took over leadership of Queens Pride in 2022,<\/a> announced Bonsignore\u2019s role as grand marshal in a Feb. 27 announcement, saying she reflects Queens Pride\u2019s \u201clongstanding tradition of honoring leaders whose work embodies courage, service, and commitment to community.\u201d<\/p>\nBonsignore became the first out individual to lead the FDNY when she was appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani less than two months ago, bringing decades of experience to the department. Bonsignore started with the FDNY in 1991, first serving as an EMT and later becoming a paramedic. She went on to serve as the chief of EMS Academy at Fort Trotten. In 2019, she became the first woman and first out individual to be the FDNY\u2019s chief of EMS.<\/p>\n
The New York LGBT Network did not disclose the other grand marshals. The FDNY did not immediately respond to Gay City News\u2019 request for comment from Bonsignore.\n<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s Queens Pride Parade will move west along 37th Avenue from 89th Street to 75th Street, and the festival will be stationed at the end of the parade route on 75th-77th Streets and 37th Road. The festivities kick off at noon and conclude at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
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The lead banner proceeds along the parade route at Queens Pride 2025.Dashiell Allen<\/p>\n
The theme for this year\u2019s edition of Queens Pride is \u201cUnstoppable Pride,\u201d which aims to highlight the \u201ccontinued strength, visibility, and resilience of LGBTQ+ communities,\u201d according to the New York LGBT Network.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a time when LGBTQ+ people continue to be targeted in schools, legislatures, and courts, our community remains unstoppable \u2014 in our love, our leadership, and our fight for justice,\u201d said New York LGBT Network\u2019s president and founder, David Kilmnick. \u201cUnstoppable Pride reflects a simple truth: we are here, we are present, and we are not going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marchers, community groups, vendors, and festival participants can register for Queens Pride at newqueenspride.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore. Lloyd Mitchell FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore will be one of the grand marshals at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-147664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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