WorldPride "Tapestry of Pride" proceeds off the federal campus

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Date
Actor
Capital Pride Alliance; International Pride Orchestra (responsive)
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SUPPLEMENT: THE KENNEDY CENTER TAKEOVER IS ABSENT FROM THE CULTURAL-INSTITUTIONS RECORD, THOUGH THE SMITHSONIAN, NEA, NEH, IMLS, AND NPS ACTIONS ARE ALL COVERED

Summary

The programming displaced from the Kennedy Center takes place at alternative venues during WorldPride 2025 (May 17 – June 8): the AIDS Memorial Quilt display, reading room, and drag story hour at the WorldPride Welcome Center in Chinatown/Gallery Place, and the International Pride Orchestra concert at the Strathmore in Bethesda, Maryland on June 5. Organizers characterized the relocation itself as a form of protest.

Status

Completed. The displacement of a WorldPride host-city program from the national performing arts center is the concrete, measurable effect of the February 2025 intervention.

As recorded in the data of . Check the sources for anything newer.

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