HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NAYA MARIE RIVERA

JANUARY 12, 1987 - JULY 8, 2020

9 years since we lost our quarterback and 2 since he found our angel ❤️🥺💙

Snixxmas 2022: A Charity Drive in Honor of Naya Rivera benefitting Alexandria House

Purchase tickets for either the in-person event or the livestream (with or without Virtual Meet and Greet) here:

Just like the Snixxmas fundraisers of the last two years, 100% of this year’s proceeds go to Alexandria House in LA. They provide transitional housing to women and children that are moving from emergency shelters to more stable, permanent housing. Naya supported this charity during her life - raising funds and volunteering her time there. These annual Snixxmas charity drives help raise money for this worthy cause - while also keeping Naya’s memory alive in a fun way that she cherished (her annual Christmas parties she called Snixxmas). If you’ve followed the Snixxmas efforts over the years, you know that this is spearheaded by Kevin McHale, Jenna Ushkowitz, and Telly Kousakis - and supported by much of the Glee cast, Naya’s mom Yolanda, and Alexandria House itself.

If anyone cannot afford tickets, Mandolin does allow you to transfer tickets with a simple claim code after purchase. I can afford to gift some live stream tickets - and I would like to give more to this event than my one ticket - so if you would like a live stream ticket and cannot afford it, please send me a private message here on tumblr.

And don’t worry - Kevin and Jenna will be live on the Dec 8 livestream watching the Dec 6 taping with us all and chatting. So it’s not just watching a video. And if you can’t make the December 8 livestream, it will be available to replay for one week after if you have a ticket.

Merry Snixxmas all! Learn more about Alexandria House here:

Let me put y'all on something

This version of Take My Breath Away from Glee

Is so beautiful 😭

" I still think that Cory had so much to live for, and for me that’s the worst part about his death—that it was so unnecessary. I miss everything about him. I just miss his life, and I wish that he was here, experiencing in his own life the kind of things that I’m experiencing now in mine. A calm after the storm, if you will. Everything about his death seems unnecessary " ~ naya rivera

9 years since Cory passed :(

i felt like i needed a cathartic cry earlier today, you know, like you do.

so i watched a bunch of glee musical numbers (even though i never saw the show...) and, um. quarterback fucked me up. l

I’m watching “The Quarterback” and watching Santana sing “If I Die Young” is TEN times worse now that Naya also passed so young and suddenly. This episode is just so devastating

just finished glee and i feel like a different person.

Part of acknowledging and celebrating good representation is appreciating those who paved the way for it. The actors and the writers behind it, but also the ones who came before it, and the ones who fought so hard but it just wasn't enough. The characters and the writers that walked so that Tim and Oliver and Buck could run. Those who came before had an impact, they mattered and they are a huge part of the reason we've gotten to where we are now.

Countless queer characters have been censored, sidelined and erased. I can think of countless examples. We're only now turning the tide and taking those stories back, taking ownership of what could've and what should've been.

There was a time before November 5th 2020 and there was a time after it, just like there was a time before April 4th 2024 and a time after it. They did what would've been unthinkable before, and the world will be a better place for it. It's not all about Destiel, because many shows and characters paved the way for them too, but let's acknowledge the impact of November 5th. We may meme that day to hell but God you just had to be there. Broke tumblr multiple times, trended over the US election, brought everyone and their mother out of the Woodwork. It's something I've only seen replicated now with Buck. This is a celebration, but it's also about solidarity and about feeling seen, that's the importance and the strength of representation. The quest for better representation is ongoing, the baton is passed and I can't wait to see how far it goes. The goal of good representation is to leave the world a better place than how one found it.

A really moving tribute to a sweet dog

Remember this? They are so good together.

We miss you, Naya.

glee killing all the best people