New York’s annual pride parade, the highest-profile annual LGBTQI+ gathering in the U.S., is looking for individual cash donations as nervous corporate sponsors flee the event.
Organizers blame President Donald Trump’s rejection of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies in government for having spread to the private sector.
NYC Pride’s spokesman Kevin Kilbride confirmed the parade will be held on June 29, and according to organizers could draw as many as two million attendees, but cash is needed now as up to 25 percent of previous corporate donors have reportedly canceled or scaled back their support.
New Yorkers celebrate during the annual Pride March into the West Village on June 30, 2024 in New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
“That gap we’re trying to fill with a community fundraising campaign. So in the middle of May, we launched a peer-to-peer campaign so folks can start their own fundraiser online, share it with their friends, and then have folks donate to that,” he said.
The group was “wanting to lean a little bit more into individual giving and support from the community,” he said.
Too F’n bad!! Get the money from the illegals that they love and protect so much and is the cause of their financial woes.
Or ask the mullahs for some moolah!!! 😀