Next month is pride month. Is it just me...

[FirstLight]

Or am I seeing a LOT less planned pride parades and events? I usually have seen something by now about events in San Francisco or Sacramento living in California area. But I haven't seen much of anything. Not that I'm actually feeling festive, nor do I think it's a good idea because it would just be an opportunity for violence unfortunately.

But I hate the thought that people are being silenced on so many levels.
Also for what it's worth I'm not on cable TV news at all, so I might have just been missing any reporting on it.

[snowybirdie]

1. In Naples Fl

The city is trying to get an exorbitant fee to allow the Pride parade celebrations. And trying to keep it inside to keep it away from children. There's a lawsuit. Hasn't been ruled upon yet. First time they've tried this

[BOSSHOG]

7. Keep gays away from children

But let Nazis roam freely. There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear.

[2MuchNoise]

9. Oh, I think it's crystal clear this time around.

[beveeheart]

2. One thing I've seen is that some sponsors are pulling

out of this year's Pride festivals
Sorry, don't have a link.

[SheltieLover]

5. I've seen headlines stating the same

No links either.

[2MuchNoise]

10. I've seen that, too.

No links from me either. Sorry.

[JoseBalow]

3. SF Pride is definitely ON

https://sfpride.org/

[Karadeniz]

4. Maybe its due to there being so many anti govt protests scheduled.....

[Nictuku]

6. I agree, but I think that we can combine

But these are different kinds of parades (vs a protest), one is celebrating, the other is to agitate (change)

I've been to two protests in the last couple of months, and I have always seen signs (among many other topics) speaking out for the LTBGQ community. I think it will continue.

I'm from the SF Bay Area and I'm glad to see they are having a big event.

[Rebl2]

8. A lot

of groups that usually sponsor the pride parade in our city are not giving the group money this year. It was on our local news.

[dsc]

11. In my neck of the woods they are on

though the new defense secretary hurt two of them badly (Jacksonville NC and Goldsboro NC). The military is no longer permitted to participate. But Raleigh, Apex, Wilson, Greenville, the outer banks, Jacksonville, and Goldsboro are all having prides. Of those only Raleigh and the outer banks have had a history of prides going back a long time. The rest are recent arrivals within the last 5 years.

[Sympthsical]

12. The Right ascendant, the Left eating its own, and general malaise

Some companies have pulled back on sponsorship. Think Bud Light, etc. after the boycotts that very much hurt their bottom line. The Right has been successful in recent years at pressuring companies who sponsor Pride activities. Even those who are still donating are doing so in less overtly visible ways. With Trump's election, it's gone into overdrive. Company's will pinkwash only when they feel it's to their benefit. If not, they won't. Their support is always contingent on their bottom line.

Pride in recent years have been taken over by various sub-causes that have created friction in the community. Some of it has been ugly. Whether it was tension between LGBT law enforcement organizations during the BLM years, anti-Jewish sentiment in the wake of the Gaza War, etc. There's always something leaking in, and people are a little tired of it. People want to celebrate LGBT progress in a safe environment, but the political atmosphere has grown strident and disinclusive of late. It couldn't be enough to be LGBT supportive. Now you have to have an ever more specific ideology to feel accepted. People are opting out because they're tired of the community getting hijacked for the cause of the moment.

And finally, there's just a kind of meh feeling about an event that has largely become another overly corporate, money-making scheme that is increasingly a kind of tourist attraction for bored straight people. This is more of a niche complaint, but over time I see less and less of my friends - young and old - interested in these large events. Pride is much more about the smaller events, the smaller parties, the jams organized over social media. Sure, the main event will get your celebrities and influencers out there. (Every contestant from Ru Paul's Drag Race ever has to make money somewhere), but it is, dare I say, a little played out.

Mix in some intracommunity tension I absolutely won't discuss on DU for various reasons. Yeah. Pride's not what it was. I wouldn't be scared to go to a Pride event. I'd just be bored by it. There's nothing going on there that is not being done more cheaply and more interestingly by smaller groups organized online.

Pride's becoming decentralized over time. Which actually might be a better thing when it comes to impact. Reach people where they are.

[David__77]

13. Pride was initially about a common liberation struggle, and had no big corporate sponsors.

It absolutely had people committed to woman’s liberation, Black liberation, Chicano liberation, Puerto Rican liberation, and anti-imperialist solidarity. Just thought it was worthwhile to mention this, and that I think it’s a great legacy.

[BigmanPigman]

14. The Pride Parade is always the 3rd week in July

for San Diego and has been it at this time of the year for at least 25 years.

Also, so many protests are occurring almost weekly in some areas of the US so there could be some fatigue.