The 56th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising is just days away, but this year’s Pride festivities are marching in against the backdrop of a transphobic political landscape and a broader backlash against the LGBTQ community.
The disturbing cultural climate has translated into a nearly $1 million budget deficit for NYC Pride, which recently announced some high-profile sponsors have “pulled back, scaled back funding, or reallocated it in a different way” this year, with some former sponsors citing the threat of blowback from the Trump administration.
