Happy Pride.

This year, we raise our voices and our flags under the banner of a simple but powerful truth: These Colors Don’t Run.

The rainbow flag was never just a decoration. It has always been a declaration — of visibility, of defiance, of pride in who we are and whom we love. And this year, it’s also a message to those in power: We’re not backing down.

We’re living in a moment of deep challenge and great possibility. Anti-LGBTQ+ attacks are escalating —  from statehouses to courtrooms, from school boards to boardrooms. Politicians are trying to erase our stories, push trans kids off sports teams, censor drag, criminalize health care. We’ve seen HIV prevention funding slashed. We’ve seen asylum seekers — like Andry José Hernández Romero — disappeared simply for being gay and seeking safety.

And this week, we witnessed the full weight of that cruelty.

In a devastating ruling, the Supreme Court upheld a discriminatory law in United States v. Skrmetti, allowing Tennessee to ban life-saving, medically necessary care for transgender youth. Let’s be clear: This decision will hurt families. It will force parents to make heartbreaking choices — to split up, to leave their home state or to fight an uphill battle to protect their children’s health.

This court chose to let politicians interfere with decisions that belong to families, patients and their doctors. And they did it knowing full well the harm it will cause.

But here’s what they don’t understand: We are a community built on love. One chosen family. They want us to be afraid — but we are unafraid. They want us to give up — but we are just getting started.

In the hours after the decision, we gathered on the steps of the Supreme Court. We held each other. We raised our voices. We made it clear: This decision is a roadblock — not the end of the road. We are still here. And we are not going anywhere.

Pride has always risen in moments like this. Because Pride is more than a party. Pride is a protest. It’s resistance through visibility. It’s joy as defiance. It’s power born from community, sharpened by struggle and sustained by love.

And in 2025, that resistance is more urgent than ever.

That’s why we chose These Colors Don’t Run.

Because no matter how relentless the attacks, we are more determined. 

No matter how loud the opposition, we are louder.

And no matter how dark the road ahead, we are the light that refuses to be dimmed.

Our movement is growing. The Human Rights Campaign is now 3.6 million strong—our largest ever. That’s not just a milestone. It’s a mandate. It’s proof that we are a people-powered movement that cannot — and will not — be ignored.

And this June, the world is watching. With WorldPride in our nation’s capital, our visibility has never mattered more — and neither has our strength. We must rise in unison. We must tell the truth of who we are. And we must demand what we deserve: freedom, safety, dignity and justice.

Let me be clear: LGBTQ+ people are not on the margins of society — we are at the heart of it. We are teachers, truck drivers, nurses and neighbors. We serve in Congress, lead companies, worship and raise families.

And yet, again and again, we are treated as scapegoats for this country’s failures.
Politicians manufacture moral panics to divide us, distract us and dismantle our rights. But this month — and every month — we are pushing back.

To our allies — this is your moment to show up. Not just with rainbow logos, but with policy, partnership and persistence. We need companies, churches, schools and elected officials to be as bold in their support as our community is in our truth.

Because these colors don’t run — they rise.

This is our moment to rise together — unapologetically, defiantly, joyfully.

In Solidarity and in Pride,