May 2015 the Long Beach Post rounded up a full week of Pride events, from Teen Pride and the Dyke March to the parade and the 32nd annual festival.
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In the NewsSalt-N-Pepa Set for Long Beach Pride 2015 Main Stage
The Long Beach Post broke the news that hip-hop pioneers Salt-N-Pepa would take the Long Beach Pride main stage in May 2015, picked by our own community.
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In the NewsLong Beach Post: Pride Co-Founders Receive Keys to the City
In our 30th year, Mayor Bob Foster gave keys to the City to our co-founders Marilyn Barlow, Bob Crow and Judith Doyle. The Long Beach Post was there.
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