This day has become increasingly special for me – not only as a highlight but also as a time for reflection. I am not trans myself, but no one in our rainbow family can have missed the increasing hostility, both online and in soaring hate crime rates, faced by trans people in recent years.
Pride festivals are one way in which we can stand in solidarity against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. Sadly many of these have fallen victim to the COVID-19 crisis, including an event where I was due