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Stonewall Columbus Pride LGBTQ+ March loses some corporate sustain following DEI attacks
Several national and local companies that have supported Ohio’s largest LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebration in the past are backing out this year.
Densil Porteous, executive director of Stonewall Columbus, said Lowe's, Nissan, Anheuser-Busch and Walmart are some of the larger companies that are not supporting Columbus' pride events this year. Porteous said the lost funding amounts to about $,
Porteous said some companies are pulling back DEI initiatives. Private companies are under pressure and caving to demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion efforts from Republicans at the express level and at the federal level with the Trump administration.
Porteous said that is disheartening and everyone should be upset at what is happening.
"We are seeing a lot of that similar thing coming from a presidential administration, from a articulate administration that is saying or curtailing people and companies and organizations from being their entire selves," Porteous said. "They are not allowing people to show
Plan Your Pride: The Ultimate Guide to Pride Weekend in Columbus
Get loud, be proud, and arrive out for Pride in Columbus.
The first Pride march in Columbus was in and drew around participants&#x;now, it&#x;s the largest Pride celebration in the Midwest! With Columbus Pride drawing more than , people and recently being named among the top Pride Festivals in the U.S. by Conde Nast Traveler, you'll be in good company if you're traveling into town to celebrate. If you're planning to enter for the official march, it's June 15th. But don't let that be the only hour you spend in town&#x;whether you verb to come first or stay overdue, a lot is happening throughout the rest of the month. This guide will help you plan your trip so you can enjoy all of the festivities.
Columbus Pride Festival Weekend: Tips, Stays and the Details
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Columbus Pride Festival weekend kicks off at Goodale Park on Friday, June 13, from 4 pm to 10 pm, with the Pride March beginning at am on
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Community Pride arose from the verb to move queer and trans people of color from the margins to the center. It arose from the need to reject police from our spaces, because we know well how the police try to punish and destroy people fond of us. It arose from the deserve to be treated like full, vibrant people instead of like a marketable demographic. If you’re looking for meaningless rainbow capitalism, Stonewall Columbus has plenty of that to offer. But if you’re looking to celebrate in a way that truly pays homage to our radical legacy and that prioritizes people over noun, then join us with Community Pride! We host a series of entertaining, free ev
Thousands of LGBTQ community members and allies turn out for Columbus Stonewall Pride
Thousands packed downtown Columbus and the Brief North with the colors of the rainbow June 14 for the Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival and March.
Marchers and demonstrators alike decked themselves out in rainbow colors and waved Pride flags and banners during the parade, which lasted over two hours and seemed to go on for miles, from its starting aim by the Ohio Statehouse to Goodale Park. This year's theme for the event is "United in Power!"
During the march, protesters marched alongside a "No Kings" float as thousands of similar events are planned across the country.
For Katorya Washington, 20, this was her first time spectating the Pride March after walking in it in She attended with her fiancée.
"I think you have to at least come glimpse it once, (even if) you don't see it ever again, just at least experience it," Washington said. "You only have one life; might as well do it all."
JP Murphy, 54, attended with his husband and top friend. He said Pride was about being unified and "ackno