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Why is this so 🤯
I found out about box theory recently and I found it really neat.
But I don't find it useful personally. The imagery of the box and the idea that the box is individualized don't work for me at all.
So, I thought I would share my personal way of conceptualizing labels.
Essentially, you view all the LGBTQ+ labels as tools in a gigantic toolbox.
You can go through it and grab the tool you want to complete the project you are doing.
Two people may grab the exact same tool for projects that could not be more different.
Two people may grab completely different tools for exactly the same project.
And, of course, two people could grab exactly the same tools for exactly the same project.
And any variation/combination of any of those.
The important thing to remember is that there is no universally correct tool to use. Grab a hammer to unscrew a screw. Grab a screwdriver to remove a nail. Use a tape measure to etch a piece of art. Use 20 different tools for one task. Go wild. If it works best for you, it is the best tool for the job, even if other people would never use it that way. You're the one doing the job, so use the tool(s) that help you.
If someone criticizes the way that you are completing your own personal project, then they are just being annoying and pretentious.
Labels are just tools of self-description. Mix and match them. Use them in unconventional ways. If anyone cares, it doesn't matter, because the labels you use are for you, not them.
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I found out about box theory recently and I found it really neat.
But I don't find it useful personally. The imagery of the box and the idea that the box is individualized don't work for me at all.
So, I thought I would share my personal way of conceptualizing labels.
Essentially, you view all the LGBTQ+ labels as tools in a gigantic toolbox.
You can go through it and grab the tool you want to complete the project you are doing.
Two people may grab the exact same tool for projects that could not be more different.
Two people may grab completely different tools for exactly the same project.
And, of course, two people could grab exactly the same tools for exactly the same project.
And any variation/combination of any of those.
The important thing to remember is that there is no universally correct tool to use. Grab a hammer to unscrew a screw. Grab a screwdriver to remove a nail. Use a tape measure to etch a piece of art. Use 20 different tools for one task. Go wild. If it works best for you, it is the best tool for the job, even if other people would never use it that way. You're the one doing the job, so use the tool(s) that help you.
If someone criticizes the way that you are completing your own personal project, then they are just being annoying and pretentious.
Labels are just tools of self-description. Mix and match them. Use them in unconventional ways. If anyone cares, it doesn't matter, because the labels you use are for you, not them.
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I was originally planning on holding off sharing this until June, but then decided to hell with that; why wait?
FURTHER RESOURCES:
Intersections: Indigenous and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Identities – this booklet from the Native Women’s Association of Canada is more intended towards 2S folks, but is still a great read for anyone.
Two Spirits, One Voice – This video from Egale is a great, no more comments needed.
A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder – This book by Ma-Nee Chacaby can be a difficult and emotional read, but very much worth it.
Becoming Two-spirit: Gay Identity and Social Acceptance in Indian Country – I have yet to read this book by Brian Joseph Gilley myself, but heard positive things about it.
Please feel free to reblog with more suggestions, if you have them!
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getting misgendered by adults but universally correctly gendered by children makes me feel like some sort of fairy creature thats true form is only perceptible to children
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never gonna stop thinking abt how i drunkenly stumbled over to this 40/50 year old butch lesbian at a gay bar and said “you’re everything i want to be” only for her to give me the warmest hug i’ve ever received in my life and tell me that was the best compliment she’s ever received.
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'Cus you know, it's biology.
My new sticker designs :)
Available on: Burboi's shop (redbubble.com)
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Reblog opportunity for LGBTQ+ streamers: Applications are OPEN!
We're in the 3rd year of our It Gets Better Ambassador and charity stream programs! If you're looking to be a source of positive representation on Twitch for queer youth (which is SO needed rn), you can:
1️⃣ Apply to become one of our It Gets Better Ambassadors - these are paid streamers who create content for our It Gets Better Twitch channel to inspire our community of LGBTQ+ youth. Come game, just chat, do drag or makeup, craft, cook, play music, and more with us on the channel! Or...
2️⃣ Apply to charity stream for us as an It Gets Better Charity Streamer! If you and/or your stream team love to support a good cause, consider officially joining us to support LGBTQ+ youth from your own channel.
We've opened rolling applications for future cohorts of It Gets Better Ambassadors and charity streamers - head here to read about the programs, view requirements, and apply now for our July-Dec 2024 or Jan-Jul 2025 cohorts.
Head here for the direct Ambassador app form.
And here for the direct Charity Stream app form.
Can't wait to meet y'all!
#itgetsbetter#gaymer#twitch streamer#lgbtqia#queer streamer#dbd#acnh#stardew valley#sims 4#just chatting
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This Arab is Queer - A collection of memoirs from several queer West Asian and North African writers
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Queer Glossary of Muslim/Islamic World:
This is a list of gender & sexuality related terms, used in Muslim/Islamic World.
Mithli/Mithly - postmodern Arabic term for queer
Mithliya - postmodern Arabic term for lesbians, sapphics, queer women
Mu’khannath/Mukhannath/Mukhannas/Mukhannathin - archaic term for gender variants, trans woman, individuals of non-normative gender or sexuality
Mukhannith - Arabic term for transsexual woman, used in pre-modern Arab.
Mutarajilat/Mutarajilla - archaic term for trans-masculine, trans males. It is masculine equivalent of “Mukhannath”
Mustarjil/Mustargil- vernacular term for trans males, trans-masculine folks among Marsh Arab tribes.
Mabun/Ma'bun - archaic term for an eunuch homosexual,passive homosexual in Medieval Islamic Arab.
Khanith/Khaneeth - vernacular term for trans-feminine, gender non-confirming, transvestite, intersex, queer in Oman. Khanith individuals were also a third gender/sex community of Arabian peninsula.
Khuntha/Khunsha - archaic term used to describe intersex & sexual ambiguous individuals in Muslim World.
Khuntha Mushkil - term for non-binary intersex, gender non-confirming intersex individuals.
Khusra/Khusaraa/Khusrah - vernacular Punjabi term for trans eunuch, gender non-confirming, intersex individuals. Mostly used in Pakistan & Northernmost India.
Khasee/Khasi- archaic term used to describe eunuch, neutoris folks in most Islamic empires.
Murat/Muraat/Moorat - vernacular term for transgender, gender-diverse folks in Pakistan & some parts of Afghanistan. The word Murat is itself a portmanteau of Mard (meaning man) and Aurat (meaning woman).
Hijra - all-encompassing term for gender & sexual diverse in South Asia. The term includes trans-feminine, transgender,effeminate homosexual (kothi), transvestite, eunuch, non-binary & intersex.
Khawaja Sara/Khwajasera/Khwajasara/Khwaja Sarai/Khwajasira/Khawaja Sira - all-encompassing term for gender non-confirming, genderfluid, effeminate eunuch, transvestite, trans-masculine, trans-feminine in South Asian sufi cultures. This archaic term had been used as designation for eunuchs & non-binary individuals in Medieval Muslim empires. Nowdays the term Khawaja sara/Khwajasara is a subset of “Hijra”
Khawaal - term for MTF transvestite dancers,Effeminates in Pre-mordern Egypt.
Köçek - term for effeminate boy, gender fluid, trans-feminine dancers of Ottoman empire. The term also used to describe femboy in Turkish society.
Cengi - female counterpart of Ottoman Köcek dancers
Kothi - vernacular term for effeminate males, drag queen gays, passive homosexuals, trans femmes in India & Bangladesh.
Panthi - vernacular term for dominant, hard,masculine gay & bisexual male in Bangladesh & West-East Bengal.This term derived from to Hijra Farsi or Ulti Bhasha.
Dohpartaa or Dohpartah - informal LGBTQ slang for bisexual males in Bangladesh & West Bengal. This term derived from the Hijra Farsi or Ulti language.
Mamsuh - term for intersex person who is agender or genderless.
Ham jins bâz/Ham-jens bâz – a derogatory term for gay & bisexual men in Iran & Farsi-speaking communities.
Do jens garâ/Doh jense garâ - term for bisexual in Farsi-speaking communities.
Ham-jens-garâ - term for homosexual in persian.
Ham-jins garo - pejorative term for homosexuals,gays in Tajikistan.
Hum Jins, Hum jinsi, Hum-jense, Ham-jens – term for homosexual in urdu, persian, tajik & afghan language.
Mak Nyah - term for transgender woman, MTF transsexual in Malaysia. The term “Mak Nyah” is widely used among trans women, mukhannath/ trans-feminine folks. The term was first coined in late 1980s.
Pak Nyah - informal,vernacular term for trans men in Malaysia.
Waria - vernacular term for Transgender & trans woman in Indonesia.Warias are considered as third gender in Indonesia.
Priawan - vernacular term for trans-masculine in Indonesia.
Bissu - a term used to describe non-binary or two spirit identity in Bugie Tribe of Indonesia
Boyah/Boyat - a term used in persian gulf states to describe masculine women,butch, & AFAB gender non-confirming
Burnesha - vernacular term used to describe trans-masculine,butch in Ottoman empire of balkan & Albania.
Chokri/Chukri - term for drag queens, transvestites, transfeminine folks who are associated with “Alcap” folk song & sufi devotional music. This cross-gender cultural phenomenon can be found in Bangladesh & North-west Bengal. Chukri artists may identify themselves as straight, bisexual, gay, transsexual. Muslim Chukris are devotee of sufi saint Madar Pir/Madari Pir.
Zenana or Jenanah - vernacular term for effeminate male,MTF transvestite in Bangladesh,Pakistan,Northern India.The term Zenana derived from Urdu or Farsi, which means feminine.
Bachaa posh - pejorative term for FTM crossdresser,butch in Afghani dialect.
Bacha Bareesh - pejorative vernacular term for effeminate boy, passive homosexual,transgender folks in Afghanistan. Bacha Bareesh are effeminate boys,MTF drag queens who take part in Bacha bazi.
Gej - non-derogatory term for gay in some Balkan languages. Most people of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Albania, Serbia, Kosovo uses other slang words for queer individuals instead of “Gej”.
Lezbejka - term for lesbian,sapphic women in Bosnia & Herzegovina,Kosovo
Dygjinishëm - Albanian term for bisexual
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It's Arab American Heritage Month!
From artist Saif (@saif0_0ali) on Instagram + Tumblr
“Love is stronger than your hate.”
Written in arabic calligraphy over colors of 🏳️🌈 the pride flag and two men kissing.
“It’s not a sin to be yourself.”
Written above an image of a dark skin bearded person wearing hijab, make-up and a nostril piercing. Colors of the 🏳️⚧️ trans pride flag in the background. A slur for ‘Trans Woman’ written on their cheek. It can also be read to mean ‘Intersex’ or ‘Third Gender’. (In this context it could be a way of reclaiming this slur)
“Trans pride.”
Written in arabic calligraphy with an image of a smiling trans masculine person with mastectomy scars that bleed the colors of 🏳️⚧️ trans pride flag.
“God does not make mistakes.”
Written in arabic calligraphy with the image of two women in hijab holding each other closely with colors of 🏳️🌈 the pride flag in the background.
This artist’s Tumblr @saif0ali + Intagram @saif0_0ali
The artist’s shop here ( https://www.redbubble.com/people/LLuz/shop )
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I am told that the headlines really undersell how rad my tattoo is. I agree.
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ApRiL fOoLs - the deadline to apply for $10,000 for your school has been extended one more week to April 8!
That's one more week to dream up an idea for how to make your school a more welcoming place for LGBTQ+ students. Maybe your school could use...
• An educational Pride conference
• A Pride mural painted on campus
• More resources for your GSA club or library
• A gender-neutral bathroom or gender-affirming closet
• Or maybe something else YOU know your community needs?
We can help make it happen! Middle and high schoolers in the US, DC, and territories can apply now through April 8, 2024 at 50states50grants.org! Read the FAQs, watch the webinars about the application process, and submit your idea now - can't wait to see what you come up with.
#itgetsbetter#50states50grants#gsa#TDOV#queeryouth#lgbtq youth#studyblr#queer youth#protect trans kids#lgbtqia
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Just a lil much-needed queer youth joy - we need to talk about these students and allies in Hawai'i!
Students from Campbell- Kapolei Complex Schools used funding from one of our 50 States 50 Grants to give SO much support to their queer communities.
They bolstered their GSA clubs, held community based education events like a Halloween party and craft day, and even got to attend Honolulu Pride - where Hawai'i-raised Bretman Rock showed up for a surprise visit and marched alongside the students to honor them and their work, having attended the same schools themself growing up!
So proud of these students for recognizing what they need in their own communities.
And lucky for y'all...apps are open for the 3rd season of 50 States, 50 Grants right now through April 1, 2024 - if you're a high schooler or middle schooler in the US/DC/territories and have an idea for how you'd use the funds at your own school, don't miss out on applying: 50states50grants.org
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series of queer postcards that i plan to print
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When they try to make school harder for LGBTQ+ youth...we make it better.
Over the past 2 years, students across the U.S. have used our 50 States 50 Grants funds to...
Build gender-affirming closets and gender-neutral bathrooms at school
Host their school's first Pride fest or Pride conference
Educate parents and teachers
Fund their GSA club
And so many other rad projects to support their queer students!
Apps are open for Season 3 now through April 1, 2024 - if you have an idea for how you'd use up to $10,000 at your own school (or if you know someone in middle or high school who could), reblog and spread the word!
#itgetsbetter#50 states 50 grants#studyblr#lgbtqia#queer youth#lgbtq youth#trans youth#gsa#bathroom bills#name change
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