It's June... Happy Pride month! 🐂 (Oh, Mümü...)

Happy Pride Month!

Cleo is at a pride parade but...there aren't that many where is there...Just them

Happy pride month bitches!

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you know what that means!

the month when I have to struggle every day to wonder what will happen if I show up to a pride parade with a sign that says :

Do you know about the Marauders

And watch if shit goes down

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While I was walking in the parade, I saw a man giving out free hugs. I pointed and said, "That's awesome!" "Do you want one?" I walked over, and he gave me the tightest hug I've ever had. As he hugged me, he said, "I'm so glad you're here, kiddo." Let me just say, it was incredibly hard not to cry when I walked away. Even as I type this, I'm crying. In a world filled with such hatred for transfolk right now, it meant the entire world to me to hear that.

To all my fellow LGBTQ+ who don't have a supportive parent or family, I want you to know that you are so, so very loved, even by strangers you've never met. Your life matters, and the world is a better place with you in it. I'm so, so proud of you for being who you are, for wearing your colors with pride, inside or out. You belong here, on this earth, and it's such a blessing that you are here. When you don't feel supported, know that somewhere, there is someone in the world who wishes to lift you up. Someone who would cheer you on. Someone who would give you a free hug. This pride month, remember how wonderful you are. How valid and lovely and special and important you are. You deserve to be here, you deserve to be proud, and most of all, you deserve to be happy. Happy pride month to us all. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Love at First Pride 💜

Johnlock fic for the may prompts hosted by @calaisreno <3 (31st may)

summary:

John just recently discovered he is bi. So this is his first Pride Parade. And then this tall, attractive man catches his eye and he promptly falls in love.

[based on a true experience by the author]

Teen And Up Audience, 892 Words, Fluff. Alternative First Meeting, Pride Parades, Bisexual John Watson, Mike Stamford the proudest straight ally, Gay Sherlock Holmes, Genderqueer Sherlock Holmes, Love at First Sight, POV John Watson, POV Third Person, Meet-Cute, they are in their 20s, Brief Mention of Alcohol and Weed

tags under the cut!

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It's turning out cool, right?? I'm planning on painting the big A with green and purple, but I'm still not sure how...

HAPPY PRIDE!!!!!!

Here’s how I think the marauders + co would celebrate:

James: dresses up in his flag colors / rainbow / glitter and participates in the parade; walks around the festival then dances at bars the rest of the day (and kisses Reg… a lot)

Sirius: either rainbow head to toe or full drag / leather; struts the parade and spends the rest of the day party/bar hopping with James and Mary

Remus: begrudgingly wears muted tones of his flag colors; watches the parade and then goes to the pride festival for a little while before heading home to watch queer shows

Peter: wears his ace colors with pride + drapes a flag over his shoulders; watches the parade and then visits the festival, interacting with queer vendors and supporting queer businesses

Lily: space buns, glitter, rainbow tulle skirt and a paint-splattered tank top; carries a flag through the parade, then joins Remus at the festival & James at the bars

Mary: goes all out with her flag colors including bold makeup and custom shoes; walks in the parade with Sirius & Lily, skipping and dancing; goes out dancing with James after

Marlene: wears her usual clothes plus lesbian flag bracelets Dorcas made for her; watches the parade, goes to the bars after and drinks “the rainbow” (a drink of every color)

Dorcas: the most beautiful, self-made dress of pink, orange, and white silk, along with beads in her braids; marches the parade with a giant lesbian flag flowing behind her, then walks through the festival with Pandora

Pandora: looks like a fairy princess, rainbow wings included; watches the parade and then skips around the festival, buying stuff from queer vendors

Evan: wears his regular clothes plus a beanie with a rainbow patch; Pandora paints flags on his cheeks as well; watches the parade with Barty and then goes off to have a LOT of gay sex

Barty: dressed completely in leather with a studded collar (Evan is holding the leash); watches the parade with Evan and then goes off to have a LOT of gay sex

Regulus: is fully drowning in one of James’s black hoodies with a pride flag on the front, Pandora painted the trans flag on one cheek; watches his friends in the parade and then joins Remus at home for the evening

cheers, queers!

Tony and Peter going to their first pride parade a married couple

@starkerfestivals Pride Puzzle - Down 1: Parade

Taking my Eldest to the pride parade so they can walk with their school's GSA club!

Jason, protesting at a pride parade: GAY PEOPLE SUCK

Eddie, ready to pick up a fight: YEAH DICK

I held the flag in the parade! It was the most special experience of my entire life. I've never ever enjoyed a pride parade as much as I did. Walking in the parade, seeing everyone's joy and excitement, waving that flag high above my head and knowing what it represents... I've never felt so proud. I couldn't help but hold that flag and feel like, when I carried it, I carried my own identity with me. I couldn't help but think of the community as a whole - the thousands upon thousands of us who are out there, trying their best to live their lives. I waved that flag proudly for those who attended but couldn't be open at home, for those who couldn't make it but desperately wanted to be there, for those who have to hide their pride entirely, and for those who never had a parade to celebrate their identities. I waved that flag, despite how sore my arm was, and I yelled and shouted and smiled wide, knowing the meaning of that beautiful rainbow I held up in the wind.

We exist. We are here. We belong.

I'm proud to be queer!

10 Stages of Genocide

Classification: People are divided into “us and them”

Symbolization: People are forced to identify themselves

Discrimination: People begin to face systematic discrimination

Dehumanization: People equated with animals, vermin, or diseases

Organization: The government creates specific groups (police, military, etc) to enforce the policies

Polarization: The government broadcasts propaganda to turn the populace against the group

Preparation: Official action to remove or relocate people

Persecution: Beginning of murders, theft of property, trial massacres

Extermination: Wholesale elimination of the group. It is “extermination” and not murder because the people are not considered human.

Denial: The government denies that it has committed any crime

TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

Coming June 3rd/4th: the Parade of Planets

...It could be considered a Pride Parade, surely? Look, there's even kind of a rainbow! :)

On June 3, Jupiter and Uranus have joined the current crowd, with all six planets forming a straight line through the pre-dawn sky that stretches from Jupiter on the eastern end (closest to the horizon) up through Mercury, Uranus, Mars, and Neptune, to Saturn on the western end, highest in the sky before sunrise. Some 20 minutes before sunrise, all six planets should be visible, though note that Uranus (magnitude 5.9) and Neptune (magnitude 7.8) will be too faint for naked-eye observing and, although they’re present in the lineup, will need binoculars or a telescope to spot. But Jupiter (magnitude –2), Mercury (magnitude –1), Mars (magnitude 1), and Saturn (magnitude 1) will all stand out clearly to the naked eye in a line spanning some 73° on the sky. What’s more, a delicate waning crescent Moon is crashing the party as well, standing just to the lower left of Mars. Note, however, that our Moon is not perfectly in line — that’s because Luna’s orbit is tilted some 5° with respect to the ecliptic.

Anyway, this will be worth seeing. (And there's kind of a do-over on June 30th.) More details here:

June 12, 2022 - A polar Pride Parade on the South Pole! [source]