PRIDE IS COLLAPSING… And Maybe That’s A GOOD Thing

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges facing LGBTQ Pride festivals and the implications of their decline.

PRIDE IS COLLAPSING… And Maybe That’s A GOOD Thing Pride Month is here, but across America and the UK, LGBTQ Pride festivals are shrinking, scaling back, or disappearing altogether. This weekend, Long Beach Pride shocked attendees by cancelling its festival just 30 minutes before opening — triggering outrage, finger-pointing, bad reporting, and celebration from the far Right. But beneath the headlines is a deeper truth nobody wants to discuss: many Pride organizations are struggling financially, politically, and organizationally. Corporate sponsors are vanishing, volunteer burnout is growing, and internal cliques and mismanagement are pushing communities apart at the exact moment unity matters most. So is the current Pride model broken? And if it is… what replaces it? Also on today’s show: 🚗 Netflix’s The Crash has everyone divided. Is Mackenzie Shirilla a cold-blooded murderer, or a reckless young woman turned into a symbol? 🌈 RuPaul says fascism is already here — and that joy, dancing, and creating art may be the best resistance left. Is that wisdom… or privileged escapism? It’s a brutally honest conversation about Pride, politics, media, fear, community, and survival in…

People in this episode

Host: Karel

Topics covered

• LGBTQ Pride
• Pride Month
• community struggles
• corporate sponsorship
• political commentary
• media analysis
• survival

Keywords

• Pride Month
• LGBTQ
• Long Beach Pride
• RuPaul
• The Crash Netflix
• Mackenzie Shirilla
• community
• politics
• sponsorship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix

Places: Long Beach, America, UK

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