Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC) are full of power and light, but it can be hard to maintain that power and light while wading through all the news articles and videos, status updates, and problematic words and worldviews that are thrown at us every day. Often, we are forced to engage in spaces, both online and off, …

Often we, as queer people of color, are told and shown that we constantly have to do more, work more, and give more, just to exist in the same spaces as other people. There is an expectation that we are always available, not just for work, but also for support. We are asked to participate in “___”, work on “____”, …