2 June 2025

Four queer business owners on Pride under Trump: ‘Our joy is resistance’

As the first Pride month under Donald Trump’s second presidency approaches, LGBTQ+ businesses are stepping up

As the first Pride month under Donald Trump’s second presidency approaches, LGBTQ+ businesses are stepping up, evolving quickly to meet the community’s growing concerns.

Since day one, Trump has signed executive orders targeting the LGBTQ+ community, particularly the trans and gender non-comforming population. He aims to eradicate “gender ideology” by enforcing a two-sex binary determined at conception, reinstating and expanding the military ban on transgender service members, and directing agencies to prevent gender-affirming care for youth.

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