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when i was a tiny baby queer (aka a 24-year-old), i went to my first pride festival probably three months after i kicked ex-gay therapy to the curb and came out to my parents. being the people they are, my parents came with me. they weren’t really sure about this whole gay thing, but they loved me and wanted me to be safe and happy and wanted to be involved in what was important to me, so they came along. (i also think my mother still might have thought i might get drugged or murdered or beaten by a protester of which there were plenty.)

anyway i wanted a memento of my first pride, you know, and this one vendor was selling keyrings, and i liked it, so i bought one. do you remember those italian charm bracelets that were all the rage like 10-15 years ago? it was a keychain like that, and it had a rainbow rooster, a rainbow cat, and then just a rainbow, and so I bought it.

i run into my mom a couple of vendors over and she goes oh you bought something? what’d you get? so i showed her, and i was like, “I’m not sure why it’s a rooster and a cat. Seems kind of random. But I liked the rainbows.”

and my mom, who was some form of minister’s wife for most of my childhood and teenagerhood, stares at me like she thinks i’m joking.

“What?” i say.

“…it’s a cock and a pussy, Jules,” she says flatly, and that is the story of how i died at the age of 24 while attending my first pride festival.

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Heceta Head Lighthouse, Oregon.

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it's a weird emotion when somebody goes "doesn't this just shake you to your core and rewrite your dna and change who you are as a person" and your honest experience of it was that it was ok

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’cold showers are actually much better for you’ I don’t care if they gave me the power to manipulate time. you can pry scorching hot showers out of my dead hands. and even if I got time manipulation powers I would just use them to take more hot showers. btw

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For the purposes of this poll, "at home" includes your own home, a friend or family member's home, etc. Define "full meal" in whatever way makes the most sense to you.

We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

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Happy Pride!

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hozier: The last few years have reminded us of a great deal, and one such thing is just how important, courageous and urgent #pride and it’s legacy is. It’s also a beautiful and joyous thing and I just wanna send out the love to everyone celebrating this month. Solidarity #pridemonth

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When my mother forgets a word, she is the queen of coming up with new words. Words that would take a third National Treasure movie to fully decipher. I was talking to her yesterday, and she said this: “You know the time for los jibbities is coming up. You must be so excited!” Oh, is it time for los jibbities already? I must have missed it on my calendar. Are we celebrating something? “Of course! We should all be celebrating, shouldn’t we?” OK, so los jibbities is a happy thing. It’s not like something is giving you the heebie-jeebies, which would have been my one and only guess. “Los heebie-jeebies? Now you’re making things up...and this is my show.” You’re right. The time for los jibbities is coming up. Is this a season? “Yes, the season for love. The season for pride.” OK, los jibbities. “Yeah, sound it out.” Los…jibbities. LGBTs! “Sí, mira cuz you’re gay!” “You couldn’t just say pride season? You couldn’t just… *laughs*

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first 5 faceless emojis are how your summers gonna go

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we used to turn the tv on and just watch whatever was on there

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Finally reading The Woman in Me and oh Justin you better count your fucking days

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what’s your “odd” comfort movie? a movie that isn’t stereotypically comforting but does comfort YOU? mine’s conclave (2024)

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She's pickin up good vibrations, He's lookin for sweet sensations Ladies? (yeah?) Fuck it We shakin, We swimmin We jerkin, We twerkin You wanna touch it, don't ya?

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When you're driving and about to change lanes, do you actually turn to look back over your shoulder like you're supposed to, or do you just use your mirrors?

I look over my shoulder

I just use my mirrors

I drive but never change lanes

I don't drive