Sponsoring geschnitten, sichere Räume verloren: Der ruhige Zusammenbruch der britischen Stolz
Sponsorships cut, safe spaces lost: The quiet collapse of UK Prides
Von ThatchersDirtyTaint
Sponsoring geschnitten, sichere Räume verloren: Der ruhige Zusammenbruch der britischen Stolz
Sponsorships cut, safe spaces lost: The quiet collapse of UK Prides
Von ThatchersDirtyTaint
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>we won’t give you money anyway because you’re too political.’
Quote from someone who doesn’t understand the point of pride
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> ‘We’re a team of queer people, trans people, people of colour, sitting here asking,’ Sharan said, ‘”Does anyone give a sh*t?”‘
This seems like a quite a self centred attitude.
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If enough people want a festival then they can all come together, donate / buy tickets and have all the festivities they want. They should not need to rely on corporate sponsorship.
Wider issue is that some fringe members of the community, with too much reach on social media, have made too many political / social demands and it has put people / sponsors off.
Plymouth Pride was cancelled over lack of funding this year.
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So they showed support for Palestine in their manifesto then got surprised when they are called too political and funding and sponsors decide to not to get involved. Maybe if they made it actually about pride and the LGTQ+ community instead they would be able to fund it?
Quit with the Free Palestine shit, and they might get more support.
I really don’t know where the money *goes*?
Like is it the AV system?
If anyone has experience I’d be curious.
A lot of weird comments in this thread. I guess the moment you can’t blame a decline in support for LGBT+ people on immigrants or Muslims it suddenly becomes OK to whine about them again.
Part of the problem is probably corporate sponsorship. Many festivals and such go ahead without these and with grass roots fundraising. Some companies might want to get their name out there by helping – but I’d say it was sort of “in” to do it the early last decade not so much now. Perhaps they didn’t see a return on it I don’t know.
Most prides I’ve been around to be honest bar a parade and decor just end up being giant piss ups to be fair. Certainly some areas like London, Brighton, Manchester might have more cultural elements but that’s the over riding theme I’ve found.