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# Boycott dropped after National Student Pride parts ways with Airbus, HSBC, Disney, Deutsche Bank, and Amazon as sponsors
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/boycott-dropped-after-national-student-pride-parts-ways-with-airbus-hsbc-disney-deutsche-bank-and-amazon-as-sponsors/
- Published: 2024-02-23T08:31:52.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-23T08:31:52.000Z
- Description: A boycott of National Student Pride, which takes place this weekend, has been dropped after the LGBTQ+ student event parted ways with Airbus, HSBC, Disney, Deutsche Bank, and Amazon as sponsors. This weekend, National Student Pride returns to London for its annual festival of celebration, activism,
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Crystal, LGBT, LGBTQ, National Student Pride

A boycott of **National Student Pride**, which takes place this weekend, has been dropped after the LGBTQ+ student event parted ways with **Airbus**, **HSBC**, **Disney**, **Deutsche Bank**, and **Amazon** as sponsors.

This weekend, National Student Pride returns to London for its annual festival of celebration, activism, panel discussions, an LGBTQ+ careers fair and community marketplace.

National Student Pride, which will this year be headlined by **Joe Lycett**, **Russell T Davies**, **Tia Kofi**, **Suzi Ruffell, Charlie Craggs**, among others, is a non-profit organisation that accepts sponsorship from companies which also exhibit at their LGBTQ+ careers fair.

Earlier this week, an active boycott was set up on social media against National Student Pride, calling on them to drop specific sponsors: Airbus, HSBC, Disney, Deutsche Bank, and Amazon. National Student Pride has since agreed to part ways with these companies as sponsors, and return all sponsorship.

*RuPaul’s Drag Race UK* season one’s **Crystal**, who recently successfully sued **Laurence Fox** for LGBTQ+ hate speech has returned to the line-up following these changes and community conversations. Crystal [pulled out of the event](https://www.instagram.com/p/C3nGlCjogKT/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) on **Wednesday, February 21** in support of the boycott led by **Queers for Palestine**, but will now appear as DJ at the Friday night Launch Party.

On **Thursday, February 22**, Crystal made a [statement via Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/C3qSU2eobxE/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), “we’re seeing the power of conversations and learning in public and collective action”.

National Student Pride returns to London from **23-25 February**, bringing together 2,000+ attendees for a whole weekend of parties, panels, an LGBTQ+ careers fair, and more. Free daytime tickets, £10 weekend wristbands and **Sunday Drag Brunch** bolt-on tickets [HERE](https://www.studentpride.co.uk/tickets?ref=scenemag.co.uk).

National Student Pride has committed to holding a full review of their sponsorship policy after the event this weekend. The 2024 sponsorship policy is available [HERE](https://www.studentpride.co.uk/sponsor-policy?ref=scenemag.co.uk).