Queens Pride

We are postponing the next episode of Tales of Queens Pride to participate in Queens' Memory's Home Movie Day. The event runs live tomorrow at 7 pm. Here is the link: https://queensmemory.org//2020-nyc-home-movie-day-screeni/... Queens Memory

On today's Tales of Queens Pride we present the very first successful LGBTQ march in Queens history: the Vigil for Julio Rivera from August 18, 1990, with the only existing video footage of the event. QUEER NATION Alumni Queer Nation NY New York City Anti-Violence Project

Judy Peraza talks about her family at ACQC, how the Parade has changed over the years and her own personal story of change!

Connie Vien tells us about coming out as a lesbian in Queens in the mid 70s and what it was like being one of two lesbians - along with her partner (now wife) - hanging out in the gay bars in Jackson Heights and Elmhurst. With great candor, she discusses the challenges and risks of coming out politically, the impact of the murder of Julio Rivera and how the Queens Pride Parade changed everything! With many thanks to Queens Center for Gay Seniors!

On today's Tales of Queens Pride, John Won who was a student LGBTQ activist from Elmhurst, reflects on being a part of the movement in the early 1990s, and offers his insights into how queer and trans people are able to take their experiences of opression and turn them into resistance and power. Many thanks to Kimberley Kreicker and Alva Jones for the video of John speaking at the March for Truth rally in 1993. Video by Arla Jones.

Sirens Women's MC of NYC talk about leading the Queens Pride Parade, how the Parade seemed to change over the years, and what makes Queens Pride different from other pride parades. With Cheryl Stewart, Sandra Fleming and Jen Baquial.

On today's Tales of Queens Pride we present a portrait of LGBTQ Jackson Heights from the 1950s through the 80s as told by the people who lived it! Oral histories about gay life when bars were illegal, 37th Road was a cruising strip called Vaseline Alley and living double lives was the norm.

Tales of Queens Pride 04 pays tribute to the late great cartoonist, Howard Cruse! A key figure in the underground comics scene of the 1970s and 80s, Howie is well remembered also as a pioneering artist in LGBTQ comics, creating the gay and lesbian comic strip Wendel which was published in The Advocate during the 1980s. In 1995, his award winning graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby was published. A stunning piece of work set in the South in the 1960s, Howie's dramatic story weaves... through issues of race, gender and sexual orientation. While living in Jackson Heights, Queens with his partner / husband of 37 years, Ed Sedarbaum (founder of Queens Gay and Lesbians United and SAGE Queens, among other things!), Howie volunteered his skills for the cause. Images 1 and 2: from Stuck Rubber Baby Image 3: Howie and Eddie in the 80s (photo by Lilyan Aloma). Image 4: from Wendel Image 5: from "The Educator" a satire on homophobic and racist Queens Community School Board 24 President, Mary Cummins Image 6: cover of first Queens Pride Parade guide with artwork contributed by Howard Cruse Image 7: Howie with a panel of Stuck Rubber Baby See more

Co-founder of the Queens Pride Parade, Maritza Martinez, talks about being in the closet and leading a double life in Queens in the 1970s and 80s, and how the Queens Pride Parade became her platform for coming out in a very big way. #talesofqueenspride #queenspride #jacksonheights... #queensprideinside #newyorkcityhistory #latinalesbians See more