Pride Portraits

"Trans is Power! I uphold my #TransLatinaPower every breath I take, every step I take and every idea into a reality I make. Those who are uncomfortable about my greatness and those who do not like it, simply, do not have to eat it. Eat Me!" - Bamby Salcedo

“With Donald J. Trump it’s shirts and skins. We can’t keep playing nice. I don’t care about getting into the heads of angry white Republican men; it’s a fake narrative they’ve been given. In terms of the gay community, I don’t put anything past the GOP.” - Kathy Griffin @donald-trump-official @donaldtrumpsays @donaldtrumpisnotmypresident @donaldtrumpmemes @trumpgripe @trumpisaliar @presidenttrumplr @presidenttrumpsigns

“The community in this country that is most subject to state violence, institutional violence and individual violence would probably be trans women of color.” - Angela Davis

“It will take all of us to get free.” - DeRay Mckesson

“What drag means to me is freedom. It’s unequivocal freedom to be able to be not only who you are, but who you want to be.” - Michelle Visage

My name is Cleve Jones and I live in San Francisco, California. We are recording this the day before Pride 2018. I joined the gay liberation movement when I was 17. I fought as hard as I could for LGBT rights. I spent a good decade and a half fighting the AIDS pandemic. Today I fight mostly for the rights of immigrant people, gay and straight, black and brown and white. All of the people who try to come to this country for a better life and are meeting this horribly racist policy of our new President. I think all LGBTQ people need to be part of this fight, that’s what I’m doing today. Happy Pride” - Cleve Jones

"When it comes to equality, I look for a place where we can see our similarities instead of focusing on our differences - and I believe that we'll get there once we start to let our guard down and realize that we just have to listen to each other." - Karamo Brown

“I want the world to know that I made good music, I loved well, I lived truthfully and hopefully brought inspiration into the world.” - Melissa Etheridge

"It wasn’t until I was 19 or 20 years old when went to my first gay club. I stumbled upon a drag show. It wasn’t hilarious, but I found it compelling, giggling on the inside. I was just sitting there, this weird dorky introverted geeky kid mesmerized, thinking WHAT IS THIS?? I thought I want to do this. I found my tribe of gay friends, and started playing around with makeup. I got in drag the first time, and I did the amateur show and I knew what it felt like to be proud of something. I was proud of what I did that night, and what it led to. The more I started doing the shows, the more I got deeper into the community, and I started hearing other people’s stories. That’s when I started being proud of being gay. I’m going to stand up for it. I’m going to be a forefront leader like I am with children. I’m going to be proud of who I am because I was made and designed specifically this way." - Alyssa Edwards