bury the castle.

The first Pride was a riot.

Stanley Almodovar III, 23.

Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20.

Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22.

Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36.

Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22.

Luis S. Vielma, 22.

Kimberly Morris, 37.

Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30.

Darryl Roman Burt II, 29.

Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32.

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21.

Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25.

Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35.

Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50.

Amanda Alvear, 25.

Martin Benitez Torres, 33.

Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37.

Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26.

Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35.

Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25.

Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31.

Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26.

Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old.

Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old.

Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 years old.

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old

Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old

Cory James Connell, 21 years old

Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37 years old

Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old

Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old

Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 years old

Jerald Arthur Wright, 31

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25

Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25

Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24

Jean C. Nives Rodriguez, 27

Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33

Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49

Yilmary Rodriguez Sulivan, 24

Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32

Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28

Frank Hernandez, 27

Paul Terrell Henry, 41

tell me “we are Orlando”‘after you recognize POC in the community as more than just trophies you can cross off your fetish bucket list

tell me “we are Orlando” after you start uplifting feminine and trans men instead of treating them like a stain you can’t remove from the carpet

tell me “we are Orlando” after you start putting POC on the cover of your magazines more than once every leap year

tell me “we are Orlando” when you stop giving priority to straight white men over LGBT POC voices

I left a vigil in Portland where a white gay man with “no rice no spice” on his scruff profile took a selfie holding a candle as he mourned 49 brown bodies.

A masculine friend on Facebook posted “we are Orlando” and filtered his profile picture. 12 hours later he made another post about how he can’t stand when men sound like they have “a purse falling out of their mouth”.

The same accounts I saw calling #GayMediaSoWhite divisive are now the same ones using a tragedy involving 98% POC to make out with their boyfriends with #2MenKissing for nothing more than reblogs while praising Nick Jonas, a white straight man, for being such a brave ally and speaking on behalf of LGBT people of color.

I made this post because even in tragedy, y'all never stop.