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Inaugural Orgullo Fest brings gay pride to Boyle Heights
Rio Igarashi dances on June 27 at Orgullo Fest, the first pride festival to be held in Boyle Heights.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
June 27, 2021 8:50 PM PT
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Donning a fuchsia gown with over-the-top white ruffles and a bright yellow shawl, drag queen Yulianna Flores belted out classic ranchera songs as the crowd sang along, waving their pride flags in the air.
Chelo’s “Que Sacrificio” might not be the typical drag performance you’d see at any other pride festival. But Orgullo Fest in Boyle Heights was full of performers singing and dancing cumbia, mariachi and more.
Jeffrey Sanker (R) poses backstage at Jeffrey Sanker s White Party on April 25, 2015 in Palm Springs, California. (Chelsea Lauren/WireImage)
One of the US’s top gay circuit party organisers has fielded intense criticism for holding a New Year’s bash in Mexico, leapfrogging over a state’s coronavirus restrictions to do so even as cases nationwide rocket.
Jeffrey Sanker is the founder of White Party Enterainment Inc, which hosts, among others, the largest circuit party in the US in Palm Springs, California.
While Sanker postponed the Palm Springs bash, he went ahead with days-long event WP Unity, held from Wednesday (30 December) to Friday (1 January), alongside a Sunday (3 January) beach party in Mexico, its Eventbrite page said.