LONG BEACH — Shots and shenanigans will be served tonight at The Falcon as drag diva Jewels hosts an event leading up to Sunday’s Easter Walk Long Beach.
RELATED: Long Beach Easter Walk to raise money for C.A.R.E. program
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Easter Walk Long Beach is an annual fundraiser for the C.A.R.E. Program, the region’s largest HIV/AIDS treatment program. All money raised will be given directly to C.A.R.E.
Award-winning journalist Phillip Zonkel spent 17 years at Long Beach's Press-Telegram, where he was the first reporter in the paper's history to have a beat covering the city's vibrant LGBTQ. He also created and ran the popular and innovative LGBTQ news blog, Out in the 562.
He won two awards and received a nomination for his reporting on the local LGBTQ community, including a two-part investigation that exposed anti-gay bullying of local high school students and the school districts' failure to implement state mandated protections for LGBTQ students.
