This year’s theme was presented at the press conference held at the Small Stage of the Onassis Foundation Stegi, marking the moving, yet politically charged journey of the LGBTQI+ community in Greece.

“We count” — a slogan that fits everything

Athens Pride 2025 doesn’t just count years. It counts:

• Joys and first victories : the moments of liberation at the first prides, the kisses, the “I love you” that once seemed impossible, the acceptance from family and friends.
• Losses : people lost to violence, stigmatization, state indifference, from HIV-positive women who were paraded in 2012 to Zackie, Ana and others whose names we may never know.
• Victories : civil partnership, legal gender identity recognition, same-sex marriage, progress for intersex people, increased representation.
• Disappointments : institutional negligence, the inability to administer justice, the lack of trust in institutions – from the shipwreck of Pylos to the tragedy of Tempi.
• Struggles : from Stonewall and Tilos, to the small provincial towns that dared to have their own pride, the road is full of struggle, resistance and dignity.

History is not over. It is still being written.

At a time when the rise of the far right and the normalization of hate speech threaten fundamental rights, Athens Pride declares its presence. Public space belongs to all of us. Our existence is a political act. Our presence is resistance.

On June 14, Athens Pride invites us to a day that is simultaneously a celebration, a demand, and a collective memory. A day that not only looks at the present, but also recalls the past and demands a better future.

Twenty years… and we’re counting. We’re counting. For everyone, for everything, forever.