2SLGBTQIA+

When I joined PRISM Halton  in October 2024 , I was stepping into something that had already started to make waves. Pride Halton  had already run twice before, but I hadn’t experienced it myself. It was something I learned about after the fact — and once I did, I knew I wanted to help it grow and reach more people across the region. Finding My Place Like many, I wanted to get more involved locally but wasn’t sure where to begin. Between work and life, my “community gauge” was

People talk about coming out like it’s a one-time thing. Like you do it once, check the box, and move on. But honestly? It doesn’t work that way. I’ve come out more times than I can count. First to myself, then to my best friend, then my family. That was the big, emotional part. But after that, it just kept happening… at every new job, with every new group of people, every time someone casually asks, “So, do you have a wife?” And in that split second, I have to decide whether