Marsha P. Johnson showed us that joy can be resistance—and that care is its own kind of protest. This post honors her life, her fight, and the emotional labor that still shapes the work we do today.
Queer Reflection’s tribute series, “The Shoulders We Stand On,” honors twelve queer pioneers whose courage, brilliance, and defiance made this moment possible. Their stories aren’t just history—they’re the blueprints for the empathy, action, and change we’re building today.
Queer Reflection founder Bryan Alexander reflects on how Erasure’s “Hideaway” gave him the courage to come out—and inspired the creation of an empathy platform for those still learning to be brave.
Queer Reflection founder Bryan Alexander shares how Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” shaped his identity, inspired his NYU essay, and planted the seeds for his empathy-driven platform.
History isn’t just what we remember — it’s what we’re allowed to remember. When the government deletes words like transgender from the Stonewall Monument or scrubs queer veterans from military archives, it’s not cleanup. It’s erasure. And in a country that already treats queer lives as expendable, silence is strategy.
Inspired by Dr. Bruce Perry’s “Born for Love,” Queer Reflection explores how empathy shapes queer identity, why it’s endangered—and how immersive storytelling can revive it.
The Rise of EmpathyTech
They Are Trying to Erase Us. We Have Been Here Before.
