Getting work done on my house and the contractor was like “I saw ur sign….. r u yknow in the community or an …ally?” And I was like doing the major side eye and was hesitantly like “……in the community…” and the guy whips out his phone and goes “cool let me show you a picture of my daughter and her 4 kids and her wife and did u know the baby is theirs biologically which is very cool and” then I got to listen to him tell me all about being an ally and how much he loves the queer community and also he thinks it’s despicable all the friends they lost when his daughter came out and they haven’t won the best yard since they put a pride flag out and how it’s about making sure people have safe spaces and know they aren’t alone- to my complete astonishment I really did get the full essay from him

In a truck stop bathroom washing my hands today and 2 boys, looked about 5 and 9, came in with their little sister who looked maybe 2. The following whispered conversation made my entire day

"We have to wait, there's a lady in here!"

"That's not a lady, he has a mustache! We can be in here!"

"Some ladies have mustaches! And she has boobs!"

"Well some guys have boobs! Like Uncle Jake!"

"Uncle Jake is fat!"

At this point I could not contain a chuckle and both whirled around with identical looks of panic on their faces. I smiled and said "it's alright for you guys to be in here so your sister has help, don't worry. And I'm both! That's why I have boobs and a mustache. Some folks are just built that way"

(In unison) "Ooooooh!"

(older boy) "So do you use Sir or Ma'am or both?"

"Both, but I prefer Sir"

"Cool! Well thanks Sir! We have to help our sister now!"

This was in a small town country truck stop and both boys had "Murica" type stuff on and neither of them had any issue at all with these concepts. Their mom approached me while I was in line about 10 minutes later and apologized for them bothering me in the bathroom (they had told her about the interaction) and she and I had a lovely little chat too. I got to introduce her to the term "intersex" and her reply was "I think I've heard of that before! I didn't know that was the word for it. Amazing how many different ways God can make people!"

Sometimes the world is good. More often than you might think, if you give it a chance. It's not all bad loves <3

to summarize: it’s bi visibility day. gender is cascading. someone needs to call 911

no context stills:

The Danish training ship “Georg Stage” (1934) dresses in rainbow colour, 2021 

not the kind of gay ship I’m used to seeing on tumblr but cool

ship georg is an outlier but SHOULD be counted

"DC Pride" Returns for 2024

DC Comics' has announced that DC Pride, its anthology celebrating LGBTQIA+ characters is retuning for 2024. The 104-page comic is presented in a Prestige format.

Content in DC Pride 2024 includes:

DC Pride 2024 goes on sale on May 28, 2024. The anthology will feature a main cover and a 1:25 card stock variant of the main cover by Kevin Wada, an open-to-order wraparound variant cover by David Talaski, and foil and card stock variant covers by Babs Tarr.

(Image via DC Comics - Kevin Wada's Main Cover of DC Pride 2024)

Everything is like “QUEER history” and “List of QUEER young adult books” or “Top 10 QUEER movies” and queer this and queer that and for the love of god please just say LGBT.

But queer is more inclusive

And faster to pronounce if you are talking instead of writing.

It’s not more inclusive, and if your excuse of using a slur as a blanket term is “it’s faster to say”, GENUINELY what is wrong with you

It’s called economía del lenguaje.

It’s also the respected academic term?? The acronym isn’t static and it’s usage is varied by things like generational difference, location, and knowledge of the community. Even just in the U.S. in the last few decades the common usage gone from GLBT to LGBT to LGBTQ, to LGBTQA/LGBTQIA/LGBTQIAP/etc (Which, let me tell you as someone who has given presentations in the past using these updated acronyms, are all real mouthfulls), to LGBT+.

Also yes, queer is more inclusive! Especially coming at it from an academic standpoint, people didn’t always use or identify with the terms we use now and you can’t always try to cram them into our modern perceptions of sexuality. We can argue for years about whether a famous historical figure was gay or bisexual or straight and trans or whatever, but if we can all agree that they were somehow queer then using that term allows us to move past the debate and into productive discussion. And not everybody everywhere shares the same terms for sexual and gender identity, or even the same concepts of those things, so queer really is a more inclusive term in a lot of cases.

Like yeah if you’re talking specifically about gay or trans people you can just say gay or transgender, but if you’re talking about more than one identity or someone who doesn’t conform to our perceptions of ‘LGBT,’ or a person or people whose identity you don’t know, queer is just the better word.

“That’s SO gay”, “Oh my god, you’re not a LESBIAN, are you?”

Your words are slurs, too. Why do you get your words, but I don’t get mine? What makes you so special?

I’m here, I’m queer, go fuck yourself.

queer is not a slur, stop drinking the TERF koolaid

every time one of you fools spout about ‘queer is a slur’ a terf laughs because their fucking plan to make that word ‘taboo’ is fucking working you dipshit.

I did not get my degree in queer literature for you all to keep pulling this bullshit.

baby gays,,,, i beg of you to learn your queer history and stop listening to terf bullshit

every single one of our labels has been used as a slur against us.

terfs and -phobes are always going to try and hurt us with what we identify as. but the fact remains these are OUR labels and always have been.

we’re here, we’re queer, get used to it.

I don’t know if this is just because I’m not American but I’ve never heard queer used as a slur. Ever. Meanwhile gay was the insult in the 2000s here. Everything you didn’t like was ‘soo gay’. Queer wasn’t even a word most of us knew back then.

It just baffled me that people would think an identifier is automatically a slur just because someone uses it to mock someone. If we did that gay would be a slur. Stupid would be a slur. Autistic would be a slur.

The reason people are upset about the word queer is that it’s a unifying term. You can say you’re queer and all people will know is that you’re part of the community. But you can’t say you’re LGBT, you have to say you’re gay or trans or ace. They don’t want you to be ambiguously queer. They want you to say which kind of queer you are so they can decide whether you’re undesirable.

yeah in the 90s and early 2000s kids would call each other “gay” as an insult. But no one ties themselves in knots over whether “gay” is a slur. So yeah, please ffs learn your history.

They want you to say which kind of queer you are so they can decide whether you’re undesirable.

They’re back

god, GOD Freddie Mercury was such a fucking badass

This doesn’t do the moment justice. He took the swig of vodka, said “I’ll fucking do it darling”, and then ABSOLUTELY NAILED IT in one fucking take

Mood for 2019: “I’ll fucking do it, darling.”

Reblog for Freddie Mercury level belief in yourself this new year! 

I’ll fucking do it, darling

Have the video, because you need to hear it for yourselves. Freddie Mercury’s voice here hurts, not gonna lie, but not because it’s weak or anything. Just because of the lyrics, and knowing how hard it was for him at this point. It’s beautiful, a strong, defiant song in the face of death, it hurts to know that this man was gone before his time.

do not forget the patron saint of these weeks that we celebrate ourselves proudly and openly in the streets

her name was Marsha P Johnson, and we have her to thank for so much.

remember, the first Pride was a riot, and she was one of the brave souls who endured it to help carve the path which so many of us walk today. she helped found several activist groups regarding LGBT safety and wellbeing. and she was absolutely radiant, too.

thank you, Marsha. we remember you.

Coñe como mola

HAPPY PRIDE

Me: cool video and form of art!!

Me realizing it's about a beautiful lesbian couple and their gay son:

My heart:

Our flags mean death

YES!!

What I’ve been fucking saying

Pride flags were supposed to be like Morale patches to indicate which squad you’re running with during the War on Normal but y’all make ‘em like gated communities

And like, the enemy is over this way! why are you stopping to plant your flag in the ground?

Hey since TERFs buried the original, higher quality recording, here’s the only surviving recording of trans activist Sylvia Rivera’s infamous “Y'all Better Quiet Down” speech, along with full transcription, now free and open on Archive.org. The transphobic fucks can try their best to scrub us from history, but we’re not going anywhere.

Oh wow a piece of lgbt history..

since OP link is dead

new link here with transcript

Random goon: Hey boss, were you the one to pick that name as an alias? And why this one?

Red Hood : I used to have another name, before... A long time ago. But that person is dead now. I get to choose for myself now, they can't take that from me. I won't let them.

Goon: Huh.

Random Goon: Say boss, why do you never take off your shirt in front of us?

Red Hood: Well uh, I actually have that really fucked scar on my chest and I'm not comfortable with...

Random Goon: Don't worry boss, we get it, you don't have to explain yourself to us.

Red Hood, high on some toxin: God, I wish my family...

Random Goon (on boss-sitting duty): why not try reaching out to them?

Red Hood: They would never accept me as I am now... They wouldn't agree with my so-called "life choices". Besides, they don't miss me, they miss the person they think I used to be... I wasn't even a man when I last saw them.

Random Goon: Damn boss, that sucks.

And then the goons throw the Red Hood a party on trans visibility day and Jason is so confused he straight up cries.

Senior Goon who put together that Batman is Hood's dad: Don't you fucking dare show up to Pride, you goddamn piece of shit! Not after what you did to your own kid!

Batman: ???

Senior Goon: You fucking heard me. Absolutely disgusting. Don't tell yourself a father if you can't love your kids no matter what.

Batman: ... What does Pride have to do with anything? I had no idea he got resurrected to go find him.

Senior Goon: "Resurrected"? It's called top surgery, you heartless bastard! He didn't fucking die, just 'cause he aint't a she no more!

Batman, beyond confused: He did, though. He literally died and got resurrected.

Senior Goon, spitting in disgust: You've got some nerve. Get outta my face!

Bruce, later that night: What the hell are you telling your minions?

Jason: They assumed the scars on my chest I'm uncomfortable with were top surgery scars. They were so supportive, I didn't want to disappoint them by telling them I just died.

Bruce: Joey accused me of being a homophobic parent and spit at me.

Jason: Really?! That's so sweet! Send me the video!

Bruce: Can you at least tell him our issues have nothing to do with your transness? Or lack thereof.

Jason: Stop being homophobic and I will.

Bruce, notable bisexual and vocal queer advocate:

Dick: Why does Jay respond to everything you post in the group chat with "Don't be homophobic"?

Bruce, sighing deeply and putting his head on his desk: I'll make him wish he just came to dinner like a regular human being.

Dick: ???

Red Hood, in the middle of his own safehouse talking with Joey: Once we get the payment, move the product. Otherwise, no dice.

Joey: On it- Uh, boss?

Batman, appearing out of thin air:

Red Hood, jumpscared: Jesus fucking Christ, B.

Batman, resting a hand on Hood's shoulder: A lot has happened between us that I am not proud of.

Hood: No shit-

Batman: But who you are has never been one of those things. You've always been my son, and I have loved you as one since the day you came into my life and I always will.

Hood: wut

Batman, pulling Hood into a hug: If I've made you feel as though I ever stopped, I'm sorry. I don't want a misunderstanding like this to come between us.

Joey, through tears: You better fucking mean that.

Batman, about to drop a bomb: I'm bisexual with kids of all genders and sexualities. I would never turn any of my children away, even when they've done things I disagree with. They are my children and their happiness matters more to me than anything.

Hood, in shock: What the actual fuck is happening right now.

Batman, continuing: Thank you, Joey, for telling me how he felt. He wouldn't have told me on his own and would have lived thinking I was ashamed of him, which could not be further from the truth.

Hood: You're not even my real father.

Joey: Don't talk about the man who raised you like that!

Batman: No, he's right. He has every right to be mad at me. But I couldn't let him go on believing I stopped caring about him.

Jason: I fucking hate you.

Bruce: Don't be homophobic.

excerpt from alison bechdel’s FUN HOME

my dad took me to see brokeback mountain in theaters because it was not even a little bit promoted as a queer love story, so we had no idea. he was just like "cowboy movie! yeehaw" and then my dad realized what was going on before I did, and we watched people scream and throw food and walk out throwing tantrums, and my very undiagnosed anxiety disorder skyrocketed because of the crowd reaction. my dad asked if we needed to leave, I said the crowd was stressing me out but I was liking the movie. so he said "cool. let them leave and enjoy it in peace" which is what we did, and then I kept watching and I understood™️ and my anxiety did not get better, but on the drive home the only thing dad said was "well! they told a hell of a love story" and he said the nervous dad cackle, and at 14 I didn't get him very much at all, but I think he knew years before I knew and he was trying to figure out how to tell me it was okay.

Bi-donna you moved me

SHE DATED MADONNA AND ANGELINA JOLIE AT RHE SAME TIME. JENNY SHIMIZU THE ICON YOU ARE

Of course I’m only drawing the important stuff on restaurant napkins

@somarysueme I just feel like you should see this is all

I'd watch this movie