These 14 corporations have stopped or scaled back sponsorship of LGBTQ+ Pride events
Here are the companies that have walked back their support for Pride Month while axing DEI, some of them after decades of allyship.
June 2, 2025
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Corporate sponsors like Pepsi, Nissan, Mastercard, and more pull back from NYC Pride
Most blame the economic climate, but others point the finger at the anti-DEI policies and rhetoric of the Trump administration.
May 21, 2025
Hockey Is Cracking Down on Cancer Support and Native Heritage After Banning Pride
Following the NHL's crackdown on Pride nights, players now risk fines if they show support for other causes such as Indigenous Heritage and Hockey Fights Cancer.
November 27, 2023
11 fabulous events to help you celebrate Black Pride in 2025
You're going to want to add these fabulous Black Pride Month events to your calendar!
May 16, 2025
Google Calendar removes Pride Month and Black History Month shortly after dropping DEI
Google's changes also removed Women's History Month, National Native American Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Jewish Heritage Month, and Holocaust Remembrance Day.
February 11, 2025
New York City Joins List of Canceled Prides
The festivities, set for June, have been canceled due to the ongoing health crisis.
April 20, 2020
A Passionate Plea for — and Against — Police at Pride
Two important New York voices on whether cops belong in our celebration.
May 27, 2021
The N.Y. Times Says Police Belong at Pride. Many Disagree
A Times editorial calling the limitation of police presence "a misstep" has drawn outrage.
May 20, 2021
New Mexico high school principal replaced after prom drag performance
The show, shared online by far-right accounts, divided the local community and reportedly led to death threats against the performer.
May 1, 2024
Antigay Activist Doesn't Like Pride Parade Rules, Won't March
Bill Donohue has nixed plans to march in New York City's LGBT pride parade, saying he won't attend a required 'gay training session.'
March 21, 2014
New York City Police Finally Apologize for Stonewall Raids
It's been almost 50 years since the Stonewall raids and the NYPD is finally ready to say "sorry."Â
June 6, 2019
Is the LGBTQ+ Community Undergoing Reconstruction?
The disbanding of Boston Pride is the latest example of the demise of a legacy organization as diversity and inclusion become ever more important.
July 12, 2021
NYC Pride Makes Peace With Bi Activists
Just in time for Pride weekend, organizers of New York City's pride celebration have reached an agreement with activists on bisexual inclusion.
June 20, 2014
WorldPride Comes to NYC for Stonewall's 50th
Global festivities will take place in the Big Apple in 2019, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
October 22, 2015
Juneteenth and LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations lose sponsors as companies drop DEI
Several Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled down or cancelled this year due to companies and governments dropping DEI.
June 18, 2025
As companies stop sponsoring Pride, this NYC brewery is giving money directly to trans people
"We want to be very clear: our support isn’t conditional, and it’s not new," Brooklyn Brewery President Robin Ottaway tells The Advocate.
June 23, 2025
Your NYC WorldPride Calendar of Events Is Here
"Siri, put the rally on my calendar for... "
June 12, 2019
For These Lesbian Moms, Marriage Rights Didn't Cure Racism, Homophobia
The difficult job of raising Black boys as a same-sex couple persists even as LGBTQ+ rights advance.
June 26, 2020
Sally Gearhart, Veteran Activist and Academic, Dead at 90
Gearhart was the first out lesbian to have a tenure-track position at San Francisco State University and a campaigner against California's antigay Briggs Initiative.
July 15, 2021
Cop Bans and Corporate Partnerships: A Tale of Two NYC Prides
A pair of Pride events for Stonewall's 50th anniversary take very different approaches.
June 12, 2019
