2026 NYC Pride Guide - Magazine - Page 11
Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Dominique came to the U.S. for
fear of persecution as a transgender woman. She has since
become a game-changing model, advocate, actress, and ballroom fixture, gaining mainstream fame with her role as Electra
Abundance on FX’s Pose. Now, she uses her platform to support
underserved LGBTQIA+ populations and shine a light on the
challenges trans women too often face, serving as an inspiring
possibility model for trans women everywhere.
MARCHING CONTINGENT: MARSHA P. JOHNSON INSTITUTE
Founded in the name of human rights defender Marsha P. Johnson, the Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) was established in response to the murders of Black trans women
and our exclusion from social justice issues. MPJI protects and defends the human rights
of BLACK transgender people through organizing, advocating, creating fellowships,
building strategic campaigns, offering direct-relief support, and interrupting the people who are standing in the way of a more just world. marshap.org Founded in the name of human rights defender
Marsha P. Johnson, the Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) was established in response to the murders of Black trans
women and our exclusion from social justice issues. MPJI protects and defends the human rights of BLACK transgender people through organizing, advocating, creating fellowships, building strategic campaigns, offering direct-relief
support, and interrupting the people who are standing in the way of a more just world. www.marshap.org
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It is also a call to those who
are not of trans experience
or identity: the use of your
privilege, whether earned or
inherited, is not optional—it
is necessary. That privilege
must be leveraged to uplift
and protect members of the
trans community, to ensure
they are afforded the respect,
“For All of Us” should serve
safety, and stability that so
as a reminder of the powermany others feel entitled to
ful words spoken by Marsha
or take for granted.
P. Johnson. At a time when
Only through collective rethe trans community is unsponsibility and action can
der siege and facing systemwe create a world where trans
ic erasure, this message calls
people are not just surviving,
for awareness, unity, and
but able to thrive, achieve,
action. It is a reminder to our
and live with dignity.
siblings to stand with us in
solidarity as we fight—quite As we look to build a future
“for all of us”, why is it
literally—for our lives and
important that we look to our
theirs.
history?
Reflect on your personal
connection to the 2026 NYC
Pride theme, “For All of Us”,
a direct reference to the
famous Marsha P. Johnson
quote, “There’s no pride
for some of us without liberation for all of us” - what
does that mean to you, and
why do you think it resonates right now.
This year, it is especially important that we look to our
history so that we can “catch
it, check it, change it.” In 1973,
Sylvia Rivera fought for space
to ask for help for members
of her community—people
she considered family—who
were incarcerated. She was
booed and mocked. Many
forgot that just four years
earlier, she had been on the
frontlines, fighting for everyone and helping to shape history.
Now, 53 years later, the trans
community is not just still
fighting for space—we are
fighting to exist. In many
ways, nothing has truly
changed.
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