Rainbow Path had the pleasure and privilege of speaking at Nelson Pride last month. We were part of their “ Speak Out” event that featured Pecha Kucha style presentations from other rainbow organisations like InsideOut as well as other influential people from the community.

We enjoyed being part of the event and learning more about the organisation’s work as well as connecting with the wider community. 

In our presentation, Our speaker spoke about their own journey and how being a trans person of colour and an asylum seeker affected that journey. 

We also discussed our work with asylum seekers and the importance of having a peer led community where people with lived experiences lead the conversation around their rights. We highlighted the problems that occur when we are excluded from the conversation. 

We hope that privileged allies and service providers receive our message and really take it on board. We hope that they use their experiences and connections to guide the people with lived experience and the community to get to where we should have been, had we not faced such discrimination and marginalisation in this white colonised and Eurocentric world.