Fil-Am leaders joined the many who marched along Hollywood Boulevard for this year's LA Pride Parade.

Fil-Am leaders join LA Pride Parade

Steve Angeles

TFC News

&quot;This is a reprieve from that,&quot; the president and CEO of Hollywood Partnership said. &quot;This is a moment to come out, just enjoy your neighborhood. The entire country is facing an epidemic of loneliness.&quot;For the third year, Pilipino American Los Angeles Democrats joined the mile-long procession to represent Filipino-Americans.Among those who led the way down Hollywood Boulevard was Culver City Schools District board member Stephanie Loredo, who also identifies as queer.&quot;It&rsquo;s so important for us to advocate on behalf of our students, to affirm their identities,&quot; said Loredo, &quot;to make sure that they can dream big and to realize it gets better.&quot;While Filipinos were thrilled to show their Pinoy and Gay Pride, they&rsquo;re hoping to represent in other places this coming election season.Los Angeles city council candidate Ysabel Jurado took to PALAD&rsquo;s float, representing not just the Filipino community, but also the LGBTQIA+ community.The community leader vowed to represent the community before the city council if elected this November.&quot;It&rsquo;s a huge opportunity and responsibility I take seriously,&quot; Jurado said. &quot;If I am elected I&rsquo;d be the only openly queer on council. It would mean bringing that representation back to city hall.&quot;&nbsp;Also present in the parade was California&#39;s Filipino-American Attorney General Rob Bonta and his deputy chief of staff Jessica Caloza.Caloza is running for the 52nd district in California&#39;s state assembly also in November.As they marched with Equity California and Grand Marshall George Takei, participants vowed to continue to fight for the rights and freedoms of the gay community and ensure that they can live prideful happy lives.

&quot;It is very fun,&quot; said Carla Ibarra, a parade participant. &quot;At the same time [it has] the intention of reminding ourselves that this began as a protest and it will continue to be freedom for everyone.&quot;Kathleen Rawson of the non-profit that manages the Hollywood entertainment district said the event seeks, among others, to give people a break from the many negative things happening recently.

Fil-Am leaders joined the many who marched along Hollywood Boulevard for this year's LA Pride Parade.

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Fil-Am leaders join LA Pride Parade

Fil-Am leaders join LA Pride Parade