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National Student Pride, UK’s largest LGBTQ+ student event, is ending after 21 years due to plummeting corporate sponsorships linked to U.S. DEI policy shifts.
National Student Pride, the UK’s largest LGBTQ+ student event, is ending after 21 years due to a sharp decline in corporate sponsorship, dropping from 53 companies in 2024 to 20 in 2026.
Organizers cite global cuts to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, influenced by U.S. executive orders under the second Trump administration targeting DEI programs.
These policies pressured multinational firms to scale back LGBTQ+ event sponsorships to avoid political and financial risk.
Despite an ethical sponsorship policy that excluded arms and fossil fuel companies, activist backlash and corporate withdrawals left the volunteer-run event financially unsustainable.
The 2026 festival, scheduled for this weekend at the University of Westminster, will feature a careers afternoon and a "Dragstravaganza finale" but marks the end of a major platform for LGBTQ+ youth.
El Orgullo Nacional de los Estudiantes, el evento estudiantil LGBTQ+ más grande del Reino Unido, está terminando después de 21 años debido a la caída en picado de los patrocinios corporativos vinculados a los cambios en la política de DEI de los Estados Unidos.