Hermosa Beach Pride
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| Hermosa Beach Pride | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Pride parade and festival |
| Date | A weekend in June |
| Location | Hermosa Beach, California |
| Inaugurated | 2021 |
| Organized by | Hermosa Beach Pride |
| Website | hbpride |
Hermosa Beach Pride is an annual pride parade and festival in Hermosa Beach, California. The event began in 2021, partially inspired by the burning of a rainbow-painted pride lifeguard tower in Long Beach, California.
In March 2021, a rainbow-painted pride lifeguard tower was burned down in Long Beach in a case of suspected arson.[1][2] This incident inspired local teen Izzy Bacallao and family to have a local lifeguard tower painted in solidarity; on June 14, 2021, the 13th Street lifeguard tower in Hermosa Beach was painted rainbow.[3]
The first Hermosa Beach Pride event was held on Saturday, June 26, 2021.[3] It featured a small parade of dozens of people who walked from Bottle Inn to the newly-painted rainbow pride lifeguard tower for a ribbon cutting ceremony.[3][4]
By 2022, a nonprofit was formed to handle organizing the parade and festival, with Randy Renner, Jessica Accamando, and Jose Bacallou (Izzy Bacallao's father) as directors.[5] When the event returned in June 2022, it was expanded to three days from June 24 to 26.[6]
In 2023, Hermosa Beach Pride was held June 16-17.[5] On June 17, a man threw a lit firework into the crowd in a suspected hate crime; multiple people suffered minor injuries.[7] The suspect was identified as a juvenile, and the police determined that it was not a hate crime.[8][9]
In 2024, Hermosa Beach Pride took place from Friday, June 14 to Sunday, June 16.[10][11]
In 2025, Hermosa Beach Pride took place from Friday, June 13 to Sunday, June 15.[12]
References
- ↑ Trent, Rachel (2021-03-26), "LGBTQ Pride lifeguard tower burns down in fire that officials believe was an act of hate", CNN, archived from the original on 2021-04-04, retrieved 2025-06-17
- ↑ Chun, Myung; Miller, Leila (2021-06-11), "Pride lifeguard tower replaces one burned in Long Beach", Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 2024-12-11, retrieved 2025-06-17
- 1 2 3 Hixon, Michael; Jacobs, Lisa (2021-06-26), "Hermosa Beach shows off its colorful Pride in all-day celebration of inclusion", Daily Breeze, archived from the original on 2021-06-26, retrieved 2025-06-17
- ↑ "Hermosa Beach hosts its first Pride celebration – Segura Shots", segurashots.com, 2021-06-26, retrieved 2025-06-17
- 1 2 Hixon, Michael (2023-06-13), "Hermosa Beach Pride celebrates love, LGBTQ community this weekend", Daily Breeze, archived from the original on 2023-06-14, retrieved 2025-06-17
- ↑ Hixon, Michael (2022-06-26), "Hermosa Beach Pride celebrated for second year", Daily Breeze, archived from the original on 2022-06-26, retrieved 2025-06-17
- ↑ Haskell, Josh (2023-06-28), "Man throws lit firework into crowd at Hermosa Beach event for Pride Month", ABC7 Los Angeles, retrieved 2025-06-17
- ↑ "Police: Hermosa Beach firework toss not a hate crime", CBS Los Angeles, 2025-06-17, retrieved 2025-06-17
- ↑ Kiszla, Cameron (2023-07-07), "Firework thrown into silent disco crowd in Hermosa Beach was done by minor, is not a hate crime, police say", KTLA, retrieved 2025-06-17
- ↑ "City News & Press Releases | City of Hermosa Beach", www.hermosabeach.gov, retrieved 2025-06-17
- ↑ Hixon, Michael (2024-06-15), "Hermosa Beach Pride celebrates 4th year with parade, parties", Daily Breeze, archived from the original on 2024-06-18, retrieved 2025-06-17
- ↑ Luckette, Challynne (2025-06-12), "5th Annual Hermosa Beach Pride celebration set to shine this weekend", ABC7 Los Angeles, archived from the original on 2025-06-14, retrieved 2025-06-17
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