Avalon community celebrates PRIDE

Photo by Nicole Hohenstein Participants in the Pride Walk gathered for a group Photo on the steps of the Catalina Island Casino.

Avalon showed its Pride and support for the LGBTQ+ community and allies on June 15.

“Love Catalina, Jim Luttjohann and I would like to thank everyone who did attend Pride,” said Councilmember Michael Ponce during the June 18 City Council meeting.

“It was a great event; year three, looking forward to year four, and we did get quite a few people from the mainland who came over to enjoy it,” Ponce said. “It was a good event and I look forward to more and it seems to be growing. We actually had more booths this year, Ponce said.

Earlier this month, the council recognized June as LGBTQIA-plus month.