#LGBTQ Pride

[mlmxreader]

lesbian Muslims are fantastic.

gay Muslims are brilliant.

bisexual Muslims are wonderful.

pansexual Muslims are amazing.

omnisexual Muslims are lovely.

aromantic Muslims are marvellous.

asexual Muslims are spectacular.

transgender Muslims are phenomenal.

nonbinary Muslims are sensational.

Poly Muslims are stupendous.

queer Muslims are outstanding.

queer & lgbtqia+ Muslims are sublime.

you are important, valued, cherished, treasured. you are loved and deserve to be loved in return (however that looks for you & if you wish to be!). you are ENOUGH, and you are doing amazing.

[ohlivvyo1]

Wanna Smooch ?😘

[verana115]

Hiking a trans pride flag up 131 peaks in the Northeast of the US, parts 79-82: Western Adirondacks!!!

Goodnow - 81/131 (this was during the eclipse):

Adams - 82/131:

Blue - 79/131:

Owls Head - 80/131:

Stillwater - 82a/131:

Rocky - 82b/131:

Black Bear - 82c/131:

Woodhull - 82d/131:

Bald - 82e/131:

Buck - 82f/131:

Lots more nature photos!!!

Thanks for reading this far :)

[alisiaraexo1]

Will you join me in my garden?🥰

[silvershelleymelly]

Be your own kind of beauty ❣

[andylynnpaynes]

I haven't posted on my wall in 2.0x10^7 million years because 🧠♥️😁

[bitchwholikesshitposting]

My dad thinks trans people are a cult.

please help me change his mind.

I’m a 16 year old kid. I believe I am non-binary, and masc leaning.

He’s almost sure that I’ve been indoctrinated, or that I’ve been convinced of something I’m not, but he’s trying to understand and I think that there’s still hope for me to show him what this means to me. He said himself that he might be wrong.

Please, if you have any links to any videos, articles, or anything at all from trusted sources that could show things like:

The benefits of affirming in the house

The ACTUAL detransition rate

Why kids might be trans and what studies have been conducted to understand them

Cases of trans kids in accepting households

An explanation of what gender is, at least as much as we CAN define it

Reblog or comment with them. I want so badly to be myself around my own parents. I’m not giving up on them yet. Thank you.

~ Gunnar Rose Pace

[futurebird]

The "B" is *not* for "buses"

Via mastodon(aka the fediverse)

[citree]

Happy birthday trans people!!!!!! ✨💞🥰💙🫶🌟💕🦎🏳️‍⚧️💞the world is better with you in it ❤️

[cloverjester]

The pride month is ending so the pridemon decided to give us three last queers on the road, god bless

[aaa-battery-not-rechargeable]

about a month ago, my uncle asked if I had a significant other. I appreciate his gender inclusivity, of course.

I'm used to the question. it's not like it's something outrageous that he's asking. so I simply said no, that's not for me.

he looked at me and said "well, someday." not someday maybe, just.... someday.

of course I'm not quick to anger, but there's a part of me that's a little more defensive about my aroace identity. so I jumped to my defense.

my uncle isn't a bad guy, he's quite nice and tries his best to be respectful in the current political shit storm by supporting queer people. but apparently that does exclude me, an aroace.

I reiterated that I'm just not interested in a romantic or sexual partnership, and I really do not ever see that changing.

and he said something to the effect of "it's okay if you don't want that now."

and I said, "no, it's just okay that I don't want that."

and he said that I was pessimistic. as if I was secretly searching for a relationship or a partner, but was rejecting love because I could not find one.

I calmly (with all the rage in my veins) told him "no, a life without love or sex is something optimistic for me."

he had the gall to look horrified.

I'm sick of aroace people not being seen as normal human people when they don't want the outcome of their life to look like everyone else's. I'm sick of the white picket fence, I'm sick of the assumption that everyone has another half out there.

I'm whole on my own.

[shoemakerobstetrician]

The Importance of Good Omens to an Old Queer

There are so many things about the whole Good Omens experience that make an old queer very happy:

In the story:

- It’s about a couple who love each other, who are by social standards definitely not supposed to love each other.

We exist.

- They have loved each other since time began.

We have always existed.

- They needed to hide their love, even from themselves, for millennia, or risk death.

We hid.

- They come to a safe spot where they can acknowledge their love without fearing for their lives. They can expect to be treated like any other couple.

We don’t always need to hide now.

In the story of the story:

- The book was written in the’80’s, when Aziraphale’s and Crowley’s relationship simply could not be told as a love story if the goal was to have any real chance of popular success.

- It took almost 30 years for it to be adapted for the screen and in that time things had changed so much that it is unequivocably a love story, with huge popular success.

In reality:

- The authors and the actors are outspoken supporters of LGBTQ+ rights.

- Michael and David clearly utterly adore each other, and freely show it. A few decades ago such open affection between two men would have caused rumors that could have ended their careers.

Finally, and this one kills me and makes me so, so happy:

- There are MANY younger fans for whom a lot of the above will absolutely not hit as hard.

They grew up in a different world than I did.

[bli-o]

wait gays stop scrolling for a second just curious how old were you guys when you figured out what any form of queerness was. Not just homosexuality like anything from the alphabet army

it was like? 10ish for me. Maybe 9.

(not when you discovered YOU were gay/trans/ace/intersex btw, when you learned they EXISTED)

[reasonsforhope]

"Lawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday that would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal rights for marriage partners of any gender.

The bill passed its final reading with the approval of 400 of the 415 members of the House of Representatives in attendance, with 10 voting against it, two abstaining and three not voting.

Thailand has a reputation for acceptance and inclusivity but has struggled for decades to pass a marriage equality law. Thai society largely holds conservative values, and members of the LGBTQ+ community say they face discrimination in everyday life. The government and state agencies are also historically conservative, and advocates for gender equality have had a hard time pushing lawmakers and civil servants to accept change.

[Note: As always, worth noting that all of those things can be said about the US and plenty of Western countries too. The West isn't magically non-homophobic.]

The bill now goes to the Senate, which rarely rejects any legislation that passes the lower house, and then to the king for royal endorsement. This would make Thailand the first country or region in Southeast Asia to pass such a law and the third in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal.

The bill amends the Civil and Commercial Code to change the words “men and women” and “husband and wife” to “individuals” and “marriage partners.” It would open up access to full legal, financial and medical rights for LGBTQ+ couples...

The new government led by Pheu Thai, which took office last year, has made marriage equality one of its main goals."

-via AP News, March 27, 2024

[moonlightsapphic]

Releasing Nimona on the last day of pride month 2023 was such a great move because it’s a really needed piece of media right now. Lots of countries that legalised gay marriage years ago have been grappling with this rising TERF narrative of “if you’re gay it’s whatever but if you’re trans, non-binary or gender non-conforming in some way you’re a PERVERT! A MONSTER trying to GROOM CHILDREN!” The outrage against simple things like pronouns and drag events, and the movement against gender affirming healthcare have reached a terrifying peaks for contemporary times.

So a kid’s movie set in a fictional country with controlling government officials with personal agendas, with an openly gay couple but also a shape-shifting kid who cannot even be afford to be out is our reality in the US today. Nimona’s feelings about her vibe, body and form, her insistence that she is only “Nimona” no matter what she looks like and her aversion to “small-minded questions” together forms such a beautiful allegory about trans, genderfluid individuals.

Ballister asks her to be a girl, but for whose sake? It’s only for the comfort of people who refuse to understand her, and would rather see her die than let her be herself. And it’s this widespread rejection and loneliness that has eventually made Nimona indifferent to pain, that makes her feel suicidal.

In the end, it is another member of the LGBTQ+ community that truly sees and accepts Nimona for who she is. And that should be a reminder that we cannot let them divide us. Trans people stood up for the rest of us and made historical change happen, and we need to do the same for them. Besides, cis queer people are only the “good ones” until they’re done with trans people and then will turn on us.