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Queens LGBT Pride Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Joining the event will be the singer Lisa Lisa.
JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS — This year's Queens LGBT Pride Celebration will take place June 4, organizers said. The event, in its 25th year, will feature a performance this year by the freestyle legend Lisa Lisa following the march.
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam had a number of hits in the '80s, including "I Wonder If I Take You Home," "All Cried Out" and "Head To Toe."
The march will begin at 12 p.m. at 37th Avenue and 89th Street and will be followed by the festival between 2 and 6 p.m.
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The first Queens Pride parade was held in 1992 following the murder of Julio Rivera, a gay man who was beaten to death in Jackson Heights in 1990.
You can register for the parade here.
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