LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Queens
Gay Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival

WHEREAS, The Borough of Queens, the most diverse county in the country,
has a rich history of welcoming different people from around the world
and is a melting pot of ethnicities and cultures; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and
commend community organizations that promote tolerance and equality for
all; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commem-
orate the 20th Anniversary of the Queens Pride Parade and Multicultural
Festival to be held on June 3, 2012; and
WHEREAS, The Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee is a nationally
renowned organization that strives to further tolerance and acceptance
for the LGBT community; and
WHEREAS, The first Queens Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival was
held in 1993 and has grown to be the second-largest Pride celebration in
the New York metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, The Queens Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival benefits
the Borough of Queens and its rich history of diversity; now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Queens Pride Parade and Multi-
cultural Festival, certain that its future will be as successful as its
past; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee.