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Speaker 1: Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show.

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Speaker 1: So you know how it is. I don't know why,

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Speaker 1: but there's chatter online somewhere where they talk about our show. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Oh really, what's going on with Elvis and Alex? Alex

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Speaker 1: hasn't been on the show lately? Oh really, really? Well,

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Speaker 1: I don't know they're wondering how come you haven't been

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Speaker 1: on the show lately?

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Speaker 2: Because I wasn't invited.

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Speaker 1: Okay, man, good morning.

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Speaker 2: By the way, good morning.

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Speaker 1: Are you wearing your wedding ring today?

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Speaker 2: I am. I do not wear it at work.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know that you need to get one of

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Speaker 1: those rubber ones to put on your finger. I'm talking. Yes,

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Speaker 1: he's from Staten Island. You're speaking Staten Island exactly. Alex

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Speaker 1: understands finger. So is there a reason why you don't

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Speaker 1: wear your your wedding ring wedding ring at work?

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Speaker 2: Yes, because a couple of years ago, Mike Boss, Mark Limbirdy,

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Speaker 2: we were working on golf carts. We were changing the

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Speaker 2: batteries on the golf carts at work, and accidentally his

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Speaker 2: ring hit the battery and it sparked and it burned

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Speaker 2: his whole finger.

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Speaker 1: Oh, god his finger. I know, but you know what,

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Speaker 1: till death do us part. You're supposed to wear that, Okay,

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Speaker 1: I get it.

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Speaker 2: You should.

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Speaker 1: You should wear your rubber ring. Yeah, rubber one.

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Speaker 2: There's a reason, right, I'll put a rubber on.

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Speaker 1: Please, moving on. Can we talk about what's happening to

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Speaker 1: you later?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Okay. So it's the annual Gay City News Impact Awards

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Speaker 1: Gay City News here in New York City. They honor

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Speaker 1: individuals who have made a difference in the gay community

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Speaker 1: in New York City and beyond. It's a celebration of

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Speaker 1: their achievements, talent, strength, vision, and heart. The annual event

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Speaker 1: recognizes dozens of LGBTQ leaders as well as allies from

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Speaker 1: grassroots activists to national executives across a range of fields

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Speaker 1: such as advocacy, the arts, business, entertainment, literature, and more.

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Speaker 1: Alex is being honored nations. Well, so, so we're all

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Speaker 1: going it's it's a big ceremony later on and they're

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Speaker 1: they're honoring you. I just want to say congratulations, Alex, Thank.

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Speaker 2: You so much. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: If you're wondering what has Alex done for the LGBTQ community,

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Speaker 1: that's a good question.

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Speaker 2: Do you care, you know what, especially here on Sten Island, right,

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Speaker 2: it's a very.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I want you to get into it. Go

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Speaker 1: go no.

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Speaker 2: But you know it's a very conservative area and you know,

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Speaker 2: growing up in the closet like I did, you know,

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Speaker 2: and you know, being a board member of the Pride

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Speaker 2: Center of State Island, it really means a lot. And

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Speaker 2: it's you know about you know, just fitting in with

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Speaker 2: other people and you know, just showing them that, hey,

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Speaker 2: where are your neighbors, where your kids, where your relatives

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Speaker 2: and stuff like that, because it's it's it's still not easy,

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Speaker 2: especially here on Sten Island, where we're not invited to

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Speaker 2: watch in the same His Day parade and we've been

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Speaker 2: fighting that for many years now and we're the only

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Speaker 2: burrow that's not allowed to march Wow. And you know,

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Speaker 2: it's it's still a fight and we're still going.

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Speaker 1: And you have made such a difference on Staten Island

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Speaker 1: and in New York City and this is one of

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Speaker 1: the reasons you're being honored at this incredible event. I

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Speaker 1: think it's awesome. You know, Alex brought the you know,

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Speaker 1: the golf outing to the stetn is On Pride Center

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Speaker 1: and they've raised a lot of money, and when it

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Speaker 1: came time for the yearly trip down to the offices

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Speaker 1: where that guy works that keeps gays out of the

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Speaker 1: Irish parade, the Saint Patricks Day Parade, Alex sat down

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Speaker 1: right across the desk from him and said, why, what's

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Speaker 1: going on with you? Of course the guy was a

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Speaker 1: total ass, But.

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Speaker 2: The guy, the guy wouldn't even let me sit down

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Speaker 2: or shake my hand, and he just kept his arms

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Speaker 2: welded and he goes, you could waste your breath. He goes,

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Speaker 2: I don't want to hear what you have to say.

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Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, what's his name.

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Speaker 2: Larry Cummings. Oh Larry, Larry.

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Speaker 1: Cummings sounds like his last name. He hasn't done that

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Speaker 1: in a long time.

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Speaker 2: Anyway.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, So Alex and all of his friends at

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Speaker 1: the Pride Center sitting on the They work round the

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Speaker 1: clock or in year round to make a difference, and

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Speaker 1: you're being honored. I just want to say congratulations, and

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Speaker 1: I want the world to know how proud I am

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Speaker 1: of you.

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Speaker 2: That's it, Thank you very much, thank you.

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Speaker 1: You put your wedding ring on.

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Speaker 2: I'll put my rubber on.

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Speaker 1: Goodbye. I love you, But I love you, there you go,

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Speaker 1: so there you go.