Pride is the promotion of self-affirmation, dignity, and visibility for LGBTQ people as a social group Wikipedia . It serves as both a celebration of identity and a protest against discrimination.

The process some trans people undergo to live as their true gender, which may include social changes (name/pronouns) or medical steps (hormones/surgery).

Always use the pronouns a person asks you to use. If unsure, it is polite to ask or use gender-neutral "they/them."

People born with biological sex characteristics that don't fit typical binary definitions Michigan State University .

LGBTQ culture is built on a foundation of resilience and shared experience.

People whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth APA .