In the midst of an increasingly militant anti-trans and drag movement on the right, watchdog groups are closely monitoring Pride events out of concerns for potential violence.
Multiple federal agencies have also released public bulletins warning of increased violence against the LGBTQ community during Pride.
Rita Katz, executive director of online terrorist threat tracking agency the SITE Intelligence Group and author of, says that the group tracked record levels of anti-LGBTQ hate last Pride, and that they have reason to believe things are only getting worse.
For many event organizers, fears of violence have translated into significant changes in event programming slates. “For some reason, drag has now become worse than killing somebody with an AR-15,” says Robert McNamara, a Franklin Pride board member in Franklin, Tennessee, a small town of 85,000 south of Nashville.
at a white supremacist-led 2019 Boston “Straight Pride” parade as an example. “A lot of people feel scared.”far-right backlash against Anheuser-Busch for partnering with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney “You can tell there’s been a shift from some brands,” he says, adding that two major corporate sponsors who funded Pride last year, have not yet confirmed support for the Alabama pride festival. “They haven’t outwardly said anything but you can’t help but wonder if it’s because of anti-LGBTQ legislation in the Alabama state legislature.
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