NPR NewsBy Chandelis DusterMarch 26, 2025Some European countries, as well as Canada, are warning their citizens who travel to the United States to strictly follow the country's entry rules or risk detention as the Trump administration cracks down on immigration enforcement.Ireland, The Netherlands, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland and Canada have updated their travel guidelines after some travelers from these nations encountered detention by immigration officials.
What does this sat about us? That nations around the world are worried about the safety of their citizens here.
The heightened advisories come after citizens from European countries have been detained and deported by immigration officials while traveling to the United States. Some of the warnings also note that the State Department has also suspended its policy allowing transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to update the sex field on their passports — eliminating the X marker as an option.
As we move far right to fascism the world is worried!
And the worry has filtered to our community...
The groups cited the Trump administration’s recent attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion and transgender rights.The Washington PostBy Joe HeimApril 11, 2025WorldPride, the LGBTQ+ festival celebrating “diversity, equality and love on a global scale,” is expected to bring 2 to 3 million people to Washington beginning May 17. But a number of international groups, worried about the Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, inclusion and equity efforts and its targeting of transgender rights in the United States, say they are planning to stay away.The executive director of the Capital Pride Alliance, which is hosting the 23-day WorldPride festival, says he doesn’t blame them.“They’re very justified in regards to their concerns and their questions around how safe it is for them to travel here, especially folks who identify as trans,” Ryan Bos said in an interview Wednesday. “So it’s our responsibility to ensure folks that do travel here, especially folks who identify as trans … have the information and resources so that they can make the best decision for themselves.”
I have to wonder what Trump & Company will be doing about local Prides?
The State Department and U.S. Customs and Border Protection say there are no restrictions against international visitors to the United States based on gender identity or sexuality. But a number of European countries, including Denmark, Germany, Finland and Ireland, have issued travel advisories in recent weeks alerting citizens that if their travel documents have their gender marked as “X” rather than male or female, they could face difficulties when trying to enter the United States. Some have warned about entry to the United States being denied even for holders of a valid visa.
People who might have traveled from other countries might now have second thoughts about getting wrapped up in Trump's pogrom. His wrath has scared off sponsors for Pride events!
USA TODAYBy Terry CollinsMarch 23, 2025San Francisco Pride Director Suzanne Ford feels both saddened and determined about this year's plans for the city's iconic Pride parade.The longtime LGBTQ organization is dealing with the potential loss of $300,000 in corporate sponsorship for its hugely popular annual parade, funding needed ahead of June's Pride Month. Multiyear sponsors including Comcast, Anheuser-Busch and Diageo have all backed away from participating."We're very disappointed. We're hurt. It's not just a number or transaction," Ford told USA TODAY shortly after announcing the sponsors' exit. "We know everybody is facing difficult decisions to make right now. But we're not going anywhere."
Fear! That what Trump has created... government by intimidation!
San Francisco isn't alone. Kendra Walker, a former president of Pride Houston, said a similar sponsorship trend is occurring for Pride parades and festivals nationwide. The organization currently has a $100,000 deficit for its 47th Annual Houston Pride Festival and Parade, also scheduled for June."It's happening everywhere," Walker said. "Most of us have some of the same sponsors, and once you started seeing cuts in San Francisco, San Diego and here, it's like a double-whammy. The reasons become both economic – and political."
You don't want to be on Trump's Shit List.
Business Insider writes...
Some sponsors have expressed political concerns, pointing to the White House's antagonistic stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion and the current climate more broadly. Others are gesturing at tariffs or general economic instability as the cause for their hesitation in committing big money, which organizers have to take at face value, even if it's hard to imagine the politics aren't part of the calculation. Case in point: Kilbride said that a "pretty significant" corporate sponsor has asked to be a silent partner of this year's New York Pride, though it hasn't scaled back its funding.
I don't like Trump using the Department of Justice as his own personal revenge machine. He has weaponized the courts against his enemies and extort them against us. Company are afraid of angering Trump so they are stopping supporting anything LGBTQ+ including Pride events.
In the past I have criticized Pride event about having corporate sponsors. But there is a big difference from the Pride organizers to decide not to have corporate sponsors and the government bullying the sponsors.
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