Pride All Year Round Today is the last day of Pride month, but really, Pride doesn’t end on June 30. We don’t go back in the closet on July 1. We don’t set down the work of justice until next year’s parade. Pride is not a season. It is

Pride & Rest Pride is a season of action, but it must also be a season of rest. Rest is not weakness. It is resistance. It is how we refuse the lie that our worth is measured by our productivity. It is how we step outside the grind of

THe Ongoing Resistance Of Stonewall Today, as we mark the anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, we are witnessing an attack not only on our rights, but on our history itself. The Trump administration ordered the removal of trans flags and Progress Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument. References

Pride & Allyship   Pride invites all of us into the work of justice. It is not just a celebration of who we are. It is a call to stand together in the face of systems that seek to erase, divide, and harm. Allyship is not a title we

Remembering Lawrence Vs. Texas On this day in 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in Lawrence v. Texas, striking down laws that criminalized same-sex intimacy. It was a turning point. For the first time, the highest court in the country affirmed that queer people had

Pride & Queer Spaces Queer spaces have never just been about gathering. They have been sanctuaries, lifelines, places where our bodies, stories, and joy could exist without apology. But today, those spaces are under attack. From drag bans and Pride event restrictions to bomb threats at queer libraries and

Pride & Immigration/Refugees Pride is a time to celebrate visibility and voice, but for many 2SLGBTQIA+ immigrants and refugees, visibility can be dangerous. Across the globe, people are fleeing persecution, war, and poverty, seeking safety not only as migrants but as 2SLGBTQIA+ people. In too many places, queerness is

Pride &Family All too often, the culture and the church present a very narrow and rigid definition of what family is. It is a definition built around bloodlines, legal contracts, and prescribed roles, often used to uphold patriarchy, white supremacy, and compulsory heterosexuality. But queer and trans communities have

Pride & Mutual Aid   2SLGBTQIA+ communities have always known how to care for each other when no one else would. From kitchen tables to underground networks, we have organized safety, housing, medicine, food, and connection not because it was trendy, but because it was necessary. This is mutual

Pride & Intersex Intersex people have always existed. Across cultures, histories, and geographies, intersex bodies bear witness to the beautiful diversity of human life. Intersex is an umbrella term for people born with natural variations in sex characteristics- such as chromosomes, hormones, or anatomy- that differ from cultural expectations