Back in June, I celebrated Pride Month by creating a special one-page comic starring some of my own characters. Pride Month is an annual month-long celebration of the LGBTQ+ community, highlighting their achievements as well as raising awareness of issues that affect them, and campaigning for a more inclusive environment. Each panel’s background reflects a specific Pride flag, from the familiar rainbow flag to more specialized flags representing smaller communities, such as the lesbian and bisexual communities.

The couples featured in this comic are (going from left to right):

• Truro and Yarmouth, from Canada

• Amherst and Springhill, also from Canada

• Dallas and Corpus Christi, from Texas

• Abilene and Navasota, also from Texas

Being a member of the LGBTQ+ community myself (I identify as bisexual), many of my characters are also LGBTQ+. Two in particular, Dallas and Corpus Christi (who are the third couple to appear in this comic), also identify as bisexual and are married to each other. Dallas uses they/them pronouns in addition to he/him.

I’ve always been inspired by geography, personifying places and giving them stories. In recent years, I’ve focused more on Texas due to going on holiday there back in 2021 to visit family. I have used my experiences in Texas and issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community there in shaping Dallas and Corpus Christi’s narrative; Texas tends to be much more conservative when it comes to the LGBTQ+ community, which is a prime factor in me raising awareness of societal issues via the art I create and the stories I write.