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Sullivan County proclaims June as LGBTQIA2S+ Pride Month, to fly progress pride flag at government center
Summary
The Sullivan County Legislature read a proclamation designating June as LGBTQIA2S+ Pride Month and announced the county will display the progress pride flag at the Sullivan County Government Center.
The Sullivan County Legislature on May 15 read a proclamation designating June as LGBTQIA2S+ Pride Month and affirmed the county’s commitment to supporting LGBTQIA2S+ residents.
The proclamation, read aloud during the legislature’s opening, named June as a time to honor the 1969 Stonewall uprising and activists including Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, and stated the county will display the progress pride flag at the Sullivan County Government Center for the month of June. The proclamation also said the county condemns rising acts of violence and increasing attacks on the rights of LGBTQIA2S+ people.
No formal roll-call vote on the proclamation was recorded in the meeting transcript; legislators posed for a photo at the podium after the reading and thanked the presenter.
Why it matters: The ceremonial proclamation signals symbolic support from county government and formalizes plans to display the progress pride flag at the county government center during June.
