The Rainbow Well

06/05/2026

"For those of us who are not trans, solidarity begins with refusing to let trans people become abstractions. Every headline is about someone’s child, sibling, friend, neighbour, partner, or community member. Every policy debate touches real lives. Pride calls us to remember that what is at stake is not an argument but people, and despite everything, trans people continue to create, lead, love, build community, and imagine better futures. Those lives are worth defending, and they are worth celebrating."

Trans Lives Behind the Headlines Pride Month is supposed to be a celebration. For many transgender people, however, it arrives against a backdrop of court cases, political campaigns, policy debates, and media coverage that treat their lives as a public controversy. There is something profoundly stra...

06/04/2026

"History matters whenever we talk about Two-Spirit people. As a non-Indigenous person, I am conscious of the limits of what I can say here. My role is not to explain Two-Spirit identity but to encourage people to learn from Indigenous voices. Writers such as Kim TallBear have helped many of us understand that Indigenous ways of thinking about gender, sexuality, kinship, and community cannot be neatly squeezed into Western categories. Two-Spirit is not simply another identity to add to a list. It is a living tradition rooted in specific Indigenous peoples and cultures, many of which survived determined efforts to erase them."

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Beyond Colonial Categories   One of the enduring myths of colonialism is that it only took land. In reality, it also sought to reshape how people understood themselves, their relationships, their communities, and even their bodies. Through laws, churches, residential schools, and countless other me...

06/03/2026

"Disability justice asks us to move beyond the question of whether disabled people can participate and toward the question of whether disabled people are helping shape the vision itself. Too often, disabled people are treated as recipients of inclusion rather than leaders, thinkers, organizers, and builders. Yet some of the most important work on interdependence, community care, and collective liberation has come from disabled activists whose experiences forced them to imagine different ways of being together."

The Belonging We Failed To Design For For much of my life, I assumed that if I cared enough about a cause, I should be able to show up for it in the ways others did. Marches. Meetings. Events. Organizing. Constant availability. Chronic illness has forced me to confront the

06/02/2026

"Pride has always been about more than visibility. It has been about belonging. For many bisexual people, that belonging remains frustratingly conditional. We are welcomed so long as others can make sense of us. We are celebrated so long as we do not complicate familiar categories. Real belonging begins when we no longer have to explain why we are here."

The B Is Not Silent For many people, Pride is a celebration of being seen. For many bisexual people, it can also be a reminder of how easily we disappear. I have attended Pride with my wife and children and felt both deeply at home and strangely invisible. People see

06/01/2026

Happy Pride!

As we did last year, The Rainbow Well will be posting every day this month. We will touch on a wide array of topics that we hope will help us all better reflect and engage in our shared work. Here is our first post!

Happy Pride 2026! Happy Pride Month! Today marks the beginning of the month so many of us collectively choose to celebrate, remember, and rededicate ourselves to the work of 2SLGBTQIA+ equality, rights, and flourishing. We celebrate because our very being deserves celebration, not only because of vi...

05/27/2026

Thanks all for your patience over the last couple of months. The Rainbow Well is back with more resources and updates.

Remembering My Dad: In Celebratin of Solidarity If things have seemed quieter than usual around The Rainbow Well lately, it is because my Dad recently became suddenly ill and passed away. Much of my attention and energy has understandably been elsewhere these past months, though today we were finall...

01/14/2026

Shared a wonderful conversation with David Hall about his new book, "Authentically Me", our newest resources listed at The Rainbow Well.

Authentically Me: An Interview With David V. Hall   Authentically Me is a deeply personal memoir written not to persuade, defend, or explain, but to tell a story of hope and flourishing. Written first as a private act of recovery, the book traces one man’s journey of holding faith and

01/02/2026

Happy New Year from The Rainbow Well! Don't forget to check in on the site, as we are always adding new resources, articles, and more!

The Rainbow well MAKE A DIFFERENCE An Affirming 2SLGBTQIA+ Resource Hub on Faith, Gender, & Sexuality Welcome to The Rainbow Well The Rainbow Well is an online resource hub about faith, 2SLGBTQIA+ gender, and sexuality. With a

12/16/2025

A very Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to everyone from The Rainbow Well. May this season remind you that you are deeply loved, wholly welcome, and never outside the circle of belonging.

We also know that this season can be lonely and difficult for some. Know that you are seen. If we can offer support in any way, please reach out.

Peace to you and those you love.

(artwork by Stacey Chomiak)

11/20/2025

"In this climate, Trans Day of Remembrance is not simply a moment to remember lives lost to transphobic violence. It is a reminder of the cost of indifference and the danger of policies that treat trans lives as political bargaining chips. Each name we speak belongs to someone who was loved. Someone who deserved the chance to grow old. Someone who should have been met with welcome instead of fear. Remembering them calls us to confront the systems that failed them, the narratives that dehumanized them, and the choices that made vulnerability a target."

Transgender Day Of Remembrance 2025 Transgender Day of Remembrance arrives this year in the shadow of painful news from Alberta, where the provincial government has signalled its willingness to use the notwithstanding clause to restrict the