Pride and protest: The plight of LGBTIQ+ events
Amid an international assault on LGBTQ+ rights and a steep drop in corporate sponsorship, Pride events are facing their toughest year yet...
Feature By Lisa Henderson | 19 June 2025
It’s been 55 years since the first Pride marches took place in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco – the year after the Stonewall riots ignited the modern LGBTQ+ liberation movement.
Since then, annual Pride events have taken place around the world and have expanded beyond marches and rallies to incorporate concerts and, in some cases, fully fledged festivals. Even as global LGBTQ+ rights have ebbed and flowed over the decades, the mission of the annual celebration has only been reinforced: Pride is a protest.
In 2025, there is one event that epitomises the spirit and the struggles of the current Pride movement, and it’s being held in Trump’s backyard. At the time of writing, WorldPride is well underway in Washington, D.C., a stone’s…
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