Pride & Coming Out Visibility can be powerful, but it is not always safe. For many 2SLGBTQIA+ people, coming out means risking family rejection, losing a job, being harassed, or worse. And those risks are not evenly distributed. Racialized, trans, disabled, and poor queer people often face the harshest consequences
Pride, Faith, & Religion For too long, faith has been used as a weapon against 2SLGBTQIA+ people. Many of us carry deep wounds from churches that told us we had to choose between who we are and what we believe. Some never return, and that choice is valid. When faith
Pride & the Banning of 2slgbtqia+ Books Pride is a celebration of visibility, but visibility is under attack, especially for those at the intersections of queerness, race, gender, and class. In the past year alone, over ten thousand attempts to ban books were recorded in public schools across the United
Pride & Indigenous Solidarity The struggle for 2SLGBTQIA+ liberation is inseparable from the struggle against colonialism. Long before European contact, many Indigenous nations across Turtle Island honoured diverse roles, genders, and sexualities. The term Two-Spirit reflects a sacred identity held within many Indigenous cultures, one that existed long before Western
Pride Is Sacred Liberation Pride is a deeply spiritual liberative act. It began with people who refused to accept abuse as normal, shame as inevitable, or invisibility as acceptable. In the face of criminalization and exclusion, 2SLGBTQIA+ people gathered anyway—risked arrest, risked being seen, risked telling the truth. That decision
2SLGBTQIA+ Youth Deserve to be Safe 2SLGBTQIA+ youth deserve safety. That means schools where their identities are respected, families where they are not rejected, churches where they are not shamed, and communities where they are not seen as threats but celebrated for who they are. Right now, across North America
Trans Lives Are Sacred Trans rights are under attack, across the United States, here in Canada, and around the world. These are not isolated incidents. They are part of a growing, coordinated effort to criminalize trans lives, restrict bodily autonomy, and erase gender diversity from public life. In the US,
PRide Is joy! The queer community is, and has always been, a community of joy. Not simply in spite of our suffering, but often because of it. In the face of rejection, we have created chosen families. In the face of criminalization, we have danced in the streets with zeal
Holy Defiance This year for Pride, many of us are re-emphasizing the core of resistance and protest within the movement, and with good reason. Pride began as a response to state violence against queer and trans communities, led by those who were criminalized simply for existing. For many people
What Is "Rainbowwashing"? What is Pinkwashing / Rainbowwashing? It is when corporations or institutions publicly signal support for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, especially during Pride, while continuing to uphold or enable systems that harm us or simply to leverage profit off a new "target audience". A rainbow logo does not equal solidarity,
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