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[crystalsandbubbletea]

Their name was Nex Benedict.

Nex Benedict, not whatever name the news keeps saying.

Nex used He/Him pronouns according to friends, not whatever the news keeps saying.

Nex was the victim of a hate crime. Nex's death was because of a hate crime. Nex's death was not an accident, it was a hate crime.

[galacticjonah]

Pride Knight Vol. III

Times are fucking scary for us trans folks and it's getting worse by the day. At every turn we meet animosity, moral panic and outright violence - it's more important than ever that we can count on our queer family to have our back.

We cannot be legislated out of existence but we can't fight back all by ourselves.

Stay vigilant and take care of your trans siblings.

[xuperjr]

[the-official-legacies-blog]

I know I said I would only be talking about Palestine this week, but I need to talk about this as well.

This is somewhat political and also a personal rant.

I stated on @crystalsandbubbletea (My main for those who are unaware) that I am a minor with ADHD, Autism, and possible anxiety who is part of the LGBTQIA+ community and is also Indigenous American (Ponca Tribe). Why am I mentioning this?

Because of the 'Kids Online Safety Act', AKA 'KOSA'.

If this bill gets passed, I will be unable to post Legacies or gain access to the things that inspire me to work on Legacies. I created Legacies because I wanted people like me to have a series to relate to, I also created Legacies to debunk multiple harmful stereotypes.

Here comes the personal rant part:

When I realized I was part of the LGBTQIA+ community (I was approximately nine years old at the time), I tried so hard to find pieces of media I could relate to, specifically media with queer neurodivergent non-white people. Unfortunately I didn't find that much media that covered those categories.

Fast forward to some time later (Specifically when I was fourteen), I ended up deciding that I can make a series that people like me can relate to. After multiple rough drafts in my brain, and multiple scrapped storylines, I came up with Legacies, a series that starts off as an alternative history of the world and then eventually becomes a piece of fanfiction. I eventually decided the first protagonist would be a nonbinary polyamorous lesbian living in the Ottoman Empire, and after some more time, I decided their name would be 'Alex Adil Emre Yukime'. I then started planning the second protagonist, this protagonist would be Hungarian-Palestinian that's nonbinary, polyamorous, trixic, demisexual and demiromantic (Note: All the arcs Berat is in takes place in the 2500's).

I was ultimately satisfied when I finalized the storyline, and was happy.

(Rant ends here)

Unfortunately that happiness wouldn't last long when I learned about KOSA. If KOSA gets passed, Legacies will be unable to reach it's targeted demographics, and that will mean all my hopes and dreams were for nothing.

I won't be the only one affected, many more people will also be affected, specifically LGBTQIA+ youth. We will be unable to find anything LGBTQIA+ related because it will be flagged as "Not safe for minors". Trans people are already facing censorship (Looking at you, Tumblr staff) and this bill will make it worse.

So please, call and email your representatives, and tell them to not let KOSA pass. This bill is censorship and censorship is a form of facism.

[caintooth]

i keep missing work due to my brain injury + brain cyst + general chronic illness, and i only have 5 months to generate over $10,000 or else i’m going to have to go even further into medical debt!

every single dollar makes a real, genuine difference in my life!

[fyeahtimwalker]

The Muxes of Mexico by Tim Walker for Vogue Mexico and Vogue UK, December 2019

Production by Kate Phelan.

[squishymain]

Overwatch Venture Nonbinary flag icons

[touchoffleece]

a new version of the "I know what you are" dog meme just dropped thanks to Trick or Treat Scooby Doo!

slight spoilers for the movie:

I love how many gags we see of the gang knowing Velma has a crush and are constantly looking at her gay panic.

[sassydefendorflower]

Are you still friends with your Ex?

reblog for a larger sample size <3

[crystalsandbubbletea]

Never forget that we wouldn't have our rights without black trans people.

If you're a 'LGB without the T' person then you're a goddamn hypocrite. There is no sugarcoating that.

Remember Marsha P. Johnson and the many other trans people who fought for LGBTQIA+ rights.

[galacticjonah]

"Parting is such sweet sorrow..."

A re-imagination of Dicksee's Romeo & Juliet, set in ancient Rajasthan.

I got to make this piece for the amazing Classics but make it Gay II project, that reimagines art through the eyes of queer artists. I also wanted to move the lens of classical paintings away from Europe and dedicate this piece to the beauty and rich history of India < 3

[jaydenchip404]

Can someone please explain?

Can someone please explain to me the difference between libido and sexual attraction? I tend to have a problem with mixing them up or not understanding what they mean.

I have a problem understanding what 'attraction' means. Does it just mean being drawn to someone to do [___]? So, like, sexual attraction is being drawn to someone to have sex. It has nothing to do with libido. Thus, an asexual and an allosexual can have a libido. Despite only 1 being drawn to have sex with someone.

If it does mean what I think it means, then I don't feel sexual attraction as much as an allosexual person. For fictional characters or celebrities, I feel sexual attraction for them immediately. But when it comes to real-world people, it takes me a while to get to feel sexual attraction for them (I wouldn't say it's demisexual, but it's hard to explain). And when I do feel sexual attraction, it hits hard. I lust after the person, but it goes away very quickly before going back to feeling very little attraction towards them. Would this be a libido or ace spike?

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Gluck · Hannah Gluckstein

Howard Coster ~ Gluck [Hannah Gluckstein (1895–1978)], ca. 1932 © Fine Arts Society | src BBC ~ A Queer Eye View more on WordPress

Photo of Gluck by Howard Coster, 1932. Courtesy of The Fine Art Society | src Gluck: Art and Identity Review

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[caintooth]

hi. we have 98 days left to raise approximately $9,000 before i must significantly push back my top surgery date.

i was previously considering taking out a loan but i am over $2,000 in medical debt due to my brain cyst, and have had to miss a lot of work because of my on-going symptoms. i have an MRI next week which i know is going to bring on even more financial strain. a loan is not practical for me and there is no version of one i could safely afford.

link here

[potoh]

A squad.

[beautiful--dinosaurnightmare88]

I lov them ;)