Bill Text: NY K01057 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Queens LGBTQ Pride Parade on June 5, 2022

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-06-01 - adopted [K01057 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-K01057-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 1057

BY: M. of A. Gonzalez-Rojas

        COMMEMORATING  the  30th Anniversary of the Queens
        LGBTQ Pride Parade on June 5, 2022

  WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize  the
profound  impact  of those exemplary organizations and events within the
great State of New York that proactively work toward the empowerment  of
diverse  communities and the importance of such work, which benefits all
citizens of this State, and indeed, all citizens of the  Nation,  should
be rightfully commended; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to
commemorate  the 30th Anniversary of the Queens LGBTQ Pride Parade to be
celebrated on Sunday, June 5, 2022; and

  WHEREAS, The Queens LGBTQ Pride Parade  is  the  second  oldest  and
second  largest  pride  parade  in New York City; the parade which takes
place every year on the first Sunday in June, was established in 1993 by
Daniel Dromm and Maritza Martinez to increase  awareness  of  the  LGBTQ
population in Queens and honor former resident Julio Rivera; and

  WHEREAS,  Julio  Rivera  was  a  29-year-old  Puerto Rican bartender
raised in the Bronx  who  was  living  in  Jackson  Heights  when  three
individuals  from  a  local gang brutally attacked him due to his sexual
orientation  on  July  2,  1990;  doctors  at  Elmhurst  Hospital  later
confirmed  his  death,  and  residents  of  Jackson  Heights have worked
relentlessly  since  then  to  increase  the  visibility  of  the  LGBTQ
community not only in Jackson Heights but across New York City; and

  WHEREAS,  Queens Pride marked the beginning of local LGBTQ activists
founding social  services  organizations  and  strengthening  the  LGBTQ
community's  political  agenda;  since then, the number of organizations
that provide services to members of the LGBTQ community  has  increased;
and

  WHEREAS,  Queens  Pride  promotes  awareness  and  education  of the
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community in  Queens  and
serves as a safe space for those within the community to celebrate their
identity,  as  well  as honor those who have passed; Queens Pride is and
will continue to be an essential parade for residents all throughout New
York City; and

  WHEREAS, Our society is greatly benefited by the purposeful  efforts
of  individuals who unite for the cause of improving the quality of life
for others, and who proactively work toward the goal of dignity for all;
now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
commemorate  the  30th Anniversary of the Queens LGBTQ Pride Parade; and
be it further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted to the New Queens Pride.