Can’t Cancel Pride is an annual recognition of people and organizations for
their contributions to advancing LGBTQ+ equality.
Working in partnership with six LGBTQ+ organizations – CenterLink, GLAAD, National Black Justice Collective, Outright International, The Trevor Project, and SAGE – Can’t Cancel Pride recognizes trailblazers doing transformative work in different areas of society that create sustained and lasting positive change.
Can’t Cancel Pride highlights the impact of each partner organization, culminating each June in a special livestreamed event that drives LGBTQ+ visibility and support that so many LGBTQ+ people rely on.
As a long-time champion of LGBTQ+ equality, P&G partnered with iHeartRadio to create Can’t Cancel Pride, an hour-long benefit show featuring prominent LGBTQ+ and ally artists. Now in its fifth year, Can’t Cancel Pride has raised more than $17 million for its partner organizations in pursuit of equal access and opportunity for the LGBTQ+ community.
Proud to come together and make a difference since 2020
Can’t Cancel Pride stands as a resilient and unwavering movement within the LGBTQ+
community.
2020
COVID-19 Can’t Cancel Pride – A Response to the Global Pandemic
Can’t Cancel Pride
was created in June 2020 as a response to the COVID pandemic in an effort to
support the LGBTQ+ community. During this time, PRIDE celebrations were
canceled around the world leading to a loss of visibility for the community
and decrease in fundraising activity for key LGBTQ+ organizations. P&G and
iHeartRadio partnered to create an hour-long benefit streaming show to
support 6 LGBTQ+ organizations, featuring remote performances and messages
from across the music community.
2021
Bigger, Better, Bolder, and Prouder
Our 2nd Can’t
Cancel Pride show came back bigger, better, bolder, and prouder to continue
raising visibility for the LGBQT+ community and much needed funds for 6
LGBTQ+ organizations. With even more life-saving impact messages,
star-studded performances and personal messages, Can’t Cancel Pride
delivered an empowering, celebratory event for the LGBTQ+ community.
2022
Proud and Together
Can’t Cancel Pride
goes LIVE! For the first time, we moved from a virtual show to celebrating
Can’t Cancel Pride together as a community, sharing intersectional messages
of spirit and strength with LIVE performances from the iHeartRadio Theater
in LA.
2023
The Future Starts Now
Our 4th Can’t
Cancel Pride show spoke to the achievements of the past, the urgency of the
present, and the hope for the future of the LGBTQ+ community with electric,
star-studded performances powered by PRIDE.
2024
Can’t Cancel Pride
returns for its fifth consecutive year to celebrate the profound impact of
music, a unifying force that can drive society toward more equality and
acceptance for all. The special event will feature performances from some
today’s hottest artists and appearances from influential voices in the
LGBTQ+ community to continue providing much needed visibility and funding
for key LGBTQ+ organizations.
Viewers
said the show made them feel proud of the community
Our
Beneficiaries
Can’t Cancel Pride raises much needed funds for six orginizations providing lifesaving and
life-affirming resources and services for the LGBTQ+ community.
We are extremely grateful for Can't Cancel Pride's
support of local LGBTQ+ communities which allows LGBTQ+ centers across the
country to sustain and expand their vital programming and life-saving services.
Can’t Cancel Pride’s dedication to inclusion and
diversity, along with the willingness to stand alongside us in championing
LGBTQ+ rights, inspires us and motivate us to work even harder toward our shared
goals.
Sarah Kate EllisPresident and CEO,
GLAAD
This is a material manifestation of the truth that it
gets better later—that there are events that celebrate us and the organizations
advocating for our freedom.
Dr. David J. JohnsExecutive Director,
National Black Justice Collective
Can’t Cancel Pride creates a space for us to give
voice to the voiceless. It provides resources that have helped Outright offer
life-saving support for people during this difficult time.
Leah ThompsonCaribbean Advocacy Officer,
Outright International
Can’t Cancel Pride’s generous annual funding helps
ensure that SAGE is able to pursue key organizational priorities, among them
encouraging LGBTQ+ and age-friendly communities via advocacy and training,
creating ties across LGBTQ+ generations via intergenerational programming, and
helping LGBTQ+ older adults address their vulnerabilities via direct services.
Michael AdamsCEO, SAGE
We are incredibly grateful for P&G's longstanding support of The Trevor Project's life-saving mission to end suicide among LGBTQ+ young people. Can't Cancel Pride is a testament to the power of community and representation as we work to create a safer, more welcoming world for LGBTQ+ young people to thrive openly as their authentic selves.
Troy Robinson (he/him)Chief Development Officer, The Trevor Project
NBJC
NBJC’s mission is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ/SGL bias and stigma.
As a dynamic media force, GLAAD ensures fair, accurate, and inclusive representation that
rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative
and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been
accomplished and envisions a world with 100% LGBTQ acceptance.
SAGE leads in addressing issues related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and
questioning and other self-identifying members of the community (LGBTQ+) aging. In
partnership with its constituents and allies, SAGE works to achieve a high quality of life
for LGBTQ+ older people, supports and advocates for their rights, fosters a greater
understanding of aging in all communities, and promotes positive images of LGBTQ+ life in
later years.
The impact of Can't Cancel Pride, in
their own words...
Dr. David Johns
National Black Justice Collective
Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter
National Black Justice Collective
Jenny Pizer
Outright International
Sofi Goode
The Trevor Project
Donna Solomon-Carter
Centerlink
Anthony Allen Ramos
GLAAD
Elton John Impact
Award
Can’t Cancel Pride is proud to partner with the Elton John AIDS Foundation for the Elton John
Impact Award
The Elton John Impact Award is an award presented annually as part of Can’t Cancel
Pride. The award, named after the legendary artist Elton John, is presented to LGBTQ+
individuals who have had a sustained and substantive impact on LGTBQ+ culture and the
pursuit of a more equal and inclusive world.
As an artist, performer and humanitarian, Elton John has fearlessly advocated for the
LGBTQ+ community—shattering norms, redefining possibility, and lifting up younger
generations of people to chart their own path as their unapologetic and magical selves.
Established in 2022, The Elton John Impact Award, recognizes those that, like Elton, have
improved the world, inspired others and been a champion for LGBTQ+ everywhere.
Elton John | 2022
Brandi Carlile | 2023
Billy Porter | 2024
Our Partners
We wanted to bring Pride to people in their homes,
give them a message of hope, help them feel connected to the world outside, and
at the same time, use our power and privilege as companies to help raise money
for organizations that were hurting. What began as an effort to provide relief
for the community’s most vulnerable amid the COVID-19 pandemic remains just as
important today. Can’t Cancel Pride is both a force for good and a force for
growth.
Brent MillerCan’t Cancel Pride Co-Founder
and P&G Senior Director, Global LGBTQ+ Equality & Inclusion
Partnering with P&G has been an incredible journey
for our cause. Their unwavering dedication to making a positive impact in the
community has been truly inspiring.
Gayle TrobermanCMO, iHeartMedia
Can’t Cancel Pride is a beautiful example of the
power of iHeartMedia and P&G when we use every asset available to us to simply
do better and help people who need support to do the right thing.