Out in the 562: Long Beach couple reminisces about riding on historic Rose Parade float where gay couple married

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Posted on January 7, 2014 by Phillip Zonkel

Long Beach residents and married couple Mina Meyer, right, and Sharon Raphael, left, rode in the Rose Parade on the float where gay couple Danny Leclair and Aubrey Loots (top) were married. Meyer and Raphael were selected to ride the float because they have been LGBT activists for more than 40 years and helped create the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which sponsored the wedding float. Photo courtesy Ani Dominguez, AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

(Long Beach residents and married couple Mina Meyer and Sharon Raphael rode in the Rose Parade on the float where gay couple Danny Leclair and Aubrey Loots were married. Meyer and Raphael were selected to ride the float because they have been LGBT activists for more than 40 years and helped create the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which sponsored the wedding float. This is Meyer and Raphael’s first-person account of that historic day. – Out in the 562)

Read the full article in the Long Beach Press-Telegram’s Out in the 562 blog here.

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