Tens of 1000’s lined the West Hollywood route Sunday of the WeHo Pleasure Parade, which introduced a energetic combine of colourful floats, music and marchers. Excessive spirits reigned on the occasion, which highlighted a weekend that included an arts pageant and a two-day road honest with mariachis, a drag present and the Rams cheerleaders.
Grand marshals for the parade had been mannequin Laith Ashley, actor Niecy Nash-Betts and her spouse, Jessica Betts, Melissa McCarthy and “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Former NSYNC member Lance Bass was additionally readily available and touched on the latest backlash in opposition to LGBTQ+ rights and occasions.
“The temperature for the LGBTQIA neighborhood proper now could be very hostile,” he advised KTLA. “So Pleasure is a protest. It began as a protest, and it’s nonetheless a protest.”
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Actor Melissa McCarthy flashes her satisfaction colours whereas driving within the WeHo Pleasure Parade.
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Members of the Pleasure Tour wave flags at Sunday’s occasion.
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Drag queens get into the spirit of the festivities.
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Members of Mickey’s West Hollywood dance on high of a fireplace truck throughout the WeHo Pleasure Parade.
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A person wearing a leather-based canine masks flashes his fan throughout the West Hollywood occasion.
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Parade individuals on stilts make their manner down Santa Monica Boulevard.
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Folks present their assist for drag queens.
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