SUNY Oswego would like to acknowledge the celebration and significance of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, observed from June 1 until June 30, as well as activities around the state supporting it.
Pride Month honors the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. The first Pride march in New York City was held on June 28, 1970, on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, and has expanded into a wonderful celebration for people in the LGBTQIA+ to embrace their identities, while remembering how far they have come in obtaining rights.
SUNY Oswego's James A. Triandiflou '88 Institute for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Transformative Practice invites you to celebrate Pride Month by learning more about its history. Check out @ozinstitute on Instagram in the coming days to learn more. Also, be sure to check out what is happening around New York State for the remainder of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.
Incoming freshman Tyler Johnson is set to serve as the grand marshal of the CNY Pride Parade on Saturday, June 25. Johnson has become a model youth advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights after his high school denied him the right to publicly state he was gay in a school publication. This year, Johnson has taken CNY by storm and has led school board meetings, spoken at several social justice rallies, dropped the puck at the Syracuse Crunch Pride Night and received a scholarship from Live Out Loud for his activism.
The State University of New York system celebrates and invites members of the Oswego campus community to join them to March with SUNY at NYC Pride 2022 on Sunday, June 26. For this event in midtown Manhattan, SUNY shares its commitment to diversity and inclusion during an activity with millions of attendees. Registration to participate is available through June 24.
Upcoming Pride Month celebrations across the state include:
Syracuse
CNY Pride Weekend Kickoff Party
June 24
6 to 9 p.m.
Aloft Syracuse Inner Harbor, 310 W Kirkpatrick St.
CNY Pride Festival and Parade
June 25
Starts at 11 am
Inner Harbor
Rochester
Pride Day at The Beach
July 2
1 to 5 p.m.
50 Beach Ave.
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls Family Fun Pride Day
June 25
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 140 Rainbow Blvd.
Ithaca
Film Screening: "Lavender Hill: A Love Story"
June 29
5:15 p.m.
Tompkins Center for Culture and History
Pride Week Entertainment and Activities
June 26 to July 3
Noon to 5 p.m.
Via’s Cookies, 115 E State St.
New York City
Youth Pride
June 25
1 p.m.
Rumsey Playfield
NYC Pride March
June 26
Noon
25th Street and 5th Avenue
Pride Fest
June 26
11 a.m.
Greenwich Village