New York City celebrates Pride Month in Queens

(2 Jun 2024)
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Queens, New York - 02 June 2024
1. Various of Sirens Women's Motorcycle Club of New York City at the Pride parade
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Erica Yu, Sirens Women's Motorcycle Club of NYC member:
"We are here to celebrate Queens Pride and kick off Pride month strong, got a nice contingent going to ride Queens Pride."
3. Various of Pride parade
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Cheryl Stewart, Co-president, Sirens Women's Motorcycle Club of NYC:
"It's so neighborhoody. It's so friendly. It's so diverse in Queens, and immigrant families from all over the world have their kids here sitting on the barricades going, 'look, look at all the pretty gay people'. It's just lovely."
5. Various of Pride parade
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Erica Yu, Sirens Women's Motorcycle Club of NYC member:
"It's it's so nice. Everyone's so kind and friendly. Everyone is so organized. It's just it's always a great time."
7. Various of Pride parade
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Cheryl Stewart, Co-president, Sirens Women's Motorcycle Club of NYC:
"We need to continue doing this as long as we can provide positive guidance, positive role models, positivity from people who otherwise could feel despair. So yeah, let's keep celebrating ourselves and everyone else."
8. Various of Pride parade
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Erica Yu, Sirens Women's Motorcycle Club of NYC member:
"It brings everyone together. It brings happiness and joy in community and there's no tension. Everyone can kind of put aside their their differences and just celebrate the fact that we're here. We're proud. We're happy."
10. Various of Pride parade
STORYLINE:
New York City celebrated for the LGBTQ+ community’s Pride Month in Queens on Sunday.
Various groups and organization, drag and dance performers, and floats marched in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights in the city.
Among them was Sirens Women's Motorcycle Club of NYC.
Its co-president Cheryl Stewart said the event was aimed at providing "positive guidance, positive role models".
AP video by John Minchillo
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