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As usual, Long Island and New York showed up for Pride, but for many in our community, this year felt different. more
If you have children or grandchildren, you likely think about them all the time. You imagine them smiling and laughing . . . more
A crowd of parents and children sat in the East Meadow Public Library, eagerly waiting for the start of Saturday-morning Story Time. The guest reader was Bella Noche, whom many in Manhattan know as a “drag mermaid” for her nautical-themed outfits. more
On July 1, a lacrosse team of Franklin Square boys in grades second through fourth grade represented the Franklin Square Elmont Police Athletic League when they competed in the 2017 Long Island LAX Pride Fest tournament in Garden City. more
“Oh, there goes Father Faggot.” The Rev. Christopher Hofer still recalls the insults children and teens hurled at him in 2004, while he was out running in Wantagh, his new … more
In 1969, the Stonewall Inn was a hole-in-the-wall gay bar, a plain, two-story structure operated by the Mafia. No one would have suspected . . . more
Sixteen-year-old Sean Flynn, of Bellmore, called all 263 contacts on his cell phone on the afternoon of June 26, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution guarantees the right to gay marriage. He made the calls in rapid-fire succession. “Marriage equality is legal!” Flynn yelled into the phone. “Woohoo!” Then he moved to the next number, again and again, for two and a half hours. He was ecstatic, he said. more
Lerthon Theuma is one of 15 players on the Hofstra men’s soccer team who was born outside the United States, but Theuma is the only one of them who can say he went to high school in this country. The Franklin Square resident moved here from Malta when he was 12 and spent his teenage formative years adjusting to American cultural norms, both on and off the soccer field. more
The Hofstra men’s soccer team was picked to finish near the bottom of the Colonial Athletic Association, but the lowered expectations from the outside are just one of the many ways the Pride are being driven for success in 2014. more
Expectations could not be higher for the Hofstra women’s soccer team. The Pride was picked first in the 2014 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) preseason poll and return seven starters off last year’s 10-6-3 team that reached the CAA semifinals before falling to James Madison. more
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