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angelic-transsexual · 8 months

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me: *makes a tiktok about how men can get pregnant and how abortion laws affect these men also*

the comments: "SAY TRANS MEN" "PRO LIFE PEOPLE DONT SEE TRANS MEN AS MEN" "YOU NEED TO PUT TRANS MEN INSTEAD OF MEN, SAYING JUST MEN CAN GET PREGNANT AND CAN GET ABORTIONS ALLOWS CIS MEN TO HAVE AN OPINION ON PREGNANCY AND ABORTION"

like oh my god you fucking people are insufferable.

IDGAF WHAT PRO LIFERS THINK AND I DONT NEED TO SAY "TRANS MEN," TRANS MEN ARE MEN.

#ftm #gay #trans #transgender #queer #transsexual #trans man #lgbt #trans male #ftm mlm #trans men are real men #trans men are men #tiktok #lgbtqia community #lgbtqia #lgbtqia issues #trans guy #trans masc

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southeastasianists · 2 years

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Singapore will repeal a law that bans gay sex, effectively making it legal to be homosexual in the city-state.

The decision, announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on national TV, comes after years of fierce debate.

LGBT activists in Singapore have hailed the move as "a win for humanity".

The city-state is known for its conservative values, but in recent years an increasing number of people have called for the colonial-era 377A law to be abolished.

Singapore is the latest place in Asia to move on LGBT rights, after India, Taiwan and Thailand.

The government's previous stance was to keep 377A - which bans sex between men - but it also promised not to enforce the law in an effort to appease both sides.

But on Sunday night, Mr Lee said they would abolish the law as he believed "this is the right thing to do, and something that most Singaporeans will accept".

He noted that "gay people are now better accepted" and scrapping 377A would bring the country's laws in line with "current social mores, and I hope, provide some relief to gay Singaporeans".

"We finally did it, and we're ecstatic that this discriminatory, antiquated law is finally going to be off the books. There's a sense that maybe it took a little too long, but it had to happen, you know. Today we are very, very happy," gay activist Johnson Ong told the BBC.

A coalition of LGBT rights groups called it a "hard-won victory and a triumph of love over fear", adding it was the first step towards full equality.

But they also expressed concern over another announcement Mr Lee made in the same speech.

He had said the government would ensure better legal protection for the definition of marriage as one between a man and a woman. This would effectively make it harder for gay marriage to be legalised.

He said Singapore remains a traditional society with many keen on maintaining family and social norms.

LGBT activists called this "disappointing" and warned that it would only further entrench discrimination in society.

Meanwhile Protect Singapore, a conservative group, said they were "deeply disappointed" that the repeal was going ahead without assurance of "comprehensive safeguards".

They called for the definition of heterosexual marriage to be fully enshrined in the constitution, as well as laws banning "LGBT promotion" to children.

Increasing LGBT support

Singapore inherited 377A from the British and chose to retain it after independence in 1965.

Though the law technically criminalises sex between men, it is effectively seen as a ban on homosexuality.

As it has not been actively enforced in recent years, a thriving and increasingly visible LGBT scene has developed in Singapore, including gay nightclubs.

But LGBT activists have long called for 377A to be scrapped, saying the law perpetuates social stigma against gay people, goes against Singapore's constitution which forbids discrimination, and has trickled down to influence other aspects of life.

For instance, any content deemed as "promoting homosexuality" can be banned from broadcast in Singapore, and TV shows and movies have in the past been censored.

The law is also at odds with Singapore's image as an open, diverse global financial hub and multinational companies based in the state have said it would hinder their efforts to attract talent.

While many in Singapore still support retaining 377A, in recent years the call for its abolition has grown stronger, with surveys showing growing support for LGBT rights.

At the same time both LGBT activists and conservatives - many of whom come from religious groups - have mobilised on both sides of the issue.

Protests and political gatherings are strictly regulated in Singapore, but every year LGBT activists hold the island's biggest civil society rally - known as Pink Dot - which draws tens of thousands of participants.

Meanwhile, conservatives have organised social media campaigns and events calling for the preservation of traditional values, and some churches have promoted controversial gay conversion programmes.

On Sunday, Mr Lee appealed to both camps for understanding.

In his National Day Rally speech - Singapore's equivalent of a State of the Union address - he said: "All groups should exercise restraint, because that is the only way we can move forward as a nation together."

Legacy of the British

Singapore is not the only former colony with a version of 377 - the law continues to exist in many parts of Asia, Africa and Oceania.

It was introduced by the colonial British government in India in the 19th Century, and forbade "carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal".

It soon spread outside of India as the British used the Indian Penal Code as the basis for criminal law codes in other territories they controlled. Several former British colonies such as Kenya, Malaysia and Myanmar still have some version of 377.

In 2018, India's Supreme Court abolished 377 in a historic verdict, prompting hopes among activists that other former colonies would eventually follow suit.

In recent years, other parts of Asia have also moved to legalise gay marriage.

Taiwan became the first place to do so in 2019, and in June Thailand approved draft legislation allowing same-sex unions.

#Southeast Asia #Singapore #LGBTQIA Issues #LGBTQIA Rights #singapore 377a

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thecoolergrey · 4 months

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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but just because you haven’t had a major argument or incident with your toxic relatives doesn’t mean you don’t have a reason to avoid seeing them this holiday season (or at all, for that matter). You don’t need to have had a huge falling out with them to not want to see them.

#holidays #family #toxic relatives #toxic family #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia issues

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imgonnagetkilledbynutstink · 5 months

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Now every time I think of Jonny having been in Baddiel's Syndrome I get this sense of dread. Dudes he was so young, and at a point in his life where he was literally figuring things out about his own sexuality, and knew so little about what it actually meant that he even thought it was just something everyone felt until he expressed it and was pretty quickly proven wrong. He was playing a character that was pushing a narrative against what would end up being his own community and was too young to even understand it.

#jonathan bailey #jonny bailey #jb #fellow travelers #bridgerton #crashing #david baddiel #baddiel's syndrome #queer #gay #lgbtqia #lgbtqia issues #actor

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hard--headed--woman · 10 months

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i don't care at all if you want to call yourself queer or if you want to reclaim that slur, what i am saying is just that :

1) it isn't an identity. your only "label" can't be "queer". if no other word fits your identity than this one, then you aren't part of the community, and you are searching for a place in the wrong area. your identity is lesbian, gay, bisexual... not just "queer". always. queer just can't be the only word that describes your experience.

2) it IS a slur. i don't care if you use it or if you want to reclaim it or if you think it's a cool word and want to write it everywhere, it IS a slur, it was always a slur, it will always be a slur. erasing that and trying to lie about it is erasing our culture and history. people have been insulted with this word. this word was used in homophobic slogans. no tears for queers! see. it IS a slur. just look at what it means.

3) if you say "queer people", "queer rep", "queer books", "queer community", it is a problem. this term shouldn't be used to describe the whole community. it shouldn't be an umbrella term. it shouldn't be used to talk about us as a community. or to talk about someone in particular. us it to talk about yourself if you want, and that's all. don't use it to talk about the community in general. or to describe someone else's identity.

4) het people should absolutely never use this word. corps shouldn't use this word. medias shouldn't use this word. the way it is now the norm to use this word to talk about the community is problematic. use the acronym. they should use the acronym.

imagine if we started to use the b or c slur, the n word, the r slur, the g slur, to talk about the groups, communities, people they were made to insult. that would be problematic right ? same with queer.

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yagikidd57 · 1 year

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#homophobe #homphobia #twiiter #acegirl #children #trans #gay #transgender #lgbtqia+#lgbtqia issues

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angeloftheodd · 8 months

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Nothing pisses me off more than when a man finds out I’m friends with other queer women and femmes, then acts disappointed when I’m not sexual with them or pursuing them. They literally act like I’m doing my friendships wrong because I’m not fucking all of my friends, simply because that’s what HE thinks is hot. In my experience, most of the time, these men aren’t actually friends with any women or femmes because they see us as a set of holes rather than as whole people in our own right.

The #NotAllMen crowd better shut the hell up because only men have ever done this to me.

#misogyny #feminism #sapphic problems #lgbtqia issues #rant #queer rant

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florianlaurila · 6 months

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just a reminder you dont have to have an opinion on everything or share your opinion with people.

more often than not you just dont know enough of a topic to form an opinion that isn't going to be somehow harmful and missinformed. sometimes your opinion could be a fair one, but expressing it outwards just might be more harmful than anything else.

please just leave somethings unsaid

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i-eat-lip-gloss · 9 months

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Hello, I’m Ameera a 23 years old Muslim lesbian who is trying to come out, I’ve been in the closet with my girlfriend for way too long, because of how dangerous and hard it is to come out as a lesbian to a religious Muslim family, but me and my girlfriend have decided to do whatever it takes and risk it all to come out, do you mind supporting and encouraging us?, we have the plan to go away which is why I have my donation campaign pinned on my profile, if I raise at least that goal I can start the process with my savings, I can’t come out until I’d gotten my apartment and I’m away from family, so please support by donating if you can and help reblog though I know we all have what we dealing with, so I’m not imposing we just need all the support and encouragement we can get, check my pinned post for more information on how you can support, if you are a Muslim queer and you are out, please help with tips on how to make it less complicated, any word of advice is also really needed, we really wanna come out but we need y’all 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ pride please come through for us, I believe pride is for all

hellooo

first, if what i say right now is unhelpful and/or full of typos, forgive me, my brain has not been working right these past 2 months

i completely understand that need, wanting to just love with no restrictions, hence me and my girlfriend.

although, since i am just 12, i cant do much, but i am amazing at support (at least i consider myself to be)

i have only come out to my family because my dad went thru my tumblr, and my mom saw my bisexual pin one day. and i'm still in the closet with being agender, i tried to come out to my dad, but he just said i'm a tomboy.

but anyways, i can help spread.

also, i'm not too great at this, (since i'm agnostic) but maybe start off with hinting towards that you're gay? like maybe when describing crushes (can be completely made up) use a she, or doodle a pride flag and leave it out somewhere.

i'm sorry i can't do much, but i really do hope you can come out soon.

#dreamy answers #dreamy talks #please spread #help 'em out #pride #lgbtq community #lgbtqia issues

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lostillusionstuffs · 11 months

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I mean is it only me who feels a kind of feeling for few days or rather few months and then it's over... ?

I mean as if you were in a trance and after that period is over... you feel like shit? You feel guilty for making those vague promises because now you actually can't even relate to it?

Idk... is something wrong with me? Or is it natural... and what do you exactly call this? A sign of madness? Xd

#helpful #quotes #poetry #spilled ink #words #life quotes #like or reblog #mental health #books & libraries #fragments #healing #mental heath support #mental illness #indiangirls #indian #indian parents #lgbtqia issues

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angelic-transsexual · 8 months

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"i support queer people but i just find it annoying when they make it their whole personality."

if you think this way then you do not support queer people lmao. i'm gonna be loud as fuck i do not give a shit. if you have an issue then you can argue with the wall. i'm gonna be a loud transsexual-fag whether you like it or not.

i spent my whole life in shame and feeling disgust for being a gay transsexual man. i'm not here to please anyone. i grew up with no trans joy so i decided to create it for MYSELF and for any trans person who needs it.

if you think the queer community will be accepted if we are quiet about our queerness, then you are absolutely wrong lmao. also being nice doesn't get people their rights. :))

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southeastasianists · 7 months

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Kantina Matak, the vibrant presidential cafe serving up 500 free meals a day to neighbourhood kids in Timor Leste’s capital, Dili, is characteristically lively when I sit down for lunch with Bella Galhos. It is a liveliness matched by Galhos, 51 and with an aura that draws you in.

Only three when Indonesia invaded, Galhos was exposed to the violence of the military from an early age, and it was in her teenage years she situated this violence in its broader political context — leading her down a path of activism. A survivor of the Santa Cruz massacre in November 1991, she hatched a plan of escape, and via an exchange program in Canada she relocated — beginning a tireless five-year solidarity building campaign.

In Canada, Bella’s personal experiences served as a testimony emblematic of life under Indonesian occupation in Timor-Leste. A compelling and charismatic speaker, she became a potent symbol within and of the international solidarity movement, connecting and inspiring a wide network.

Amongst her initiatives since returning in 1999, following independence, are the Leubrora Green School in Maubisse that teaches children sustainable agricultural practices and good nutrition, a women’s cooperative farming group and flower garden, and the Kantina Matak where we are sitting, employing and serving as a safe space for LGBT community members. She is serving her second term as presidential advisor, this time to Jose Ramos Horta — a role she loves, and describes as “a bridge between the people and the president”.

Her organisation Arcoiris (Rainbow) Timor-Leste offers shelter for members suffering violent situations, a place that “stands and defends the rights of the LGBT community in Timor-Leste”.

“Not only do they need the shelter, but also they want to feel secure. So, whenever they come to my compound, they feel secure. By giving the people a chance, opportunity and resources without looking at who they are.”

With first-hand experience, Bella is well-situated for this work; “one of my struggles was recognising who I am”.

“When I came out it was a process of being vilified over and over again, falling down on my knees … I was meant to be a minister in the government but because of my sexual orientation I was removed. My own family, my own brothers have tried to kill me … but it hasn’t stopped me.

“Young LGBT that I help care for are struggling to be accepted, loved, cared, protected, or invested in by their own family …They experience hardship, physical abuses, sexual abuses, abandonment, they drop out from school because they cannot handle the bullies, not only by their classmates, but also by their teachers who are not understanding and have no background whatsoever or no knowledge of what LGBT is. I think people really justify their homophobia and action against LGBT people by coming out with their own theory saying: Why you turn yourself to be this? Why can’t you just be a normal woman? Why can’t you just be a normal man? Why are you against God's will?”

Bella identifies the Catholic Church as a powerful institution perpetuating patriarchal ideals, and she makes a point of their hypocrisy.

“Why can’t we talk about priests who abuse children in convents, or uncles, fathers and brothers who ruin their own family? Instead you choose to talk about LGBT.”

In a country that is 98% Catholic, where churches dot the hills and priests hold prominent sway, being an LGBT activist is hard. “I risk a lot for saying what I say and doing what I do. But I always believe that a struggle, any struggle, whatever it is, whatever time it is or where it is, somebody needs to start it.

“Being an activist is a privilege, and it is my responsibility of speaking out for others.”

Inevitably, this has drawn the ire of the church, Bella tells me. “One time there was a huge public letter coming out from the Church about me because they know I was the one that was the voice of dissent. They claimed [in the letter] that [they] supported the LGBT community, [and] are only against [people choosing their] sexual orientation.”

There is a challenge in the tension; both staunch public activist and sensitive individual, caring deeply about others.

“The way people look at you, [you] already know that you do not belong there … I am always ready to be crushed and screened out … I fight my way forward even though sometimes it’s hard.”

Laughter comes easy around Bella, and her answers are splashed with colourful anecdotes and allegories. Asked what progress has been made 24 years on from the vote for independence, she likens the government to getting ready for a party where “you don't know which clothes to put on first. If you want to put your pants on first or your underwear. So I think that's what we need to be putting in place, things in sequences, you know, we should not go to the sky first, start with the earth.

“We cannot keep on using the excuse ‘new country’ as a way of saying it's okay to make mistakes … We cannot keep running the country by just turning on our Petroleum Fund. That is for me very worrying.”

“More than 20 years putting money into all these key sectors but we have not seen the results, we need to see the result and if the result is not seen it means that we are wrong in how we are investing it … we are already getting at least two or three generations that almost have no future to hold on to and most of them are already taking off and the younger ones are also hoping to get out and that's not a good sense of staying in the country to feel and to see what is going on here.”

The valorisation of veterans in a country where resistance leaders are constitutionally enshrined as “national heroes” often comes at the cost of everyday people in the sharing of power.

“Today we are still talking about veterans, all about veterans. Basically the country's owned by the veterans and the veterans are putting all the money into the older people and we forgot to bring money to the younger people, the future of the country, the future leaders of the country, and that’s worrying.”

It’s a dynamic that means the same faces have been in power since independence, and Bella references corruption as a feature of this ruling elite. Timor-Leste rated, in 2022, as having the highest hunger and malnutrition in Southeast Asia, according the global hunger index — a statistic that sits oddly with the US$19 billion sitting in Timor’s Petroleum Fund.

“Development is going at a snail’s pace because the government is too busy distributing power among people who actually don’t have the ability to work or serve the public. These people claim, ‘I did this, I did that, I lost my family, I was with you, I suffered the most, so I deserve to be a minister.’ It’s still like that.

“We are still pleasing each other by providing each other jobs — you know, to make people happy, make followers happy. And the majority of people are suffering because this is not what they were promised when campaigning is taking place.”

Bella believes a possible pathway forward would allow the mixing of “the younger generation into the process of developing the country”.

“Over 60% [of the population] is young. They should be prioritised. They should be dignified. By giving them space, their voice should be heard, should be counted.”

This sort of people-driven participatory philosophy underpins Bella’s outlook: “The priority, the centre of all development should be people, people, people and people means you don't see the classes that you don't see the categories; it’s the people. And first you have to get them involved, not just use them when you need the vote but [so that] their voices can actually be heard and counted in the program.”

What next for Bella? Energetic, with a life loaded with experiences, maybe a presidential run? “Winning or not, I don’t care. I just want to challenge the norms.”

#Southeast Asia #East Timor #Timor Leste #Bella Galhos #People #LGBTQIA Issues

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bli-o · 9 months

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ok but the “lgbtq groomers are indoctrinating children” narrative is so strange to me cuz like. i had it hammered into my head so hard that i was a girl that i thought i was, as a uterus haver, obligated to have my ear impaled at eight years old. I was so conditioned into heteronormativity that i thought my only choice in life was to grow up, marry a cisgender christian man, and have his babies. Like the adults in my life practically shipped me with this guy friend i had when i was like 6 to the point where i thought we had to date when we got older. you know who’s never made me feel anything like that? queer people. when conservatives say “indoctrinating” they mean “inspiring dissent that could disrupt the status quo we’ve forced upon everyone”

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animentality · 7 months

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#twitter #lgbt #lgbtqia #idk my reaction to two men kissin is an instant hardon #skill issue

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m3l4nch0ly-h1ll · 6 months

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Least dismissive and passive aggressive attitude someone in the queer community has towards trans men and transmascs. Why is it that the trans community likes to have the oppression olympics to invalidate each other's experiences and set each other apart?? Plenty of trans men aren't anywear near as passing and respected and privileged as this person thinks they are. Putting on a binder doesn't make you pass suddenly. Anger quite frequently makes people irrational and makes them say stupid shit like this person here. Meet trans guys. Stop going against your own community and making narrow and inaccurate statements. We're all queers being oppressed at the end of time and yet you ignore that fact to throw yourself a pity party and shun the oppression of one side.

#queer #transgender #trans #lgbtqia #ftm #lgbtq #trans man #trans ftm #transmasc #nonbinary #trans issues #mtf #mtf trans #trans woman #transfem

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yagikidd57 · 11 months

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#bigot #bigotry #transphobes #transphobia #sb 254 #twitter #lgbtqia+#lgbtqia issues #stop discriminating #discrimination

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