The Huffington Post has reported that award-winning pop diva and long-time LGBT-ally Cyndi Lauper will be the Grand Marshall of the 2012 Heritage of Pride March in New York on Sunday, June 24th.
The OASIS will once again be part of the Episcopal presence at the March, which is organized by the LGBT Concerns Committee
of the Diocese of New York. Area individuals, congregations and groups
are invited to march with us or under their own banners as part of the
church's representation. The Committee will be announcing details in
the coming weeks.
Lauper, a native of Queens, won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1985 and has been recognized repeatedly by MTV, VHI, Rolling Stone and others. She has been a staunch ally of the LGBT population. In September, she opened the True Colors Residence,
a supportive housing facility in Harlem specifically for young LGBT
adults with a history of homelessness. She also created the Give A Damn Campaign to educate heterosexual people about youth homelessness and how it disproportionately affects the LGBT population.
Joining Lauper on the reviewing stand will be Chris Salgardo, president of the Kiehl's body care company which was recently recognized in AdWeek for its social responsibility, as well as Phyllis Siege and Connie Kopelov,
the first residents of New York City to be legally married in the
state. The couple was wed on July 24, 2011 after 23 years together.
"Our choices for this year's Grand Marshals embody everything we look
for in representatives that give back to the LGBT community and have
made a huge impact on the overall movement," state Mike Dunlap, March
Director, said in a press release.
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