"have more gay sex!"

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Photo from the AA Meat Market, a leather bar located on 2933 N Lincoln Ave until 1994.

We went from “Bury Your Gays” to “Just Cancel the Show Instead” real quick and I honestly can’t say which is fucking worse at this point.

Honestly, finally giving the queer community good, wholesome, and non-toxic content only to have it ripped away for no articulable reason (WN has the highest critic score of any Netflix show ever) is feeling worse than outright killing queer characters.

At least we knew not to get attached when they were shooting us.

Disrespectfully, fuck you, Netflix.

How was to be in a gay relationship (klaine) on screen?

“It was fucking awesome man. I mean the main thing here, like not because I’m trying to be blasé about the obvious thing in this question because we are saying that this is a gay relationship, nowadays, we just call it a relationship on tv, but to contextualize it, a gay relationship on mainstream Fox Network, that’s a pretty cool thing to be a part of. I often equate my relationship to that whole experience to Slumdog Millionaire which is, if you are familiar with Slumdog Millionaire is a kid that gets ask a bunch of questions and he just so happens to have the experience to answer this very specific things, now being cisgender straight kid you go 'oh oh what? are you going to allow this guy to talk gay shit?', I’ve been so culturally queer my whole life, not because I’m trying you know, actually, I was gonna say not because I’m trying to be cool but I’m gonna erase that, is because I am trying to be cool. All the sh— in my life that I have tried to emulate, learn from and be inspired by are one hundred percent queer as f—. It was in queer communities that I’ve found people that I idolize, that I want to be, to learn something from. And I’d say that’s a gross generalization, that’s a lot of things and a lot of people. But I grew up in San Francisco in the ’90s. I watched men die. There was an awareness of the gay experience that was not a foreign concept to me. So, it was a narrative that I cared deeply about. I wasn’t like a f— saint or like 'I’m the man for the job', they hired me and they said, 'You’re the guy,' and I said, 'Okay, I’m the guy I will do my best, I will do my best to talk about it in the way I believe and a way that I’m passionate about'. So in many ways I’m glad that it was me because it was a thing that I really like showing up for and it meant a great deal to me that it meant a great deal to other people. Because when people say they were affected by that show or that relationship, it’s not because of me, it’s because of that relationship on a TV and the risks that people took to put that on TV and most important of all it took the people watching it to have the "aptitude" for seeing beyond what was maybe given to them in other avenues of culture. People of all ages, all spectrums of awareness say, 'I didn’t grow up with a show like that and it was a really meaningful thing for me to see,’ and I go ‘I didn’t grow up with a show like that’ and that would’ve been very meaningful for me too, you know?, regardless of the fact that I’m a straight kid. That has value. For anyone who’s been an underdog, we all know, in any shape or form — sexual, religious, biological, whatever — it has value because there’s going to be a lot of people who see that and go, 'Okay, I can now understand this in a context that maybe I wasn’t able to before'. So short story long, what was it like? It was a fucking privilege and I love talking about it and I’m so grateful I got to do it." - Darren Criss at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo Q&A | April 27th, 2024 

Absolutely obsessed with this caption in the Etienne comic "Jock Itch." I can't find a date for it anywhere, my source wasn't exactly academic, but he was active from the 50s thru the 80s.

Q: ...Unfortunately, in the United States, there’s been a lot of politicians and parents have been really challenging LGBTQ rights and we’re starting to see it in the suburbs with books being challenged, especially for LGBTQ material and so I have a question for Nathan. Do you have any words of encouragement or advice for those that are working with teens to help support them and make them feel loved? We know we’re doing all we can but it’s really hard when you get politicians and parents challenging everything that you’re doing in a school.

Con O’Neill | “Our Flag Means Death” Panel | Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo | 7 August, 2022

🎸✨Live show in Chicago! Fri 6/21 at with and General and VIP tickets available

🎟: https://lh-st.com/shows/06-21-2024-superknova/

doodled more sticker designs last night to take my mind off the storm that was going on outside :)

"a transsexual peed here"

found in the Chicago area, Illinois, USA

The Chicago Public Library did not fuck around for Pride.

[ID: A decorative table in the Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago; it has a nice potted plant on top. A banner on the front of the table, visible to the entry lobby of the library, reads "150 YEARS OF QUEERS"; the number 150 is composed of black and white photographs. The text beneath reads "These library employees represent more than 300 years of queers serving at CPL and are only a fraction of those from the past, present, and future!"]

(Colby Free Press 1909, via Newspapers.com)

La isla me llama😮‍💨💕🇵🇷

Watching people argue over tipping culture is just wild because the only two arguments presented are "pay the servers a living wage to begin with" and "servers actually make like 40$ an hour and you're killing them by guaranteeing a wage instead of letting them get tips."

My ass was queer in the South working at an IHOP making $2.14 an hour and going home with about 35$ a SHIFT on average, and it was NOT because I didn't do a good job. I had no idea I was queer at the time, I just had short hair and by god that was enough. Everyone else could smell it on me. My coworkers were pulling in 80, 100 every time I turned around and I was in college killing myself over paychecks that didn't cover my gas for the whole week. I begged to be allowed to host because they got the guaranteed $7.50 an hour.

I think it's stupid that restaurants are inflating prices by adding 20%-plus gratuities on checks and then saying that's not a tip. Like, I don't think this is being handled well and it feels like malicious compliance/like customers are meant to resent the servers and the idea of a fair wage for them, but I very much believe servers should not be paid a base rate of subminimum wage. That shit fucking sucks.

Your personality and your human face being the basis by which people decide if you eat tonight or make your rent is some horseshit. That's the bottom line.

Con O’Neill | “Our Flag Means Death” Panel | Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo | 7 August, 2022

These are two Chappell Roan flash pieces I’ve recently drawn! The NPR tiny desk one is booked but My Kink is Karma is still available! I’m based about an hour south of Chicago if you’re interested 👀