06/02/2021
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH FAMILY!!!
I love you. I love you. I love you!!! I love you unconditionally. I respect your identities and experiences. I celebrate your existence and the achievements you’ve made from surviving to thriving.
As we celebrate this magical month, let us remember how many had to step up and fight for our ability to celebrate being ourselves, and any freedoms we have to this point. Remember that when you celebrate the LGBTQAI+ community, that means ALL BEINGS - ALL BODIES - ALL ABILITIES. Be sure you’re acknowledging the marginalized family members who put so much aside to focus on the rights of all in the community, especially black and brown trans womxn. Be sure you’re acknowledging that although terms shift and expand, that we aren’t erasing the beings who identify how they feel comfortable, especially those in the trans community who transitioned before there was language at all. Everyone deserves a seat at the table - EVERYONE. We can choose to love others as they are, as we want to be loved as we are. Pride didn’t begin as a celebration and we owe our history, and the foundation of the community to so many. It’s up to the present and future generations to honor, respect, and to continue forward because we have SO MUCH more to do. There were others even before Marsha P. Johnson through the brick at Stonewall, and those who have made strides since then.
Thank you so much elders, for paving the way!!! I’m sending love and light to those who are no longer on this plane and to those who still are. I am sending love and light to the family and friends of all our trans and non-binary siblings who have been taken unjustly, and brutally - too soon. I am sending love to the true allies who are putting the effort in, especially the parents and teachers who are showing up, instead of shutting down.
Remember that you belong in every space you choose to be in. Remember that Pride is 24/7 - 365 and if you’re not harming anyone, that you have every single right to be yourself. Live your best life because Marsha and the many others are smiling on us; are dancing in the streets or on zoom with us. Let’s make them proud.