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For weeks, LGBTQ+ events related to WorldPride and Pride Month started disappearing from the Kennedy Center’s calendar. And now, the Capital Pride Alliance has confirmed that the Tapestry of Pride programming planned for this June has either been moved or canceled. This comes after Trump appointed himself as the center’s chairman and replaced the board of trustees with Trump loyalists committed to his ‘anti-DEI’ agenda.

The Tapestry of Pride programming — including events like a family-friendly drag story time and a display of portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt — will now be held at the WorldPride Welcome Center in D.C. Other events, like a performance from the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington D.C., were also canceled.

The event, originally scheduled to start on May 17 and run through June 8, was expected to bring in millions of dollars in tourism revenue and visitors to our nation’s capital. Businesses have withdrawn their support from the event, including Eagle Canada, the country’s largest LGBTQ+ rights organization, and performers like Issa Rae have canceled their planned performances at the Kennedy Center in response.