Impact Overview
Total participants in 2025
Total sports sessions in 2025
Total sports offerings
2,694
197
8
Access / Geography
Number of program sites / locations ........................................................... 6
Percent of sports programs outside the Pride Center.................................. 83%
Sports Programs:
Sports include tennis, basketball, swim, queer martial arts, flag football, pilates, and summer youth basketball. Additional offerings have included swing dance, HIIT workouts, and a walking birdwatching tour.
Devin Myers
Founding Director, Basketdolls & TRAND1
Venus Webber
Founder & Organizer, TRANFL NYC
Eshé Hughes
Co-Founder & Organizer of TRAND1
Ilana Silverstein &
Steph Schaupp
Organizers of Queer Martial Arts | Silat
Why It Matters
22% of LGBTQ+ students avoided athletic fields or facilities because they felt unsafe or uncomfortable at school. 38% avoided locker rooms, because they felt unsafe or uncomfortable at school.
Transgender people are more likely to avoid gyms and recreational facilities due to fear of mistreatment.
According to the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey, nearly one-third (30%) of respondents reported being verbally harassed in the last 12 months because of their gender identity or expression.
Thank you to our Supporters
We are grateful for the generosity of our institutional funders whose investment helps us build safer, more affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ Brooklynites.
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Leonard-Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation
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The New York Community Trust
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The New York Women’s Foundation (NYWF)
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NYC Community Engagement Alliance (NYCEAL)
Thank you to our Community Partners
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Asphalt Green
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@LOVE Tennis
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Basketdolls
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Imagine Swimming, Inc.
- New Heights Youth, Inc.
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Prospect Park Alliance
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TRAND1
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Queer Martial Arts