Organizers of World Pride 2025, an international LGBTQ festival scheduled to take place in Washington, DC, from May 17 to June 8, 2025, are planning a number of events related to World Pride, including the results of World Pride 2025. He said the process is proceeding without any signs of problems caused by the issue. American presidential election.
While many LGBTQ activists saw President-elect Donald Trump’s positions on LGBTQ rights as far less supportive than defeated Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, LGBTQ Republicans believe that Trump’s It points out that during his first term in office, he took no action to oppose Pride events in the capital. . President-elect Trump recently nominated Scott Bessent, a gay man, to be Secretary of the Treasury. The Equality Forum says the Treasury secretary position is fifth in line for presidential succession, making Bessent “the highest-ranking openly gay U.S. government official in U.S. history” if confirmed.
Officials with the Capital Pride Alliance, the organization that hosts most of D.C.’s annual Pride events and is playing a leading role in hosting World Pride 2025, said World Pride will attract more than 2 million visitors to D.C. It is expected that the event will still be held. Accepted by local businesses.
Theresa Belpursi, senior vice president of tourism and visitor services for Destination DC, an organization that promotes tourism and business-related events in DC and works with the Capital Pride Alliance to support World Pride. The results of the presidential and parliamentary elections were as follows: So far, there has been no negative impact on World Pride.
“People are so excited to come to Washington, D.C.,” she told the Washington Blade. “We expect World Pride to attract two to three million people over the three weekends and generate more than $780 million in economic impact,” she said.
A spokesperson for President Trump’s transition team could not immediately be reached to ask whether President-elect Trump has taken a position on World Pride 2025.
Charles Moran, president of the national LGBTQ organization Log Cabin Republicans, said he expects the incoming Trump administration to support World Pride.
“Donald Trump has consistently strengthened a policy platform supported by economic opportunities that improve people’s quality of life, and travel and tourism is one of America’s major economic generators.” Moran said in a statement to the Blade.
“Anyone who believes in Donald Trump’s America First philosophy, people from all over the world who come to America to celebrate world pride, strengthen local economies, and celebrate together our greatest freedom, and those who don’t support him, “It’s a place in the world where you’re free to be gay,” Moran said.
Ryan Boss, executive director of the Capital Pride Alliance, said his organization fully agrees with reports from local business advocacy groups that WorldPride will have a positive economic impact on the Washington, D.C., region.
Among other things, Boss said his organization has applied to the U.S. National Park Service for permission to use the National Mall for World Pride events.
“With the event about six months away, we are in full swing planning for a gala that will attract 2 million guests and spend an estimated $787 million,” he told the Blade. Ta. “It’s not just going to be on the National Mall, it’s going to be in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding areas,” Voss said, referring to WorldPride events.
Mike Litterst, a spokesman for the National Park Service’s National Mall and Memorial Park Division, said the park service has received at least one permit application from the Capital Pride Alliance for the World Pride event.
He said that under longstanding Park Service policy, permits are approved based on the applicant’s ability to ensure “the protection of park resources and the safety of all participants, park visitors, and community members.” Ta. According to Litterst, “This is a deliberate process that does not take into account the content of the message being presented.”
The week after the US presidential election, several people, including participants from Europe, posted messages on the World Pride 2025 Facebook page saying they would not be coming to D.C. for World Pride because Trump had been elected president. These messages were no longer posted on WorldPride’s Facebook page as of the beginning of the week of November 24th.
LGBTQ rights advocates in Washington, D.C., point out that the locally elected D.C. government, including the mayor and city council, has been and continues to be very supportive of the LGBTQ community and supports World Pride. It is expected that.
A complete list of World Price 2025 events can be accessed at: worldprideDC.org.
