Pride exists because of a woman. 

Pride exists because of a black woman. 

Pride exists because of a black trans woman. 

Pride exists because of a black trans woman who was a sex worker. 

Pride exists because of a black, bisexual trans woman who was a sex worker that threw a brick at a cop. 

Pride exists because of a black, bisexual trans woman, a sex worker, who threw a brick at a cop and started a riot against the state.

Don't lose this month in rainbow capitalism and unabashed racism because of the privilege of being white while queer.

If you aren't supporting queer people of color, trans women, and queer sex workers, you aren't celebrating pride, you are celebrating rainbow capitalism and police brutality.

Her name was Marsha P. Johnson.