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[raqualswonderfunblog]

[sand-idk]

As a half Spaniard half Portuguese person this picture was so precious to me when it came out.

Spanish flag is a symbol of straight up fascism. Not because our government is fascist (not the ruling party at least) but because it's been proclaimed for them. Specially because Spanish people didn't got out of the dictatorship because they wanted, but because the dictator died. Patriotism means fascism in Spain. That's why we get a bit uncomfortable when tourists wear a spanish flag on their wrists or foreigner artists wave the flag on their concerts. Even tho we understand they do it out of ignorance and we never blame them for that.

In Portugal tho, patriotic feelings are very different. The Portuguese people defeated the dictatorship with a peaceful revolution and still celebrate the day that happened with a big national festivity. Plus patriotism is more linked to land and culture than ideology or parties. But of course, nationalism has historically been associated with conservative ideology, and that's no news for the Portuguese people either. And what is more national than a national flag?

So when that old man waved his Portuguese flag on the side of the pride parade most people thought he was against the parade. But still some people realised he was not mad, but more so cheerful. They tried to offer him the queer flag and he hugged it with such emotion on his face. He waved the national flag because he didn't have another one. But to him patriotism and queerness weren't enemies.

I cried so much when I saw him on the news. I'm so grateful for the people on the parade who gave him that flag. I can't stop thinking that would've been impossible in Spain (the country I currently live in) And that's ok, they're different countries with different history, but sometimes I wish we spanish queer people didn't have to hate our national symbols so much. (Even tho I gotta say there's so much amazing queer art taking advantage of that negative symbolism).

You are loved.

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[doodlenoodleh]

I’m not a fucking mermaid ⚔️

[sweetlyfemme]

deleting tiktok for pride month because i don’t care about the useless and recycled discourse on there ♡

aroaces, trans people, and lesbians cannot get a break

[nyanaknifegal]

Made quick stickies for an upcoming con

[shadowpixel]

Fuck JK Rowling, the author of AtYD deserves the rights to Harry Potter.

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

Bird #75 - the yellow-billed nuthatch (NT)

More pride birds! These are more blue than purple, but purple in birds is rare and this is the only one I could find that has both purple and yellow. You can see them in the wild in small patches around Laos, Vietnam and Hainan, China.

Nuthatches stand upside-down on tree trunks when foraging - the theory is that this gives them a different perspective to other upright birds in a similar niche, so they can find food that others have missed!

[prispage]

"trans men are women pretending to be men." and you are an idiot pretending to be smart.

[raqualswonderfunblog]

[moonlightsapphic]

Reasons why someone may identify as bi lesbian (a valid identity!):

a bi woman who experiences rare attraction to men but never enough to date one.

a bi woman who was attracted to a man only once in her life, so he is like an exception.

a woman who is bisexual but monoromantic towards women, or biromantic but monosexual towards women.

a bi woman who doesn’t date men and doesn’t intend to ever.

a lesbian who formerly was bisexual and now her identity has shifted, and she wants her label to reflect both.

a late-in-life lesbian who is married to a man but is comfortable staying with her husband because of their unique love/companionship.

a poly lesbian whose partner’s partners (whom they may rendezvous with) may rarely include men.

a lesbian who does not identify as “monosexual” or “monoromatic” despite only being attracted to non-men, since she feels that she is attracted to multiple non-men genders.

a lesbian in a relationship with a trans man.

a transmasc lesbian who dates other transmascs as well as women.

An older bisexual woman who moved through pre-separatism lesbian circles (back when “lesbian” was used by all sapphics as an umbrella term!)

… and many more!

*I use “woman” and “she/her” but this may apply to any genderqueer sapphic as well!

Yes, many of these experiences can be described by using one of “bi” or “lesbian”, rather than both in combination. Lesbianism includes many non-men genders and trans women! Bisexuality includes all genders including trans folks! Lesbianism is considered monosexual identity, but also in some ways multisexual, and “bi lesbian” is often used by those who strongly identify with being mspec. Labels are for our comfort in identifying ourselves and our lived experiences, as well as to accurately communicate our identities to others. We shouldn’t police them! Queer people are deviant and complex by nature! Rigid rules are for the patriarchy, not us. Labeling conventions are fully arbitrary and we should prioritise what will maximise queer folks’ happiness.

Folks spend a lot of (misplaced) energy hating on the label “bi lesbian” and want to eradicate it by claiming it is TERF propaganda—however that’s not very nuanced (there are queer elders who use this term—should we really have the audacity to tell them how to live?), and ironically it’s gender essentialist in and of itself to try to put people in a box. We should remember that bisexuals and lesbians originally were all just “lesbians” (ie in the same way we use “sapphic” as an umbrella term today), and it was TERF rhetoric in second-wave feminism that resulted in lesbian separatism. A simple label used by a tiny minority can’t cause all kinds of scary lesbophobia, biphobia, and transphobia (as it is, endosex allocishetero people can barely tell bisexuality from lesbianism anyway and don’t know a thing about trans people either ;n;)—If it is a possibility, that’s our job as a community to fight back misinformation. :)

[thee-uhm]

No

[self-shipfromtheeast]

Anyone is free to do this if they want ☺️

picrew chain time!! make yourself a cheeky little icon using this picrew, reblog & tag ur pals!! to start us off: @lightyaoigami @lightyakami @deelavis @dreamfilleddonuts @catboymettaton @vorareromantic @queer-omens-in-the-archives

[shutinthenutouse]

[sweetlyfemme]

“i’m not woke enough for this…” get?? woker??

[vuelode-irbis]

HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE!! YAAYYY!!!

[ID: digital drawings of various felids holding pride flags in a background of the same desatured flag. They're all closing their eyes with a happy expression. First: a lesbian leopard that is floating in the air. Second: a cheetah sitting down with the rainbow flag. Third: a bobcat standing with the bisexual flag. Fourth: a tiger with the trans flag. Fifth: a puma with the pansexual flag. Sixth: the same cheetah of the rainbow flag, now with the asexual one. Seventh: the same puma of the pansexual flag, now with the non-binary one. End ID.]

Designed these to sell as buttons at a pride event i'm attending, my first official sale! I'm so happy with how they came out, I hope people like them too

anyways, HAVE A GOOD PRIDE MONTH <3333

desaturated flags