A union representing hundreds of Starbucks stores said this week that workers in 21 states were told by their managers not to decorate for Pride Month, the annual L.G.B.T.Q.
celebration, a claim that the company said represented “outlier” decisions by local leaders that did not reflect corporate policy.
But even in New York City neighborhoods that are almost synonymous with Pride, the traditional rainbow displays were more muted — if visible at all — than in years past.
In Manhattan, no Pride decorations could be seen at several Starbucks stores in Chelsea and Greenwich Village, including the one just a block from the Stonewall Inn, a landmark of gay culture and history.