{"article":{"id":68467,"heading":"33rd Annual Los Angeles LGBT Pride Parade & Festival","author":"builder123","created":"2003-06-30 15:55:12","modified":"2005-08-15 01:34:41","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:34:41","article":"

The theme for this year is “True Colors”

The Pride Parade began at 11 a.m. Sunday, June 22, on Santa Monica Boulevard. Cyndi Lauper was celebrity grand marshal, celebrating her birthday and riding in a float sponsored by the Abbey. The community grand marshals are ULOAH and Gilbert Baker, creator of the Rainbow Flag. This year's parade has close to 200 entries, including an impressive number of floats. It ended with a bang, as Baker brought a 400-foot piece of the world’s longest Rainbow Flag, restored to its original eight colors in celebration of the flag’s 25th anniversary.

<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.lapride.org\/","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"June 21-22 West Hollywood, California\r\nA community as diverse as the rainbow fills Santa Monica Blvd. Freedom from persecution and the right to the pursuit of happiness has been a long time coming. The Supreme Court’s ruling this week, striking down anti-gay law in Texas, would not have been possible with a Bush appointed court. \r\n","numcomment":6,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image501.jpg","filesize":"28.3 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2003\/06\/68467.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image501.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image501.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":68468,"heading":"33rd Annual Los Angeles LGBT Pride Parade & Festival","article":"","author":"builder123","parent_id":68467,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-06-30 15:55:12","modified":"2005-08-15 01:34:41","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image1501.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image1501.jpg"}},{"id":68469,"heading":"33rd Annual Los Angeles LGBT Pride Parade & Festival","article":"","author":"builder123","parent_id":68467,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-06-30 15:55:12","modified":"2005-08-15 01:34:41","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image904.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image904.jpg"}},{"id":68470,"heading":"33rd Annual Los Angeles LGBT Pride Parade & Festival","article":"","author":"builder123","parent_id":68467,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-06-30 15:55:12","modified":"2005-08-15 01:34:41","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image1401.jpggxc2lb.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image1401.jpggxc2lb.jpg"}},{"id":68471,"heading":"33rd Annual Los Angeles LGBT Pride Parade & Festival","article":"","author":"builder123","parent_id":68467,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-06-30 15:55:12","modified":"2005-08-15 01:34:42","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image1601.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image1601.jpg"}},{"id":68472,"heading":"33rd Annual Los Angeles LGBT Pride Parade & Festival","article":"","author":"builder123","parent_id":68467,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-06-30 15:55:12","modified":"2005-08-15 01:34:42","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image404.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image404.jpg"}},{"id":68473,"heading":"A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition","article":"As in the Pasadena Doo Dah Parade, many social change and grassroots organizations participated. \r\n","author":"builder123","parent_id":68467,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-06-30 15:55:12","modified":"2005-08-15 01:34:42","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image103.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/06\/image103.jpg"}}],"comments":[{"id":68495,"heading":"great photos until...","article":"love the photos...except the last one. why is it that ANSWER leftists always tag their party building tactics onto every damn event they can get their hands on?\r\n\r\nthousands of people opposed the invasion of Iraq and do NOT support the politics of the ANSWER elite. ANSWER's support for dictator's in N. Korea and China, and their support for the murderous thugs should be well known by now.\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.authoritarianopportunistswhocozyuptogenocidaldictators-forpeace.org\/\r\n\r\npride and independence from wannabe dictators!","author":"anonymous","parent_id":68467,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-30 17:27:39","modified":"2003-06-30 17:27:39","fileurl":""},{"id":68496,"heading":"Nice","article":"Love that stuff. Don't you?","author":"Breast Admirer","parent_id":68467,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-30 17:33:41","modified":"2003-06-30 17:33:41","fileurl":""},{"id":68509,"heading":"^","article":"That was me. I'm homophobic.","author":"Ignatius","parent_id":68467,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-30 19:21:56","modified":"2003-06-30 19:21:56","fileurl":""},{"id":68514,"heading":"Why, YES,...","article":"...I AM a homophobe. That's why I'm a Republican.","author":"Sen Bill Frist","parent_id":68467,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-30 19:34:56","modified":"2003-06-30 19:34:56","fileurl":""}]}