Long Island Equality

07/07/2026

🌈✨ PATCHOGUE PRIDE IS TOMORROW! ✨🌈

The wait is almost over!

Join us for the 4th Annual Patchogue Pride Parade on Saturday, June 13 at Noon as Main Street fills with Pride, community, music, and celebration. 🏳️‍🌈

🎉 Come Early!
Starting at 10:30 AM, the fabulous Ivy Stalls & Syn will be strutting up and down Main Street with surprise pop-up performances to get everyone in the Pride spirit before the parade begins.

💖 Watch for Ruby Slay
Ruby will be bringing the sparkle aboard the Patchogue Pride float during the parade, then making appearances around town afterward for photos, fun, and plenty of Pride energy. Be sure to catch her special pop-in at Birdies

🎤 Can We Talk?
Grab a spot by the bandstand next to Arooga’s, where the legendary Linda Axelrod will be announcing the parade and channeling the one and only Joan Rivers. The floats will roll, the outfits will sparkle, and yes… you may be judged. Lovingly. Loudly. And with sparkle.

🛍️ NEW THIS YEAR!
Don’t miss the Patchogue Pride Street Market on Railroad Avenue from 12 PM – 5 PM featuring more than 30 amazing local businesses, artists, makers, nonprofits, and community organizations.

Featured vendors include:
✨ Legame
✨ Secret Expression
✨ Glow Up by Goddess
✨ Stony Brook Medicine
✨ Thursday’s Child
✨ Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic
✨ The Pride Lions
✨ Joint Venture Cannabis Dispensary
✨ Shadow Minis
✨ Fantasy Art by Michael
✨ The Wonder Ink Shop
✨ Good Trouble Umbrellas
…and many more!

🌈 More Pride. More Patchogue. More Community.

📍 Main Street & Railroad Avenue, Patchogue
🕛 Parade at Noon
🛍️ Street Market 12 PM – 5 PM

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05/15/2026

04/25/2026

🌈✨ Passing the sash. Making a splash. Honoring a Pride leader. ✨🌈
Patchogue Pride is proud to announce Kerry Thomas (he/him) as the 2026 Grand Marshal for the Patchogue Pride Parade!
Kerry is a Licensed Social Worker and the Executive Director of Thursday’s Child, a Patchogue-based nonprofit serving the LGBTQ+ community and advancing health equity. Through his leadership, and in partnership with AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Thursday’s Child has expanded vital services for transgender and non-binary people across our community.
For years, Kerry has been a powerful advocate for LGBTQ+ health, visibility, and access. He has served as Co-Chair of the Nassau-Suffolk HIV Health Services Planning Council, volunteered with the Northwell LGBTQ+ Transgender Program’s Client Advisory Board, spoken at Transgender Day of Remembrance events, and presented at the Center for Transgender Care Health Conference.
Kerry came out as transgender and began his medical transition as a teenager more than 20 years ago, at a time when resources and support were incredibly limited. That lived experience continues to fuel his commitment to creating safer, healthier, and more affirming spaces for others.
And because apparently changing lives wasn’t enough for his schedule, Kerry also does yard work for his grandparents, plays sports, competes in Team Trans ice hockey tournaments, coaches with Trans Boxing Collective, and casually bikes 113 miles from Babylon to Montauk. No big deal. 🚴‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️
Join us at Sash & Splash at Blue Point Brewpub as we celebrate Kerry, pass the sash, and honor the people helping lead Patchogue Pride forward.
💙 Congratulations, Kerry. Your courage, service, and heart make our community stronger.

04/20/2026

Need a little more Pride in your closet? We got you. 🌈🛍️

Come Shop with Pride on Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 from 10AM–3PM at Angels of Long Island, 350 E Main Street, Patchogue.

Serve looks, hunt for treasures, and do a little good while you’re at it, because 50% of all sales will be donated to Long Island Equality.

So yes, you can shop, be fabulous, and support the community all at the same time. Honestly, that’s talent.