Utah, Indiana, Tennessee Rebrand Pride Month as Nuclear Family Month, Fidelity Month, Strong Families Month

In the United States, several states have decided to rebrand Pride Month toward more conservative leanings, with Utah among the first to scale back visible support for Pride by introducing a ban last year on flying rainbow flags at government buildings and schools.

“Pride may have started in the US, but it appears as though LGBTQ+ rights are taking a step back”

Metro.co.uk

Indiana and Tennessee have declared June 'Nuclear Family Month' celebrating families made up of 'one husband, one wife, and any children', while Arkansas has joined Utah calling it 'Fidelity Month' and Alabama has gone for Strong Families Month.

Metro.co.uk

To mark Father’s Day, governor Kay Ivey stated that dads should be seen as the 'head' of the household, and she said in her proclamation: 'Homes led by a father and mother provide children with the structure and discipline necessary to succeed throughout life'.

The Metro.co.uk account also ties the shift to Donald Trump returning to office, saying his administration removed the Pride flag from the Stonewall National monument and that the National Park Service said it was complying with recent guidance prohibiting the flying of 'non-agency flags' with no exception for historical, military or tribal flags.

In February 2025, Metro says almost all mentions of trans and queer people were removed from a website for the Stonewall National Monument, with the NPS telling Metro at the time that it did so to comply with orders from US President Donald Trump that federal agencies only recognise two genders, male and female.

In New York, the LGBT+ flag is flying again at Stonewall after the Trump administration authorized the return of the rainbow symbol to the historic site on Christopher Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan.

Têtu reports that the return followed a memo from the U.S. National Park Service prohibiting the display of flags other than the national banner and a few exceptions, and that the administration had removed the flag in February.

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Opposing the withdrawal, the Washington Litigation Group argued that non-official flags can be authorized on certain sites as long as their deployment is justified by a historical context, and Têtu says the administration subscribed to that reasoning in an amicable agreement allowing the emblem to be reinstalled permanently.

In that press release, the Washington Litigation Group said: 'Crucial fact, the agreement confirms that the flag is in compliance with the law and with the National Park Service policy, thus validating the plaintiffs\' central argument.'

Têtu also frames the broader context by saying that since taking office again as U.S. president, Donald Trump has halted advances in LGBT+ rights, particularly for transgender people.

In Paris, a Pride March kicked off in the early afternoon of June 28 under scorching heat, with its rallying cry described as the fight against 'the reactionary international' and the march taking place this Saturday, June 28, 2025 in the heart of the capital.

“The Pride March kicked off in Paris in the early afternoon of June 28 under scorching heat”

Ouest-France

Ouest-France says the march started at the Louvre and headed to Place de la Nation, and it quotes Julia Torlet, president of SOS Homophobie, saying: 'We are in a threatening, politically dire context. For the first time in years our rights are really in danger,'.

The article also includes a statement from the representative of the AIDES association that 'The danger is here. A reactionary international is coming before our eyes, in the United States, in Hungary, in Italy, in Russia,' alongside the slogan 'against the reactionary international, queers of all countries, unite'.

Ouest-France reports that the Pride ended with music on a stage where drag queen Nicky Doll and singer Kalika performed, while it also says the identitarian group Eros, close to far-right ideas, attended and about fifteen members gathered off to the side of the procession.

The same account says dozens of police officers were stationed to prevent any contact with the march, and it quotes the group’s leader, Yohan Pawer, saying: 'Our presence is not welcome, but this is Pride march. We are proud to be homosexual and proud to be French,'.