LA Health Services will Participate in the LA Pride Parade on Sunday June 11
June is Pride Month and LA Health Services is pleased to announce its participation in the LA Pride Parade. The LA Pride parade is one of the nation’s largest Pride celebrations whose mission is to create safe and inclusive spaces of self-expression, celebration and equity for the LGBTQ+ community of Greater Los Angeles.
What: LA Pride Parade
When: Sunday, June 11, 2023
11:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Check in time: 11:00 A.M.
Location: Hollywood – Sunset & Hollywood
Parade Check-In Location: Orange & Hawthorn (SE Corner)
Parade Staging Location: Area 5
Parade Disbanding & Post-Parade Exit: Cahuenga Blvd: Sunset to Fountain (Exit on Fountain)
Parade Details: Line Up Number 138
What to wear: Frontline health care workers are encouraged to wear scrubs and white coats to underscore our compassionate, inclusive health care services
Registration: To join DHS Parade Contingent use this Registration Form
ADA Accommodations will be made available – refer to the Registration Form
Please register by 5:00 P.M. on June 8, 2023
The theme for 2023 is ALL OUT WITH PRIDE. Our LA Health Services contingent will meet before 11:00 A.M. to participate. The parade will begin on Sunset and Highland, travel north on Highland, east on Hollywood Blvd and South on Cahuenga for about 1 mile. Parade participants can expect to walk approximately one mile.
This is the first time that LA Health Services will be participating as an integrated healthcare system in the LA Pride parade. Staff from all facilities and programs are invited to attend. LA Health Services is the nation’s second largest municipal healthcare system, and our participation is a way of promoting our commitment to providing safe and welcoming health care services to all and promoting the availability of healthcare for LGBTQ+ people in the community.
Participation is open to the first 100 people who sign up to attend. It’s a fun, family-friendly event. Carpooling is encouraged or you can take the Metro B Line (Red) – LA Metro and exit Hollywood/Highland or Hollywood/Vine Station.
Special thanks to workforce members from our EDIA Sub-Committees and the LGBTQIA2-S (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, 2-Spirit) Affinity group for leading in the coordination of DHS’ participation in this year’s parade. Participation is open to all but not mandatory. Please plan to participate on your (non-county) time.
Join us and register today! Click here or you can use this QR code:
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Tracey Samko at (323) 409-3233 or via email at TSamko@dhs.lacounty.gov
