A local activist group has made it clear they don't want Police or corporations that don't support the LGBTQ-plus community at their events.
The Taking Back Pride Coalition has called upon Twin Cities Pride to adhere to their demands.
"We feel that for the past nine years, TC Pride has ignored community demands around policing, has ignored community demands around making the park experience more affordable and accessible," says Jae Yates Twin Cities Coalition for Justice.
It's not just law enforcement's presence they're condemning either.
"Taking Back Pride also stands in opposition to to the presence of big corporations at Pride who rebrand themselves in June for queer dollars, while sending money to our oppressors and funding genocide," according to Khrys Wetzel.
The group is also opposed to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who was named the 2025 Grand Marshall of TC Pride.
"Some Minnesotans may have selective memories of the uprising following George Floyd's murder, but Coach Walz is the reason I nearly got shot by the National Guard while trying to help my friends give first aid to a teenager," Yates said.
The Taking Back Pride Coalition formed in 2016. C.J. McCormack is with the Climate Justice Committee.
"We invite these places like Wells Fargo that helps finance the border wall, we invite Salvation Army and the FBI to come and table at these events, and act like everything is cool," McCormack said. "And it's great for gay people and you know we're such a good, booming, liberal metropolis. But it's extremely hypocritical."
The Twin Cities Pride Festival 2025 takes place Friday, June 27th through Sunday, June 29th.
There's already been fallout between some local businesses and pride organizers. In January, after Minneapolis-based Target announced they were ending their corporate DEI programs, TC Pride announced they were no longer interested in Target's sponsorship dollars and worked to make up the money elsewhere.