Ahead of Sunday’s Los Angeles Pride Parade, the City Council celebrated Friday by unveiling a new Pride-themed exhibit at City Hall, hosting a brief drag performance in the Council Chambers and then recognizing three nonprofits that uplift the LGBTQ+ community.

Drag performer ChiChi Charlas began Friday’s Council Chambers events by giving a minute-and-a-half lip-sync performance of Selana’s “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” and Lipps Inc’s “Funkytown.”

Then City Councilwoman Traci Park — who led the council’s LGBTQ+ recognition the last two years — passed the torch to council newcomer Ysabel Jurado, who is openly queer, and Jurado welcomed the nonprofits Latino Equity Alliance, REACH LA and the Los Angeles LGBT Legal Service Center.

“This year’s theme, Building Community Through Collective Power, cou

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