Dromm joins hundreds in celebrating Queens LGBT Winter Pride

UsaNewsOnline.Com Desk, Astoria, NY — On Saturday evening, NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm joined Queens Pride, the organizers of the Queens Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival at their annual Winter Pride fundraiser at Astoria World Manor. Each January at Winter Pride, the Queens Pride board honors a number of individuals who have contributed to the borough’s LGBT rights movement. This year’s honorees were Council Member I. Daneek Miller (D- St. Albans), former Queens Pride Co-chairpersons Andrew Ronan and Chris Calvert, and Chutney Pride. Dromm, US Congressman Joseph Crowley, NY State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, NYC Public Advocate Letitia “Tish” James, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, and many other local officials attended to salute the organization and their honorees. “Congratulations to Queens Pride on another successful Winter Pride fundraiser,” said NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights, Elmhurst.) “As the founder of the Queens LGBT Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival, I thank the honorees who have contributed so much to the LGBT rights movement in our borough. It is my pleasure to join the host of activists, elected officials and other leaders present in applauding your exemplary work.”Press Release.