If you feel glamorous, you definitely look glamorous 💆‍♀️🌹

i am a men enjoyer i like men i like to look at men and think about kissing them i get butterflies when i see them

Friendly reminder that the A in lgbtqia+ stands for Asexual, Aromantic, Agender and any other queer identity. It does NOT stand for ally so please stop spreading aphobia and invalidating A identities thank you.

Note: I do appreciate you allies but you are not a queer identity

If you don't want to use a label you don't have to.

If you use a label but it no longer feels right, you don't have to keep using it.

If you find that a "microlabel" (using that term with a grain of salt here) fits you the best, you can use it.

If you haven't found a label that fits you exactly but you still want one, you can use what works the best.

Labels are for the individual. To help individuals understand themselves. To help individuals find communities. Labels are not performances for acceptance, and they're certainly not required.

That time I kept a pronoun button for years without knowing what it was.

6 years ago, when I was at college, a booth at my University had buttons like these around . I did not know what it meant but I took it anyway because I thought it represented the University still and I loved being a student at my University.

Through out those 6 years I was still figuring out who I was as a person. I knew that I was queer but throughout my time being on the Internet, I eventually learned what Nonbinary meant and I realized that I identified myself as a Nonbinary person.

Last year, I was cleaning up my closet and I found this button. I decided to wear it around because not only They/Them is one set of pronouns that I by (I also go by He/Him and It/Its) but was, and still am working for the University that I attended.

This year I bought myself a coffin shaped backpack purse in which you can add pins and buttons to and this button has been on my backpack since. The fact that I kept this button without knowing what it meant just to learn what it meant and realizing that it expressed a part of me, is not only funny but amazing.

I don't know if the University is still making these buttons but I'm glad that not only I attended a college that accepted who I was but it's now the workplace that accepts me for who I am.

And yes, I always take this backpack with me to work.

Pride is in a few days!

A few reminders of who belong at pride events-

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FUCKIN EVERYONE WHO IS OPENMINDED AND KIND!!!

Trans people? Yeah!!!

Bisexual, pan and fluid people? 100%

Ace and aro people? Yes!

Straight people? I would love to see you there!!

My point is that everyone of every race, religion, sexuality, class and gender belong at pride as long as you aren’t hatful.

This pride month please focus on the real enemies in this world which is governments and horrible people who are trying to strip us of our rights. It is not each other.

Pride doesn’t belong to the backwards thinking people outside or inside the community.

My final comment is that keep other prejudice out of pride. Racism, ablism and any other discrimination dont belong in the world let alone pride.

We need celebrate our differences in this world!! If there were no differences it would be a fuckin boring existence.

HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE!!! Stay safe and have fun!

CPTSD sucks.

How is a member of a minority who suffers from childhood CPTSD, supposed to heal in a society that had an active hand in that chronic trauma? How is anyone able to heal when the verbal and emotional abuse from society continues and the government perpetuates it? Growing up I was told I was a pervert, a degenerate, how shameful I was, how selfish I was for needing to be myself, how my needs were imaginary, that I not only didn't have a right to medical care but that I didn't deserve it, that my parents and society hated me so much they wanted me dead, that I was a monster. Guess what? None of that messaging has changed! My bio mother still blames me for everything she did to me as a child and disowning me, and as far as I can tell, still wants me dead based on the last IM she sent me a few years ago. My sister thinks I'm a manipulative pervert as far as I know as she doesn't speak to me either (gods that hurts more than my mother wanting me dead for some reason) not since my father died and then only to tell me he died and has never introduced me to my niece and nephew, people continue to actively verbally and physically assault trans people, and the government is still trying to kill us in 20+ states thanks to right wing terrorism. How am I supposed to heal in this environment? Is it even possible? I am so tired of fighting for my right to simply exist and live. Just about every trans person I know has their primary goal as: to just survive, and just maybe, just maybe be happy all the while thinking happiness is just a pipe dream. But how is that possible in a society that actively wants you dead? How is it possible when abusing/killing LGBT+ kids is considered normal, fine, and deserved? CPS didn't help me growing up, hell no one ever called them because I deserved the treatment I got. Not even my psychologist who knew what was going on. Because no one thought it was abuse. Telling a child they are shameful, a monster, a sinner, a pervert, that you want them dead, neglecting their medical needs, all of that isn't considered abuse by our society if that child is LGBT+. Over 40% of homeless youth population (something that shouldn't even exist in the supposed richest country in the world, but I'll get into that sometime later) identify as LGBT, when LGBT people make up less than 10% of the general population. 1 out of every 2 trans kids who have unsupportive (i.e. abusive parents) considers suicide. One out of every Two! And that is a complete undercount given the survivor bias of that statistic. And none of it is getting better. It's getting worse. And the suckiest part?! it's the same play book the terrorist always use, whether it's about interracial marriage, LGB rights, or any other minority. Every bigoted statement the terrorists make about those of us in the trans community, are the same ones they made about LGB people, are the same ones they made about interracial marriage. Every single one. But for some bizarre reason people repeatedly buy into it. It's disgusting at best, terrifying at worst. And I'm tired of it, tired of trying to fight against it. Tired of trying to get people to see basic reason, to have basic compassion, empathy, and decency for eachother. Incidentally some of you might take exception to my calling the Far Right wing/Republican party terrorists. But let's look at the definition shall we: Someone who uses violence and intimidation against civilians, usually unlawfully, for political gain/motivation. And these people are terrorizing my community. They have called in bomb threats to schools and hospitals that work to help us survive, and end up traumatizing not only us, but everyone else in those facilities, adults and children alike. They make us scared to leave our homes and go to work. They make us feel like we need our passports and an escape bag, just in case we need to flee the country, and they kill us every single day. So yes. They are terrorists.

I read a quote today that vibes with me so well. There's no hate quite like Christian "love" -- J. Scope. It is the utmost irony that a religion that says it's all about love, espouses the most hate/intolerance in this country for people not like themselves. It is mind boggling to me. The people who are supposed to be the least judgemental, that are supposed to love thy neighbor, and treat others unto how you want to be treated are the ones that are none of those things. And there are a bunch of christians that say "not all christians" which is the same as "not all men". it doesn't matter, the loud ones, the ones everyone hears and sees are the ones espousing hate. All those other supposedly accepting religions were silent when I was growing up, and aren't all that loud now. And to anyone who has experienced hate from others: Silence = condoning that hate, it means you support it, because you allow it to flourish rather than stamping/drowning it out.

At the end of the day, after day, after day, I still don't know how to heal from this trauma when it continues to this day in the society that I live in. Is it any wonder that I continue to wish I was no longer here? That I'm tired of existing and just want to not be? That I don't want to exist anymore? And why is that considered abnormal? I mean it hurts like nothing I've experienced, but aside from that, why? I think it's a pretty reasonable feeling given everything I've been through. I won't act on it, because I know how much it will hurt my best friend in the world and her kids whom I think of as my own. I couldn't do that to them. But it doesn't make this feeling go away. Not when society wants me and my community all dead.

Being a man who is in love with another man is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a boy who’s in love with another boy is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a woman who’s in love with another woman is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a girl who’s in love with another girl is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a man who’s in love with a nonbinary person is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a boy who’s in love with a nonbinary kid is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a woman who’s in love with a nonbinary person is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a girl who’s in love with a nonbinary kid is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a nonbinary person who’s in love with a man is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a nonbinary kid who’s in love with a boy is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a nonbinary person who’s in love with a woman is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a nonbinary kid who’s in love with a girl is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a nonbinary person who’s in love with another nonbinary person is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Being a nonbinary kid who’s in love with another nonbinary kid is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Making love to the person you’re in love with if your reproductive body parts are the same is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Making love to the person you’re in love with if your reproductive body parts are different is beautiful, it’s perfect, it’s sacred, it’s love.

Love made us all. Love made us diverse. We are all meant to be diverse. And we are all meant to be in love with the people we are in love with, because love wants us to be in love with the people we are in love with. The universe made us all different. The universe made some people queer, some people straight, because some people are meant to be queer and some people are meant to be straight. And we all deserve equal rights. We are all children of the universe. We are all perfect. And our love is perfect.

i get this very odd thing i’m not sure the rest of you Queers can relate to but when i read about historical gays or see them in fiction and they quite obviously don’t get a happy ending, more than sadness it instills in me a need to Love. to succeed in Love enough to make up for everyone who couldn’t. and it’s so fucked up for me specifically because there’s lots i despise about Human Connection. i didn’t think ancestral projection bullshit would be one of my reasons to overcome that.

This month’s looks bc Pride Month. ✨🏳️‍🌈

Here’s my face in case y’all were curious

Yasmin Benoit (she/her)

Born: 10 June 1996

Gender: female

Sexuality: aroace (aromantic asexual)

Occupation: model, activist and writer

Known for: her work as an activist for aromantic and asexual rights and visibility

"Actin' like you winnin', if you think about it, actually- are they supportin' you or really just attackin' me?"

-Megan Thee Stallion

Not my best work but the best I could do on ibs paint. I'll prolly come back and repost higher quality A's but I really encourage others to make smth themselves

Trans Ally without shadow (transparent)

Trans ally (with shadow)

I've been really disappointed to find out how many TERFs were lesbians. This isn't much but Ive decided to make some trans ally flags for the rest of the community. I'm doing some ground work with education but it's not really safe to be LGBT+ in my country

My gender is one of the few things about myself that are out of my control, yet it’s the thing that I’ve wished I could change for the longest time.

It’s not what my gender is, it’s how my gender is. My gender is like everyone else’s, but they see it as different. Too different. I am the gender that I say I am, except I’m not. I’m like a knock-off brand to them. Just a copycat of the original, not good enough, not the real thing. I’ll never be like them. Sigh.

I honestly feel like cis people trying to enforce words like girlie, dude, bro, sis to be gender neutral is giving the same energy as straight people trying to enforce a same sex couple as one being the man and the other being the woman in the relationship.

They'll only accept us if they can enforce their roles and words on to us.