#LGBTG+

[lilyminer]

I know a lot of people might find this ridiculous but I feel the same neutral “no not quite” feeling about both she/her and they/them pronouns, and the only set of pronouns I’ve ever actually identified with is ze/zir. That’s the honest truth of it. I’m fine with she/they but it feels like people calling me my full name instead of my nickname a bit? Like, yeah sure do that, but I don’t identify with it nearly as much as my actual preference.

To be honest I get a bit annoyed when neopronoun users need to use the argument online that “it’s ok if you don’t want to use a persons preferred neos because they/them is usually an alternative :)” Like, it’s fine in concept but the idea of misrepresenting the importance of a part of your identity for someone else’s comfort puts a bad taste in my mouth.

Maybe it’s because a lot of the neopronoun users I come across have neopronouns as their alternative anyways, but idk I just wish we didn’t have to say that.

I don’t really know how to explain how the pronouns ze/zir feel to me. Who knows honestly, maybe it’s just the same feeling as a cool new nickname. But I’ve strongly identified with them for so long. Maybe I’d get a better sense of them if they were used more often but of course I can admit that’s unrealistic. Those sounds, idk they sound right.

They sound strange and alien to me, ig it makes sense that might be the draw cuz as a kid my autistic ass was legitimately convinced I was some sort of alien changeling who had replaced my parents actual kid. I don’t feel exactly like a her or a they, certainly not a he, I’m not sure really. Identity is confusing. Pronouns, names, gender, none of them have ever felt quite right. All I know is saying “my name is Charlie, I go by ze/zir pronouns” makes me happy.

[dorotharry]

I TOOK THIS!!!

[emoji-shitposts]

Some delphinian (AKA, agender loving agender) hearts.

[mrowmrowmrow9]

This makes me very happy so now it's my profile picture 🥰

[fucking-bi-panic]

A Day at the Beach (P2)

My thumb grazed over Rowan's face. Her lips attached to a man's face. The words "Look who I saw at the mall today" ring over and over in my head. How could she do this to me? My heart had been broken and watching her stab herself shattered it. Even after what she's done I still love her and I can't live without her. I saw a nurse walk up to Issac.

"Rowan has lost a lot of blood-" she began.

"What about Everett?" Issac interrupted her.

"Everett is getting bandaged and should be out in about 10 minutes. Rowan-" the nurse said.

"Everett is fine. He will be out soon," Issac said.

"What about Rowan?" I asked quietly. 

"Why do you care about her? After what she did do you…and she attacked Everett," Issac stated.

"She didn't attack him," Liam said. "She was stabbing herself and Everett got in her way trying to stop her."

"So you're saying it's Everett's fault?" Issac said, raising his voice.

"I'm saying it was an accident."

"Rowan didn't make it!" the nurse yelled.

Everyone went silent.

"She died of blood loss a few minutes ago. I'm sorry."

My already shattered heart couldn't take any more pain. A loud wrenching sob fell from my lips and I fell to the floor.

"No! No!" I screamed clenching my chest.

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The coffin was lowered into the dark, muddy hole. Andrea, Rowan's older sister reached down and threw a handful of dirt into the grave. Soon after, the dirt was shoveled and the coffin was buried.

I couldn't cry. I was numb. I spent the last week crying. I knew she would want us to move on. Not to dwell over her death. I took a deep breath and turned away from her grave. I walked over to everyone and saw the regret in their eyes. We had ended on bad terms with her.

Andrea walked up to us. Her eyes were red and I assumed she, like everyone else, had been crying. There were bags under her eyes from lack of sleep. I engulfed her in a hug. We had always been close and I would cherish our friendship forever.

"Hey Andrea, I know it's a bad time to ask, but do you know anything of Rowan cheating on Beverly?" Liam asked.

She looked at him in shock.

"Rowan loved Beverly with all her heart. She's had past relationships but I've never seen her this happy with anyone else. Beverly was her world," she defended.

"What's this then?" Lain asked, showing her the picture.

"That's Ethan. They had a summer fling back in our hometown before we left."

Dread filled my chest. I had overreacted. She killed herself because she hurt me and thought she deserved it. I knew she was dealing with depression. She told me she made several suicidal attempts throughout her early years of high school. I remembered something she had told me a while back.

"I met you though. I met you and my world changed," Rowan said placing a hand on my cheek. "And I decided to live for you." 

"It's all my fault," I said, tears streaming down my face.

"Hey, no. Listen to me. We all overreacted. This isn't your fault. We all had a part in this," Issac said pulling me into his arms.

"Shit, we led her to this, didn't we?" Liam asked quietly.

Everyone's expression turned to guilt. We all put thoughts into her head. She thought she lost us, so she gave up on herself. She was living for us and once we left her she gave up on herself.

[retropineapple]

This is a petition against the anti-LGBTQ book ban in Florida. Their goal is to get 20,000 signatures and the currently have a little over 17,000.

[orionsangel86]

The fact that Good Omens S2 was SO QUEER.

Not Just Maggie and Nina (and Lindsey)

Not just Aziraphale and Crowley

Not even just Gabriel and Beelzebub (who is NB)

But the magician shopkeeper and his trans/NB spouse who wore a fancy early 19th century dress to the ball.

Job's son who was flirting with Aziraphale (hilariously played by Ty Tennant giving Michael Sheen heart eyes in front of his dad lmao)

Even the tough macho man in Scotland that Aziraphale borrows the phone from - using it for "Grindr".

Plus of course Michael, Uriel, Muriel, and Dagon also all being non binary/gender queer characters.

With all this, there was no homophobia, no one batted an eyelid at any characters sexualities, sexuality wasn't even brought up, characters just are who they are and like who they like. Its a non issue in the GO universe.

AKA my favourite type of queer representation. The same type found in The Sandman (show not comic).

And whilst there was plenty of drama and not everyone gets a happy queer ending (YET) there was no queer trauma to be seen. No hate crimes, no "bury your gays", no stupid discussions about how HARD it is to be out of the closet in a bigoted world, because the GO world isn't bigoted.

Its SUCH a BREATH OF FRESH AIR.

I know we have similar experiences in The Sandman, In OFMD, and even in WWDITS, but each time a new show takes this very new approach towards queer representation I feel like I'm once again sinking into a comforting hug from someone I love, who loves me back.

Its just really fucking wonderful to see. I hope we keep seeing it more and more often.

[goodbeanboi]

I JUST WANNA SCREAM

I JUST WANT TO BE MAD

I WANT TO BE LOUD

AND QUEER

AND TRANS

I WANT TO STOP FEELING LIKE A PRESSURE TANK CREAKING AND GROANING WITHOUT A RELEASE VALVE

I WANT TO SCREAM

[dovegraveyard]

To demand and receive

[rosedominatesyou]

Just hit 5k followers and normally this would be a cause for celebration but with the current state of things, it’s hard to find a reason to celebrate. Hug your trans friends extra hard today. Give them all the affirmations you know they need. Tumblr was supposed to be a place for us to come and find others like us, but the discourse we’ve been seeing lately is pushing our fellow queers away. My friends are getting banned for being themselves. This isn’t right. What happened to the tumblr we all know and love? Was it ever really there? Fuck.

[alittlemxchievous]

This one is for the queers

[emoji-shitposts]

Happy Pride everyone!

[9kay9]

[fucking-bi-panic]

A Day at the Beach (P1)

"Holy shit, this is going to be so much fun!"

I smile at my girlfriend as she dashes down to the sand squealing with glee. The cool breeze swept her hair as she looked back at me with a bright smile. I quickly rushed after her scooping her up in a hug and spinning her in circles. Brushing the hair out of her face, I gave her a soft kiss. 

"Oh quit it will you guys," our friend Everett says plopping into the sand.

"Oh come on Mark, you're gonna get sand in my car," Issac says, annoyed.

"Oh but sweetheart, I haven't gone swimming yet," Everett retorts with a grin.

"Come on Rowan, let's test the temperature while the others get things set up," Beverly, my girlfriend, calls to me.

We rush down to the ocean and the cold water runs over our feet. It feels nice compared to the blazing hot sun.

"Oh, it's so cold!" Bev shrieks as she jumps onto my back.

I stagger a bit but catch my balance.

"It's not that bad, Bev," I chuckle.

"Come on guys!" our friend Dylan calls.

They have set up a few chairs and blankets in the sand to sit on. I lightly place Bev on one of the blankets and hand her the sunscreen. We are all enjoying our first day of summer break at the beach. They all met freshman year when they were all on library reshelving duty. They’ve been friends ever since.

I moved here last summer and met them at school. Bev and I have been dating since the beginning of the school year and are inseparable. I smile at her as she begins putting sunscreen on both of us.

Everett and Issac have been together since Freshman year. Nothing can come between them. Living together has its ups and downs but it has brought them closer together.

Dylan and Liam are childhood friends and do practically everything together. You'd think they were dating but Dylan is gay so they bonded over all the hot guys they meet. 

After an hour of sitting around and talking and laughing, Bev gets a message. No one else notices but I hear her ringtone go off and watch as her face falls. I sit up, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey, you ok?"

"Don't touch me!" she says bitterly, pushing my hand away.

We both stand up and she begins to walk away.

"Hey, what's wrong? Bev, did I do something?" I call after her.

"Did you do something?" she shrieks turning towards me. "You know what you did. How dare you!"

Shock and confusion rush over me as I am at a loss for words.

"Look at what she's done to me!" Bev cries, throwing her phone over to the others. 

I watch in horror as everyone's faces turn to shock and anger and then look at me.

"Bev, I don't understand. What did I do?" I ask, attempting to understand the situation.

"Oh, don't play dumb Rowan. I told you, Beverly, I just knew she was bad news," Liam says standing up. 

"You goddamn son of a bitch. This is why you don't date people like her. They always go after the other gender when they aren't satisfied with one," Issac says bitterly. 

"I trusted you! I told you everything. Everything! You were my first. Did you know that? You were my first everything and you betrayed me. I thought you loved me…" Bev sobs.

"I-i do you love you. I-"

"Bullshit!"

I didn't know how to react. I stood frozen on the spot watching Bev sob into Liam's chest. Everyone is looking at me with hatred.

"Bev, I'm sorry. Ok? I love you. How can I make this up to you?" I desperately try to fix the situation.

"No! I never want to see you again. We are over!" Bev screamed and threw sand at me.

A bullet of pain hit me square in the chest. I watch as Liam leads a broken Bev to the car. Dylan and Everett began to clean everything up. 

All I could think was how much I deserved this. She gave me everything. Did everything for me. I always felt like I couldn't return the favor. No matter how much I did for her, it would never be enough. I don't even know what I did, but if it was enough to get her sobbing this much.

I did this. I hurt her. I was the reason for her pain. And I hated myself for it. I couldn't take this anymore. I could hear Bev's sobs from here and Dylan's eyes were burning holes in my skull. My knees made a thud against the sand and my shaking hand covered my mouth. Silent, defeated tears fall from my eyes. My chest filled with a tight pain and it hurt to breathe. My arms wrapped around me, the only source of comfort I had. 

The next few minutes were a blur. Someone carried me to the car. There was more yelling and arguing. Then the car began to move.

I blink a few times and look around. I was in the back of Isaac's car, my head resting on Everett's lap. Dylan was upfront with Issac and Liam was consoling Bev in the middle row.

"Why the fuck should we care if she is hurting? What she did to Bev was unforgivable and cruel. That was her choice and she knew the consequences of her actions," I heard Issac yell upfront. 

"When was the last time you saw Rowan cry? She always holds in her emotions. Even when her dad died, she never cried in front of us," Everett retorts.

"And what's your point?" Dylan asks.

The yelling was giving me a headache. I blocked out the voices and did my best to focus on not crying again. They can't see me like this. No one can.

"She doesn't deserve anything!"

The words sent a shiver down my spine and echoed in my head. Deep breathes. I closed my eyes as I felt tears well up in my eyes. Don't let them see you like this. The words got louder and louder until my head was pounding. My eyes shot open and I sat up abruptly. 

"It's too loud. It's too loud," I mumbled, holding the sides of my head. "Make it stop. Make it stop."

"What the hell is going on back there?"

My eyes focus on the sharp tip of the shark tooth necklace around Liam's neck. You don't deserve anything. You don't deserve to live. I lurched forward yanking the necklace off of his neck and stabbed the tooth into my thigh. I let out a gasp of pain as tears streamed down my face.

I felt dumb. I deserved the pain. I stabbed my arm, my stomach, everywhere. I couldn't feel it anymore. They didn't hurt me. I should be in pain, not Bev, me. I saw an arm reach out in front of me and before I couldn't stop the motion, the tooth came plummeting down. 

"Holy shit! Rowan stabbed Everett”

“How close are we to the hospital?"

“Drive faster!”

I looked in horror at Everett's arm. What have I done!? I quickly grabbed a shirt from my bag and threw it at Bev. Then I took the string from her bathing suit. I wrapped it around his arm and then took the tooth out. Liam launched forward and snatched it from my hand. I gave him a small smile before everything went black.

[bagle-squirrel]

This might have been funnier in my head idk

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