Google No Longer Displays Black History, Pride Month

Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) popular online and mobile calendars no longer include reference to the first day of Black History Month or Women’s History month, among other holidays and events.The company’s calendar previously had those days marked at the start of February and March, respectively, but they don’t appear for 2025.The Verge first reported on the removals from Google Calendar late last week, which followed comments from users.A Google spokesperson said the changes took place in the middle of last year.“Some years ago, the Calendar team started manually adding a broader set of cultural moments in a wide number of countries around the world,” the spokesperson said in an email. Google has made numerous changes lately that align with an altered political environment in the U.S. The company recently began scrapping its diversity hiring goals, becoming the latest tech giant to change its approach to hiring and promotions following the election of President Donald Trump. One of Trump’s first acts as president after taking office in January was to sign an executive order ending the government’s DEI programs and putting federal officials overseeing those initiatives on leave.In late January, the company said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” in Google Maps after the Trump administration updates its “official government sources.”Shares in Alphabet, Google’s parent sagged 49 cents to $185.98.