Sabah by Ira Girogetti

Sabah is a proud trans youth worker, psychotherapist in training, speaker, educator, and writer.

“Pride to me is more than just a rainbow sticker on the window of a store, more than glitter in the streets in June for a week. Pride is that feeling that comes from shouting for those who have lost their voice through injustice and broken hearts. Pride is that feeling that comes from loving each other and celebrating those who don’t often get it, Black queers, disabled folk, trans femmes, people of faith. Pride comes from honouring those who paved the way for us, our elders and before. Pride is also complicated, it can feel hard to feel proud all the time but just because I am not feeling proud, doesn’t mean I am ashamed. I don’t think these are opposites. Pride is sometimes an aspiration instead of a reality, sometimes celebration feels like a privilege when there is still so much to protest. Pride is political. And our pride is precious.”