Join Brooklyn Pride for the City’s only twilight parade: the Brooklyn Pride Parade! The parade runs along 5th Avenue in Park Slope between Lincoln Place and 9th Street.
2023 Parade Grand Marshalls
Brooklyn Pride Grand MarshaL: Eddie Moran
Mayor Eddie Moran
Elected November 5, 2019, Mayor Eddie Moran began serving his term on January 6, 2020. He is Reading’s 84th mayor and also the first Latino to be elected mayor in a Pennsylvania municipality with more than 85,000 residents. Since taking office, Mayor Moran has promoted the four pillars that guide his vision for building a better Reading—safe streets and safe neighborhoods; education and workforce development; community and economic development; and responsible leadership. He often says, “We will foster synergy between governments, the public, nonprofit, academic, business, and faith-based communities.”
Mayor Moran brings a performance-driven approach to the job. He is committed to increasing the level of responsiveness to constituents, business leaders, and all city/county stakeholders. The Mayor looks forward to reviewing processes and procedures to ensure the most efficient delivery of city services, while also exercising fiscal responsibility to improve Reading’s financial position. Mayor Moran’s administration is guided by principles of accountability, inclusion, integrity and transparency.
For years, Mayor Moran has demonstrated his passion for public service. He was a special assistant to a New York State assemblyman, member and vice president of the Reading School Board, and member of the Reading Recreation Commission.
Mayor Moran actively volunteers throughout the community, including devoting countless hours to the Special Olympics. He assisted the Reading American Little League Association as head coach to the Challenge Team—a team for children with special needs. He was a mentor for the Compadres program, which educates men on the importance of non-violence. Mayor Moran is dedicated to improving the quality of life for his fellow neighbors. He ran for office to further advance quality education, recreational opportunities, and social justice
Mayor Moran was born in Hatillo, Puerto Rico—a city much like Reading. His mother, a widower, courageously relocated her family to Brooklyn, New York, in the late 1970s. She made such a brave decision in order to give her children better opportunities to succeed. Mayor Moran witnessed his mother’s spirit of determination and hard work which has profoundly inspired his caring outlook on life.
Mayor Moran is the proud husband of Ruth Moran and loving father to twin boys, Daniel and Tyler. His goal to build a better city for everyone, began with his desire to provide his beautiful family a safe place to live, learn, and play. The Mayor’s focus now is to bring that experience to every resident in—and visitor to—his beloved city of Reading, Pennsylvania.
Brooklyn Pride Grand MarshaL: Brooklyn Ghost Project
“Every time we look for validation outside of ourselves, we lose a piece of ourselves!”
Proud Black and Trans Activist LaTravious Collins are refusing to wait for anyone’s permission to fight back. Armed with the plight of experience, she is a self-proclaimed warrior for an underserved community facing what can often seem like an impossible fate. A mother to the TGNC community in Brooklyn, NY, she has set out to provide safe healing spaces where community members can openly express themselves without judgment. As a mother, LaTravious offers guidance and leadership with love and understanding, but her heart and soul are what she truly brings to the fight. While making a pathway for other trans women of color to move away from the oppression of the south, LaTravious began to lay the foundation of what will one day be her legacy. She was a published poet, a song-writer, and a playwright. As a part of her commitment to the cause, she hosted a clothing drive/beauty and health spa on International Trans Visibility Day, and during the week of TDOR, Ms. Collins honors trans men and women of color for their activism and visibility with the L.O.V.E. Award (or the Leaders of Visibility and Evolution Award) Everything we do at the Brooklyn Ghost Project is about ‘Guiding and Helping Others Survive Transition’ (G.H.O.S.T). Everyone deserves to lead the best versions of their lives. And that’s what we advocate for at the Brooklyn Ghost Project. We are proud to be a black, transgenderled nonprofit organization geared toward providing awareness, support, empowerment, and visibility to members of the transgender and non-binary communities of color who are either struggling with or have overcome gender identity-related issues. Our programs are designed to support and encourage transgender and non-binary people of color throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Our initiatives include education, advocacy, medical/mental health support, free meals each Wednesday, and what we are most known for is our social events (Transgiving , International Day of Visibility wig drive) and name change support.