30th Annual Queens Pride Parade draws hundreds for celebration

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Hundreds of people lined the streets of Jackson Heights with rainbow flags Sunday to celebrate Pride Month at the 30th Annual Queens Pride Parade. LeahMishkin reports.

with rainbow flags Sunday to celebrate Pride Month at the 30th Annual Queens Pride Parade.

"We just want to show love," said Jeremiah Dormeus, who was marching with LaGuardia Community College."It's important to show representation." "We have to stand together to make sure that the LGBT community and the transgender community know that we all stand in unison," Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said.

 

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