WeHo Pride celebrations underway with biggest crowd ever expected

Weho Pride is taking place tonight, one of the largest lgbtq plus

celebrations

in the south, yes, but even with all the joy that comes with it, many feel like they are being attacked this year. Okay, Joy Benedict from the Cow is live in West Hollywood right now. With more information about

celebrations

, worries and joy, many say that this year celebrating is more important than

ever

, yes, they say it is very important to do your best to make sure that

ever

yone is louder and prouder than ever, just to make sure your voice is heard, but as you can see, it's quite noisy here in West Hollywood as it's packed as usual on Santa Monica Boulevard as this is officially the start of Pride weekend, the party It started with dancing music and a whole rainbow.

Pride weekend started in West Hollywood, okay of course I'm a queer black man and I'm excited to be here with my sister who is very supportive of me, but for Cedric Jones and Minnie In This Crowd they say everything it is going well. in the world it is more important to be louder and prouder than ever you should be extremely proud of who you are there is room for all of us in this world scattered among the

crowd

of revelers there were some walking down this boulevard for the first time The time I landed the Tuesday, I love it, it's really cool for Tom Opie, it's not just his first time at Weho Pride, it's his first time in America, he's Australia, it's a really nice city, I love how gay it is, I love them all .

pride

is fantastic um and it's great to see

pride

in a different city.

I think West Hollywood is hosting its

biggest

Pride week, Endeavor, since it started in 1979 with three nights of concerts, a street fair, an arts festival and a parade that the city is wearing. about two million dollars to make sure that everyone is welcome, everyone feels good because everyone cares so much about what's happening to queer people and families across this country and here in the city of West Hollywood, and I think That's why we feel a responsibility to make this Pride as safe, welcoming and inclusive as possible so that people can live their best lives in the city.

One hundred thousand people are

expected

. There are additional security officers and other first responders, all with the same message, because what has become colorful and clear is. Since this year's Pride Celebration is much more than just a party, I find it more difficult, but at the same time I feel obligated to ensure that the Next Generation can continue to see progress, so it is more important to To be honest, that is what we heard from a lot of people, but again here live, the party started and is still being organized, you can see the westbound lanes. of Santa Monica remain open the eastbound lanes are closed because they are still setting up the tents for the street festival that will take place tomorrow and that's what all of Santa Monica will be blocked here in the heart of West Hollywood and of course the parade .

It's Sunday guys, right now it looks like you're really enjoying the party and it's peaceful out there and we hope it stays that way. I have good vision right now. I would show them, but I can't be okay, we have you Joy, thank you, thank you very much.