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On June 28, the New York City Bar Association held its Annual Pride Reception and Arthur S. Leonard Award. The City Bar’s LGBT Rights Committee presented the award, recognizing compelling commitment to LGBT equality through the law, to Nadia Qurashi, left, staff attorney, Urban Justice Center’s Peter Cicchino Youth Project, and Linda Diaz, right, co-director, Lawyers for Children’s LGBTQ Rights Project.