#lavender gender

[corvihound]

LAVENDERLANGFLORIC our sixth coining post for @epikulupu ‘s 1K coining event!!  》  prompt : order ;  ❂ lavenderlangfloric  ;; a -langfloric gender that feels like a lavender plant, conveying the message of “peace / devotion” (lavender can also be used to convey distrust, but in the sense of this term it symbolizes peace and devotion)

[catgirl-kaiju]

Just curious, what's the "pink scare"?

I misspoke; I was referring to the Lavender Scare.

The Lavender Scare was an American political movement that lasted roughly from 1947 to 1956, paralleling the 2nd Red Scare. It was largely helmed by Joe McCarthy and Roy Cohn and was a targeted campaign of political attack against queer people. The reasoning behind it was that gay men and lesbians constituted a threat against national security because their "subversive behavior" (not being straight) meant they somehow had strong connections to communism and, therefore, the USSR.

The movement resulted the outing and firing of hundreds of queer people from government jobs (ranging from politicians, clerks, military personnel, and contractors working with the government) with the State Department reporting that by 1953, they had fired 425 people under allegations of homosexuality. It also resulted in Dwight D. Eisenhower's Executive Order 10450, which fully barred any "homosexuals" from working any positions in the federal government.

EO 10450 was partially repealed in 1975 largely in response to young men using claims of homosexuality to dodge the Vietnam draft, and again in 1995 when the Bill Clinton administration instituted the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy for military personnel. It wasn't fully and completely repealed until 1998 with the Bill Clinton passing Executive Order 13087, which prohibited any such discrimination in federal employment and wasn't EXPLICITLY repealed until Barack Obama's Executive Order 13764 wich took effect in 2017.

The cultural effect was an amplification of pre-existing societal homophobia to violent extremes and the promotion of the idea that queer people are inherently dangerous to "American freedom and democracy". Fun fact, Roy Cohn was actually a gay man who was very openly in sexual and romantic relationships with many men, even during The Lavender Scare, bit considered himself to be different from other gay men, basically because he was a dominant top. He died of AIDS while being part of the federal government's inaction campaign in response to the pandemic.

If you want to read more about it, the Wikipedia page is a decent place to start.

The point I was making in regards to there being a 2nd Lavender Scare happening right now is in reference to the growing wave of targeted transphobic policies and violence from the political right and the liberal inaction in response to it.

I'd say that this new Lavender Scare started in 2017 with Trump's banning of trans people from entering the military and has continued to the present day when it is rapidly escalating with no end in sight.

The main characteristics of this new scare, in my opinion are:

A targeting of trans people, gender non-conformity, and drag performance as subversive elements in society that pose a danger to the "traditional family", christian hegemony, and the wellbeing of children.

The platforming of extremist right-wing propaganda from various sources in mainstream media and political discourse, which all spout unified transphobic talking points that inspire discriminatory policies and violence through stochastic terrorism.

Transphobic policies being passed into law at a rapid pace on the state level in multiple states, with little to no federal intervention. (This refers to the US specifically)

Domestic stochastic terrorist attacks on queer spaces that prominently feature and support trans communities and drag performance, which are inspired by transphobic right-wing propaganda.

The boosting of TERF voices who pitch the same transphobic talking points as the right, from a pseudo-leftist perspective that serves as an alternate route of attack in the insemination of violent transphobia into the mainstream. (This is especially prevalent in the UK)

The "groomer" narrative, which links trans people, gender non-conformity, and drag performance to pedophilia in an effort to evoke strong emotional reactions from misinformed people prone to bigotry and reactionary thinking. This tactic can also be seen in action with the Q-Anon conspiracy cult.

Utilizing trans people, gender non-conformity, and drag performance as scapegoats for economic decline, political unrest, and poor quality of life in order to disract from the systems actually responsible for these problems.

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Armed Proud Boy protest against the Holi-Drag Storytime in Columbus, Ohio, and counter protesters protecting the event.

Protesters against Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill

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I would also like to add that unlike the 1st Lavender Scare, this is not just an American phenomenon but part of a clear and roughly coordinated multinational right-wing movement and is presenting just as prevalently in the UK (albeit in a slightly different form). It is dangerous to leave this reactionary movement unstated and unnamed, lest is become normalized.

[spilledkaleidoscope]

[julietianboy]

( ☁️ ) meriboy / pomboy

[ id: a flag with five horizontal stripes, in the following colors: light blue, light beige, cream, coral pink and light pink. /End id ]

-> definition: a boy/man/etc who's feminine, androgynous, otherwise gender non-conforming and soft in some way, or who performs masculinity in a soft way. this includes gender identity, presentation, mannerisms, etc.

can be considered a gender identity, a presentation term, whatever.

-> etymology: meri- comes from merino, a breed of sheep. pom- comes from both pomerians, a breed of dog that's very fluffy, and pompoms.

-> similar terms: maiboy, lopboy, rosboy, lavender boy, finboy, gnc boy

[averagexenohoarder]

LAVENDERTOWNIC

A gender related to the lavender town creepypasta and music !!

[genderqueerpond]

one good thing about fourteen hanging around for longer is them getting the chance to slowly evolve into their own individual self and not just TenAgain

(because while I maintain that fourteen WAS literally TenAgain, they're also a lot older, and if they'd stuck around longer they would've started to figure out who they are and what makes them different, even as at first the same core person returned to outward existence)

which means they can finally speak with a Scottish accent

it creeps in gradually, unnoticed, until one day Donna says "hold on.... are you Scottish now?"

and fourteen thinks am I? Is that who I am now? and turns that over in their mind for a moment and goes aye--

and Donna says "well how does that work, you and I both know you're from Not-Gallifrey"

and the Doctor says "no I'm not, I'm Scottish now"

And that's that

[kafka-pilled]

i’m cis not because i never bothered to question my gender but because i looked inside myself and went “hmm yes, the Girl here is made out of Girl.”

[misslavenderlady]

I'll bet at some point in Alex Winter's life he's come home with a smile on his face and said something like:

"Hey, honey! The kids online say that I'm "gender"! Isn't that cool?"

[unopenablebox]

is there a reasonable market in, like, secondhand tallit? i want a new one that doesn't a. have rust stains b. give me severe dysphoria due to its delicate feminine embroidery, but i would really love to not give money to israeli judaica companies right now. and i also want it to be made of natural fibers and be nice to look at while im making demands

[thestarlightforge]

Mom gave my sibling and I these Marvel-branded soap bars for fun. You know the kind—all “This soap is for MEN™️. The STARK CLEANSE and DIVINE STORM gives off THOR’S MUSK and RICH, WOODSY SCENTS with ZERO GRIT.”

Y’all—it smells exactly like “women’s soap.” The Stark one could be called “Sparkly Holiday Spice” and I’d never know the difference.

Sibling smelled the Thor one. “Do guys not know what lavender smells like???”

😂 Gender essentialism is so funny.

[deityofhearts]

I collect a lot of stationary for someone who has no reason to use all this stationary

[fillejondrette]

2024 resolution is to stay off instagram bc i just saw someone saying dolores umbridge and lavender brown were hyperfeminine and ginny and hermione liked "sports and books" bc jkr was trying to demonize femininity.

[bumble66]

the pr narrative started wayyyy before justino twitter guy. thoses in pr use what he said as a fact and declaration chris situation was all pr. captregina was all too happy to jump on it and as we can all see captregina is not well mentally.

CapRegina blocked me a long time ago. So I don't really care about her alleged mental illness you talk about.

Yes, people said that since the relationship debuted in November 2022, that it is PR because on the same day or week, his PR gf's show premiered.

So amateurish. It's as if they wanted us to know it's bull...

Not even the dailymail UK readers in the comment section believed it and many of them said that they are now sure that he plays for the other team. Comments like these were upvoted a lot, so I'm not the only one with that assumption. I think he's bi though. Anyway, the buzzfeed twitter journalist Edwin seems credible to me because he is not in the Chris Evans fandom, so he isn't biased and he predicted the valentine's instagram 24 hour story. That also reminds me of the fact that his Portugal-gal has so far never appeared on his instagram grid. Even before it went business-only after his return in November 2023. It aligns with a claim from a blind item that one of his actor friends warned him to adjust the PR contract in a way so that Chris' PR bride doesn't appear permanently on the instagram grid. I bet it was Sebastian because he has his PR woman on it and seems to regret it. Like honestly, imagine having some brat that wants to use you to become famous on your public photo album. Anooooying.

In general, Chris is a two-edged sword. On one side he knows that he prefers to be a single bachelor. Just sleeping around and instead of a partner, having a dog. But he also knows that the general public expects of him to appear married. How do you say in English? He has no backbone and as a result he drowns himself in weed rather than being out and proud of being a male-sl*t. As I always mention on my blog: If we wouldn't have all these gender expectations for men, they wouldn't feel the need to make this silly stuff like being monogamous. (Despite being monogamous myself, I just don't want to deny realty and deny the true nature of the average man). I also knew men in real life who said that they only have a gf or wife for intercourse and status and can't actually stand their personalities. Not saying that this is moral but it is a truth we all need to face when we want true gender equality because not just women but also men need to be freed of society's norms. If you disagree with me, have fun watching future fake PR relationships. Your choice.

[gnomeniche]

happy pride

[kandi-fox]

LAVENDERLEXIC .

a gender related to / affected by the word "lavender" and any of its variations

[genderqueerpond]

NOT EVERY INTERNET JOKE IS GOOD

SOME OF THEM ARE BAD

JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS A HAHA FUNNY RELATABLE INTERNET MEME DOESN'T MEAN IT ISN'T HARMFUL