About Us
Who Are We?
Queers United Against Pride Profiteering is an alliance of LGBTQI+ people who are united in opposition to pride profiteering. That includes
- Corporations pretending to support LGBTQI+ rights and equality through advertising and participation in pride events while supporting anti-LGBTQI+ politicians, policies, and by failing to have LGBTQ+ people among their leaders or board members.
- Corporations entering floats and contingents into pride parades/marches without paying fees commensurate to the advertising value gained by such exposure or making meaningful contributions to support LGBTQI+ organizations.
- Businesses and party promoters that capitalize on making money during pride events by competing with events organized by volunteer pride organizations and without returning any of their profits to the LGBTQI+ community.
- Entities that, without consent, appropriate for profit the creative work of those who have donated their pride-related creations for the use of all.
We are starting our work by exposing the ugly facts behind the “Progress” flag because it is such an egregious example of pride profiteering undertaken by an individual claiming to be part of the queer community.