It’s Pride Month. Time for something different.

I consider myself an activist. I don’t have the largest voice, sure, but I use it to point out and boost those things we like to call capital P Progressive. Usually that takes the form of Yelling About Things We Don’t Have Yet. Things like gender equality, queer rights across the full spectrum, and a whole host of things that require a deep breath and a moment to focus before diving in. But it’s Pride Month. A month full of weekends of colorful parades commemorating the queer Progressives of a generation past. A month in which to inspire the generations after. A month of reminding ourselves that It’s Not All Bad.

On that note, I’m going to use Pride Month as an excuse to remind ourselves that It’s Not All Bad is an okay thing to talk about too. My mind likes to dwell in the Why Isn’t It Better Yet, time for some Things Got Better.

Each day I want to highlight at least one thing in the queer space that made me smile. It has to be current, It has to be inclusive and/or intersectional, and it has to be happy. For example, this is the first time the Pride Flag has been raised on Parliament Hill in Canada. https://twitter.com/seamusoregan/status/738108360361422848. Very Cool.

Pride Month is about celebrating. And I’m going to do just that.