Opening night of 9th Annual Cathedral City LGBT+ Days
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) - The 9th Annual Cathedral City LGBT+ Days kicked off Friday at City Hall with the official pride flag raising ceremony by the mayor and city council.
LGBT+ Days is California's first pride of the year.
“Cathedral City, the strength is in the diversity of all our residents and visitors and we just don’t tolerate people here, we celebrate all the differences so being the first pride in CA gives us an opportunity to show off our city and show off our pride.”
Raymond Gregory, Cathedral City Mayor Pro Tem
This comes amid federal policies targeting the LGBTQ+ community and recent comments from Governor Newsom saying trans athletes playing in women's sports is "deeply unfair."
Events this weekend include a drone show, drag race, movie, music and the iconic 'bed races.' Bringing everyone in the community together.
“We’re all together on this. It draws such a great crowd and energy and we really have to pull together and show our support of each other and to live our life, appreciate the diversity and the uniqueness of everybody because we’re all fabulous.”
Bella Da Ball, Co host of 'Bed Races'
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