06/01/2026
This Pride Month, you’ll see a lot of messages encouraging people to live loudly.
And if that’s safe for you, beautiful.
But not everyone can.
As LGBTQ+ people and people with uteruses continue to face attacks on their rights, visibility is not equally safe for everyone.
Sometimes Pride looks like a parade.
Sometimes it looks like advocacy.
Sometimes it looks like survival.
Marsha P. Johnson’s legacy is often reduced to visibility and protest, but she also spent years doing mutual aid = caring for people, finding housing, feeding others, and helping people survive. Her life reminds us that showing up for one another can be just as radical as being publicly visible.
Your worth is not measured by your visibility.
You do not owe anyone your story, your disclosure, or your safety.
For some people, existing is resistance enough.
Not everyone can live loudly. Our ancestors in struggle knew that survival, too, is a form of resistance.
This month, we honor the fight for bodily autonomy and stand with everyone whose life, identity, family, or future is being legislated without their consent.
Happy Pride.