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Offline SVPete

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Google Removes Pride Month from Calendar: What to Know
« on: February 11, 2025, 03:35:59 PM »
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Google Removes Pride Month from Calendar: What to Know
Source: Newsweek

Published Feb 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM EST


Google has removed Pride Month, along with Black History Month and Holocaust Remembrance Day, from Google Calendar. In an email from Google shared with Newsweek, the company called its previous calendar process "unsustainable." Google Calendar will now show only public holidays and national observances.

Why It Matters

The move comes amid a broader cultural and political debate about the value of policies on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle federal DEI programs upon his return to office on January 20 and ordered what he called the "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing."

Since this order, multiple high profile companies, including Meta, McDonalds, Walmart, Target and Google have stepped back from their DEI goals. Critics have expressed fears about LGBTQ+ rights under the new administration, and in particular concerns about the Supreme Court potentially overturning its landmark ruling that established a right to gay marriage.

What To Know

The update was confirmed by a Google spokesperson to The Verge, which first reported the change. The spokesperson said that the Calendar team had manually been adding what they described as "a broader set of cultural moments in a wide number of countries around the world." The spokesperson said that maintaining this consistently on a global scale wasn't sustainable. Google donated $1 million to Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, and its CEO, Sundar Pichai, was in attendance at the ceremony.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/google-removes-pride-month-calendar-black-history-holocaust-remembrance-2029257

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143393787

Unsurprisingly, DUmmies went full Orange Man Bad

Meanwhile, in the real world, https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2025/02/11/google-makes-shocking-changes-to-its-calendar-n4936893

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Well, you can still celebrate all of these things if you want to, but Google Calendar is no longer forcing them upon you if you don't. While some people are blaming Donald Trump — who else? — the tech giant said that it actually made the decision last year because trying to keep up with all of the cultural and historic events was just too much. So it's sticking to public and national holidays. A spokesperson said:

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Some years ago, the Calendar team started manually adding a broader set of cultural moments in a wide number of countries around the world. We got feedback that some other events and countries were missing — and maintaining hundreds of moments manually and consistently globally wasn’t scalable or sustainable.

It makes sense. You can't please all the people all of the time, so why try? Of course, the woke mob isn't happy and doesn't understand that this is actually just a smart business move rather than some kind of personal blow to its beliefs. People have taken to sites like Reddit and X and even the Google Support forums to share their outrage over... a calendar not automatically reminding them about an event. I mean, they do actually realize that they can go into their personal calendars and add the dates themselves, right? No one is stopping them from celebrating whatever they want to.

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Re: Google Removes Pride Month from Calendar: What to Know
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2025, 05:23:09 PM »
I’m tired of gays, if they can have a month for them then we need a veterans month. I’m sure there’s more of us than them. :thatsright:
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Re: Google Removes Pride Month from Calendar: What to Know
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2025, 12:48:58 PM »
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2. Orwellian

Google has been hoovering up as much data as they can through Google, Maps, Drive, Chrome, Android et al for decades and using it for all kinds of funky stuff (mostly picking the best ads to show you), as well as sharing much of that data to whoever they feel like or is willing to pay for it, but this is Orwellian? 

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Re: Google Removes Pride Month from Calendar: What to Know
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2025, 01:25:19 PM »
Quote from: Old n Grumpy on February 11, 2025, 05:23:09 PM
I’m tired of gays, if they can have a month for them then we need a veterans month. I’m sure there’s more of us than them. :thatsright:


     They still HAVE the month. Google just isn't putting a little picture of two dudes blowing three dudes or whatever on their search page. This is just proof that no one wants to be recognized and enjoy the esteem that brings. They want other people to be subjected to it and endorse it. F that. Bugger each other all you want, just keep it private and quiet.
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Re: Google Removes Pride Month from Calendar: What to Know
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2025, 01:45:05 PM »
Too GD many holidays that we are forced to celebrate perversion, fags, and trannys.

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Re: Google Removes Pride Month from Calendar: What to Know
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2025, 02:36:07 PM »
I guess when enough people yell ENOUGH! They start to listen.

We need to push back on this as loudly and strongly as the progressives have promoted it. :thatsright: :rant:
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Re: Google Removes Pride Month from Calendar: What to Know
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2025, 03:00:02 PM »
Quote from: jukin on February 13, 2025, 01:45:05 PM
Too GD many holidays that we are forced to celebrate perversion, fags, and trannys.

I think Scott Adams' demand that Elbonian Independence Day be honored was the final straw.
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Re: Google Removes Pride Month from Calendar: What to Know
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2025, 03:05:14 PM »
Quote from: SVPete on February 13, 2025, 03:00:02 PM
I think Scott Adams' demand that Elbonian Independence Day be honored was the final straw.

I'll happily celebrate Elbonian Independence Day, Catbert's Birthday and Dogbert's Coronation Day before I waste a single moment's thought on Tranny empathy, Queer celebration or Pedo acceptance day/week/month/ever...
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Re: Google Removes Pride Month from Calendar: What to Know
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2025, 03:16:21 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on February 13, 2025, 03:05:14 PM
I'll happily celebrate Elbonian Independence Day, Catbert's Birthday and Dogbert's Coronation Day before I waste a single moment's thought on Tranny empathy, Queer celebration or Pedo acceptance day/week/month/ever...

But not Ratbert's? Speciesist!!! :-)
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