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This weekend one of West Hollywood’s biggest events of the year, LA Pride, takes place on June 12-14, 2015. While the festival attracts up to half a million people who come to listen to hot bands, see the parade and have fun, the event is part of the tapestry that makes West Hollywood unique. LA Pride Festival is a huge success now but when it started back in 1970 it took the help of the ACLU and a California Superior Court order to remove the $1.5 million bond requirement to host the world’s first Pride Parade. This year’s free Purple Party festival kick-off was rebranded ‘Lavender Menace’ to pay homage to 1970s feminists who came together to help fight discrimination and roadblocks to hosting such an event. Lavender Menace is a FREE event for all ages and takes place in West Hollywood Park on Friday, June 12, 5 p.m.-12 a.m.
A recent West Hollywood city press release, “West Hollywood Top 17 List – A Snapshot of Our City,” includes the usual stuff — fiscal responsibility, great social services, health, environmental causes, protecting animals and civil justice — among its top assets. And it also lists:
#8. We’re here. Some of us are queer. We’re used to it.
#9. We believe in women.
#10. We speak Russian.
#11. We throw great parties.
