Arlington Pride Canceled After City Axes LGBTQ Rights

Dallas’s ABC affiliate reports:

The 2026 Arlington Pride event has been suspended after the Arlington City Council voted on Tuesday not to reinstate local anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ residents and others. The HELP Center for LGBTQ+ Health announced the suspension of the popular pride event for 2026. It had been set for June 13 at the Levitt Pavilion.

“We cannot in good conscience invite attendees to an event in a city that refuses to provide even the most basic protections. Pride is about safety, celebration, and community. Without local anti-discrimination safeguards, we cannot guarantee those values for our attendees, performers, or partners,” HELP Center for LGBTQ+ Health CEO DeeJay Johannessen said in a statement.

Following Tuesday’s Arlington City Council vote, the city’s entire anti-discrimination ordinance will remain suspended for the time being, including measures that previously protected people based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion and other characteristics.

Read the full article. As reported here earlier this week, the city dropped its LGBTQ protections due to the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal funding from municipalities that promote DEI. No such action has yet been taken, but hate groups, including Texas Values, are predicting that more cities will cave.

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