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5th Annual Lewis County Pride Picnic Set for June 2
at Fairgrounds in Lowville
Published: May 15, 2024 at
11:45 a.m.
By: Press Release from Lewis County Pride Committee
LEWIS COUNTY COMMUNITY PRIDE PICNIC
Lowville NY- The Lewis County
Pride Committee will be hosting the 5th Annual Lewis County Pride Picnic on
Sunday June 2nd, 2024 from 12-3pm at the Lewis
County Fairgrounds Pavilion. This year’s theme is “Share your Sparkle!” The
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, a sparkle costume contest, and an arts
and craft fair.
“The Lewis County
Pride Committee has worked really hard to celebrate the 5th year of this
event— you can expect an appearance by local Drag Sensation, Amber Skyy,
food provided by BK Smokehouse, and music from Tunes 92.5 and 104.5 FM,”
says Hilary Avallone, the LGBT Program Manager for The Q Center at ACR
Health. “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 at
ACR Health, in addition to NRCIL, NNY Pride, Credo Community Center,
Planned Parenthood of the North County NY, The Volunteer Transportation
Center, and LCNY Beat, are sponsoring this year’s event. We invite the
local LGBTQ communities, allies, and supporters to join us on the 2nd of
June—sparkles are encouraged! This is a free family-friendly event.
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 or via email at lewcopride@gmail.com
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