1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (460+ words) The Long Beach Pride festival scheduled for this weekend was abruptly canceled Friday afternoon, with organizers and the city of Long Beach trading blame. Pride, a local nonprofit organization, has run the festival for decades. This year, however, organizers didn't…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (878+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post Long Beach's annual Pride celebration returns this weekend as thousands are expected to gather downtown for one of the city's largest and most vibrant events of the year. The 43rd annual festival…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (760+ words) A federal judge issued a ruling Monday that strikes down California school policies aimed at preventing schools from revealing a student's gender identity to their parents. The class action suit, filed by California teachers and parents, hinges on whether TK…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (440+ words) Police are searching for whoever wrote hateful and threatening messages against the LGBTQ+ community outside Long Beach Pride's administrative office building near Rose Park. The vandalism, written in black lettering, contained a Nazi symbol, "MAGA" and the f-word directed at…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (342+ words) It's official, you can drink outdoors in Long Beach " on one specific afternoon in one specific place, at least for now. Long Beach's first open-container event will take place Saturday, Aug. 2, on a one-block stretch in Downtown Long Beach, according…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1001+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post that tells you what to do, eat, hear, see and experience in the LBC. The Long Beach Walls and Art Renzei festival (formerly known as Pow! Wow! Long Beach) brings artists…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (344+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post that tells you what to do, eat, hear, see and experience in the LBC. Urban designers will share their thinking and creative ideas in Los Angeles, Long Beach and other areas…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (550+ words) The California Department of Education on Tuesday weighed in on the escalating controversy over transgender athletes in school sports, advising schools to hold the line in the wake of threats from the federal government. The U. S. Department of Justice on Monday'issued…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (276+ words) The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it plans to end support services for LGBTQ+ youth who call a federal 988 Suicide & Crisis Hotline. Currently, those who call 988 and press 3 are connected with counselors who are specifically trained to assist LGBTQ+ youth....

11+ mon, 4+ week ago  (181+ words) Long Beach's 42nd annual Pride Parade took to Ocean Boulevard Sunday as locals and visitors alike celebrated the city's diverse LGBTQ+ community. The parade was a little less crowded than recent years, but thousands of spectators still lined the 1. 5-mile route…...