God save everyone
In the wake of decades of progress, the fight for LGBTQIA+ rights remains fraught with tension and division. As Pride celebrations grew, many marginalised voices, particularly transgender individuals, people of colour, and the poor, were too often sidelined, their struggles overshadowed by more mainstream, palatable narratives of queer identity. The women who sparked the Stonewall Riots, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and Stormé DeLarverie, were at the forefront of a revolution, but over time, their roles in the movement were often forgotten or erased. The movement they helped ignite was built on inclusion, on lifting up the voices that were most vulnerable, yet today, many of those same groups remain excluded from the Pride parade, from its funding, from its visibility. If Marsha, Sylvia, and Stormé could see what Pride has become, what would they think? Would they feel pride in what has been achieved, or frustration at how their initial call for justice has been dilut...