We’re Only 3 Days Into Pride Month, But Things Are Already Getting Weird and Wild

June 1 marked the beginning of Pride Month, and even though President Donald Trump has taken up residence in Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser again proclaimed the nation’s capital the “gayest city in the world.” Other cities, however, are trying to give Bowser and D.C. a run for their money.

Bowser delivered this title at a May 31 ceremony outside the mayor’s offices at the Wilson Building, two days after the Pride flag was raised there.

Calling Washington the “gayest city in the world” has become a common refrain for the mayor. Bowser first made the declaration in 2023 when, despite criticism over rising crime rates, she posted, “I am proud to be the Mayor of the best city in the world, and the gayest city in the world.”

Pride celebrations in “the gayest city in the world” were well underway long before June. Events began in mid-May as the city opened its 50th year of Pride celebrations, this time as the host of WorldPride.

On May 13, the Folger Shakespeare Library raised the curtain on a “racy” production of the playwright’s “Twelfth Night,” boasting of the show’s “gender fluidity.” The WorldPride website is advertising drag shows for adult audiences, including a “Drag Brunch with Mama Shirley Naytch” every day from May 18 to June 8. The annual Capital Pride Parade, redubbed the WorldPride Parade this year, will take place on June 7.

Pride marches have already begun across the country, however. Turning Point USA covered West Hollywood’s Pride Weekend, where public indecency during the June 1 parade reached shocking levels. The California city placed public urinals along street sidewalks, in full view of attendees. As children looked on, fire trucks rode by with near-naked men dancing on top.

Gov. Tim Walz wanted in on the action, too. His June 1 post on X featured a Minnesota proclamation that highlighted the state’s efforts to “recognize and celebrate the significant contributions of LGBTQ+ people,” boasting about the state’s 2023 ban of “conversion therapy” and its work as a “trans refuge state.”

After a long list of pro-LGBTQ+ accomplishments, Walz finished, “Now, therefore, I, Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, do hereby proclaim June 2025 as PRIDE MONTH in the State of Minnesota.”

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