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Huntington Beach raises LGBTQ flag for the first time

Huntington Beach raises LGBTQ flag for the first time | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The City Council voted earlier this month to fly the flag in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month.

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Sassy, flashy drag queens celebrate LGBTQ culture at Cal State Fullerton

Sassy, flashy drag queens celebrate LGBTQ culture at Cal State Fullerton | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Danny Martinez has been around since the early days, when the drag show audiences at Cal State Fullerton were mostly the organizers and their friends. The crowds are bigger now for the shows that M…

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Laguna Beach Pride to celebrate gay community with weekend party

Laguna Beach Pride, a celebration of the city's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, returns Friday through Sunday with parties, dancing, music and other events around town.
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RealHer Cosmetics Launches Campaign Celebrating LGBT Pride Month

RealHer Cosmetics Launches Campaign Celebrating LGBT Pride Month | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., May 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- RealHer Cosmetics Launches Campaign Celebrating LGBT Pride Month. EYE AM OUTSTANDING Liqui
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New Course is First to Certify Medical Providers in Handling Transgender Patients with Dignity

New Course is First to Certify Medical Providers in Handling Transgender Patients with Dignity | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

According to federal and state data, there are at least 1.4 million adults in the U.S. who identify as transgender. And while American society is becoming more accepting of transgender people, such adults still face substantial difficulties when they seek to have their health-care needs met.

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Laura's House and LGBT Center team up to support domestic violence victims

Laura's House and LGBT Center team up to support domestic violence victims | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Laura's House partners with LGBT Center OC to provide all community members with resources
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Laguna Beach Turned It Out for OC Pride in 2017

Laguna Beach Turned It Out for OC Pride in 2017 | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

As part of Pride Month in 2017, Orange County held an incredible festival and parade right in the heart of downtown Santa Ana… an area that is fast becoming the hub of LGBT life south of West Hollywood and Long Beach. And Laguna Beach became an integral part of this year’s festivities, hosting a group of LGBT influencers while simultaneously holding the official OC Pride beach party on Sunday right in the heart of Laguna’s gay beach, complete with a re-opening for one night only of the infamous Boom Boom Room!!!

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OC Pride Laguna Beach Party - June 25th

OC Pride Laguna Beach Party - June 25th | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The City of Laguna Beach has declared the month of June as LGBT Culture & Heritage Month! OC Pride's "Laguna Beach Party" is the official closing event on Sunday, June 25, 2017. Enjoy festivities and the beach party at West Street Beach, then a dance party at the legendary Boom Boom Room, followed by an evening celebration at Main Street Bar & Cabaret!

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Adding to the celebration, The Laguna Playhouse will be featuring a special Pride showing Absolute Brightness, the story about the disappearance of Leonard Pelkey, a 14-year-old boy who dared to be different, and the small New Jersey town that will never be the same without him. Enter Code: OCPRIDE

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Resident establishes LGBTQ heritage and culture group in Laguna

Resident establishes LGBTQ heritage and culture group in Laguna | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
South Laguna resident Chris Tebbutt hopes the LGBT Heritage & Culture Committee will become an official city-appointed committee.
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Orange County “As One” LGBT Pride Parade & Festival

Orange County “As One” LGBT Pride Parade & Festival | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Orange County Equality Coalition brings Orange County LGBT Pride to the OC, a one-day festival honoring our LGBT and ally culture through celebration, advocacy, community and PRIDE.
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Orange County’s LGBTQ Center is turning 50; here’s what’s changed over the years

Orange County’s LGBTQ Center is turning 50; here’s what’s changed over the years | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Men and women who have shaped the center and the community it serves describe challenges and growth.

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OC Museum of Art opens season 2 at its ‘Expand’ location

OC Museum of Art opens season 2 at its ‘Expand’ location | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

UuDam Tran Nguyen likes to break his artwork. And he doesn’t mind if others break it too. In fact, he encourages it. He's one of six artists featured in new solo exhibitions at the Orange County Museum of Art’s temporary space, OCMAExpand – Santa Ana.

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Realtor group pulls support from GOP rep over comments about selling to LGBT homebuyers

Realtor group pulls support from GOP rep over comments about selling to LGBT homebuyers | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) has lost the support of a national realtors group after he indicated that homeowners should be able to refuse to sell to LGBT people, the Orange County Register reported Thursday.Rohrabacher reportedly told a member of th
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LGBTQ Resource Center celebrates National Coming Out Day

LGBTQ Resource Center celebrates National Coming Out Day | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The LGBT Queer Resource Center expanded its walls Wednesday by bringing the center to the students in recognition of National Coming Out Day. Set up along Titan Walk, passing students could learn about the day’s history. It was started in 1988 by Rob Eichberg and Jean O’Leary, with the date chosen to honor the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights on Oct. 11, 1987.


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Photos: Laguna Beach & Orange County Pride 2017

Photos: Laguna Beach & Orange County Pride 2017 | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Photos: Laguna Beach & Orange County Pride 2017 on danallen.ink
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Rousing success of OC Pride after-party brings talk of more LGBT events, marketing in Laguna Beach

Rousing success of OC Pride after-party brings talk of more LGBT events, marketing in Laguna Beach | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Over the past several months, Chris Tebbutt, a local Realtor who formed the committee in February, Cooley and Larry Ricci, founder of Club Q, a senior LGBT group at the city’s community center, have been working with representatives from Visit Laguna Beach and the Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce to create opportunities for travel and business directed to the LGBT community.

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A Gay Pastor Leaves His Santa Ana Flock, Exposing the United Methodist Church's LGBT Rift

A Gay Pastor Leaves His Santa Ana Flock, Exposing the United Methodist Church's LGBT Rift | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Scuffles over scripture every four years at the General Conference of Methodist Churches has brought UMC to the brink of separation.
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Orange County "As One" LGBT Pride Parade & Festival

Orange County "As One" LGBT Pride Parade & Festival | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Orange County "As One" LGBT Pride Parade & Festival by Orange County LGBT Pride, Inc - Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 11:00 AM at 307 N Spurgeon St, Santa Ana, CA 92701, United States in Santa Ana. Buy tickets and find information on Universe.
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Theatre Out, Orange County's LGBT theater, will close April 1

Theatre Out, Orange County's LGBT theater, will close April 1 | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
After 100 productions over 12 years, the Santa Ana storefront theater company says it’s time for a hiatus.
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