by Tristan Byrnes | Jul 6, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
We’ve all been there. You show up to a community event, a rally, or even just a particularly intense happy hour, and you are ready. You’ve got the buttons, you’ve done the reading, and your heart is about three sizes too big for your chest. You want to help. You want...
by Tristan Byrnes | Jun 26, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
If you’re reading this on Monday morning, there is a statistically significant chance that you are currently 40% glitter, 60% caffeine, and 100% exhausted. St. Pete Pride is a marathon, not a sprint. We’ve danced down Central Ave, we’ve cheered at the parade, and...
by Tristan Byrnes | Jun 25, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
Welcome to Day 4 of our St. Pete Pride Week series! If you’ve been following along, we’ve been talking about the heart of this year’s theme: Unity Over Division. We’ve looked at the roots of Pride and how to recharge your battery when the glitter gets a little too...
by Tristan Byrnes | Jun 24, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
Happy St. Pete Pride week, fam! If you’ve been following along with our series, you know we’ve been talking about the grit, the history, and the glitter that makes our community what it is. But today, I want to take a beat and get a little more serious. As a trans guy...
by Tristan Byrnes | Jun 23, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
It’s St. Pete Pride week, and the glitter is starting to settle in the cracks of the sidewalk. We’re in that beautiful, chaotic middle part of the month where the joy is high, but so is the "identity math." You know the kind: the internal (and sometimes...
by Tristan Byrnes | Jun 22, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
Hey friends. It’s Tristan. If you’ve stepped outside in St. Pete lately, you can feel it. The humidity is rising, the rainbow crosswalks are getting a fresh coat of paint, and there’s that specific buzz in the air that only comes with June in Florida. St. Pete Pride...
