(7 Jun 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Francisco - 5 June 2025
1. Various artist builds giant rainbow tiki glasses for a Pride float
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephanie Mufson, Owner, The Parade Guys:
"So we are in our warehouse here in Pier 19 in San Francisco and you can get a little bit of a glimpse into the early preparations for this year's Pride Parade float build."
3. Various artist wearing rainbow onesie painting float
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephanie Mufson, Owner, The Parade Guys:
"Unfortunately, what we're seeing is this year, the climate has definitely affected participants in a couple of ways. First, I'm getting a lot of messages from some of the more community-based organizations that they've lost funding that they relied on for many years. So people who always had either arts grants or diversity, you know, DEI grants, these groups have lost their funding. So they're unable to participate and show up the way they would like to. And then we also have the bigger corporations and the bigger companies. I'm happy to say, again, some of them are still showing up. A lot of the health care companies are still showing up, and it's great to see that they were here before it was cool. They were here when it was cool, and they're still here now that it's a little bit controversial. So it really shows you which companies really actually believe in this and are here to support these communities. While some of the big tech giants, they showed up when it was the cool place to be. And no sign of them, no sight of them now, so that really speaks volumes in my opinion."
5. Artist walks by rows of boxed, colorful streamers in warehouse
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Suzanne Ford, Executive Director, San Francisco Pride:
"We are a free event. One of the last large free prides in the United States. And so we rely on corporate funds to allow us to then spend the money to have community stages, to have a celebration, to have contingents in the parade. We don't charge very much at all for non-profits. So it's had a chilling effect on that effort. There have been some corporate sponsors that have dropped out."
7. Various San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus warming up before rehearsal
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Paulino, Board Chair, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus:
"We were the first chorus in the world to put the word gay in our name. We were founded in 1978, October 30th, 1978."
9. Various chorus rehearsal
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Paulino, Board Chair, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus:
"It is our busiest time of year, it is when we are in most demand."
11. Various chorus rehearsal
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Paulino, Board Chair, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus:
"The National Endowment for the Arts, which we would typically receive grants from, are not coming to us over the next four years, simply because of who we are and the art that we produce."
13. Men sing during rehearsal
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Paulino, Board Chair, San Francisco... [truncated]
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