Overview

• Parades and festivals are underway in major cities from New York City and Washington, D.C., to Chicago, San Francisco, Madrid and Tokyo.
• Milwaukee PrideFest expects nearly 50,000 attendees and has added a transgender-only performance night along with a stage dedicated to performers of color.
• Corporate support has declined this year, with Anheuser-Busch ending its three-decade sponsorship and about 20% of NYC Pride backers reducing or withdrawing funding.
• Activists have woven protests against recent federal and state restrictions on transgender rights into Pride events, targeting measures on gender-affirming care, passports and military service.
• This month marks ten years since the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.