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𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓮, 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓴𝔂. 𝓘'𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓫𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮. 𝓢𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓫𝔂 𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮, 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓦𝓮 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝓪 𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓾𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓷𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓮𝓵𝓼𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭. 𝓗𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓮𝓻𝓼, 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓾𝓹 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓭.  𝓦𝓮 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓮'𝓵𝓵 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓢𝓸 𝓽𝓸𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭.

As we enter Pride Month I'd like to take a moment to remember some of the true heroes who have made all of this possible.

Like Marsha P. Johson, who threw the first brick at the Stonewall Riots, and Storme DeLarverie an activist who threw the first punch.

Audre Lorde, a self described “black, lesbian, feminist, mother, poet, warrior," who made lasting contributions in the fields of feminist theory, critical race studies and queer theory through her pedagogy and writing.

And Miss Major Griffin-Gracy an activist at the forefront of the fight for trans rights who has lead group efforts advocating for incarcerated trans women.

These BLACK women risked their lives to fight for the LGBTQ+ rights so please stand united and fight for theirs.

Because without them there might not be Pride, let alone a Pride Month.

You can check out more useful links here,

https://www.thecut.com/article/george-floyd-protests-how-to-help-where-to-donate.html?fbclid=IwAR2PnSvox-ZEaQOQWgRoua_WWvAq48wUZYMYbJ3YTzT7bLDql0C2kc0Bnak

and here

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/black-history-month-17-lgbtq-black-pioneers-who-made-history-n1130856

“It was a rebellion, it was an uprising, it was a civil rights disobedience – it wasn't no damn riot.”