LA Pride Parade returns to Hollywood with live ABC7 coverage
Hollywood again became the center of LA Pride as the 56th parade stepped off at Sunset and Highland, with ABC7 airing live coverage and Hulu simulcasts.
The 56th Annual LA Pride Parade brought one of the nation’s most visible LGBTQ celebrations back to Hollywood on Sunday, with an 11:00 a.m. step-off and live television coverage on ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles. The parade’s return carried more than spectacle: LA Pride cast it as a free, all-ages First Amendment event in a year when public LGBTQ visibility remains a political marker as much as a cultural one.
The route began at Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue, moved north on Highland, turned east on Hollywood Boulevard, and then headed south on Cahuenga Boulevard back to Sunset. ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles aired the parade live from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. PDT, with simulcasts on ABC7’s streaming and digital platforms and Hulu. LA Pride also stationed hosts at Hollywood High School on Highland, anchoring the broadcast from the heart of the route.
LA Pride described the parade as the oldest, largest and longest-running Pride Parade in Southern California, a claim backed by scale as well as history. The organization said more than 148,000 people attended the 2024 parade and more than 100,000 were expected for the 2025 parade, underscoring how the event has become a major civic gathering, not just a neighborhood procession. This year’s theme, “Rise with Pride,” framed the parade as both celebration and statement.
The event’s lineage reaches back to June 28, 1970, when Christopher Street West organized the world’s first permitted LGBTQ+ parade to commemorate the Stonewall Rebellion in New York City. That origin gives the Hollywood parade a historical weight that extends far beyond Los Angeles, tying today’s march to the long struggle for visibility, legal recognition and public space.
LA Pride also used the parade as the centerpiece of a broader Pride Month slate across Los Angeles, including LGBTQ Night at Dodger Stadium, a new adult skate night and a special screening of The Birdcage for its 30th anniversary. The mix of civic ritual, media reach and public safety planning reflected how Pride now operates on multiple levels at once: community festival, political signal and large-scale urban event.
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