Editor:
The month of June is officially LGBTQ Heritage & Culture Month in Laguna Beach, as proclaimed by former Mayor Toni Iseman and the City Council over a year ago. It is the time of year when our wonderful city celebrates and honors the rich contributions of the gay community to Laguna Beach.
Part of this month-long celebration is Laguna Beach Pride, which takes place this year over the weekend of June 1-3. A true partnership between the City of Laguna Beach, Visit Laguna Beach, Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Laguna Beach LGBTQ Heritage & Culture Committee, Laguna Beach Pride welcomes both visitors and residents alike to participate in the annual festivities, from dancing the night away at Main Street Bar & Cabaret and the legendary Boom Boom Room to Aloha Drag Bingo Brunch at Royal Hawaiian to soaking up the sun at the West Street Beach Party.
It is important to say that Pride is more than just a party. Pride creates a sense of belonging for people who may not feel it. Pride opens its arms to everyone who finds it comforting, uplifting and empowering. Pride gives hope to those who feel that life may never get better. Pride provides the freedom to be who you are. Pride is about the possibility of love.
Everyone is invited. The West Street Beach Party is open to all ages and families. The Pride Pavilion at Mountain Street is also open to everyone, although guests under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Laguna Beach Pride strives to ensure that our young LGBTQ residents and visitors also have the experience of finding themselves reflected and honored in our community.
The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce encourages our local business community to participate as well. Showing your Pride is simply good for business. Ways to participate include optimizing your merchandising and window displays, run an ad or promotion such as a specialty cocktail or hotel room package, become a Laguna Beach Pride advertising sponsor, fly a rainbow flag and hang the official Laguna Beach Pride poster in your window.
As previously stated by Iseman: Laguna Beach does not merely tolerate the gay community. Laguna Beach embraces the gay communit
For more information, visit lagunabeachpride.org.
Chris Tebbutt, Laguna Beach
Co-Founder, Laguna Beach LGBTQ Heritage & Culture Committee
” Pride is about the possibility of love.”
Liberals seethe with emotions devoid of reality and facts. In years gone by, ones sexual matters were private. Today, homosexuals parade them in vulgar and evil displays. Homosexuals are far more violent than normal men, and commit a disproportionately large number of violent assaults, murders and mass murders. Only homosexual men could possibly rape and molest little boys and young men, and then claim to be offended at the crimes.
There is a reason homosexuals are depressed as a group, and commit suicide at such a high rate. It’s called “evil.” Responding to such facts, liberals always spit out “homophobe” and “bigot.” But homophobia is Latin for “fear of men.” I don’t fear homosexuals. I find them abhorrent, effeminate, and weak. Bigots are intolerant of those holding different opinions. Nobody is more bigoted than liberals except their Muslim comrades. They throw homosexuals off of rooftops, so naturally liberals want to bring more Muslims into America.