Pride Month 2025 started with DEI as a hot topic in the HR world. It forced companies to contend with both legal and cultural challenges, such as whether to support the LGBTQ+ community this year.
Some companies continued to release their annual Pride-themed collections; some continued to go the extra mile with Pride floats or other forms of corporate sponsorship.
Whether companies are supporting the LGBTQ+ community more or less in 2025 compared to years prior is a matter of debate among LGBTQ+ workers, their managers, their C-suites and Pride organizers.
Branded Pride parties or floats aside, the LGBTQ+ community received a real victory in the form of a California judge barring the administration from enforcing aspects of its anti-DEI executive orders.
Read on to learn more about the state of Pride in 2025 and employment experts’ best practices for supporting LGBTQ+ workers in tangible, effective ways.
