{"id":332355,"date":"2026-07-07T21:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332355\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T21:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:55:13","slug":"st-pete-pride-cancels-shades-of-pride-event-amid-financial-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332355\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete Pride cancels Shades of Pride event amid financial struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETE, Fla. \u2014 St Pete Pride has canceled this year\u2019s Shades of Pride event as the organization faces mounting financial pressure from declining sponsorships and rising event costs.<\/p>\n<p>The organization announced Friday the event, which had been scheduled for July 19, will no longer take place.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted online, St Pete Pride leaders said the decision came after ongoing financial challenges affecting LGBTQ+ organizations nationwide. Organizers warned future events could become smaller or less frequent without additional community support.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit is now encouraging donations as it works toward its 25th anniversary celebration in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders said community contributions will help sustain programming and prevent further cancellations.<\/p>\n<p>St Pete Pride apologized to attendees who planned to participate in Shades of Pride and thanked supporters for their understanding.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JULIE.SALOMONE.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Newly released videos show suspect in patrol car after deadly Ybor City crash<\/p>\n<p>The Hillsborough State Attorney&#8217;s Office released videos from November of 2025, including a video from the Tampa Police Department&#8217;s helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>Newly released videos shows suspect in patrol car after deadly Ybor City crash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETE, Fla. \u2014 St Pete Pride has canceled this year\u2019s Shades of Pride event as the organization&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[125988,596,107032,137100,202,204,203,3939,199,201,200,5910,3670,208],"class_list":["post-332355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-financial-struggles","tag-pinellas-county","tag-pinellas-news","tag-shades-of-pride","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-pete-pride","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}