Pride organizers across the United States are facing major financial troubles as corporate sponsors pull back support, with Seattle among the latest cities to announce a massive budget shortfall. Seattle Pride revealed a $350,000 funding gap for its 2025 events, forcing organizers to turn to grassroots donations to keep the celebrations alive.
Tavis Forsyth, a contract employee at the Kennedy Center, was fired on Thursday after posting a nude protest video on YouTube opposing changes at the center under President Donald Trump’s leadership. Forsyth, 32, who identifies as queer and uses "they/them" pronouns, created a 35-minute spoken-word poem in which they criticized the alleged banning of drag performers at the venue.
