Pride is not a rainbow. It’s a riot.

Image by Jamey Christoph. Book by Rob Sanders. Purchase at a Black-owned bookshop.

Last weekend, our family of four attended Montclair, New Jersey’s first ever Pride Festival, the theme of which was: “Be You. Be Heard.”

Vendors and organizations set up colorful tables, gave out freebies featuring their logos and brands, and handed out a plethora of pride flags emblazoned with the colorful stripes and symbols of various identity-groups within queer community,including many that…