The LA Pride Festival and Parade take place every June in the heart of the city. This June marks 53 years since the first stone was thrown at the Stonewall Inn in New York City and sparked the beginning of the Stonewall Riots—what many consider to be the beginning of the modern LGBTQ rights movement. Since that fateful day on June 28, 1969, various strides have been made for the liberation of gay, lesbian, bisexual