36 THE QUEENS COURIER • JANUARY 31, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com Queens celebrates Winter Pride What if you LIVE ALONE and have an EMERGENCY? Just One Push of a Button can Protect You from Emergencies! 4 Medical 4 Falls 4 Fire 4 Burglary Visit us on facebook Serving Metro NY www.lifewatch-usa.com AS SEEN ON T V “I’m never alone with LIFEWatch.” –Dick Van Patten 2 FREE Months! Sign up for our Annual Plan and get You’re never alone with LIFEWatch! 800.716.1433 SWITCHOVERS WELCOME! Our job is making sure no longer goes that waste to waste. Find out more at ThinkGreen.com Energy creation. Recycling programs. Closed-loop solutions. Those are just a few of the innovations we’re delivering for customers and communities alike. We live in a world where things can no longer go to waste. That’s why Waste Management is working to get the most from resources. It’s good for business and the environment. ©2012 Waste Management, Inc. ALL THE PAPER . . . WITHOUT THE PAPER! Check out QueensCourier.com for additional stories, photos, opinion, events, dining reviews and more. You can also sign up for our digital edition and for our email blast. BY ALEXA ALTMAN [email protected] Hundreds gathered at the Astoria World Manor to fete distinguished guests at the Queens Pride Committee’s 20th annual Winter Pride event. The January 26 gala, which honored Congressmember Grace Meng, Dr. Marjorie Hill and Out Astoria, raised funds to support the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade and Multi-Cultural Festival as well as a film series and other events aimed at increasing the visibility of the LGBT community in Queens. Public figures in attendance included City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Comptroller John Liu, and councilmembers Jimmy Van Bramer and Daniel Dromm, who founded the Queens Pride Committee two decades ago. “Twenty years of Winter Pride celebrations in Queens have helped to build a strong lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement in the borough,” said Dromm. “When I first started this celebration only one or two elected officials attended. Now it has become the most important ‘political’ nonpolitical event.” THE COURIER/PHOTO BY ALEX DIBLASI Celebrating Winter Pride, from left, are Van Bramer, Melinda Katz, Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito, Dromm, and Curtis Sliwa.
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