First Patchogue Pride Parade is well-attended and uplifting

Cheryl Felice is honored as the grand marshal of the event

Shana Braff

Posted 6/8/23

June is Pride Month, when the world’s LGBT communities gather with their allies for equality and to celebrate the freedom that they have to be themselves and to live their authentic lives …

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First Patchogue Pride Parade is well-attended and uplifting

Cheryl Felice is honored as the grand marshal of the event

Patchogue was pleased to affirm the positive message of unity and equality, on Sunday, June 4, beginning at noon on Main Street, for its first Pride Parade.

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Patchogue was pleased to affirm the positive message of unity and equality, on Sunday, June 4, beginning at noon on Main Street, for its first Pride Parade.

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A great time was had by all at the celebratory parade.

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A sea of rainbow flags billowed proudly through the air in celebration of the freedom to live and love openly.

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The Patchogue Arts Council took part in the Pride parade, showing their solidarity in a vivid display of artful rainbow adornments.

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The family-friendly Pride parade was well attended by people of all ages.

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An uncanny Joan Rivers impersonator served as the hilarious MC for the event.

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All the bright rainbow colors in the parade more than made up for the overcast day.

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Cheryl Felice is honored as the grand marshal at the first Patchogue Pride Parade.

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Posted Wednesday, June 7, 2023 12:00 am

Shana Braff

June is Pride Month, when the world’s LGBT communities gather with their allies for equality and to celebrate the freedom that they have to be themselves and to live their authentic lives openly, with the same rights as all other citizens, and Patchogue was pleased to affirm this positive message of unity and equality, on Sunday, June 4, beginning at noon on Main Street for Patchogue’s first Pride parade.

Patchogue Pride’s first grand marshal was Cheryl Felice. Now a Bellport resident, Felice was born and raised in Patchogue and has seen the community change for the better when it comes to LGBT acceptance. Her mayoral candidacy for the Village of Patchogue, in 1996, was stymied when detractors in the race outed her for being gay, effectively ending her campaign, so this is truly coming full circle for Felice and the Village of Patchogue.