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4th Annual Lewis County Pride Picnic Set for June 4
at Fairgrounds in Lowville
Published: May 21, 2023 at
11:45 a.m.
By: Press Release from Lewis County Pride Planning
Committee
Event Press Release
Lewis County Pride Planning Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lowville NY- The Lewis County
Pride Committee will be hosting the 4th Annual  Lewis County Pride Picnic on Sunday June
4th, 2023 from 1-4pm at the Lewis County
Fairgrounds Pavilion. This event
kicks off LGBTQ Pride Month in Northern NY and is free and open to the
community. This year, the Committee
has planned for a community resource fair, food,
games, raffles, a DJ, and an arts and craft fair.
“This is the 4th
Pride Picnic we have held in the Lewis County and we always have such a great turn out by local
families and friends. We plan to continue to showcase the loving and
supportive community that exists here,” says Hilary Avallone,
the LGBT Program Manager at ACR Health. “It seems that each year gets a
little harder for the LGBTQ community—with the past year being one of the
hardest, with increased efforts to nationally dismantle access to affirming
healthcare and inclusive spaces. This event serves as a chance for the
LGBTQ community, their families, their neighbors, and their allies to come
together and be there for each other.”
The Q Center is a
program and safe space for LGBTQ Youth in NNY, CNY and the Mohawk
Valley—recently opening a permanent location in Watertown. This year’s event is sponsored by NRCIL,
the Q Center at ACR Health, Lewis County Pride, and Planned Parenthood of
the North County NY. We invite the
local LGBTQ communities, allies, and supporters to join us on the 4th
of June.
History: Most Pride
events are held in June to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall
Rebellion in New York City on June 28, 1969, which most historians consider
to be the birth of the modern LGBT movement. At the time, police raids on
bars catering to LGBT patrons were common, but that night, the patrons of
the Stonewall Inn fought back. While historical accounts of the night vary,
the violent response ignited a national firestorm of activism that brought
new visibility to the struggle for LGBT equality.
For more
information, reach out to Lewis County Pride on Facebook.
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