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justdavina · 2 days

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Jesteine Enzo Francisco: Beautiful Filipino Transgender Woman. She's just amazing in gold that kills it with her wonderful caramel skin tone.

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variousqueerthings · 14 hours

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i think that a lot of people would really benefit from reading or listening to or watching queer community stories, because any time someone gets up in arms or feels weird about something they haven't come across before, that they think exists in contradictory + uncomfortable-to-the-norm terms (bi lesbians/gay men, fagdykes, multigenders, trans men dykes/trans women fags, slutty aces, het bis, etcetcetc) it is guaranteed that this has existed and been documented for years and years

we've got to resist the idea that queerness exists as a set of specific limited actions (for example, a woman who only has sex with women is the only real lesbian, a man who only has sex with men is the only real gay man (let's not unpack who counts as a real woman or a real man with that statement), a trans woman/man only counts if xyz, bisexual has to mean two, pansexual has to be this or that, if you have sex like this you can't be that, if you relationships like that you can't be this, etcetc.) rather than a way people are involved in communities, in expression, in inspiration, in feeling, and yes, in actions but of a far more varied kind that cannot be pinned down so simply and matter far more for how the individual engages with them than as a form of judgement before an invisible panel

queer has always been a deep, messy, open-doored exploration of the fluidity of humanity, and it's never at any point in its history been clear cut, easily definable, easily identifiable groups of segregated people that just sometimes "happen" to have overlapping political and philosophical causes and otherwise always stay in opposite corners of the room -- some people do feel like their identities are very clear cut, and that's fine, but the next step from that is never to self-segregate or gatekeep or try to diminish and make small what queerness encompasses

quite simply, it's never been that clear cut. seek it out. be chill

#my brain: have you considered a List #you know you like Lists....#... maybe.....#queer stuff #queer culture #queer identity #queer history #queer community #am not going into the gatekeeping that people also have always tried to do but ofc #with exploration comes people who Want to stay in their little corner #or there are times where the axes of being require different kinds of alliances than at other times altho a lot of that predates *queer*#as word

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orionsangel86 · 1 month

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There is something about proudly proclaiming a show "tumblrista catnip" that makes me emotional.

Something about how for years tumblrinas were ridiculed by show creators.

Something about Supernatural having a meta episode set at a convention with all the weirdo fans that made the main characters uncomfortable. Something something about Becky and the message that fangirls are gross and obsessive.

Something about Sherlock and the way fans were portrayed as crazy obsessive nutjobs for trying to figure out how he faked his death.

Something about creators mocking fandoms, dismissing them as freaks. Something about queer people not being welcome to engage in their creations because "why do you have to make everything gay?"

Something about the malicious culture of queerbaiting throughout the 2000s/2010s, followed by Bury Your Gays tropes across the media landscape because hell, you should be grateful we even gave you queer characters to begin with - and everyone dies in our show! You ain't special!

Something about Destiel questions being banned from conventions...

And then...

Something instead about Good Omens, and letting the story adapt naturally, embracing the fanbase and leaning into the fanservice.

Something about Our Flag Means Death, and the genuine outpouring of love and affection between cast, crew, and fandom that culminated in an explosion of fanworks that were never once mocked or deemed gross or wrong.

Something about Sandman, and staunchly digging in their heels on the queerness of it all, refusing to give in to the homophobes and instead avidly mocking THEM on social media rather than us.

Something about the writers hearing about fandoms favourite ships and excitedly stating that YES! We DID lean into that because it happened naturally and made sense.

Something about a firefighter coming out as bisexual after 7 seasons...

So yeah, something about a new high quality show made FOR US. By creators that love US. Respect US, and WANT our love.

Something about US FINALLY being a target audience for the best shows being made on TV now.

Tumblrista catnip. Creators saying "we made this for you. You are important. Your voices have been heard."

It just... all got a bit overwhelming for a moment there.

#dead boy detectives #neil gaiman #representation matters #queer culture #the sandman #good omens #ofmd #911 #destiel #supernatural #sherlock #fandom history #tumblrista catnip #look how far we've come

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leftoblique · 6 months

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This video is important.

We all watched the hbomb vid (or at least got a summary of it) explaining how Somerton stole much of his "research" word-for-word from other queer creators and writers.

Okay, so, we unsubscribe from his channel; we've done our part; everything is cool now, right?

Unfortunately, no. The biggest damage Somerton did may not have been to those he stole from. Rather, it was inventing large swathes of LGBTQ+ history out of whole cloth, tinged with his own incel-adjacent brand of misogyny and weird anti-establishment centrism.

Worse, many of the "facts" Somerton invented are freely circulating on the internet, even on this website, and they are coloring how queers - and especially young queers - understand our own history.

So it's not enough that Somerton's empire burns and he flees with his tail between his legs. We need to actively purge all of the nonsense he injected into the discourse - out of his own personal agendas and resentments - in the years he was posing as an intellectual authority (perhaps the intellectual authority) on our history and experiences.

So give it a watch. It's not nearly as long as the hbomb video and it's neatly organized as well. Save it as a reference for the next time someone pulls out a "Somerton fact" you need to debunk.

Let's work to preserve our history from liars and charlatans.

#james somerton #todd in the shadows #queer history #queer culture #lgbtq #Youtube

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homeoftherevenant · 11 months

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"We do not have the responsibility of making gay life look good to straights so that they will accept us. I am not at all interested in promoting a cleaned up image to a straight world which is twice as corrupt and ten times as sick."

Vito Russo

Photography by Betty Lane, 1978

#gay #queer #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia #lgbtpeople #activism #actuvist #queer history #culture #gay culture #queer culture #gay history #lgbtq history #lgbt history #history

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ladychlo · 6 days

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Since it is Pride Month, keep an eye on Gaza and Palestine, and keep educating yourselves on the intersectional struggle. Queer liberation is a decolonial process. Queer liberation is an essential part of Palestine's liberation!

#palestine #pride month #free palestine #genocide #gaza #queer culture #news #queer community #lgbtqia #readings

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solarishashernoseinabook · 6 months

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"We need more weird queer people" you folks can't even handle multigender people

#queer #queer culture #queer community #multigender

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bonyassfish · 2 years

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thing is, there are some drag shows that kids shouldn’t be at. hell, I’ve performed in some drag shows that specifically didn’t allow anyone under 19 (usually in bars). and that’s ok. drag is a wide spectrum of art and sometimes the performances are fun and colourful and designed to be appropriate for kids (like drag story time, which I’ve also done) and sometimes they are meant to only be seen by adults. that doesn’t make them inherently harmful to children any more than other art forms. movies, music, shows, books, all of these things have similar kid-friendly and not-kid-friendly designations. the fact that they are being attacked is simply due to homophobia and transphobia, and nothing else.

#drag #queer #queer culture #drag queen #drag king #drag queens #drag kings #lgbtq #drag culture

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queerism1969 · 2 years

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midnight-love-song · 2 months

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XWP x text posts on this fine evening

#I love them #xena and gabrielle forever #xena x gabrielle #xena #xena warrior princess #xena and gabrielle #xena gabrielle #lucy lawless #renee o'connor #ship #wlw #lesbian #text posts #moods #meme #otp #sapphic #retro lesbian #queer culture

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forsapphics · 3 months

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Brokeback Mountain, sapphic version (x)

Art by @ msbhaive

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fandomstoragebin · 11 months

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Why is KOSA not trending? This bill aims to take down fandom related sites INCLUDING TUMBLR!!!?? Like we need to get this to #1 on trending and FAST! Please reblog posts on the tags with more resources and spread the word people, this is actually terrifying!!!

Also it doesn’t even end with KOSA, the Earn It Act and many more censorship bills are trying to slip through our legislature and I haven’t seen many people talk about it!

Remember everyone, this isn’t about “protecting children,” because if it was they’d go after actual R34 sites instead of queer people trying to live their damn lives!

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53v3nfrn5 · 16 days

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An elderly lesbian couple finally get to apply for a marriage licenses and exchange wedding vows after the New York State Marriage Equality Act goes into effect. (2011) photog. Stewart Cairns

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rhfffas · 7 months

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sapphic fans be like:

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ladychlo · 5 days

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As you celebrate pride month, I hope your pride extends to queer individuals in Palestine, Sudan, Congo, Haiti, and all queer individuals whose pride is often forgotten while they are facing extermination and genocide, often their identities are preyed upon and erased from the narrative. Celebrate them by demanding the freedom and the liberation of their people.

#palestine #pride month #free palestine #genocide #gaza #queer culture #news #queer community #lgbtqia #readings #happy pride #free sudan #free congo #free haiti

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itswhatyougive · 6 months

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Holding on for queer life

#queer joy #queer community #queer culture #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbtq community #lgbtq rights #lesbian #gay #bisexual #trans #queer #come out fighting

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