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Queens Beep Celebrates Pride Month

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz held an LGBT Pride Month celebration at Queens Borough Hall on Wednesday, June 25. The event was co-sponsored by City Council Member Daniel Dromm and City Council Majority leader Jimmy Van Bramer and was an opportunity to recognize the positive impact that members of the LGBT community have had in the borough. Receiving Citations of Honor during the event were, from left to right, Patricia “Pat” Glunt, musical director and founder of the Jackson Heights orchestra; Cristina Herrera, LGBT Gender Identity Project coordinator; Simon Sandh, an LGBT activist and student; Tina Arniotis, the founder and president of Chutney Pride; Philip Glotzer, executive director of the AIDS Center of Queens County and Adelaide Connaughton, senior entitlements specialist at The Fortune Society.