PRIDE Events this week and weekend!

Queens Pride was a BLAST!  We registered DOZENS of people to vote and had the crowd chanting along:  When we say PRIDE, you say VOTE!

There's much happening in the coming weeks.  Here's a few events we want to be sure catch your eye in the next few days:

TONIGHT:  Bronx Borough President & Allies Pride Celebration!
TIME:  6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
WHERE:  Billy's Sports Bar, 856 River Avenue, Bronx, NY 10451
RSVP: https://2019bxbpandallieslgbtpride.splashthat.com

Tonight join Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and other Bronx leaders to celebrate Pride and honor community leaders!  Special performances, great food, and a fun night!  Click above for details.
 

TONIGHT:  QCYD & LGDCQ Celebrate Pride!
TIME:  7 p.m. - ?
WHERE:  Club Evolution, 76-19 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights, NY  11372
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/2290703527672432/

Join Queens County Young Democrats and the Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club of Queens for a Pride Happy Hour, honoring Queens community activist, Daniel Puerto, and, lookout: karaoke!

THURSDAY: FDNY LGBTQ Pride Celebration Block Party
TIME:  6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
WHERE:  Spring Street Between Hudson Street and Varick Street
RSVP: None necessary!
Celebrate with FDNY at a block party hosted by Tym Moss with live music, honorees, DJ and dancing, food and drinks, photo opportunities with FDNY Mascots Siren and Hot DogTonewall, the premiere pop a capella band, and special guest performer Peppermint of Broadway and RuPaul’s Drag Race.

FRIDAY:  First Fridays: Black LGBTQ World Pride Edition
TIME:  6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
WHERE:  Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-fridays-black-lgbtq-world-pride-edition-tickets-60205722938
Kick off LGBT Pride Month at the Schomburg Center with the fifth annual First Fridays: Gay Pride Edition and with recognition of our In the Life Archive, a collection of materials of and by black LGBT people throughout history preserved in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.  Multiple deejays and signature drinks plus performance by Harmonica Sunbeam!

Can SDNYC register 500 voters during Pride?
We've gotten voter registration forms in the hands of about 100 people thus far, but we have more to go to meet our goal to register 500 voters during PRIDE!

BROOKLYN PRIDE with SDNYC & LID
DATE:  Saturday, June 8  
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/346089322703443/

Pride is better with friends!  So we're teaming up with Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn this Saturday!

March and celebrate Brooklyn Pride with SDNYC & LID on June 8th!

11:30AM - 5PM: Visit our shared table at the Multi-Cultural Festival! Stay with us and help us send messages to elected officials, get folks to update their voter registration, and just chat politics!

5PM - 7PM: Join us at 200 Fifth Avenue Bar and Grill for a pre-march gathering with Brooklyn leaders and friends!  Cash bar and pre-parade sustenance!

7:30PM: WE MARCH! Look for the SDNYC and LID banners on 5th Avenue between Degraw and Douglass. It's a quick march, and we'll be working the crowd making sure everyone attending is registered to vote!  Afterwards, visit the many LGBTQ-friendly establishments in the neighborhood! It's a great festive evening and, with a few voter registration forms in your pocket, a pure opportunity!

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Coming soon:  the BronxHarlem, and World Pride.  Join us at one or all, and let's register 500 LGBTQ voters!  

PS:  March with us and receive the 2019 SDNYC tee.  We hope you'll be at an upcoming event to claim yours!

Revolution & Evolution: The 2019 Pride Kickoff and Annual Event

Thank you to everyone who came out to support SDNYC at this year's record-breaking event!

All photos by Donna Aceto Photography

Statement on CD45 Candidate's Social Media Commentary

We are unhappy to see a social media post, even if from almost a decade past, which disparages the LGBTQ community from City Council candidate Farah Louis. The comments run contrary to her work in recent years with the community and her pledges to expand that relationship as seen in her responses to our candidate survey, posted below. This is is an opportunity for the candidate to share her story of growth, an opportunity SDNYC encourages her campaign to take.