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<\/p>\nNYC Pride Announces 2017 Grand Marshals<\/b><\/p>\n
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Four Grand Marshals have been named for the 2017 NYC Pride March. The ACLU, Brooke Guinan, Krishna Stone, and Geng Le have been chosen to lead the 48th annual march.<\/p>\n
More from NYC Pride on the honorees:<\/p>\n
The American Civil Liberties Union has been the United States\u2019 uncompromising defender of individual Brooke Guinan is a 29-year-old trans<\/a> woman<\/a>; an advocate, civil servant, firefighter, and native New Yorker. Krishna Stone is the Director of Community Relations at Gay Men\u2019s Health Crisis (GMHC). She originally Geng Le is a leader in the burgeoning movement for LGBT equality in the People\u2019s Republic of China. Geng The March is set to\u00a0kick off at noon on June 25, at 5th Avenue and 36th Street in Manhattan and proceed down 5th Avenue to Christopher and Greenwich Streets.<\/p>\n The post NYC Pride Announces 2017 Grand Marshals<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nrights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution for nearly 100 years. The ACLU brought its first LGBT rights
\ncase in 1936, brought the first case seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex<\/a> couples<\/a> in 1970, litigated the
\nSupreme Court cases that took down the Defense of Marriage Act that won marriage equality nationwide, and
\nrepresented transgender student Gavin Grimm before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
\nGuinan has been honored by the New York City Comptroller\u2019s office, the Public Advocate\u2019s office, the
\nMetropolitan Community Church of New York, and the FDNY for her service to the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n
\nconnected with GMHC in 1986 as a walker in the first annual AIDS Walk New York and became a staff
\nmember in 1993. In 2014, Stone received an award from the NYC Health Department for outstanding
\ndedication to combating the spread of HIV.<\/p>\n
\nset up one of the earliest gay<\/a> social websites in China\u2014Danlan.org in 2002. In 2012, he created Blued\u2014a gay<\/a>
\nmen<\/a> social networking app after quitting his job working as a policeman for 16 years. On World AIDS Day
\n2016, Geng donated 1 million RMB to China AIDS Fund to support Chinese non-governmental organizations
\nfor HIV prevention.<\/p>\n