For next June, I propose we rename this month "Stonewall Month" or "Stonewall Remembrance Month" or "Stonewall Heritage Month" or something like that.

Why? Here's why:

+ PRIDE is a corporate festival in a time where LGBTQAI2S+ people are actively being unalived, unhoused, harmed

+ The events that unfolded at Stonewall and the courageous women who fought for their lives and the lives of their loved ones aren't widely known by LGBTQIA2S+ people. That is our heritage, our history and it must be centered

+ This month should be ALL about 1) advocacy (2) activism (3) redistributing wealth and giving out resources and aid (4) and organization. We need to be getting into groups and organizing politically and socially to save lives!

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I cannot celebrate who I am when I'm resisting my literal unaliving . I am crying out for help and no one is answering my distress call. We must get together, we must organize. We can celebrate once we have won our peace and safety, and our equality.