pride shrimps
May his memory be a blessing.
Willem Arondéus (22 August 1894 – 1 July 1943) was a Dutch artist and author who joined the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II. He participated in the bombing of the Amsterdam public records office to hinder the Nazi German effort to identify Dutch Jews and others wanted by the Gestapo. Arondéus was caught and executed soon after his arrest. Yad Vashem recognized Arondéus as Righteous Among the Nations.
Their attack, which took place on 27 March 1943, was partially successful, and they managed to destroy 800,000 identity cards, and retrieve 600 blank cards and 50,000 guilders. The building was blown up and no one was caught on the night of the attack. However, due to an unknown betrayer, Arondéus was arrested on 1 April 1943. Arondéus refused to give up the rest of his team.
Arondéus was openly gay before the war and defiantly asserted his sexuality before his execution. His final words were:
"Tell the people that homosexuals are not by definition weak."
From Wikipedia
He was also a pretty great artist
Reblog to include his artwork!
I’ve heard his story before, but never seen his art!
May his memory continue to be for a blessing, as it has already blessed so many!
Can’t help but feel like the gay guys on the left are characters in a tv show created and styled by straight people and the gay guys on the right are capitalizing on internalized homophobia to get our money on onlyfans by playing into our fixation on overly masculine heterosexual men
okay I just wanna say this was a joke and I’ve jerked off to the guys on the right many many times
Atta boy
The Daily Times, Davenport, Iowa, December 29, 1894
happy pride again here’s a wartercolored garf he’s on his way to pick up T and he enjoys his boobs proud of him
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I did the thing. You’re welcome 💖
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Happy pride!!! 🌈 🏳️🌈
Finally reading this gem that was first published in 2012. Things have changed both for the worse, and for the better, since then. But reading about militant queers always pushing to make the world a better place is always rejuvenating.
Sonic says: Happy Pride Month!! 🌈
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