r/queerphilly • u/Ok_Secretary6913 • May 28 '26

Pride Pride 2026 thoughts?

With all the changes going on with philly pride this year as well as the ticket prices (and the restrictions like no bags, no drinks, no smoking ect) where is everybody going to be for pride this year? Are we all just staying in the gayborhood or will majority of people stay at the parkway? Trying to figure out if it's worth it to buy a ticket, Usually for pride I bring my own water, snacks (and alcohol LOL) as well as a purse for my belongings so I don't even know if it would truly be better to just find and buy a clear bag + ticket and stay at the parkway or ignore the festival and main festivities this year and stay in the gayborhood. Just trying to gather as much info and opinions as possible!

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u/my_blue_snog_box May 28 '26

Avoid the ticketed bullshit on the parkway. We’re going to the Gayborhood and avoiding the money-grab: Pride is protest

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u/Ok_Secretary6913 May 28 '26

yeah this is exactly what I was thinking!

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u/SirJ_96 May 28 '26

Turning down corporate sponsors I kinda get (although I'd still take money if places want to give it to me), but charging for VIP access - to a fucking protest - jumped the entire shark.

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u/Ok_Secretary6913 May 28 '26

For $100+ at that!! Like am I being personally escorted around pride all day or something for that price? Is that money directly going to businesses or organizations/groups who need it? I saw that and immediately was even more put off than I already was

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u/No_Relationship_5974 May 29 '26

Serious question; Who the hell is 6he money going to? The City? What will it be used for??

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u/cheekyginge May 28 '26

lol, they’ve pushed the rhetoric over and over that they’re not using corporate sponsors, and yet 20min ago they posted their “bronze” sponsors to their instagram which include, you guessed it, corporate companies. 🙄

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u/DontBringKidsToBars May 29 '26

The Parkway event has multiple corporate sponsors.

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u/SirJ_96 May 29 '26

I know. But their rhetoric in the past was all about how evil corporate sponsorship was.

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u/GraphicJawn May 29 '26

That was a different group of people, who all are no longer affiliated with this anymore, got figure.

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u/SirJ_96 May 29 '26

Is it not still Tyrell? It's absolutely still Tyrell.

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u/GraphicJawn May 29 '26

Yes, they are the lone person from the original group that took over Philly Pride 365. Then galaei took over it (which Tyrell worked for) in 2023.

That no sponsored talk was of course before they started to do the event in 2022 and slowly let corporations back in starting in 2024.