Comcast and Anheuser-Busch among companies to cancel funding in political environment increasingly hostile to LGBTQ+ community

San Francisco Pride, one of the largest LGBTQ+ celebrations in the world, has reportedly lost significant funding as major corporate sponsors – some who supported the festivities for years – have pulled out of the event.

Four companies, which include Comcast and Anheuser-Busch, among others, and provide hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding, told the organization that they could no longer afford to offer financial support, Suzanne Ford, the executive director of San Francisco Pride, told KRON4. Ford believes the sudden departure of longterm sponsors is the result of a political environment that has become increasingly hostile to the LGBTQ+ community.