The I Is For Intersex Some people are born with sex characteristics that do not fit the usual medical and social categories for male or female bodies. That is what intersex means. It can involve chromosomes, hormones, gonads, genitals, or reproductive anatomy. The injustice intersex people have named
Pride & Trans Elders Pride did not appear from nowhere. Long before some of us arrived, other people were already risking their safety, their relationships, their work, and sometimes their lives to make room for a future they might not fully get to enjoy. Many of the trans
What Can You Teach Us About Pride? As a bisexual Christian man, I know something about exclusion, belonging, faith, and the cost of living honestly. But Pride has also taught me how much I cannot represent. As a white, cisgender man, I cannot speak as a trans woman,
Pride All Over The World Pride can look very different depending on where you stand. In Canada, many of our conversations focus on policy, representation, church inclusion, and public belonging. Those conversations matter. But they can also make it easy to forget that the global story of 2SLGBTQIA+ resistance
Pride, Pentecost & the Tower of Babel Over time, I find myself reading the story of Pentecost alongside the Tower of Babel. At first glance, they seem like opposites. Babel ends with people speaking different languages and being scattered. Pentecost begins with people speaking different languages and somehow
The Family Who Join Us When people talk about chosen family during Pride Month, they often describe the people who welcomed them after they had been rejected. I understand that story. It matters. Yet when I think about chosen family, I think about something else. I think about
What Juneteenth Teaches Us About Pride One of the things that strikes me about Juneteenth is that it commemorates a delay. The Emancipation Proclamation had been issued more than two years earlier, yet enslaved people in Texas were not reached by federal enforcement until June 19, 1865. Freedom
Allyship By Any Other Name I have spent a lot of time thinking about allyship over the years. I believe it matters. Every movement for justice depends, in part, on people deciding that an injustice affecting someone else is also their concern. At its best, allyship interrupts indifference. It
Pride From Away One of the themes that has surfaced repeatedly throughout this Pride series is belonging. Not visibility. Not welcome. Belonging. The difference matters because it is possible to be welcomed into a space while still feeling that parts of yourself have been left outside the door. I
Pride & Poverty Pride is often associated with visibility. We think about parades, rainbow flags, public celebrations, and hard-won victories. Those things matter. Yet I sometimes wonder about the stories that remain largely invisible even during Pride Month. A young person comes out and loses the support of
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