Recent movement towards the meaningful incorporation of racial justice and transgender rights within the broader LGBTQ rights movement has helped shift Pride back to its liberating roots. While the fair-weather allyship of corporations undoubtedly stung some, it shouldn’t unmoor us. Our current democratic crisis demands an authentic, inclusive, radical response. No amount of rainbow-wrapped commodified queerness can do this work.
Author: Robin Maril
Robin Maril is a constitutional and administrative law scholar and aassistant professor of law at Willamette University. Prior to entering teaching, Maril served as the associate legal director at the Human Rights Campaign. Originally from Oklahoma, she now lives in Portland, Ore., with her wife and sons.