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The Los Angeles Blade wishes you a safe & happy July 4th

Independence Day 2022 is on Monday, July 4, celebrating America’s declaring of independence from Great Britain in 1776

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LOS ANGELES – The publisher, editor and staff of the Los Angeles Blade wish all of you, your loved ones and families a safe & happy July 4 holiday.

The staff of the LA Blade is thankful for your ongoing readership, comments, support, encouragement and deeply appreciates your loyal engagement.

Editorial note: The LA Blade will not publish Monday, July 4th and will resume publication Tuesday, July 5th.

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The Los Angeles Blade wishes you a safe & Happy New Year 2024!

We deeply appreciate your ongoing readership, patronage, encouragement and look forward to continuing to serve you in the New Year

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LOS ANGELES – The publisher, editor, staff, and contributors of the Los Angeles Blade wish all of you, your loved ones and families a safe & happy New Year’s Eve.

The LA Blade deeply appreciates your ongoing readership, support and encouragement and thanks all of you for your loyal engagement and we look forward to serving you better in 2023.

Editorial Note: The Los Angeles Blade will not publish after 5p.m. Sunday, December 31, 2023 nor Monday, January 1st and will resume publication on Tuesday, January 2.

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The Los Angeles Blade wishes you a joyous Christmas

Feliz Navidad + Счастливого Рождества + 메리 크리스마스 + Chúc Giáng sinh an lành + joyeux Noël + 圣诞快乐 + Շնորհավոր Ամանոր և Սուրբ Ծնունդ + メリークリスマス

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LOS ANGELES – The publisher, editor, staff and contributors of the Los Angeles Blade wish all of you, your loved ones and families a safe & happy Christmas holiday 2023.

All of us deeply appreciate your ongoing readership, support and encouragement and thank all of you for your loyal engagement and trust.

Editorial note: The Los Angeles Blade will not publish after 8 p.m. Christmas Eve and all of Christmas Day and will resume publication Tuesday, December 26.

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The Los Angeles Blade wishes you a safe & happy Thanksgiving

Have a safe and joyous holiday!

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LOS ANGELES – The publisher, editor and staff of the Los Angeles Blade wish all of you, your loved ones and families a safe & happy Thanksgiving holiday.

The staff of the LA Blade is thankful for your ongoing readership, comments, support and encouragement and deeply appreciates your loyal engagement.

Editorial note: The LA Blade will not publish Thanksgiving Day and will resume publication Friday, November 24.

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Dear Veterans, We thank you for your service

Veterans’ Day coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are commemorated in other countries

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The publisher, editor, staff, and contributors of the Los Angeles Blade wish to thank all of the veterans of the armed forces, Army; Marines; Navy; Coast Guard; Air Force and Space Force for their service.

Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. 

It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are commemorated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I.

Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.

Veterans Day is distinct from Memorial Day, a U.S. public holiday in May. Veterans Day commemorated the service of all U.S. veterans, while Memorial Day honors those who have died while in military service

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Happy Halloween & Dia de los Muertos

Drivers will need to take extra precautions while trick-or-treaters and celebrants should also make safety a top priority

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Dia de los Muertos 2023, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip J. Bartell)

LOS ANGELES – The publisher, editor, staff, and contributors of the Los Angeles Blade wish all of you a happy, fun-filled, and safe Halloween & Dia de los Muertos celebrations.

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National Coming Out Day 2023, be proud of who you are

Rather than being perceived as exposing yourself or confessing something, we should see coming out as a marker of coming into your identity

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LOS ANGELES – National Coming Out Day was first celebrated in 1988, which is marked on Oct. 11 every year. It is a day to support the LGBTQ+ community, but it also a way to note that sharing our authentic selves with others is not always safe or easy, and it is not a one-day event — but when possible, it can be an extraordinarily powerful key to breaking down the barriers we face as LGBTQ+ people.

Our community continues to stay resilient despite living in a State of Emergency. We are still coming together, celebrating ourselves and advocating for our rights. It is more important than ever that we join together to send a clear message against the forces that want to take away out community’s hard won rights.

This year more so than ever before we must support each other from uplifting and standing by trans youth and adults who are under assault from the far-right and we must embrace and support our drag culture.

We must repel the efforts to ban our books, to take down our symbols namely the Pride Flag in all of its iterations, and we must not remain silent when those opposed to our very existence continue to denigrate our humanity.  

Logo designed by Keith Haring for the Human Rights Campaign’s advocacy of the day

Coming out is a unique experience for each LGBTQ+ person. It’s not a one-time event; many LGBTQ+ individuals who come out to their closest friends and family may later come out at work or school, to their extended family, or to casual acquaintances.

While coming out can be daunting and scary, it can also be the first time that LGBTQ+ individuals are able to be truly open with the people closest to them.

National Coming Out Day isn’t a day to force LGBTQ+ people to come out, or to shame people who haven’t done so. It’s a day to celebrate the beauty of being true to yourself, for having the courage to share an important part of your life with others, and for celebrating those who may come out to you.

Rather than being perceived as exposing yourself or confessing something, we should see coming out as a marker of coming into your identity, and allowing others to share in that knowledge. National Coming Out Day should also be a day to acknowledge the difficulties of coming out, and to remember that it’s still not something all LGBTQ+ people can safely do.

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The Los Angeles Blade wishes all of you a Happy Labor Day!

American labor has raised the nation’s standard of living and contributed to the greatest production the world has ever known

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SAG-AFTRA & WGA Labor Unions' members currently on strike in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rob Salerno)

LOS ANGELES – The publisher, editor, staff, and contributors of the Los Angeles Blade wish all of you a happy Labor Day.

The following is provided by the U.S. Department of Labor:

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.

By 1894, 23 more states had adopted the holiday, and on June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed a law making the first Monday in September of each year a national holiday.

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Many Americans celebrate Labor Day with parades and parties – festivities very similar to those outlined by the first proposal for a holiday, which suggested that the day should be observed with – a street parade to exhibit “the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations” of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day.

Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.

American labor has raised the nation’s standard of living and contributed to the greatest production the world has ever known and the labor movement has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pays tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation’s strength, freedom, and leadership – the American worker.

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Happy Fourth of July!

The publisher, editor, staff, and contributors of the Los Angeles Blade wish all of you a safe and happy Fourth of July 2023

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The National 4th of July Fireworks display is seen from the roof of the White House during the 4th of July celebration at the White House, Monday, July 4, 2022.(Official White House Photo by Carlos Fyfe)

LOS ANGELES – The publisher, editor, staff, and contributors of the Los Angeles Blade wish all of you a safe and happy Fourth of July 2023.

The President’s Own U.S. Marine Band performs during the 4th of July celebration, Monday, July 4, 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House.
(Official White House Photo by Yash Mori)
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Happy Father’s Day

Wishing all the Dads out there a very happy Father’s day from the publisher, editor, and staff of the Los Angeles Blade!

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Remembering Pulse

Seven years have passed, but today and every day, remember the 49 lives taken on June 12, 2016

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ORLANDO – Seven years have passed, but today and every day, remember the 49 lives taken on June 12, 2016.

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