Pride is Not Performative

Five Ways to Make LGBGTQ+ Pride Month Purposeful 

As we enter LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the ways in which organizations commemorate the annual celebration should go beyond corporate parade floats and rainbow flag-waving. The metric for Pride should be whether one’s actions tangibly and positively impact the material well-being of the Queer community and the mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical vitality of everyone who identifies as LGBTQ+.  The following recommendations signify five things you can do to make Pride a conscious celebration and consequential success: