As we stand at the threshold of Pride Month, the air is thick with a familiar tension. There’s the glitter, the music, the promise of celebration. But Pride is so much more than a party. Its also a time to educate and be educated, to organize. It's a time to further the fight against institutions that keep us from accessing life beyond this month. Pride is a time that acknowledges the profound disillusionment many of us feel trying to find joy in  the midst of genocide. Pride is so much more than a party..

This past weekend, a stark reminder of this dissonance shook our community. Pride on 39th, meant to be a sanctuary, called the cops on a Dyke March OKC for showing up in a way they didn't agree with. During Pride. Let that sink in. Pride, born from the raw fury of a riot against police brutality and corruption, a riot that centered Black and Brown trans folks and our fight for survival against a system that often leads to our deaths, decided to invite the very force it was founded to resist.

“The Houses Our Ancestors Built,” a guest blog by Oklahoma Queer History

Every June, the world erupts in a dazzling display of colors. Pride parades, a kaleidoscope of joy, weave through concrete canyons. Yet, beneath the vibrant surface, a disharmony simmers. Rainbow capitalism, with its glittering facade, often overlooks the Earth's silent cries and the marginalized voices within the 2SLGBTQIA+ tapestry. This year, let us delve deeper, seeking a Pride rooted not in fleeting profits, but in the enduring wisdom of rematriation – the act of reclaiming what was stolen and nurturing a more just future.