@AssociatedPress - June 7, 2025
“We’re a society that really values youth as is. When you throw in LGBTQ on top of that, it’s a double whammy,” says Christina Da Costa of the group SAGE — Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders. “When you combine so many factors, you have a population that’s a lot less likely to thrive than their younger brethren.”

"Older LGBTQ+ people are far more likely to have no contact with their family and less likely to have children to help care for them, Da Costa says. Gay men over 60 are the precise generation that saw their peer group decimated by AIDS. The result: chronic loneliness and isolation.

“As you age, it becomes difficult to find your peer group because you don’t go out to bars anymore,” says Yvonne Smith, a 73-year-old D.C. resident who moved to Washington at age 14. “There are people isolated and alone out there.”

"These seniors are also often poorer than their younger brethren. Many were kicked out of the house the moment they came out of the closet, and being openly queer or nonbinary could make you unemployable or vulnerable to firing deep into the 1990s."

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https://apnews.com/article/pride-aging-lgbtq-gay-lesbian-life-a70633f8b463b8e5f1ae4923f009a83d

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@TheAdvocate4q66

"After over 50 years of incremental progress, the pendulum seems to be swinging back against us. As a community, we are watching attempts to erase us happen in real time, from regressive legislative initiatives to misguided culture wars to scaled-back corporate campaigns. Businesses are showing us that they are willing to turn their backs on us as soon as we become inconvenient.

"So now, more than ever, we need to have each other’s backs."

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https://www.advocate.com/voices/pride-month-nasty-pig-corporate

@oregonlive

"As members of the Black and Latino LGBTQ and transgender and other communities come to the nation’s capital for World Pride in the coming days, many are under siege from multiple directions thanks to their multiple identities. They will hold individualized programs and celebrations that blend into World Pride.

"Their mutual jeopardy will be a unifying theme. The celebrations, music, food, parades, plays and parties will unfold against a backdrop of human rights and political strategizing and, in some cases, discussions about how to survive in a climate that contains many people who do not want them around.

“I always tell folks that DC was the perfect place to have World Pride,” Hutton said. ”We have so many different identity prides here in D.C., from Black Pride to Trans Pride to API Pride, Latinx Pride, Military Pride, Women’s Pride, Silver Pride, we have so many different groups of people that have their own pride celebration.”

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https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2025/05/in-an-uneasy-climate-lgbtq-activists-converge-in-dc-for-world-pride.html

Source: @nbcphiladelphia

From the article: "Companies that were once loud and proud in supporting LGBTQ+ community celebrations are pulling back.

"LGBTQ+ Pride festivals across the country have faced significant sponsorship challenges this year, with some losing corporate partners that collectively provided six-figure donations. As a result, organizations say they've had to modify their programming, pivot to other funding sources and reconsider their dependencies on corporate dollars.

"Many companies have cited economic concerns as their impetus to delay or exit partnerships with Pride groups. But LGBTQ+ group leaders also noted an increasingly hostile climate for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts that has prompted some businesses to rethink their support. In turn, Pride organizations are seeking clarity on how much their values still align with those of their corporate contributors.

"For this many companies to be dropping off, I think, points to that we're in a different political environment than we have been maybe in a long, long time," San Francisco Pride executive director Suzanne Ford told CNBC."

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https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/business/money-report/corporate-sponsors-are-backing-away-from-lgbtq-pride-organizations/4170112/