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Street Renamed for Pioneer

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Council Member Daniel Dromm, center, and Council Member Paul Vallone, left with sign, were joined by Manford family members and many former and current elected officials to co-name 171st Street and 35th Avenue in Flushing “Jeanne, Jules, Morty Manford PFLAG Way” on Saturday, May 3. Dromm and Vallone co-named the corner in recognition of the tremendous accomplishments the Manford family made to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights movement on a national level. The Manford home is considered the cradle of the gay rights movement, a fact recognized when President Barack Obama awarded Jeanne Manford a Presidential Citizens Medal in 2013. The elected officials were joined by family member, Suzanne Swan, members of the organization Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and members of the community.


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