Pride & Indigenous Solidarity

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 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

Trans Lives Are Sacred

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

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

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 "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,

Pride Is A Riot

Pride Is A Riot! Marking Pride month has changed over the years. It did not begin with social tolerance or corporate sponsorship. It began with resistance led by those most often erased from the story. Alongside the wider community, there was stand-out resistance from trans women of colour, queer

Pride 2025

Pride 2025 Today is the first day of Pride Month. Pride is not simply a celebration of what has already been won. It is a living act of resistance in the face of what is still being denied. While rainbow flags may be raised in storefronts, many of our communities

The Unmaking Of Queer America

The Unmaking Of Queer America On the morning of January 20, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14168. The title, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” (Executive Order 14168), carried all the hallmarks of his second-term strategy: moral panic dressed as

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