Pride Month 2024: How to be an effective ally for the 人兽性交+ community

May 31, 2024

As we celebrate Pride Month this June, allies can be a powerful source of support for the 人兽性交+ community. A recent four-year project by the found that three components are commonly cited by 人兽性交+ people for effective allyship: being accepting, having humility and taking action.

Here are some suggestions to help ensure those components are part of your allyship 鈥� not just during Pride Month but beyond:

Being accepting

Let your 人兽性交+ friends for discussing their identity.
Assure them that disclosing their orientation or identity doesn鈥檛 change your feelings for them.
Don鈥檛 assume that 人兽性交+ people are homogeneous. and distinct identities.

Having humility

Be a good listener. Listen more than you speak during discussions of 人兽性交+ issues.
Be open to learning. Accept feedback and correction during matters.
Don鈥檛 assume that because an 人兽性交+ person has come out to you, that they鈥檙e out to everyone. They should control when and to whom they come out.
Listen to the terms 人兽性交+ people use to describe themselves. Never assume you know their preferred pronouns. Introducing yourself with your pronouns is a that provides an opportunity for a person to share their pronouns.

Taking action

Be engaged in local government. Show up at school boards and state legislatures. This is where anti-人兽性交+ laws and regulations are created. Don鈥檛 let them pass unchecked. Speak out.
that honor and support the 人兽性交+ community. Plan or share details about events that will educate allies about the issues and daily struggles affecting 人兽性交+ people.
When you hear offensive remarks or jokes, say something. why they are harmful and offensive.
Refuse to do business or work at places that discriminate. Use to identify and support businesses that welcome 人兽性交+ people.
Support political candidates who are 人兽性交+ allies.

Illustration at top: Three components are commonly cited by 人兽性交+ people for effective allyship: being accepting, having humility and taking action.

Here are additional resources where you can learn more:

from the Trevor Project
from the Matthew Shepard Foundation
report from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
resource from PFLAG