How Florida’s New Law Is Already Wrecking Pride

The Tallahassee Democrat reports:

In Wilton Manors, where rainbow flags adorn every other business and many homes, locals are getting ready for the LGBTQ+ Pride festival on Saturday, June 20 with an estimated crowd of at least 50,000. This, though, will be the last year the Broward County city can provide $50,000 to the annual Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival because of a new Florida law passed under Gov. Ron DeSantis. SB 1134 banned any municipal support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs or events.

So, after this summer, Wilton Manors officials will no longer even be able to ride atop a float in its glow night parade, according to Wilton Manors Commissioner Paul Rolli. The new law doesn’t go into effect until 2027, but municipalities are getting ready heading into budget season. In Delray Beach, the city pulled $15,000 from its Pride festival and it was canceled. Key West, which held its festival earlier this month, was notified by Monroe County that $75,000 will be canceled in the next fiscal year.

Read the full article. Under the law, private citizens can sue if any city or county funds, promotes, or endorses an LGBTQ event. Legal fees and damages would have to be paid by the local officials found to have violated the law, which also allows for removing said officials from office for “malfeasance.” Florida’s Pride events have collectively drawn over one million attendees annually.

As a sweeping new law looms, local leaders face an agonizing choice: pull funding from local LGBTQ+ Pride festivals or risk being ousted from office. https://t.co/1E9nmEtRdG

— The Ledger (@theledger) June 16, 2026

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