I first joined the Freedom Oklahoma team four years ago. It feels both like just yesterday and the longest four years of my life (but maybe the last four years have felt a little like that for everyone). In that time, we’ve ushered in monumental changes to the work…

And while I could rant at an extended length about the harms of the policies being pushed at state and national levels under the guise of popular health, I instead want to focus on the long history of mad, disabled resistance leaders in 2SLGBTQ+ spaces, and the way disabled folks have engaged in disruption to win better conditions for all of us, while often ourselves being left out of and/or excluded from spaces that claim to be organizing for our collective liberation. 

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…

“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.