We gather where celebration refuses polish and permission
in rooms that never asked to be made respectable
the word “pride” turned inside out into something sharper
a city’s glitter peeled back to its raw wiring
in rooms that never asked to be made respectable
Gay Shame writes itself in flyers and friction
a city’s glitter peeled back to its raw wiring
not absence of joy, but refusal of packaging
Gay Shame writes itself in flyers and friction
we gather where celebration refuses polish and permission
not absence of joy, but refusal of packaging
the word “pride” turned inside out into something sharper
not absence of joy, but refusal of packaging
we refuse the parade float version of survival
the word “pride” turned inside out into something sharper
in bodies that will not be curated for comfort
we refuse the parade float version of survival
a city’s glitter peeled back to its raw wiring
in bodies that will not be curated for comfort
we gather where celebration refuses polish and permission