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Everything is like “QUEER history” and “List of QUEER young adult books” or “Top 10 QUEER movies” and queer this and queer that and for the love of god please just say LGBT.

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Thought about doing these Magical Moths as LGBTQ+ flags colors as individual posts too🌈🦋 if you repost please tag me @chiaralbart 💖

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part of the reason i hate the toothpaste flag so much is bc i was a part of the lesbian community in the 2010s during that transition period where we were stopping use of the lipstick lesbian flag which was made by a racist transphobe, but we hadn’t yet adopted use of emily gwen’s flag, and it was SO hard for people to come to a consensus on what would be a good lesbian flag, there were dozens of designs that people were using, i specifically remember having one with like, a purple, yellow, pink and green stripe in my pfp for a bit, until finally gwen’s flag became the definitive lesbian flag (donate to gwen by the way) and even then gwen received accusations of being aphobic (they aren’t) or being transphobic/transmisogynistic (they aren’t) and the fact that they still have to frequently beg for donations because they live in poverty while massive corporations profit off her design, it’s just such a sad situation for gwen

and then some misogynistic prick saw her flag, thought “i am uncomfortable when we are not about me???” and ripped off her design but made it blue because pink is for girls and blue is for boys and unlike the amount of time and discussion that came from the lesbian community trying to decide what lesbian flag design to adopt, young gay men immediately latched onto this new flag like “oh thank goodness finally a flag to represent us because gay men have never had a flag to represent them before”

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it would be so cool if i could make a post about being aromantic without people bringing up asexuality. as if that's at all relevant to my experiences. even though i'm not asexual, nor have i ever implied that i am. all i said was that i'm aro. you added the ace part yourself. in your mind. and then assumed it to be reality.

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I think every lesbian who says she wouldn't date a bi woman is functionally on the same wavelength as men who say they would only marry a virgin

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Saguaro redraw from some years back! good ol long cactus

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No transphobes allowed, only transborbs.

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So there's a post going around complaining about American Imperialism and Pride, blaming queer Americans for other countries doing Pride stuff in June.

And I've chosen not to reblog it for a lot of reasons.

First off, it's blaming American Queer people for making Pride "international." This ignores the history of the movement. The whole reason it's called "Pride" comes from the people who were celebrating the anniversary of Stonewall. The reason this term (and the June date in some places) was adopted in other cities in the US, let alone countries, was as a show of solidarity as a movement. This was a choice made by marginalized people in those other places, and not an act of "imperialism." While this was starting, we were fighting to have any kind of "Pride" events in the US to begin with.

The OP says that they're in aotearoa, and claims their pride should be in July, not June, because they earned their rights. They acknowledge that the official pride months in New Zealand (which differ by state) are in February and March -- but it misses the god damn point.

Pride isn't about having won anything. No one won any rights at Stonewall, nor was any historic legislation passed that day.

It was a god damned riot.

Pride is about the fight. It's about the day we decided to fight back.

Pride is about celebrating our ability to fight for our own existence.

If you don't want to celebrate it in June? Fine. I genuinely don't care when you choose to celebrate the fight -- I just care that you're fighting and I'm happy to stand alongside you. If you think people need to learn more about queer history in your country too? Awesome. I'd love to learn it. Share some resources or try teaching us.

But this weird attitude that it's somehow American Queer people's fault that your own community decided to adopt the anniversary of a riot in the US is just insane to me. They chose it to show solidarity, because when we fight for us, we're fighting for you too and vice versa. Especially in a year when American Queer people are fighting for their lives more than they've had to for a long time with the attacks on the Trans community, it feels pretty fucked up to equate those getting stepped on by the boot with the boot itself.

And maybe that poster is just young and hasn't thought about it. Maybe they're just frustrated that their nation's own queer history isn't more widely known. But this is also the exact kind of thing that gets fed into communities like this one in an attempt to divide it.

Don't fucking fall for it.

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'Aro people aren't against love' I am. Break up with your boyfriend

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pride month!!!

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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 🏳️‍🌈

To all of us who’re just a mess ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎

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Hello bisexual community

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