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Start the celebration early at the annual Brooklyn Pride Multi-Cultural Street Festival & Night Parade in Park Slope (Prospect Park W. & 15th St.), feat. live entertainment, begins at sundown. Heritage of Pride sponsors Pride Week (212-807-7433 for info) w/ theme "What Part of Equal Don't You Understand." Everything kicks off Sun., 6/17, 2 p.m. w/the Rally at Bryant Park, feat. MC/comedian Susan Westenhoffer, speakers Bruce Marcus (s&m activist), Leslie Feinberg (author), Matt Foreman (activist), Ron Johnson, 42nd St. (6th Ave.) The following Sun. (6/24) Michelle Benecke, Matt Foreman & the Hetrick-Martin Institute grand marshal the 32nd Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride March from 52nd St. down 5th Ave. There will be a moment of silence at 2 p.m. The PrideFest 2001 street fair takes over Washington St. (betw. Christopher & Spring Sts.), Sun., 6/24. While you soak in the sight of couples, families, half-naked muscle-queens & the sound of techno beats or Madonna singing, visit the Coffee House or KidSpace. Or celebrate to the sounds of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus?at their Carnegie Hall concert (Mon., 6/18, 8 p.m.) feat. 200-member San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus & Tony-winner Kristin Chenoweth, $20-$75 (212-398-5888 for info). Boogie to the electronic beats of DJ Monty Q with a few thousand shirtless guys at Dance XV, which once again takes over Pier 54 on Sun., 6/24 (13th St. at Hudson River), 4:40-11 p.m., $25 till 6/1, $35 after, visit www.boxofficetickets.com for specifics. In the artworld, check out the ongoing exhibit, "AIDS: A Living Archive," at Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. (103rd St.), courtesy of Gay Men's Health Crisis. On Thurs. 6/21, 6:30 p.m., Columbia Law Prof. Kendall Thomas discusses the impact of AIDS on black men in New York during "AIDS & the Body Politic." After the talk, celebrate w/the Lavender Light Gospel Chorus at 7:30 p.m., res. req., free, 212-534-1672, x257. Into latex & leather? Then Leather Pride Night on Sun., 6/16, is for you; feat. a fetish gear auction, prizes & more, at Roxy, 515 W. 18th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 7-11 p.m., $20, $10 adv., 718-497-4994. Finally: donate your money & time to the fight against AIDS while watching some of Broadway's sexiest dancers strip naked. Broadway Bares XI, Roseland Ballroom, 239 W. 52nd St. (B'way); $35-$500, 212-840-0770.