Sunday June 12, West Hollywood will be home to the iconic 46th annual LA Pride Parade and is free for all to attend. Drawing in hundreds of thousands to the city yearly, the LA Pride parade celebrates the history of the LGBTQ movement and showcases its current diversity with its colorful array of parade entries aimed to excite both the young and the young at heart.
This year Jewel Thais-Williams will be honored as the Grand Marshal of the 46th annual LA Pride Parade. As the owner of the historic Catch One Disco, one of the most iconic Black gay discos in the world, Jewel Thais-Williams helped create a safe haven for many in the LGBTQ community for over 40 years. Her work with those affected by HIV/AIDS has steadily continued as she co-founded the Minority AIDS Project, served as a Board member of AIDS Project Los Angeles and has made significant strides in helping women affected by AIDS by co-founding Rue’s House. Jewel will be joined in the parade by fellow Pioneers of the Los Angeles LGBTQ community that have paved the way for us all.
The LA Pride Parade will feature the cast of FXX’s popular TV show, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia with Mac (Rob McElhenney), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Charlie (Charlie Day), Frank (Danny DeVito), Sweet Dee (Kaitlin Olson), five ne’er-do-wells who own and operate Paddy’s Pub in Philadelphia. Their constant scheming to get ahead by not-so-redeemable methods usually lands them in a world of hurt, yet they never seem to learn from their mistakes.
The British Consulate Los Angeles is joined by our straight allies Lisa Vanderpump, Carly Steel, Dominic Keating, Ian Buchanan, Ross King, Huw Collins and Downton Abbey’s Leslie Nicol. They also march with Edina and Patsy to celebrate the release of their long awaited feature film, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie based on the iconic British TV show. Our red double-decker bus will play fabulous British tunes while Edina and Patsy AbFab look-alikes will help us have an #AbFabPride. Our British Consulate volunteers will walk with us to help celebrate LGBT rights with rainbow Union Jack fans. As the British government says: LGBT rights are global human rights, and #LoveisGREAT.
Joining the LGBTQ celebration are past and present Olympians with LA 2024 – America’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games – which is harnessing Southern California’s unique culture of innovation, creativity and youthful energy to bring the Games back to the City of Angels. LA 2024 is committed to promoting equality, civil rights and helping all people realize their dreams.
Also in this year’s lineup is Hayden Byerly who stars as Jude Adams Foster in Freeform’s award-winning family drama “The Fosters,” returning for a fourth season on June 20th at 9pm ET/PT.
