Pride 2022

Happy Pride! I hope everyone stays healthy. And here are some friendly reminders from me, a cishet ally:

• Buy your PRIDE gear from LGBTQIA+ folx & companies that ACTUALLY support them
• The reason we need a PRIDE month is due to the on-going harassment, discrimination opp & oppression that LGBTQIA+ people face every day
• LGBTQIA+ folx have always existed, in every corner of the world
• LGBTQIA+ people deserve to be loved & to live as they want to
• PRIDE was kicked off by black and brown trans women & sex workers
• Support LGBTQIA+ folx and businesses year round
• Fight anti-trans legislation
• We all carry internalized homophobia, biphobia & transphobia; we need to do the work so we don’t actively do harm

Donate to organizations that support LGBTQIA+ causes:

• Human Rights Campaign
• National Center for Transgender Equality
• Transgender Law Center
• SnapCo
• LGBTQ Freedom Fund
• Trevor Project
• Somos Familia Valle

Other donation ideas:

• Give directly through requests for mutual aid
• Give to Go Fund Me accounts of trans folks saving for surgery

Support paying LGBTQIA+ folx for their time and expertise.