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On a humid June evening, the neon lights of North Halsted Street cast long shadows across a crowd celebrating Pride. Rainbow flags snap in the wind. Drag queens in sky-high wigs pose for selfies. Corporate floats blare pop anthems.

Mia’s center is a cramped storefront. It smells like coffee and despair. On a whiteboard, a volunteer has scrawled the names of three clients who died in the past month—two from violence, one from suicide. fat black shemale

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“I love this community,” Jaylen says, his voice barely audible over the bass. “But sometimes, I feel like the ‘T’ in LGBTQ+ is just decoration.” Corporate floats blare pop anthems

But standing at the edge of the parade route, Jaylen, a 24-year-old Black trans man, isn’t waving a flag. He’s holding a sign that reads: “Pride was a Riot. Let Us Stay.”