Sponsorship
Right now, Halo doesn't charge anyone for anything — not organizers, not sponsors, not even for visibility. This page sets out the principles we're committing to for whenever that changes, starting with where any future money would go.
Where the money goes
Every paid event on Halo runs on Stripe Connect Standard with direct charges. The organizer is the merchant of record — Stripe deposits ticket revenue straight into their own account, not ours. We're never in possession of that money, not even for a second. Right now, that architecture is what keeps our platform fee at 0%: there's no pool of funds sitting with us to take a cut from.
Ticket money goes straight to the organizer's own Stripe account — never Halo's.
Refunds, chargebacks, and payouts happen between the organizer and Stripe. We're not in that conversation because we're not in that money.
If that ever changes, it won't be a quiet adjustment — any new fee would be announced publicly, with notice, before it touches a single event or organizer.
The one rule that won't change
Sponsorship would pay for visibility: a placement, an audience, a moment. It would never pay for influence over what we cover, list, or say — and that line won't move for anyone, including whoever writes the biggest check.
Where we draw the line
Halo exists because queer life deserves real infrastructure, not a logo change every June. Whenever we do open sponsorship, we'll hold it to the same bar we hold ourselves to — which means turning away money from:
Organizations or companies that fund, lobby for, or publicly back anti-LGBTQ+ legislation — anti-trans healthcare bans, "don't say gay" style laws, restrictions on marriage or adoption, or the criminalization of queer people — anywhere in the world, not only where they do business.
Any entity that practices, funds, refers patients to, or provides a platform for conversion or "reparative" therapy. No exceptions, no rebrands.
Given the current wave of legislative attacks on trans people, we exclude anyone funding or amplifying anti-trans campaigns — even organizations that present as broadly LGB-friendly. We don't sell partial acceptance.
Brands that want Pride-month visibility with no record behind it — no non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ staff, no support for queer employees or communities beyond the sponsorship check, or a pattern of funding anti-LGBTQ+ causes elsewhere. If the rainbow logo disappears every July 1st, we're not interested in June either.
Employers, venues, or organizations with open or unresolved complaints, findings, or settlements related to LGBTQ+ discrimination.
The same standard that keeps an event or organizer off Halo — hate speech, harassment, exclusionary practice — keeps their money off Halo too.
We'll check public record, not press releases, before we ever say yes. And if we get it wrong, tell us — we'll end a sponsorship faster than we signed it.
We're not selling sponsorship yet, but if you want to be first in line when we do, tell us what you're building and who you're trying to reach — we'll be honest about whether it'd be a fit.
contact@halolgbt.com