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This Year’s Pride Festivals Are Brought to You by Small Businesses

With corporate sponsors retreating, smaller companies are helping to fill the gaps, not only to support L.G.B.T.Q. people but also their local economies.

© Ian C. Bates for The New York Times

Ryan Jones, owner of Hot Cookie in San Francisco, is among the small-business owners who are donating to Pride festivals after large corporations withdrew or chose not to renew their funding.
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