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CBS News
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Denver PrideFest Parade 2025
Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: A child cheers during the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Participants dance during the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Participants march during the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Steve Guzman-Peonio watches the 2025 Denver Pride Parade from a rooftop on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Iris Willard, 2, pushes a giant inflatable ball during the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Spectators watch the 2025 Denver Pride Parade from a rooftop on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Specators hold rainbow themed fans and flags while watching the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Spectators cheer during the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Children watch the 2025 Denver Pride Parade from a rooftop on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: (L-R) Danilo Bruno and Justin Gaczorek share a kiss during the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Spectators watch the 2025 Denver Pride Parade from a rooftop on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: A dog wears rainbow themed clothing during the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Participants react while marching during the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Participants march during the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Participants take part in the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: Participants march with a large themed flag during the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities. Denver Holds Annual Pride Parade Mark Makela / Getty Images DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 29: A float with costumed participants passes by during the 2025 Denver Pride Parade on June 29, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers estimate that over 100,000 will attend the LGBTQ+ pride festivities.
Axios
15-06-2025
- Business
- Axios
Major corporate sponsors drop support for Denver Pride
Major corporations are walking back their support for Denver Pride as part of a national retreat from events promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. Why it matters: This is a major pivot for once-proud corporate America and puts at risk critical services for LGBTQ+ individuals in Denver. State of play: Denver Pride is the largest annual fundraiser for The Center on Colfax, a nonprofit that offers free mental health support and programs for transgender and gender-diverse individuals in the community. In April, the center reported a $230,000 decrease in sponsorship for its two-day Pride event that features a festival, 5K and parade. New sponsors are helping fill the gap, but spokesperson Ashley Schoenbauer tells us fundraising still lags previous years. The intrigue: The center declined to name the sponsors it lost, but its website shows top-level donors decreased from 16 to 11 this year. Nissan, Target, Verizon and Walmart are among the names that no longer appear on the sponsor website for Denver Pride, an Axios Denver review found. Other big names decreased their level of giving, such as Starbucks, JPMorganChase and Cupcake wines. Between the lines: The reasoning varies, Schoenbauer tells us, including shifting budget priorities and economic concerns. But the rollback of DEI initiatives is a key factor. One top-level sponsor standing firm is Molson Coors. The beverage company received blowback in 2023 for its sponsorship at a time when other big brands were pulling back from supporting the LGBTQ community. The big picture: 39% of corporations are limiting external Pride Month engagements this year, according to Gravity Research data.
CBS News
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus proudly the largest square dance club in Colorado
They are the largest square dance club in Colorado. For more than forty years, the Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus have come together to turn, twirl and do-si-do. Mainly, the Rainbeaus have fun and make good friends. You'll soon see the group square dancing their way down the Denver Pride parade route this month. It's often the highlight of the week for the dancers who promenade with the Rainbeaus. Lenny Glatt has been square dancing with the Rainbeaus for forty years. "I moved to Denver in 1984, and I joined the club in 1985, and I've been with it all this time," said Glatt. Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus Square dancing keeps you sharp, says Glatt. You must be quick to respond and rely on dance partners who are equally alert. Glatt added, "First off, it's a mental exercise because you really don't know what the caller's going to call next, it's a social exercise, I'm always meeting other wonderful people. And it's physical." The Rainbeaus square dance to all genres of music, and proudly welcome all to have fun. Newcomer to the group, Zaynee Allen, said, "When I checked it out the first time, it just felt so welcoming and everyone was just here to have fun, and I really enjoyed the energy, and it was just super inviting." CBS The bottom line is that the Rainbeaus are part of a community where everyone can be their authentic selves. "We do the calls that they did back in the early days of square dancing, allemande left, right left grande, etcetera, but with the Rainbeaus, you can dance either part. There's the "boy" part and a "girl" part, but you can dance either one. And so by doing that, it makes it more fun for you to think through that," said Rainbeaus Club President Michael Sattler. While attendance at square dance clubs across the country has been declining, the Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus are growing, with 90 paid members. "We want people to know that they're not alone, you have a community, you have people that care for you, this is definitely that club that says come on in, be part of our family," said Sattler. The Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus are hosting an open house in September, and all are welcome. Find out more at CBS And of course, you can see them at the Pride parade on Sunday, June 29th. The route this year has changed due to construction on Colfax Avenue. It steps off at 17th and Franklin at 9:30 a.m. on June 29 and heads west to Lincoln Street.
CBS News
24-04-2025
- Business
- CBS News
2 summer kickoff events in Denver struggle to find normal funding
As the weather continues to get warmer in the "Mile High City," people are going to want to get out of their homes and find something to do. But two of Denver's most popular summer kickoff events are having a hard time finding funding. CBS One of them is the annual Juneteenth celebration. For at least the past sixty years, every June, Denver's Five Points neighborhood has been celebrating the holiday, which is a celebration of the emancipation of Black slaves after centuries of bondage in the U.S. "I call it a cultural treasure chest," said Norman Harris the executive director of JMF Corporation, the charity that organizes Juneteenth. "It's really like a reunion and a great launch to the summer." For the past few years, the festival has grown into a two-day event that includes vendors, musicians and a parade. But this year is shaping up to look much different. "Unfortunately, we'll be doing it on a Sunday and not both Saturday and Sunday," Harris explained. Harris says they have lost corporate sponsors. Some they've had for more than 10 years, and he isn't sure why. "Companies and organizations, people are going to put their money where their hearts are, and so, at some point, the Juneteenth celebration has just been deprioritized," Harris said. They aren't alone. The Center on Colfax, which organizes Pride month, which also takes place in June, says it too has seen a dip in funding. In a statement, The Center on Colfax, said, "Denver Pride has experienced a decrease in funding when compared to previous years for our festival, parade and 5K. Some organizations that have participated in years past have only been able to return at lower levels of sponsorship, and others have even been unable to return entirely due to rollbacks of DEI budgets caused by national legislation." "Denver Pride is unique from other pride events of our size in that it is both entirely free to attend and serves as the biggest annual fundraiser for our local LGBTQ+ community center, The Center on Colfax," the statement continued. "Eighty-three percent of all contributions to The Center are directed back to our community through the vital programming we offer year-round to our LGBTQ+ community free-of-charge. The decrease in funding we are experiencing puts these critical services at risk, such as mental health support, programming for our trans and gender diverse community, youth, older adults, and more." "We are grateful for our partners who have returned and the members of the LGBTQ+ employee resource groups who have made significant efforts to continue funding us, as this allows us to keep Denver Pride an accessible, free event for our community," end of statement. Organizers for both events haven't given up yet. They say they are still raising money to try to bring the best experience possible to the people. Harris says he isn't sure if DEI rollbacks are to blame for his funding shortages, but, regardless, he and his crew will put on the best event money will allow. "Oh, there's definitely going to be a Juneteenth celebration. It's a part of the core fabric of this city's cultural experience," Harris said.
