# Brighton Beach Pride

Source: https://www.qaravan.org/programs/pride/

*Brighton Beach Pride*

## About the program

The first Russian-language Pride in New York, held every year since 2017 on the Brighton Beach boardwalk in southern Brooklyn. Many LGBTQ+ people here still hide who they are, facing prejudice from neighbors and older generations shaped by state propaganda back home.

Our then co-president Lyosha Gorshkov started the march in 2017 as a stand against that discrimination. “We’re surrounded by Russians, but it’s like they’re all frozen in time with these old Soviet values,” Lyosha told The New York Times.

## Our impact

More than a celebration: a march that makes our community visible, so every member feels seen, accepted and respected.

*Ann Northrop, activist and journalist, co-host of Gay USA, at Brighton Beach Pride 2024 (Gay City News)*

[Press release: ten years of Brighton Beach Pride](https://www.qaravan.org/files/brighton-beach-pride-10-press-release.pdf)

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