Lydia, mother of Stanton, 9, says her son insisted they attend the Festival on Sunday. “I hung up on the phone this morning with my son in London, he’s gay like me, he laughs, and he told me that her husband and my newborn grandson will be arriving on a flight from Paris Friday next week. Thousands and thousands of people from all walks of life, mostly without masks, swarmed the city for three days from end to end, something that seemed unimaginable just a few weeks ago.ĭan Bertin, 87, wiped away a tear when the Los Angeles Blade asked him why he decided to attend Palm Springs Pride. Last year’s event was held virtually on Facebook. felt that way, at least for a weekend.Įverything Pride and all of Palm Springs - literally everything - the pandemic had stolen from us was on full display, but with an added twist: It was the first large-scale celebration of Pride in California since January 2020 and people were ready to to celebrate. PALM SPRINGS - Even the palm trees were sashaying this weekend as the 35th Greater Palm Springs Pride Festival liberated the city from the doldrums of a pandemic that, while not exactly over, has certainly ended.
