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Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, left, was joined by Gwen Gossler — the late Scott Beigel’s fiancée — Chief Executive Officer of the LGBT Network David Kilmnick and County Executive Laura Curran at Monday’s press conference.
Pride on the Beach returns to Long Beach
Pride on the Beach is returning to Long Beach next month, and survivors of the Parkland, Fla. shooting will lead the parade as grand marshals. The three-day festival, organized by the LGBT … more
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Brian Stieglitz, a Seaford native, came out as gay in 2012. The local reporter is an advocate for LGBT rights.
Coming to terms with his sexuality
Brian Stieglitz could never quite understand his obsession with the number three. He would avoid gathering in groups of three, could never say the number out loud and denounced trios of any … more
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Leana Silipo, a Seaford resident, came out to her friends and family when she was 19.
Confronting tradition
When Leana Silipo, 23, visited a friend in Valley Stream, she wasn’t expecting to step outside to find her car splattered with half a dozen egg yolks. Although she brushed off the incident, … more
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Nick Dantuono, 22, of Seaford, is an outreach specialist at Pride For Youth, a community group for LGBT individuals. He came out as gay four years ago.
Coming out
For 22-year-old Nick Dantuono, telling his mother he was gay four years ago made for a very interesting Christmas. Although the Seaford native said he knew he was gay long before he told his … more
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The Rev. Christopher Hofer, left, married Kerry Brady in August 2011 at the Church of St. Jude in Wantagh.
During Pride Month, LGBT clergy reflect
“Oh, there goes Father Faggot.” The Rev. Christopher Hofer still recalls the insults children and teens hurled at him in 2004, while he was out running in Wantagh, his new … more
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Justice Paul Feinman
Kennedy alumnus confirmed to state’s highest court
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday nominated Justice Paul Feinman, a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School and openly gay associate justice at the State Supreme Court, to serve as an associate judge on the state Court of Appeals. more
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Rabbi Jack Zanerhaft led the city’s first ever Pride Shabbat at Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach on Friday, the first day of the three-day Pride on the Beach festival organized by the LGBT Network.
Temple Emanu-El hosts first Pride Shabbat
Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach hosted the city’s first Pride Shabbat service on June 9, part of the many events included in the Pride on the Beach three-day festival organized by the LGBT Network. … more
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Diane Hawkins was among many congregation members who read the names and ages of the victims during a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the Pulse Nightclub victims.
One year later, Freeport residents remember Orlando victims
During the early morning hours on June 12, 2016, the Orlando Regional Medical Center took in 36 patients in 36 minutes, in an event that would later be known as the worst mass shooting in the history … more
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Musician Rachel Platten — best known for her 2015 hit single “Fight Song” — performed in front of thousands of spectators on Sunday and waved a rainbow flag to show solidarity with the LGBT community.
Thousands flocked to L.B. for Long Island Pride Parade
The streets of Long Beach were dressed with rainbows on Sunday when thousands of residents and visitors marched in the Rise with Pride parade to celebrate the last day of Pride on the Beach. The 27th … more
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Javier Nava, a victim of last year’s Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting, left, with LGBT Network CEO Dr. David Kilmnick and Long Beach City Manager Jack Schnirman as they raised a rainblow flag outside City Hall on Thursday to kick off Pride month.
Flag raising outside L.B. City Hall kicks off Pride Month
More than two dozen people gathered outside City Hall on the first day of June to watch as the Long Island LGBT Network and Long Beach officials raised a rainbow flag to kick off what is nationally … more
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