Ngesinye isizwe esingamamitha angu-102-square-mile empeleni esiseduze kakhulu neNew Jersey kunanoma yikuphi iNew York, iSten Island iyindawo edolobheni laseNew York esenabantu abaningi kakhulu futhi abaningi kakhulu kwezombusazwe, elinabantu abangaba ngu-475,000. Ukuze ubeke lokho okubhekayo, leli bhulogi elinamahlathi linabantu abaningi abangaba ngu-8,100 ngamakhilomitha ayi-square, ngokulingana nobunzima be-Manhattan obuyi-71,000 ngehora lesikwele. Yisigodi esiphezulu sendawo yokuhlala esinezinto ezimbalwa ezikhangayo kanye nobuciko obubonakalayo obushukumisayo, ngenxa yezinga eliphezulu lokuthengwa kweStennen Island, ikakhulukazi eduze neNorth Shore, emiphakathini efana neTompkinsville, eStapleton naseSt.
UGeorge, i-terminus yeSiten Island-Manhattan isikebhe.
Ngenkathi isitatimende saseStennen singenaso indawo enkulu yezinsipho (futhi akukho imigoqo yangempela yama-gay okumele ikhulume ngayo), umphakathi we-LGBT ukhulile kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva, kokubili ngobukhulu nokubonakala. Lo mgwaqo udlalela isitatimende se-Staten Island Pride Fest maphakathi noJulayi - usuku lwanamuhla ngoJulayi 16, 2016. Yona eyodwa ye-NYC Gay Pride engenzi ngoJuni, njengoba iManhattan's NYC Pride isiphelile ngoJuni naseBrooklyn futhi Imicimbi yokuziqhenya yaseQueens ingaphambilini ngenyanga leyo.
I-Staten Island Gay Pride yenzeka ngoMgqibelo, ngoJulayi 16, eSigungwini Cultural Harbour Cultural Center naseBotanical Garden, esiqhingini esenyakatho esesiqhingini, ukuhamba ngamaminithi angu-40 noma ukuhamba ngebhasi ngamaminithi angu-15 (nge-S40) ukusuka ku-Staten Isiqhingi sase-Island Ferry eSt. George, e-Bay Street. Imininingwane eminingi izonikezwa uma ulwazi lukhishwa.
Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe kwendawo ye-NYC Gay, hlola amaphepha wendawo afana ne-Next Magazine nesitatimende se-Staten Island LikaGay & Lesbian ukuze uthole imininingwane.
Futhi qiniseka ukuthi ube ne-glance kuwebhusayithi ewusizo ye-GLBT eyenziwe yinhlangano yezokuvakasha esemthethweni yedolobha, i-NYC & Company.