#the kids will be alright

[disast3rtransp0rt]

I have gotten the opportunity to be the Safe Queer Adult for several teens while substituting at a high school and it has been the most incredible experience. I am beyond thankful for each and every exhausting moment and I need to vent some positivity.

I am so grateful for the two closeted-ish trans kiddos who anxiously shared their information in whispers after hearing me say "You can call me Miss or Mister, I don't care." and now regularly swing by my room just to hear their actual names/pronouns used with joy. And I'm grateful for the 14 year old lesbian (who will absolutely build her future wife a she-shed from scratch someday) who heard me say "my girlfriend" and immediately stopped fucking around in class and started turning in assignments/chatting with me at my desk/asking her more studious friends for help focusing. I'm even grateful for the conservative boy who started thinking about how his words impact other people after I said one of his offhanded homophobic comments really hurt my feelings - cause he spends every morning before school in my room chatting even though I'm not his teacher. He hadn't known I was queer until that moment, but other students did, and the awkward silence must have made him think.

Cause I'm the Cool Substitute. The one who will work with you about extensions and let you have test corrections without jumping through extra hoops. I know from living through both sides of the relationship that respecting kids and showing them patience is the best and fastest way to ensure empathetic, confident adults.

They know how dearly I treasure each nervously extended phone screen covered with prom dress pinterest ideas and transitional haircut options. They can rely on how hype I will get over their 3-second "new haircut glamour pose" when they walk into class. It costs me nothing to give an exhausted athlete a 1 day extension on his project after 2 consecutive basketball games. Kindness goes so far, but especially with kids, and I hope this little rant can reach some people who need to see it.

To quote Dr. Chuck Tingle, "The inertia of all things is toward love."

[soracities]

hi, im that 15yo math anon here (16 now tho hehe)

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could you tell me that you believe in me please. just once. i kinda need it today

omg i will ALWAYS believe in you, kiddo!!! i believe in you this minute and i believe in who you'll be tomorrow and who you were yesterday and who you'll be next week and next year (and all the next years after that) 💐 am believing in you alongside the future version of you who is looking back right now and believing in you too for everything that you're trying to be and do 💐💐

[z0n1x]

Teaching my little sister how to download Minecraft mods and itch.io games without getting viruses

[thequeenofthewinter]

It's a mental health kind of day.

[dropthedemiurge]

Offtopic: I wish I had someone like Kan that could sit with me or offer me comfort when my world has been turned upside down, and my views have changed. I am in other city, almost alone, no close friends around – yet for months I have to go through the paradigm shift and my changed opinions on my country, society, my people and who am I myself, my role in life and my future...

I need my own microwave :(

[inkiedraws]

"LOL this flip-flop wearing loser thinks he's gonna kick my ass and destroy my whole kingdom in the span of an afternoon. What an idiot"

I didn't intend for this to be a full comic, which is why it just kinda ends. Sowwy

[incognito-princess]

I have to tell you, in the last few weeks I've encountered a great number of young men (17-24) in various service related situations, and they have all been so delightful. Polite, funny, knowledgeable, and confident without toxic-masculinity. It makes me think that the kids are going to be alright, if the adults will leave them alone.

[thief-of-eggs]

Cass doesn’t look, she glares

Tim doesn’t smile, he grimaces.

Damian doesn’t speak, he growls.

Jason doesn’t raise his voice, he screams.

Duke doesn’t watch, he scrutinizes.

Dick doesn’t smooth talk, he manipulates.

Steph doesn’t laugh, she cackles. Manically.

Bruce’s children are a little damaged, a little odd. If not in big ways, then in the smallest of ways that so clearly sets them apart from everyone else. Their line of work demands it, their breeding encourages it.

It’s just how they were made. Once they’ve been touched by the shadows of Gotham, it never leaves their veins.

It’s in their blood now. It’s seen in their eyes, their smiles. The twitch of their face, the narrowing of their gaze.

Gotham’s embrace never lets you go.

[wildflowercryptid]

now that i've played the epilogue, i'm back on my gay shit.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

sitting in the same room not talking scrolling on separate phones? classic form of parallel play

[emoreooo]

one day i’ll grow even taller than my brother, you’ll see !!

[bulbabutt]

you have to be honest with yourself, leo

every leo has insecurity issues, in this essay i will--

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | and the missing leo hug from this part

[soracities]

you probably didnt ask for this but quick update on my life:

got scholarship, went to new school to study social sciences

finally made friends. im still insecure and not a good friend, but im better now.

turned 16, dont study math or science anymore, but appreciate them without the stress of marks

realised im trans and am a lot happier now, with a supportive cousin

decided i dont want to do archeology anymore so im confused about uni

got decent marks the entire year, but lost my scholarship

found out abt it just a few minutes ago, and my parents yet again told me i cant do anything at all

I know I shouldn't believe in it at all, because if I came this far I can go further, but I just need someone to believe that if I get good marks this month, I can get back ny scholarship, since I lost it by a narrow margin.

it warms my heart so much to hear how far you've come and how much happier you feel in who you are (i appreciate so much you sharing this with me, truly); i can't imagine the stress and worry of losing your sholarship and i'm very sorry you're going through that right now. but i really want to emphasise that i absolutely believe in all the versions of you that can exist in this world, both today and in the weeks and months and years beyond today. could you have imagined that you'd be here one year ago? would you have believed all the things you've achieved? i hope you have some teachers or others adults in your life you can talk to get some advice and guidance to help you in your next exams but for what it's worth i absolutely absolutely believe in you, simply for being here and being you and that's worth everything. sending you all the love in the world and the best the best of luck 💗

[minbinchan]

BANG CHAN ♡ MANIAC ENCORE IN JAPAN DOCUMENT MOVIE

[nitroish]

war and hate on planet trauma

[foolishlovers]