Eli Betts, the youngest Queens Pride Parade grand marshal in more than two decades, is committed to using his new platform to advocate for LGBTQ youth. Betts, 20, has been a member of Queens Community House’s (QCH) Generation Q youth program since the day that he was of age to attend.
Con la presencia de políticos y un nutrido grupo de espectadores se realizó este domingo 3 de junio el Desfile del Orgullo Gay en Jackson Heights, Queens. Como todos los años, el concejal Daniel Dromm, uno de los fundadores, encabezó este evento que se ha realizado durante 26 años.
QCH opened up a Beacon Program in my Junior High School when I was in 8th grade. The program offered a safe space to hang out with friends and get advice from counselors. It’s exactly what I needed at the time, so my friends and I joined. That was twenty years ago.
Eli Betts, age 20, has been selected as a Grand Marshal of this year’s Queens Pride Parade in recognition of his leadership in Generation Q, a Forest Hills-based LGBTQ youth program operated by Queens Community House.
