Sponsors drop San Francisco Pride as festival decries ‘rights backtracking’

<p>Comcast, Anheuser-Busch and others cancel funding as US becomes increasingly hostile toward LGBTQ+ communities</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/san-francisco">San Francisco</a> Pride, one of the largest <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/lgbt-rights">LGBTQ+</a> celebrations in the world, has lost significant funding as major corporate sponsors – some who supported the festivities for years – have pulled out of the event.</p><p>Several companies, including Comcast, Diageo, Benefit Cosmetics and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/anheuser-busch">Anheuser-Busch</a>,, and provide about $300,000 in funding, told the organization that they did not have the budget to participate this year, Suzanne Ford, the executive director of San Francisco <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/pride">Pride</a>, said in an interview with the Guardian. Some of the companies had been a part of Pride for decades, Ford said. “We have relationship with all those people. It’s not just a number or transaction.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/anheuser-busch-coors-pull-sponsorship-san-francisco-pride">Continue reading...</a>