In this Pride blog, I’m speaking primarily to a queer audience, an audience that is, unfortunately, as is normative, mostly white, calling us in to greater solidarity and away from white supremacy.

My wish for Pride is: I wish every white, US trans person who was crying “trans genocide” several months ago were just as upset about ICE right now.

I don’t mean to shame the fear people felt and perhaps still feel. But we gotta be motivated by more than fear, right?

Such self-centered fear-mongering doesn’t actually serve us, folks. We need real solidarity and care for one another.

Because right now, the US is involved with (at least) two much more accelerated genocides, but few care.

If you are no longer politically engaged because now, four months into Trump’s presidency, you’re doing okay, we need to work on that.

It comes across as if you don’t care about the people who are suffering. You may have raised your voice for a minute, when you thought they were coming for you. But will you defend the rights of others, or will you just defend yourself?

Too many of you/us have been trying to do it alone, and that’s why you’re/we’re burnt out right now. Solidarity is the solution.

Last year the rallying cry was “No pride in genocide” and “No one’s free until we’re all free,” and it’s still that.

Right now, even in LA, a supposed sanctuary city, people are being disappeared by ICE agents.