LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending the Long Island Gay, Lesbian, Bisexu-
al, and Transgender Services Network upon the occasion of hosting its
Equality Awards Gala

WHEREAS, This Legislative Body recognizes the profound impact of those
exemplary organizations within the great State of New York which proac-
tively work for the enfranchisement of minority communities, and the
importance of such work for the benefit of all citizens of this State,
and all citizens of this great Nation; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to commend the Long
Island Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Services Network upon the
occasion of hosting its Equality Awards Gala, to be celebrated on
Friday, April 16, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency in Hauppauge, Long Island;
and
WHEREAS, Long Island's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT)
community is afforded a broad range of services through a unique colla-
borative effort of three organizations, including the Long Island Gay
and Lesbian Youth (LIGALY), the Long Island GLBT Community Center (The
Center), and Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders - Long Island (SAGE-
LI); and
WHEREAS, These three organizations comprise a multitude of services
and programs which aim to provide safe places for GLBT people of all
ages to find support and develop positive peer networks, increase indi-
vidual health of GLBT people, and to reduce homophobia and transphobia;
and
WHEREAS, In working together, each group is able to share resources,
and thus reduce overhead costs and expenses; each organization shares
administration, programming space, and fundraising efforts making for an
efficient system, and ensuring funds that are raised through grants,
donations, and special events are maximized providing the greatest bene-
fit to all of Long Island's GLBT community; 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
commend the Long Island Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Services
Network upon the occasion of hosting its Equality Awards Gala; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the Long Island Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender
Services Network.