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WEHO PRI FTIVI KICK OFF TODAY, ONE OF SEVERAL GAY PRI ACTIVI PLANNED L.A. AREA THIS MONTH
More than 40 percent of rints Wt Hollywood intify as LGBTQ and three of the five members of the Wt Hollywood Cy Council are openly gay. Origally lled “Gay Pri” the 1970s, Pri beme an annual celebratn Hollywood durg most of the 1970s before movg to Wt Hollywood 1979. It was heavily impacted by the ongog HIV/AIDS epimic, and the para beme a powerful tool for raisg awarens and funds for the fight agast the evolved to “Gay and Lbian Pri” and then me to be known as “LGBT Pri” 2001 before beg “LA Pri” for many years.
After a two-year panmic-duced hiat, this year’s LA Pri will break away om that tradn, movg to Hollywood Boulevard, where the world’s first permted gay para took place 1970. The chang prompted gay parents group Pop Luck Club to send out an email to supporters statg, “There is some nfn, sce WeHo Pri and LA Pri are each producg paras this year” and notg that they were participatg WeHo Pri. This year’s Pri at a ght time for LGBTQ rights, wh trans people unr attack many stat and fears that gay marriage might be danger given the more rtrictive views of the Supreme Court.