06/03/2026
Happy Pride from the General 's
Long before the United States existed,
When colonization burned our codexes, melted our statues, and burned us for loving another person, we survived. When governments outlawed us, we survived. When police raided our gathering places, we survived. When employers fired us, we survived. When AIDS stole an entire generation, we survived.
Pride is not a celebration because the struggle is over. Pride is a celebration because every generation before us found a way to carry the flame forward.
We are the descendants of people who were told they had no future and built one anyway.
No one granted our existence or invented us. Weโve always been here and weโre not going anywhere.
