Why Other Pride Events Should Learn From Long Beach Pride

Writer Isaiah Piche pictured on the left, with friends Jamie (center) and Kristie Norton (far right).    I kept a keen eye on my weather app. I set the location for Long Beach and tracked the clouds for about a week. I was looking specifically at May 20, 2019 – It landed on a Sunday […]

How Pride Events Still Exclude Me and My Disabled Peers

Rainbow flags swirled all over West Hollywood as festival goers poured into the already crowded sidewalks. Gay people shouted “Happy Pride,” high-fiving and hugging and validating one another. The final day of Los Angeles Pride 2010 festival crescendoed with Kelly Rowland performing her final song and smash single, “When Love Takes Over.” The air was […]