Oakland at-large City Councilmember Rowena Brown, left, and Jeffrey Myers, co-founder of the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center and president of the Lakeshore LGBTQ Cultural District Committee, waited for other officials to join them to cut the ribbon for the new rainbow crosswalk, which is in the background.

Photo: Cynthia Laird

It was Lakeshore LGBTQ Cultural District Day in Oakland Thursday, as Mayor Barbara Lee and many others celebrated the special district’s two-year anniversary and cut the ribbon on a rainbow crosswalk that spans Lakeshore Avenue. The Oakland LGBTQ Community Center, the anchor of the cultural district, was also honored, even as its CEO lamented recent funding cuts from the Trump administration.   The new crosswalk, located just outside the center, is billed as the fir

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