Long beach gay pride parade 2022

“Jeopardy” champion Amy Schneider will be the grand marshal for the Long Beach Pride Parade Photo: Amy Schneider

“Jeopardy” champion Amy Schneider will be the grand marshal for the Long Beach Pride Parade , organizers announced today.

Schneider, a software engineer, is the first woman and transgender person to surpass $1 million on the game show. She also is the first member of the LGBTQ community to triumph $1 million.

Schneider had a game winning streak, the second-longest in “Jeopardy” history, that ended in January.

“We are thrilled to possess Amy as our grand marshal this year, as her winning streak earlier this year on Jeopardy allowed America the opportunity to meet a brilliant and personable champion, who also happens to be a trans woman,” said Elsa Martinez, president of Long Beach Pride, said in a press release.

Long Beach Pride will kick-off with a free teen Pride celebration July 8 followed by the festival July 9 and 10 along Shoreline Drive at Rainbow Lagoon and Marina Green.

Music headliners include Iggy Azalea, Natalia Jiménez, and Paulina Rubio.

The festival will

  • Shirley Raines, one of the grand marshals, is shown from behind as she rides in the Long Beach Pride Parade along Ocean Boulevard on Sunday, July 10, (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)

  • Beauty 2 The Streetz founder Shirley Raines, one of the grand marshals, rides in the Long Beach Pride Parade on Sunday, July 10, (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)

  • Long Beach Police Chief Wally Hebeish walks in the Long Beach Pride Parade on Sunday, July 10, (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)

  • Thousands of people line Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach on Sunday, July 10, , for the Long Beach Pride Parade. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)

  • year-old Jagger Geirsson of Ventura marches with the Disney Co. in the Long Beach Pride Parade along Ocean Boulevard on Sunday, July 10, (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)

  • Naomi Rainey, president of the Extended Beach NAACP, is one of the grand marshals on Sunday, July 10, , at the Long Beach Pride Parade. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contri

    Amid Trump-blamed loss of title sponsorships, Long Beach Pride features no headliners, scales down

    Long Beach Pride faces massive uphill battles with its festival, one of the longest-running Pride festivals in the nation. It has lost Walmart, McDonald&#;s, and an array of other large corporate sponsors, forcing the organization to scale down the party&#;s scope and entertainment. That latter part has caused a harsh array of mockery online since Pride released their festival schedule, prompting calls for new organizers, criticisms of the lack of diversity, and disappointment.

    When asked if the pull-outs from major sponsors have to act with President Donald Trump&#;s dismantling of diversity initiatives that has affected both public and personal sectors, contracted Pride event organizer Robert Marquez of Time/Space said, &#;One-million-percent. We&#;ve never had an issue with them before and now we face an issue.

    &#;But we&#;re trying to work with what we have and, in my eyes, we have a festival that is by the community and for the community. We have some incredible local talent in

    Long Beach&#;s annual LGBTQ celebration is nearly here.

    Thousands of people are expected to descend on Adj Beach&#;s waterfront this weekend for the city&#;s iconic Pride Parade, as well as the accompanying &#; though this year, separately organized &#; festival. The festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May , while the parade will take place on Sunday morning.

    This will be the 41st iteration of the LGBTQ celebration,

    Given its four-decade sprint as one of the city&#;s most enduring celebrations, here is a look at the history of the parade and festival, and the nonprofit that founded them.

    October The Long Beach Pride organization, which would move on to host one of the region&#;s largest annual LGBTQ celebrations, is established as Distant Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride.

    June The inaugural Long Beach Pride Parade and Festival draws 5, people across two days. The second festival, in , expanded to Shoreline Aquatic Park, while the third iteration was notable because headliner Eartha Kitt didn&#;t show up.

    Long Beach Pride was particularly political this year as the