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by Miss Priscilla Pride

"You're A Grand PRIDE Flag, You're A High Flying PRIDE Flag And Forever In PRIDE May You Wave! You're The Emblem Of The GLBTs That I Love, My Homos and Lesbos You're So Brave! Every Heart Beats PROUD For Your Colors So Loud, When They're Worn By A DYKE Or A FAG! When All Of Us See Your Colors Up High, We All Feel That You're Our PRIDE Brag!"

Fourth of July celebrations came and went, so to all of you who celebrated, plan to celebrate soon or keep celebrating the 4^th the entire month... light those sparklers & sizzle them fire crackers... make sure you keep ringing in the 4^th with a BIG BANG... light your fire and toast them buns and weenies and I mean the kind you eat, oh that's right... you could really take all this the other way and it would still make perfect sense... that's Priscilla, always taking the double entendre road to hell!

More July info will be discussed later; right now I have to review the doings that happened during PRIDE MONTH! There were so many Festivities it's hard to decide which to review. Well, let's just dive in as one Pride Gal said to the other... what, like you don't indulge... PLEASE, me thinks that the ladies doth protest too much... maybe they need less protesting and much more resting?

CHOLI (Community House of Long Island) "UNITY PICNIC" -- over 150 people rang in June with a party flair, like no other Long Island GLBTs, attended CHOLI's picnic Sunday June 2^nd! Miss Venise Charles gave her final/farewell performance... someone commented to me that it's starting to sound very similar to the Naomi Judd tour, but I snapped back, "You leave my Venise alone... she can still cart-wheel and keep her tiara in place while lip-synching and that's good enough for me!" DJ Luna spun the tunes and all had a good time. Now one comment to the CHOLI Board... all this hoopla this past month about is CHOLI closing for good, CHOLI is staying open but somewhere else, how far behind in rent are they, yadda-yadda-yadda... before anyone else interprets me let me sayeth this, a poop direct from hell-o, little old me... communicate with us on a regular basis and let us know the facts from you. This partial disclosure crapola makes matters worse and for crying out loud, show up to the Networking Meeting and fill us in, face the music and the questions like the adults you are and move on... but not having one CHOLI Board member attend the last meeting, and it was held at CHOLI, was not a wise move... just some advice from lil' ol' me!

LIGALY (Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth) - 2^nd Annual Prom (Pride Gala) June 7^th: the kids had a blast and the adults attending went down memory lane... I saw a few tears, hell, I even shed some myself... I wished we had a night like this in my hey day, but loved the fact that it will be an annual event on Long Island. NEWS 12 covered the event live for their 10 PM broadcast and WKTU 103.5 FM broadcast live as well. David and the gang worked their tooshies off to host another FABOO event that did their kids proud! There was an exciting premiere that night... THE LIGALY DANCERS! Dressed in our PRIDE colors, 12 kids and staff members (2 people in each color) debuted their hot dance routine. Jim Pizzo announced that the LIGALY DANCERS were making their PARADE debut on June 9^th and the 250 strong at the PROM went wild. I wept copious tears. They were so fabulous. Now for the FASHION REPORT... all the young ladies (and some cute boys who had the courage to dress at this year's PROM in their own style) looked simply to die for! The outfits, hair and makeup... I wept... you all looked so adorable! The young Gay men in their tuxes with flair (makeup and feathered boas) were marching to their own tune and that made Priscilla PROUD too! Applause to one and all... as for Priscilla, well... GINGIN's felt ensemble ripped at the last minute and I was forced to rummage through my closet (last time I was in one was at the ripe old age of 10) and found a mélange of things that I threw together and it worked! One of the kids got so bold as to escort me to my table and then remarked, "Look Priscilla, our Drag Performer, SYBIL BARRINGTON, has a cape more fierce than yours!" I stopped in my tracks spun on my heels to face this cutie and said, "Hers may be fierce but mine is real... it's mom's MINK and no one disses mom, understand! Now bow and kiss Priscilla's ring as an apology!" He did! Congrats to LIGALY and the kids and the staff and David and the Board and hell to everyone who attended in support, it was great!

LONG ISLAND PRIDE EVENTS hosted by The Long Island PRIDE Parade Committee (Jim, Eva, Billy, Pete, Justine, Sandy, Linda, Cindie and Alycia), Sunday - June 9^th: TWO WORDS -- Simply Faboo! This year was better than ever! More groups marching than ever before, the Cheerleaders and the Marching Band from NYC and HURRAY... you got the Long Island Ravens Pipe and Drum Corps to attend once again... we all love them so much! The Proclamation from Huntington and Suffolk County declaring that the second Sunday of every June is Long Island Pride Day was a major coup! You all should be kissed and kissed and kissed some more! And those banners across 2 streets in Huntington and I hear a third will be added next year... well all I can say is, you did us all proud. The FESTIVAL... let' say it... you need more food vendors but Priscilla spoke with Eva Sanchez, out lesbian who is now the Executive Director and it's the first time a lesbian is running the PRIDE events, and she told me that was one of her goals in 2003! The non-food vendors were to die for, the over 35 non-profit tables were great and the entertainment... WOW... Elvira Kurt, the cheerleaders, MIRKALA CRYSTAL, Hedwig and The Angry Inch as well as The Rocky Horror Show... you outdid yourselves this year. KISSES, you made me PROUD! LONG ISLAND PRIDE, PRIDE WITHOUT PREJUDICE is such a timely theme. Again KUDOS & CONGRATS to the Committee! You did the Long Island GLBT community PROUD!

JULY and AUGUST EVENTS -- With my reviews taking up most of this month's column, I felt compelled to tell you how you can find out about the upcoming community events. Louis Trapani developed this wonderful site called Long Island Community Connection (LICK: the Web for short). He posts tons of activities under Long Island Events on the site, www.licktheweb.com, so click your way through one of the best GLBT sites Long Island has to offer. Visit it often and see for yourself what fabulous soirees the Long Island GLBT non-profits have planned! There is so much going on this July, August and beyond! Read the many articles posted!

One last bit of news... the Gay & Lesbian Switchboard of Long Island just premiered their web site... www.glsbli.com and it is adorable! Since 1991 these guys and gals served our GLBT community on Long Island... go their site and see how you can help them out in any way you can... volunteer, help them with their fund-raising, heck just attend an upcoming fundraiser and that will be appreciated! Check them out, you won't be disappointed and when you talk to them tell thank you and that Priscilla told you to call!

PRISCILLA is packing for my annual FIRE ISLAND jaunt. It is Misty Blue's birthday on July 26^th and 7 of us are heading over to celebrate. SinDee Santiago is making her Fire Island debut between August 2^nd - August 9^th and the GROVE will just never be the same... trust me, she is a must see! So ta-ta for now and stay cool this summer. I will be back in August with Fire Island hot news flashes that will just sizzle, I am sure!
KISSES... PRISCILLA!

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