I saw someone saying “this month was supposed to be for us” and it broke my heart.
This month still is for us.
We are so strong. We pull through so much. We’ve been bullied and murdered and assaulted and burned on the ground since the very beginning, and despite our tragic history, we made pride month for ourselves.
Let’s use it.
I don’t want these people to think that killing us will earn our silence and shame and fear, because that is EXACTLY what they want. And nothing is going to change if we let them believe they can get what they want by killing us. I don’t want that.
I don’t want our brothers and sisters to die in vain.
I want to mourn together and I want to stand strong and speak up and ACT so that our lives will mean something to the rest of them.
I want the next generation of children like us to grow up in a better world in which they can love without having to fear for their lives.
So, let’s have the best goddamn pride month the world has ever seen.
In honor of those we lost.