Trinity Pride: Hope and Resistance in Fort Worth

Trinity Pride Celebration

• 🏳️‍🌈 Hundreds gathered for Trinity Pride in Fort Worth, celebrating inclusion and defiance.
• 🗣️ The message was clear: "We have to be seen," with marchers emphasizing the need for the LGBTQ+ community to be visible and not invisible.
• 💖 Participants highlighted the importance of young people knowing that who they love is okay.

Anti-LGBTQ+ Climate and Setbacks

• ⚠️ The event occurred amidst a national wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
• 📍 A local setback involved the rescinded approval for a historical marker at the former Rainbow Lounge site, a place significant to Fort Worth's LGBTQ+ rights movement.
• 📞 The timing of this setback was criticized, especially as a national suicide hotline announced it would remove its LGBTQ+ prompt.

Faith and Family Support

• 🙏 Faith leaders, like Pastor Elizabeth Calendarer, showed up to embody love and affirm that God's love is for all people.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families, such as Sarah Toffelmeer and Shannon Lungquist with their children, attended to demonstrate that love is love and acceptance.
• ✨ The event underscored the need for more kindness, acceptance, and empathy in the world.