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San Gabriel Valley Pride Attends Long Beach Pride Parade with 2013 Rose Queen

May 10, 2013 No Comments by

Pasadena, CA, May 8, 2013:  The Board of Directors of San Gabriel Valley Pride is pleased to announce that Ms. Vanessa Manjarrez, the 95th Rose Queen® of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses®, will be riding in the SGVP entry in the Long Beach LGBT Pride Parade on Sunday May 19, 2013 in downtown Long Beach. [...]

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Mayor Bob Foster Honors the Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Founders with the “Key to the City”

May 10, 2013 No Comments by

On Friday, May 3rd, Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride & The Center Long Beach hosted the 3rd Annual Evening with Mayor Bob Foster in Celebration of the 30th Annual Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival. At the event, Long Beach Mayor, Bob Foster recognized the founders of Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride [...]

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UPDATE: Long Beach Imperial Court Prince NOT Gay Bashed According to Investigation

May 06, 2013 No Comments by

On Saturday morning some frightening news began circulating around Long Beach. Numerous facebook updates, telling of a horrifying experience for local DJ and Imperial Court 2012 Prince, Von Jonnie. His facebook status updates got people talking and concerned as they attempted to understand what really happened to such an esteemed community member on Friday night. [...]

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UPDATE: Long Beach Imperial Court Prince NOT Gay Bashed According to Investigation

May 04, 2013 19 Comments

2013 Imperial Crown Prince  and known local DJ Von Jonnie was beaten on his way home last night after leaving the Mayor’s LGBT Reception, according to his Facebook updates. We contacted Von Jonnie as soon as we found out about the incident and with his permission, we share the story. “After I dropped Sabreena home on [...]

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Long Beach Pride Celebrates 30 Years!

Apr 29, 2013 No Comments

LONG BEACH PRIDE, ONE OF THE CITY’S LARGEST EVENTS IN HISTORY, CELEBRATES ITS OWN HISTORY WITH 30 YEARS PROUD 1983 marked that year of the inaugural Long Beach Gay and Lesbian Pride Festival–a feat that was, undoubtedly, the spark of a tradition that now brings over 80,000 revelers every year. The mission, in the words [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: Ex-Marine Arrested In Last September’s Beating Outside The Silver Fox

Apr 10, 2013 No Comments

John Kelly O’Leary, 21, an ex-Marine was arrested in a Chicago late Monday on suspicion of assault and a hate crime for the September beating outside the Silver Fox, at a relative’s house in Evergreen Park, according to Jack McCarthy of the Evergreen Park Police Department. O’Leary is expected to be extradited to Long Beach [...]

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Carly Rae Jepsen Joins Train And Boycotts Boy Scout Jamboree

Mar 05, 2013 No Comments

Call me.. maybe not! Just one week after the Boy Scouts of America excitedly announced the upcoming performances of Train and Carly Rae Jepsen at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree, both acts have announced their decision to drop out over the organization’s ban on gays. The Lady Jepsen tweeted: “As an artist who believes in [...]

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The Center LB Introduces Drug & Alcohol Counseling Services Program

Feb 14, 2013 No Comments

Program funded by a Federal Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Behavioral Health Services, Inc. (BHS) a local leader in substance abuse treatment programs, and the Gay and Lesbian Center of Long Beach (The Center) are pleased to announce a partnership that will provide substance abuse counseling and prevention case management [...]

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First NBA Player To Join LGBT Ally Group

Feb 12, 2013 No Comments

Denver Nuggets star Kenneth Faried has joined the group Athlete Ally as an ambassador, making him the first player in the NBA to join an LGBT rights support organization. Athlete Ally combats homophobia in sports. Faried appeared in a video in late January with his two moms for One Colorado, urging lawmakers to pass a [...]

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Zero Feet Away

Jan 30, 2013 No Comments

Written by Ismael Morales HIV Prevention Program @ The Center LB  In my 10 years of working in HIV prevention, education and testing I have come across hundreds of studies and read countless theories on how we can stop the spread of HIV by targeting those groups which are at high risk of infection. Nothing [...]

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