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L.A. Pride Parade Draws Thousands to West Hollywood

Thousands flocked to West Hollywood on Sunday for the L.A. Pride Parade, an annual celebration of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in Southern California. (Credit: Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

Victoria Villalba, a 19-year-old transgender woman from Phoenix, sat on the back seat of a convertible scanning fellow participants of the L.A. Pride Parade: Boy Scouts, Episcopal priests, drag queens and leather enthusiasts.

“There are just no words to describe the honor of being part of this community,” she said, recounting years of hardship that preceded her trip to West Hollywood.

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