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Which one best describes your sexuality?
Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Queer
Asexual
Pansexual
Abrosexual
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Other (not listed, comment)
The comments reminded me that heterosexual people exist, I honestly forgot that was an option for a minute
holy yeah I literally forget that's an option sometimes I can count the number of straight friends I have on one hand
Please read this because it is EXTREMELY important me (a transgender man) and to other trans individuals.
The US Government is currently trying to pass an incredibly dangerous national law for trans youth called HR 2616.
This bill would ban all Federally funded schools from teaching about gender identity or sexual orientation, prevent teachers from using the correct pronouns and names for trans students, remove books with any trans representation in them, and even go as far as to prevent teachers from acknowledging trans identity AT ALL.
Any school that does not follow this will lose all federal funding. This bill would also require teachers to forcibly out trans students to their families, which would be fatal to any trans student with a transphobic Family or just hateful family in general. Trans people are already a group that already has some of the highest rates of being victim to suicide, domestic violence, and sexual assault.
This bill actively makes teachers put those innocent children at such a big risk. This bill has rapidly passed the house this week with support from all 209 republicans, as well as 8 democrats. But, it's still being voted on in the senate, which means there is still time to help stop this.
To help stop this, you can visit 5calls.org (look up 2616 in the search bar), one of the most top issues filed Oppose Attacks on LGBTQ+ Students. Once you put in your general location, it will pull-up contact information for your senator, and give you a script for calling them.
If you are a minor and/or do not feel comfortable doing this, PLEASE repost this on here, or any other platform you are on/can find! This needs to be heard and fought against.
Thank you for reading this, my lovely people!
(My moots/friends that I'm tagging: @syrupppppppppp @s4pphicfurryr4ve2769 @starstarstarrystar @histrynerdss @billiloveyouso @ultimatebikergangleader69 @trixthemagemain @otlantispearlxox)
(gonna tag some people get this shared around that is so so shit)
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This NEEDS to be stopped. I have several transgender friends, and I know a bill like this would destroy them. No one deserves to have their identity denied and shoved aside.
Can you donate to save my elderly parents ?
Yes , I can
No , I can’t
Deadline 12 June
Subject: Collecting the money to buy the medicine to my elderly parents
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In the heart of Gaza, a family of four clings to survival in the shadow of… Rania A needs your support for Gaza Family Left With Nothing Hel
My heart is breaking. We still need $920 to buy the medications that keep my mother and father alive. They are elderly, sick, and depend on these medicines every day. I try to stay strong in front of them, but inside I am terrified. I cannot bear the thought of watching their health decline simply because we cannot afford the treatment they need.💔
I keep staring at the remaining amount and wondering how I can save them. Yet if only 37 people donated $25 each, we could reach our goal. For many, $25 may be a small expense, but for my parents it could mean receiving the medicine that helps them continue their fight against illness.
Please, I am begging you, do not scroll past our plea. Imagine your mother or father needing medication and you being unable to provide it. Imagine watching them grow weaker while feeling completely helpless. That is the reality I am living every day.😔
Every donation, no matter how small, brings hope to my family. Please help us protect my parents and give them a chance to continue their treatment. We are desperately holding on, praying that compassionate people will hear our cry and stand beside us in this difficult moment.🙏💔😔
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I am a mother living with my children in a tent that no longer protects us…
Its walls are worn out, and the cold seeps through every night as if we have no shelter at all.
Rodents are everywhere, getting close to our little food and frightening my children in their sleep.
I try to stay strong for them, but fear and exhaustion weigh heavily on my heart each day.
We are in desperate need of help… any kind hand that can restore a sense of safety and give my children a chance to live with dignity.
"The Alaa family lived a peaceful and stable life in their beautiful home. Alaa and her… Ola Moh needs your support for Help Ola’s Family Fi
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Gaza today is broken in ways that are hard to describe. Everything has changed, and the homes that were once full of life are now just memories. Tents are everywhere, as if we are living through an ending that never ends.
Many people write about us with beautiful words, and express our pain through poetry and music, but the truth is, that doesn’t ease what we are going through. We don’t just need words, we need real support to keep going.
Every day we try to hold on, but the exhaustion keeps growing, and the fear never leaves us, especially with my father’s illness and his constant need for treatment.
Please donate to my family . If you are able to help, please don’t let this be just something you read and move on from.
Thank you to everyone who truly cares and tries to help.
📌🛑📌 Fundraiser vetted (#167 by el-shab-hussein & nabulsi), But we created a new GoFundMe page because GoFundMe suspended the beneficiary’s account on the platform, which put us in a very difficult situation.
Happy Pride History Month!!
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!
Maybe you’ve seen posts like this before… but for us, this is not just another post. This is our reality.
There is no real safety, no stable access to food or medicine, and every day the conditions get worse.
What makes this even harder is that the donations have become very limited, and this is putting us in even more devastating conditions.
My father is still fighting to survive. He depends on daily medication, and without it, his life is at serious risk. Right now, we are struggling to provide what he needs because we simply cannot afford it anymore.
Please don’t let this become just another post you scroll past.
Stand with us. Donate and share 🙏❤️
📌🛑📌 Fundraiser vetted (#167 by el-shab-hussein & nabulsi), But we created a new GoFundMe page because GoFundMe suspended the beneficiary’s account on the platform, which put us in a very difficult situation.
Unfortunately, my wife will die — this is what awaits her if help does not arrive today.
I am writing now so that this sentence does not become our reality tonight while she is still breathing.
I hold my wife close, counting her breaths, bargaining with time.
Donations are scarce; every second matters.
Please, stop.
Share, donate now. Your kindness could change tomorrow and keep her alive today please, now.
Silence is killing my wife faster than her pain.
Every ignored post steals minutes from her life.
I beg you, stop here: donate, share, choose compassion before this silence becomes her ending.
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I AM an lgbtqia+ icon thank you very much.
Hey, if anyone noticed that I didn't post this week, it's because everything is wrapping up and so there's tons of concerts and parties and wind-ups I'm obligated to go to. So, I'll be back in, like, a week or two once everything settles down and my schedule is freer. If anyone really cares. Lol.
Text I got from my guy friend who’s currently dating a man for the first time when I asked him how it’s going
My dear lgbt+ kids,
„Making up stories about your life“ is actually common - and even healthy.
Let me explain what I mean: when you freshly discovered you’re queer, you may look back at your life so far and suddenly feel like puzzle pieces click into place: stuff like „Ohh, that super intense friendship with that girl in my teen years was actually my very first lesbian crush“ or „Turns out I actually do not hate cuddling, I just couldn’t enjoy it while I was stuck in a constant state of gender dysphoria“ or „I was never actually in love with them, I just strongly admired them and figured that must be what romantic attraction feels like“.
These kinds of realizations can feel really empowering or healing. They can take a weight off your shoulders you didn’t even know you were carrying. Understanding yourself better can make everything feel clearer and lighter! - and unfortunately it can also irritate other people.
People, especially those very close to you (like parents, longtime friends etc.) often have a pretty solid picture of you in their mind. Of course they should be able to adapt that picture when they learn new things about you… but some don’t do that, and instead just tell you you are „making up stories about your life“ in retrospect. They may accuse you of „trying to make yourself seem more queer than you actually are“ or „trying to rewrite history as if you have always been queer“ when really this is a brand new change which nobody, and especially not them, could’ve ever seen coming.
Hearing such things from your loved ones can really be disheartening. It can make you doubt yourself. It can make you feel bad about something that’s actually entirely normal!
If you relate to any of this, then let me tell you: You are not trying to squeeze your past experiences into a queer mold - you are just realizing that your experiences have always been shaped by your queerness.
Realizing something new about yourself that lets you see past experiences in a new light is not only a normal but also a beautiful thing! Being able to look back and think about the past differently is not a sign you’re a liar. It’s a sign of growth.
With all my love,
Your Tumblr Dad
Have you ever heard of Oscar Wilde? He was a famous Irish writer in the late 19th century, and his works are still recognized around the world. But sadly, like many queer people in the past, his life wasn't easy.
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin , Ireland, in 1854. He was a middle child and had 2 other siblings. Tragically, his younger sister died when Oscar was only 13. He carried a lock of her hair with him for the rest of his life.
At 25, Oscar moved to London and started working as a writer. He wrote plays, kids stories, essays and poetry. He oftenused his plays to make fun of the rich Londoners and show how uptight they could be. Oscar was also known for dressing up in the "dandy" style, with his long hair, top hats, bow ties and capes.
Later on, Oscar was reported to be having a gay relationship with a man known as Lord Alfred, or "Bosie." Oscar tried to sue the man that reported them, but lost. He was sentenced to two years of imprisonment and hard labor under the crime of "gross indecency." When he was released in 1897, he moved to Paris and changed his name to escape his past conviction. He died just two years later in 1900, alongside a close friend.
If you like what you read - sorry it was a little late - then PLEASE give me some motivation - likes, follows, reblogs, ANYTHING PLEASE. Heh. Anyway hope you had fun reading this, and I will be posting about Sylvia Rivera next week!
Have a great day!!!
-Esther (ze/zir or they/them)
One of the earliest public displays of homosexuality in Mexico was in 1901, where 41 gay men, most dressed in traditional "women's clothing," were spotted in a Mexican house. One of them was possibly Ignaio de la Torre, Porfirio Diaz's son-in-law. For a long while, this event would be mocked in the media with headlines like "Here are the fags, very cool and coquettish."
Sadly, 70 years later, things still hadn't changed. Public magazines and newspapers were still using the same discriminatory words, and the LGBTQ+ community in Mexico was still in hiding.
However, this period of hiding did help them form tight knit groups that rose into protest groups that would play an important role in the fight for equality. If you want to see all the groups listed, click here, but I'm not going to list them all right now because I want to keep this not TOO long.
However, there is one person that deserves a name in the main essay. Emma Yessica Duvali was a notable trans rights activist on the Mexican streets and knew oppression very well (sadly), because she was incarcerated simply for being herself. She dreamed of a mexico where trans people could hold political power, not just be abused by those who had it.
On July 26, 1978, while marching for the anniversary of the Cuban Rebellion, 30 members of the Frente de Liberación Homosexual (FLH) protested and walked away from the parade. later that year, on October the third, 3 other queer groups protested: Frente Honosexual de Acción Revolucionaria (FHAR), Grupo Lambda de Liberación Homosexual and Oikabeth led some dozen people in a commemorative march for 10 years of crackdown on student movement. One year later, the first gay pride march happened.
Since these events, queer people in Mexico have been asking for things such as equal distribution of HIV/AIDS meds, chronic condition destigmatization, equal marriage rights, adoption rights for same-sex couples, legal recognition of trans people and the approval of document related to gender by the local authorities.
On a happier note: in the province of Oaxaca, Mexico, there are 3 recognized genders: men, women and muxe. Muxe often dress in traditional huipil for celebrations, which is more traditional to Mexican women. Muxe also play an important role in party preparation, for manual labour and decorating as well as preparing food and clothes and doing hair and makeup.
It's a wonderful, beautiful change in a world that is learning to accept queer people. There's still goals to reach, still things to fight for, but we're getting there. Don't give up hope. Keep going.
Thanks for reading!!! I had a lot of fun with this one, because this actually isn't a topic I've explored yet! So I got to learn lots of new things. Hope y'all enjoyed! Sadly, I lost my notebook so I can't tell you what next week will be about - but maybe y'all can hit that ask button and suggest me something! I'd love that. See you guys!!!
-Elle (they/them or ze/zir)
LGBTQ+ pride groups in Mexico in the 20th century
Frente de Liberación Homosexual (FLH) or, Homosexual Liberation Front. Run by Nancy Cárdenas, lesbian activist, and founded to prevent things like men being fired form their workplaces under the presumption of being gay.
Frente Honosexual de Acción Revolucionaria (FHAR) or, Homosexual Revolutionary Action Front. Promoted by Carlos Monsiváis.
SEXPOL, founded by Antoine Cué, 1975. Purpose was to study sexuality and politics.
Ákratas (1975), Lesbos (1977) and Oikabeth (1978) were all some of the first lesbian woman groups.
From an open feminist position, we have our last one: Grupo Lamda de Liberación Homosexual (or Lamda Group for Homosexual Liberation), founded in 1978 by the writer Claudia Hinojosa.
The Stonewall Inn: the most popular gay bar in the 1960s, where gay people could be themselves without any fear. But not every place was perfect, and the Stonewall Inn was certainly no exception.
For starters, the Stonewall Inn had no fire escapes. In fact, many buildings in that era did not. In addition, the bar had very bad hygiene practices. All of the cups and mugs were not washed but simply ducked in a rubber tub of water that was changed once a day and then they were set back on the shelf. Said tubs would also often overflow, leaving the floor wet. Even worse than how they washed cups was how they cleaned the restrooms. Think: almost NEVER. The toilets would also overflow a lot, leaving sewage on the floor and rendering it even more damp. The bad hygiene practices of the Stonewall Inn were a direct link to an outbreak of hepatitis.
And what's more, the police would raid the bar around once a month. They would storm in, arrest some people, have a few drinks and then leave. To some regular customers of the bar, it was regular - routine, even, just a part of life.
Again, sorry if this is low-quality. I've been busy lately! Anyway, if you liked what you read here - and agree with me on the fact that it's f*cked up - go ahead and give me some notifications to deal with. Reblog and shore the word, or just give me a comment. Be it praise, a rant, constructive criticism, a topic suggestion - it's welcome!
Thanks for reading, I really appreciate it! Next week I'll be posting about Pride history in Mexico. Have a wonderful day!
-Elle (they/them or ze/zir)
A lot of people know about Anne Lister, "the first modern lesbian", but her first love, Eliza Raine, is always only mentioned in passing. Eliza actually has quite an interesting story that deserves to be told - read (most) of it right now!
Eliza Raine was a biracial queer woman in the late 1700s-early 1800s. She regrettably was not much in touch with her heritage but instead went to the same school as Anne when she was young. Sadly, near the end of her life, her mental health declined drastically.
Eliza was born in 1791 in Veprey, Madras to and Indian mother (name unknown) and a British father who was a surgeon for the Navy. She had one sister, Jane Raine, though the two weren't very close. Her father passed away in 1800, when Eliza was nine years old. A close friend of her father's, William Duffin, brang Eliza and Jane to Britain. Their mother was left behind in India. This resulted in Eliza being raised primarily as a British girl, resulting in the fact that Eliza was not in touch with the Indian part of her heritage.
In 1805, Eliza went to the same school as Anne Lister - the Kings Manor Boarding House. Anne and Eliza were roommates there, and as detailed in Anne's diaries, their friendship soon became a romance - and it was a very healthy relationship at that. Eliza even often stayed with Anne over the summers.
In 1809, Anne left Kings Manor. She and Eliza continued to exchange letters, but in 1810, they started to drift apart, and in 1812 Anne's letters mention Miss Norcliffe, who was Anne's next lover.
At 1816, we start to see a decline in Eliza's mental health, including bouts of depression. She is sent to an asylum, where she spent 44 years, finally dying there at 69. However, Eliza did write a lot during her time in the asylum, and her writing detail longing and loneliness.
Sorry if this text is low quality... I'll post on the Stonewall Inn next week! Thanks for reading my lovelies 😊
-Elle (they/them or zir/zirs)
Source: Raine, E. (n.d.-b). Eliza Raine (1791-1860). https://www.herstoryyork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Eliza-Raine.pdf
