Long Beach Gay Pride 2008

The Pride Flags waved proudly this past weekend at the 25th annual Long Beach Gay Pride Festival. Mother nature blessed the festival with record-breaking temperatures of 93 degrees as festival-goers descended on Rainbow Lagoon Park. The celebration draws a crowd of over 70,000 guests every year. Attendees peeled off their clothes and showed off plenty of skin in the sweltering temperatures. The cool ocean breeze coming off the harbor made the heat bearable, setting the stage for a perfect Pride Weekend.

Club Papi hosted the Latin stage, of course, and kept the crowd hyped throughout the day spinning the hottest Latin and Hip Hop jams while your boy, Cisco, worked the Latinboyz.com booth and posed for pictures with festivalgoers. Kat DeLuna gave another energetic performance for the Black and Latino crowd. My boy, Michael from Bravo’s “Step it up and Dance” gave an amazing performance for the gente as the California sun went down on one of the best Prides of the year.

This wasn’t my first time and Long Beach Pride but it was definitely one of the better years for Long Beach. In past years, it can be annoyingly chilly since the festival is held shore side to the Pacific. The energy was inspiring we all came together to celebrate who and what we are. It was an especially significant celebration in that The California Supreme Court ruled gay marriage legal just last week.

All in all, I was glad to be there and party with my people. Thank you to Sabina, Daniel, Bernardo and Latinboyz for a great weekend!

Click here for the super hot pics from Long Beach Pride Weekend 2008

Much Luv,

CISCO