Keith Haring: Drawing the Pulse of a Generation
Keith Haring turned art into activism—painting life, love, and protest into every line. In an era silenced by fear, he drew joy as resistance and made sure the walls could never stop talking.
The Shoulders We Stand On: Miss Major
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was our movement’s uncompromising conscience. Her passing is a mandate: queer liberation that sidelines trans people isn’t liberation at all. Honor her by centering Black trans lives—in budgets, policies, and power—not just in posts. Less branding, more protection. For all of us.
Mapping Empathy to Rewire the World: Introducing the Queer Reflection Empathy Map
Queer Reflection’s new Empathy Map worksheet is a powerful tool for creators, educators, activists, and anyone seeking to better understand the emotional experience of queer lives. Ground your storytelling, design, or outreach in lived truth—and help build a world that truly listens.
The Shoulders We Stand On: Alice Walker and the Radical Power of Love
Honoring Alice Walker — writer, activist, and unapologetic voice for queer love and liberation. Her courage reminds us that survival is an act of defiance.
The Shoulders We Stand On: Margaret Cho – Loud, Fearless, and Unapologetically Ours
Margaret Cho turned anger into art and survival into revolution. She showed us that being loud, queer, and unapologetic is its own kind of power.
Recent Reflections
Queer Reflection’s new Empathy Map worksheet is a powerful tool for creators, educators, activists, and anyone seeking to better understand the emotional experience of queer lives. Ground your storytelling, design, or outreach in lived truth—and help build a world that truly listens. […]
AI isn’t here to replace queer voices—it’s here to reflect them. At Queer Reflection, we’re using AI to deepen empathy, not dilute it. This post explores how technology, when guided by lived experience, can become a mirror for emotional truth. […]
On July 17, 2025, Trump dismantles the ‘Press 3’ LGBTQ+ youth lifeline. This poetic, furious reflection demands action as we stand guard over our queer souls. […]
Queer Reflection isn’t for everyone—and that’s the point. We built this platform for those ready to listen with their hearts, not argue with their politics. If you’re willing to feel what we feel, this space is for you. […]
Before religion codified it, homophobia didn’t exist. It was taught, enforced, ritualized. This blog post unpacks how religious institutions transformed diverse human expressions of love and gender into sources of shame, and how queer liberation demands that we confront these sacred roots of oppression. […]
Harvey Milk believed that visibility was survival—and that hope could never be silent. This post honors his legacy as a leader, an activist, and a symbol of the power that comes from simply being seen. […]
