Kyiv Pride teamed up with Warsaw Pride for a massive event that drew 80,000 celebrants

The Equality Parade (Parada Równości) in Warsaw 2021
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Pride month is over for another year, but during the last weekend of June celebrations across Europe took place that allowed the continent to end 2022’s festivities in a grand fashion.

On June 25, a tribute parade to LGBTQ diversity was on dual display in Poland, as hundreds of Ukrainians traveled to the Polish capital, to hold a Kyiv Pride event in conjunction with Warsaw Pride’s yearly extravaganza.

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With an ongoing war precluding the Kyiv organization’s event from being held in Ukraine, a decision was made in the spring by the Kyiv Pride board, and the group’s director Lenny Emson, to take the event across the border.

This decision led to both significant media attention and attendance which some counted as being as high as 80,000 taking to the Warsaw streets. In comparison, Emson told LGBTQ Nation, that 10 years ago, the first Kyiv Pride march had around 100 attendees, with the 2021 event topping out at a then-record number of 7,000.

In the months before arranging for the side-by-side Pride parade, Emson also made this plea…

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