How Vermont is celebrating Pride Month — without the Pride Center

A person wears a hat festooned with pride flags during Montpelier Pride on the lawn of the Statehouse in Montpelier in May 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe news was “heartbreaking.” After 26 years, the Pride Center closed its doors in October due to a critical funding shortfall, said Monica Allard, co-chair of the center’s board of directors. It had lost money that typically comes from the federal government through the state of Vermont, a result of changing