Grand Marshals Dr. Katie Cumisky and Ms. Robin Garver
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — June 5, 2010. The yellow banner that stretched across the roadway said it all: “Standing On The Side Of Love” — underscoring the point were this year’s LGBT Pride Parade Grand Marshals: Katie Cumiskey and Robin Garver. Katie and Robin were married in Canada in 2006.
Pride!
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The sixth annual Staten Island LGBT Pride parade was held on Saturday, June 5. Forming up outside the St. George library, the marchers included a number of civic groups devoted to teaching tolerance and LBGT pride: The Staten Island Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center; Community Health Action of Staten Island; Staten Island Stonewall; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), the Metropolitan Community Church of New York, the Unitarian Church of Staten Island, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the High School Gay and Straight Alliance, Curtis High School Warriors, a contingent from the College of Staten Island, Miss Richmond County, the Staten Island Democratic Association, the Young Democrats of Richmond County, and Peace Action of Staten Island.
City Council member Debi Rose and Assembly member Matt Titone
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Also marching this year were New York City Council member Debi Rose (D, District 49) and New York State Assembly member Matt Titone (D, District 61) — Staten Island’s first African-American elected official and the Island’s first openly gay elected official.
“Tina Turner” gave the crowd a thumbs up
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Driving along the parade route was a young woman wearing a Coast Guard t-shirt. Smiling at onlookers, the Coastie said, “Don’t ask, don’t tell!”
“Don’t ask, don’t tell!”
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Providing a back beat to keep the march moving was the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps.
The Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps kept things moving
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The banner of the day had no organizational identification but bore a message that resonated with everyone present: “Standing On The Side Of Love.”
“Standing On The Side Of Love”
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After the parade, revelers attended a festival at Tompkinsville Park.
