oo often
We are
The LGBTQ+ community’s
Forgotten child
Who helps everyone else
To get their rights recognized
By society.
In 1966
Three years prior
To the Stonewall Riots
San Francisco’s transcommunity
Fired the very first shots
For LGBTQ+ rights
At the Compton Cafeteria Riots.
Even then
At New York’s Stonewall Riots
We “manned" the front lines
Fighting beside our gay brothers.
And now
On June 22, 2018
Toronto's transcommunity marks
The 10th anniversary
Of the Trans March
At Toronto Pride.
A right
We fought for
Just like Canada's enshrining
Of legal protection
For the transcommunity
Under Canadian law
In June 2017.
Taking to the streets
Without recognition
From the Pride Toronto committee
In 2009.
For four Toronto Prides
We marched
Demanding our right
As part of Toronto's LGBTQ+
Community.
Until 2013
When Pride Toronto
Acknowledged us
As part of the community.
Even now
The struggle continues
For true equality
Within Toronto's LGBTQ+
Community.
As we fight
For ethnic diversity.
In realizing
That Toronto is
A multicultural city
Within the LGBTQ+ community
Is a part of.
Therisa © 2018
Author’s note: Another poem for this year’s Pride Poetry.
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