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so i was at the library and i heard this dude go “JAKE I LOVE YOU NO HOMO THO” the guy across him stares at him for thirty seconds before saying, deadpan, “tony we’re literally dating” all i can think is imagine your otp

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this is the money dog, repost in the next 24 hours and money will come your way!!

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Don’t stop writing letters to Leelah

Don’t stop drawing her

Don’t stop exposing her tormentors

Don’t stop caring

Don’t forget that there are trans youth still struggling, trying to survive

Don’t forget that transphobia doesn’t end once you turn 18

Don’t let this happen again

Say Something

Write Something

Make Something

Do Something

Cis silence is complicit.  We need to do better.

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This won’t make your blog look ugly. How could you not reblog this? REBLOGGING THIS COULD SAVE A LIFE!!!

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REBLOG IF YOU THINK ALL OF THE BOYS FROM 5SOS ARE ATTRACTIVE

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12 Year Old Dymond Milburn was severely beaten by 3 plainclothes police officers because they thought she was a prostitute. Even though they beat her with a flashlight and caused injuries to her head, spine, throat and ear, the cops charged her with assault.

Sean Stewart, one of the cops involved, later received “Officer of the Year”

Credit: Cop Block

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Emmy Rossum from ‘Shameless’ supporting Leelah Alcorn

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This pretty young girl wasn’t famous, but 10 year old Jasmine McClain is still relevant to the remembrance of the forgotten stars. She may not be known to us from a Disney show or a teen pop group, but I want to feature her.

Jasmine hung herself in her bedroom because she couldn’t handle another day of being bullied at school. Students admitted that she was bullied extremely badly because of the clothes and shoes she wore - her family couldn’t afford name brand clothes.

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This blog is a safe space for trans and nonbinary people

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when you correct the teacher

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Friends, not love interests

There’s some saying that no matter what, when you put two people in a room together, people will want them to fall in love. Tumblr is proof that they don’t even need to be in the same room. So no matter what you do, if you’re writing two people as friends and not romantic interests (especially if one is male, the other is female), there will still be readers who want them together.

That said, here’s what you can do to minimize that chance.

Go easy on the flirting, which may include teasing. Friends can tease each other, but be aware of what the subject matter is. Steer away from teasing that one likes the other. Likewise, be aware of their friends’ dialogues. Don’t have a mutual friend say “when are you two finally going to date?!” and they object “it’s not like that!” because that sounds suspiciously like foreshadowing.

Keep physical contact innocent. They can hug and hold hands, because some friendships are like that. But not all friendships. Don’t have hugs linger, don’t have fingers brush against each other. And maybe it’s not physical, but don’t have soulful eye-to-eyes. Word choice like that has a sensual connotation, so be aware of what affect your diction will have.

When one describes the other, keep it tame. Don’t talk about his handsome face or the way his lips curl when he smiles. Language like that is reserved for romantic relationships. They can find their friend attractive, but you’re more likely to describe your friend as “dorky” than “dreamy.” So watch your word choice.

If one of them is your main character, then don’t have them think in that direction. Don’t have them explore the possibility—maybe don’t even mention it. I mean, you can. Maybe you could give a background like “I thought it was a crush, but after a few weeks I realized he was just my best friend” or something. But if you don’t mention the possibility, a reader should be less likely to consider it.

If it’s applicable:

Express interest elsewhere. Maybe one of them has another love interest, even if it’s just a crush. Then it shows they are capable of having romantic feelings, they just don’t have any directed towards their friend.

Make them romantically or sexually incompatible. Self-explanatory. Still, even if you choose this it’s important to consider all the above tactics as well, because you will always have readers who think one will “fix” the other or something stupid if your connotation and word choice is making it seem like they have a not-just-friends chemistry.

To summarize, watch your word choice. The descriptions you use will shape how a reader interprets the characters’ feelings towards each other. Connotation can work wonders, so be aware of the tone you’re writing out between them!

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I AM ALL OVER THIS

RN

we should do a thing where we have a group of people to help with diversity and shit and call ourselves the Diversity Warriors just sayin

WHO WANTS TO JOIN THE DIVERSITY WARRIORS????

OMG YES WE NEED THIS!

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*holds ur hand in a cool and punk way*

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last night i dreamt i was at a baseball game and i was on the kiss-cam next to this cute boy with his family and everyone was cheering us on and the guy smiled at me and i smiled back and then i leaned over and kissed his sister instead and the stadium went completely silent before the announcer said “well that was certainly a curveball” and i laughed so hard i woke myself up