International Pride Orchestra plays outside DC in rebuff to Trump snub at Kennedy Center

<p>LGBTQ+ ensemble was to appear at performing arts center but moved to Maryland after president reorganized venue</p><p>An event by the International Pride Orchestra this week swung from classical Gershwin favorites to choral patriotism to high drag in a rebuff to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s takeover of the Kennedy Center and its subsequent snub of the LBGTQ+ ensemble.</p><p>The spirited celebration of WorldPride, the peripatetic biennial <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/pride-month-trump">international festival</a> in support of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/lgbt-rights">LGBTQ+ rights</a> which kicks off this month and is taking place in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/washington-dc">Washington DC</a>, was staged instead at the Strathmore Music Center in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/maryland">Maryland</a>, just north of the capital.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/international-pride-orchestra-kennedy-center">Continue reading...</a>