Dromm at Queens Winter Pride

Photo caption: NYC Comptroller William Thompson, Winter Pride Founder Daniel Dromm and NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli at Winter Pride 2009 at the Astoria World Manor.

January 24, 2009 - Over 375 people attended Queens Winter Pride, the annual fundraiser for the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade and Festival which is always held on the first Sunday in June in Jackson Heights. This year's parade will be held on Sunday, June 7, 2009.

Dromm first organized the Winter Pride event in 1994 and he remains as one of the event's main promoters and organizers.

"Winter Pride is like the Al Smith Dinner of the Queens LGBT communities," said Dromm. "It a must do event." By that Dromm means that the Winter Pride Dinner Dance has become Queens most important "political" nonpolitical LGBT event. More than 20 state and city elected officials attended. As well as a large number of City Council candidates and other hopefuls also attended.

"Partisan politics are not discussed but many elected officials come looking for votes," Dromm said. "It's quite an impressive show of LGBT strength."

The event honored Council Member Rosie Mendez from Manhattan's Lower East Side, Phyllis Steinberg, president emerita of P-FLAG/NYC, and the Queens Tribune for the publication of its annual Queens Gay Pride edition.




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