Pride Month

It seems that this Pride Month in the United States will not be as lavish as the ones before—and this comes straight from the horse’s, as in the organizers’, mouth. The Washington Post recently ran an article about the lack of funding compared to previous years for LGBT organizations putting on pride marches. Evidently, they chalk this up to ‘the Trump effect’.

The amendment declares that children's rights to moral, physical and spiritual development supersede any right other than the right to life, including the right to peaceful assembly.

Hungary's parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics are calling another step toward authoritarianism.

The amendment, which required a two-thirds vote, passed along party lines with 140 votes for and 21 against.

Pride flags and "Black Lives Matter" flags won't be allowed to be flown from U.S. embassies and outposts under a new Trump policy.

The Washington Free Beacon news outlet first obtained a copy of the "One Flag Policy" which says only the American flag can be flown from embassies and outposts.

Corporations — entities that have long capitalized on social causes to chase profit — seem to be telling on themselves with an apparent pullback on Pride Month marketing this year. 

“There’s been a definite scaling back in both big and small ways,” Joanna Schwartz, a marketing professor who studies outreach to LGBTQ audiences at Georgia College & State University, told Vox. “I had expected some brand caution, but this year seems [to be] a near full-scale retreat.”

The top intelligence agency in the United States is celebrating Pride Month by inviting agents to have the transgender flag painted on their nails, participate in a “Pride Ally Challenge,” and learn from a “non-binary,” “Filipinx” activist who has taught children about her non-binary identity, a document exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire reveals.

The Kansas City Chiefs offer a “Pride Collection” of merchandise for the team’s LGBTQ+ fans. But social media posts are making the unsupported claim that the team “Refuses to Participate in Pride Month” this year. The claim apparently originated in a satirical article, and we could find no announcement from the team regarding this year’s Pride Month.

Pride Month commemorates the Stonewall Uprising for gay rights in Manhattan on June 28, 1969, and celebrates the contributions of LGBTQ+ people with parades and other events throughout June.

Book publisher Scholastic announced a “Read with Pride” campaign, providing educators a list of “LGBTQIA+ stories” for “kids and teens” and vowed to use company resources to fight efforts by local school districts and parents to determine what content is appropriate for students.

Pride Month in Jacksonville would have looked different this year if Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) had gotten his way.

While for the last three years, the city’s Acosta Bridge was lit up with rainbows to celebrate Pride, the Florida Department of Transportation said that bridges in the state would have to be lit up with red, white, and blue to celebrate “Freedom Summer,” which some critics have said was created to thwart municipalities showing Pride colors.

A mob of anti-Israel protesters faced off with participants in a gay pride parade in Philadelphia on Sunday, bringing the march to a complete halt.

Saturday will mark the start of “Pride” month, in which advocates of LGBTQIA+ causes celebrate that movement. In recent years, June has seen major corporate chains feature an array of “Pride”-themed merchandise and decorations, though some offerings have prompted considerable backlash from a non-receptive -- even hostile public -- in recent years.