Zara

Then pride month will be over, and you will see things return to business as usual, by which I mean that the ritualistic murder and slowburning genocide against us will continue unhindered, if it ever could be said to have stopped at all.

Queer politics, and especially transfeminist politics, do not need a pride month where we make our existence visible, we need a May day to make our demands heard and our power felt.

The first (not really) pride was a riot against police brutality. Now pride parades are held in coordination with the same local police Sylvia Rivera (maybe? it's unclear) threw a brick at.

Modern pride month is queer politics with the radicalism ripped out. It is the subsumption of the USAmerican queer rights movement into Liberalism. It is a kind of activism which corporate brands feel (or felt at least) comfortable associating themselves with. It is a version of queer politics which consists entirely rainbow flags, state-sanctioned marches, and voting every November.

happy pride month from everyone's favorite transgender LESBIAN video game characters!!!