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hello guys gals and queers! I am officially moving blogs to @genderqueer-raccoon. please check out my rentries before following, I changed my DNI a bit! I will not be checking this account frequently, though I don't plan to delete it

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Biphobic lesbians 🤝 biphobic cishet men

“Why would you need to ID as bi when you’re with me? Obviously you’re gonna cheat on me and you are tainted by having been with women/men. I love fostering an environment of control and deep mistrust that allows me to rob my partner of autonomy.”

Congrats to you both on being exactly what you purport to hate!

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me: I am not autistic

also me: *sees someone abbreviate szpd as spd and spends three full minutes screaming crying sobbing rolling on the floor trying to prevent myself from being that guy who goes well actually-*

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drinking a can of soda is better than not drinking anything at all. “junk” food is better than no food at all. just rinsing your mouth out with mouthwash is better than no oral hygiene at all. changing into a different set of pyjamas is better than not changing at all. getting up just to sit down on the chair across the room for a bit is better than not getting up at all. changing just your pillowcase is better than not changing your bedding at all. cracking a window open is better than getting no fresh air at all.

if you don’t have enough spoons for full tasks, smaller adaptations are better than nothing at all. it’s okay if you don’t have the energy to actively fight today. just staying afloat is enough. you are enough.

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personality disorder-related identity loss is insane because three different people could ask me what my favorite color is and i would give them three different answers each time and not even realize im lying

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consider this: wheelchairs should be free

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I'm having SUCH a bad day could you please drop an image of that one dude from the Precambrian Era (you know the one)

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I love watching myself lie and not stopping myself

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hey you! do you want some super cute art for a completely reasonable price?

if so, go commission my boyfriend! his prices start as low as $10. if you're interested, send him a message on his instagram. if you commission him by the 13th of June, send me a DM and I'll give you a lil doodle free of charge!*

*you must have already paid him and must be able to give me proof that you commissioned him if I ask

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"Aphrodite loves terfs" do you really think a goddess of love formed from a literal penis and the mother of Hermaphroditus, an intersex god who was associated with androgyny and feminine men, fucks around with transphobia?

she is a literal trans icon and to deny that will get you smited by all the gods

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i be like “idc” then tell tumblr

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had a small death note phase recently

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I love when you see someone reblogging a text post multiple times because you don’t know if tumblr glitched on their end or if the post, “who else up garging they goyle” really fucking resonated with them and they just had to rb that mf 4x

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i can't find the tweet but the one that goes "trans men are wild because imagine a grown man with all the trauma of a little girl." haven't been able to get that off my mind.

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I’m watching that documentary “Before Stonewall” about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one “known homosexual”. The “known homosexual” is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.

So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there’s nothing wrong with him mentally and he’s never been arrested. When asked whether he’d take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he’s gay, he says that they didn’t up until tonight, but he guesses they’re going to find out, and he’ll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like …why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says “I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself.”

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale’s boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary.

Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson’s disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.

It appears that no one has made the connection between Dale Olson the publicity agent instrumental in the AIDS debate and Dale Olson the 22-year-old first openly gay man on TV. So I thought I’d make it. For Pride month, an unsung gay hero.