#QUEER JOY

[our-mlm-experience]

I LOVE MEN

I LOVE HOW WE MEN (i was afab) CAN HAVE BODY HAIR AND WE CAN BE NOT TWIGS AND I LOVE YOU FAT MEN AND BEARS AND TWUNKS AND LITERALLY EVERY MAN UNDER THE SUN

YOU ARE ALL STUNNING AND I LOVE YOU

THANK YOU I LOVE YOU TOO!!

[a-gay-poptart]

I have found the best ally

Straight and cis people will say that they are allies, but you will NEVER measure up to my dentist.

Me: "Hey, is it ok if I can change my name on my info from [DEADNAME] to Aspen?"

Random woman that I wasn't even talking to in the chair next to me: "Honey, if that's the name you had at birth, [DEADNAME] is your only name."

My dentist, very slowly turning her rolley chair towards the woman: "Shush."

Random woman: "Excuse me?"

Destist: *closes privacy curtain while staring bullets at the lady*

Me: *pissing myself laughing*

My dentist while changing my name in my info (reminder that English is not her first language, she immigrated from Russia): "There, Sai, you have pretty boy teeth. Smile and make all girls swoon."

Me not having the heart to tell her I'm not transmasc but I'm Agender, and still pissing myself laughing: "Thank you [DENTIST NAME]."

Edit: Ok, this has gotten alot of attention, but right now my other posts is what really needs attention. I have a few fundraisers for people trying to evacuate Palestine and Gaza, but also a diabetic who needs her insulin shot. Please please please, go to my page and at the very least repost those posts, have the day you deserve and free Palestine🇵🇸

[cosmiclion]

Love wins 😌

And a version for my aro/ace/not interested in kissing for whatever reason siblings:

[babybluebanshee]

So I finally got my water heater replaced after more than half a year of it leaking and nearly destroying my floor, but that's not the story. The story is of the handyman that installed it.

Dude's name is Chris, and he's your typically midwestern schlub - friendly, apologizes too much, really likes the Cardinals, maybe a little younger than my parents. Hella nice tho, gets the heater installed quickly, and even offers to fix the floorboards it warped (after nearly tripping over the hump it made in the floor twice). Overall, a stress-free experience.

Then, as he's gathering up his tools - "So, I noticed your, uh, banner. Over your bed."*

*(The closet where my water heater is is located in my bedroom because I live in a mobile home, dude wasn't just wandering creepily into my bedroom)

He's referring to a giant pride flag that's hanging over my bed, with the words "Sounds gay, I'm in"

My anxiety spikes instantaneously, thinking oh christ I'm about to get hatecrimed or at least microaggressioned.

But then he says "Yeah, my daughter is gay, and I was wondering, like...where do you guys, ya know, meet up?"

What.

"Because she met her most recent girlfriend when she was in jail, and I keep asking why she doesn't just find a nice lesbian librarian or something and she said 'dad I know they're out there, I just don't know where'. So...like...where do you?"

So I ended up confessing to this nice man who installed my water heater that I don't know of any real gay culture in our mostly Baptist Missouri town of about 18,000 that routinely freaks out over pride displays in the library (I'm sure it exists but I'm lazy and haven't gone looking for it). My girlfriend lives in an area with a rather bustling gay community (we just did a face painting booth for their pride festival a few weeks ago), so maybe have her go out there with some friends, and also a lot of queers I know play dnd so maybe find a nice group of them and network. I then apologized that I wasn't more helpful in getting his daughter settled with a nice, wholesome dyke.

On the plus side, he was not deterred at all, and seemed to be very interested in the fact dnd was so popular amongst the el gee bee tees. I told him the names of some dms I know and told him to go to town. I do not know if the names will be given to his daughter or hoarded for himself so he can join a group and play like he did when he was a teenager and not be called satanic for it.

He's coming to fix my floor next week.

[sunfl0w3rmoon]

queer joy is waving my ace flag at the pride parade and having someone in the parade wearing an ace flag as a cape see me and hold up their flag while they cheered 🫶🏼

[asaltysquid]

The divine act of creation. To craft and mold yourself to completion.

[gay-impressionist]

New queer rights around the world : 2023 edition 🏳️‍🌈✨️🏳️‍⚧️

Finland : adopted a law to facilitate transition, no longer requiring sterilization or psychological evaluations

[certifieddudette]

To me, "having made it" as a trans woman isn't passing.

It's about not needing to shave your legs anymore to feel feminine.

It's about not needing to wear makeup anymore to feel feminine.

It's about not worrying about every step or sound you make to make sure you seem feminine.

It's about trying to get your hair to look just right, and instead of thinking "RAAAH NOO!! I'll never pass like this everyone will think I'm a man!", you think "Bleh, bad hair day... Oh well"

It's about feeling feminine no matter what you do, no matter what others think. Especially that last part.

It's about knowing, accepting, deep down, that you are a woman, and nothing you do or don't do will change that fact.

That's when I know I made it.

[totallyveryallosexual]

Four years ago, my parents told me I shouldn't be open about my sexuality because I would be judged.

Next week, I'm promposing to the girl I like (she's already agreed to go with me, I just want to do something silly).

Queer joy does exist.

Young queer people, you will find your happiness some day. I believe in you.

[somegaywizard]

A two sentence poem about my childhood best friend <3

[our-mlm-experience]

I love men and I love being a dude. It took me a long time to accept that I am a guy (transmasc for context) and I was taught that men were not my friends. I am now proud of who I am and who I love, I'm not ashamed to love men and I'm not ashamed to be one ✌️

❤️

[lavender-femme]

mercury stardust and jory are currently doing a tiktok livestream for 30 hours to raise $1,000,000 for trans healthcare if you can go watch and/or donate!

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRcJSSwg/

They’re currently at $765,000 and if they hit $1,000,000 by 10pm CT (1.5 hours from now) they will raise the goal to $2,000,000. Anything above the $1,000,000 will go specifically towards gender affirming surgeries.

LINK TO DONATE RIGHT HERE

They help so many in the trans community, 36% of the people they help are disabled!!

I sent in $25 earlier this month and $25 today.

Even if you can’t donate, go watch the lives and give it views and interaction!

just in the time it took me to type this up they have raised like $15,000

This is a huge form of mutual aid

this is HUGE for trans liberation and for trans joy!

go watch, go donate, go support

[pepperjackets]

more than anything, i hope you know

[their-we-go]

haircut with dad

[babybluebanshee]

It's honestly kind of jarring being one of only two queer people at my job, because sometimes I'll see people who are obviously, visibly, unabashedly queer and mention it to one of my non-queer coworkers and they're like "why does it matter?" or "i don't care if someone is gay or straight or whatever" or "okay, and?" What they don't seem to understand is that I'm not being judgy when I point it out. That's nothing but queer joy babey.

A trans boy who's experimenting with hair dye and oversized hoodies and new names and has currently settled on a video game character? We love to see it.

A gay elder who has never explicitly told me that he's gay, but wears rainbows all the time, has a little pride pin on his hat, paints his nails, and mentions his gender-neutral "beloved" who loves Rocky Horror and Priscilla Queen of the Desert? Makes me want to cry from sheer happiness.

A woman and her daughter coming in to get library cards, and when I asked how many she'd like on her family account, she replies "three, for me, my daughter, and my wife"? Catch me trying not to burst with euphoric squealing at the circulation desk.

When I point these people out, it's because I'm happy to see them! I'm glad these people can live authentically and contentedly and that we can run into each other. I"m glad there are closeted people who can see the visibly queer folks and maybe get that little extra bit of confidence to live the way they want. I'm glad we don't have to hide!

Basically, I live and breathe that panel from Fun Home.

[yurtgirlsophie0]

Out of 10 what would you rate my girldick?