this blogs mostly for flags but may throw w/e queer stuff on here ... we think theory& history are rlly important & will bring it up but this blogs mostly design-focused ^__^
u can request if u want we will mostly create to our whims thouughh..questions& discussion are always AWESOME & WELCOME
pls dont count any posts on our blog pre-2021/22 as being like indicative of us as a person weve used this blog since like age 14 or smething & changed a lot in recent yrs 💫
use our flags however, without asking as long as ur not being a dick / using commercially (if you run a small business /etsy store / etc. you can ask though 😁) credit is vry vry nice but not hard required ❤️
we support peoples right to good faith self identification - proshippers r gross. will block if provoked 💥!!
heres an awesome gdrive of queer books/zines, we may not tag reclaimed slurs, HAVE FUN 🌈
i know I have been struggling for a bit and having to e-beg to make ends meet, and unfortunately that trend is going to have to continue. I have made a GoFundMe to request for donations so that I may at least be able to live semi-comfortably for the next three months as I try to search for a job.
if you do not feel like donating to GoFundMe (which I understand, considering everything) you can donate directly to me via pp and ca.
any boosting or sharing really helps me reach my goal. I am aware it's a small budget for the past 3 months, but I have survived on less, and I am just asking for the bare minimum.
helloo happy pride 🌈 ! figured now is a good time to re-promote our pride emote server - we now have over 200 flags across 3 servers with open requests , + are Not Quite Nitro & pluralkit compatible ! come check it out ^^
we made these several months ago, but finally cleaned up the colors and stuff to a point where were happy with them! these are for femmes/butches of all identities, including non-lesbians. if you want names for these you can call them spring femme and summer butch (they were not intentionally themed its just what the colors remind us of) :]
new / simplified tomboy flag heavily inspired by this one here 🌈 meanings 4 both r pretty much the same , blue n brown stripes on the outside for masculine appearance + attitude , pink 4 tomboys w. feminine identity & white 4 trans + nonbinary + multi-gender tomboys 💞 f2u as always
The 10th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 9th May 2023.
It’s short and easy, about 5 minutes probably.
After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.
If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful - it’s what helped us get 40,000 responses last year.
Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com
The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.
new color adjusted flags ❤️ in order transfem , transmasc , unlabeled , pangender , uranic , cassgender , alloace , genderflux , proxvir +juxera. all avaliable emoji in our pride emote server 💫😁
FEMIQUE: a non-gendered term for anyone who feels queer attraction to women [a femique person] / a non-gendered term for queer attraction to women [femique attraction]
MASQUINE: a non-gendered term for anyone who feels queer attraction to men [a masquine person] / a non-gendered term for queer attraction to men [masquine attraction]
after literally six months of having these coined, im finally getting around to posting lol :,] i completely welcome and encourage other people to make terms riffing off of these, the way most existing attraction terms explicitly reference the users gender feels kind of limiting to me personally, and i feel like non-gendered terms for attraction are a big niche that would be helpful to fill!
introducing - our tonsi flag ( len sitelen pi kulupu tonsi ! ) 'tonsi' is a toki pona word that, roughly, means "a gender experience not fully described by 'mije' [man] or 'meli' [woman]." context + design explanation under the cut 🌈❤️
🗣❗️ : toki pona is a minimalist conlang, which this post assumes very basic knowledge of. if youd like, u can read the wikipedia page (linked above), or this article from the atlantic, "Toki Pona: A Language With a Hundred Words."
some background on the creation of 'tonsi' - toki pona started development around 2001, and was 1st published in 2014, with 120 "canon" words - including the 2 gender words, meli & mije. however , toki pona is a living language, + words come about as the community needs them - the community came together to create 'tonsi' in a grassroots effort c. 2019 to fill a lexical gap that existed for describing ppl who fell outside the meli-mije duality.
etomologically, the word is from mandarin 同志 'tóngzhì' (meaning "comrade", & commonly used to mean gay / LGBTQ - though "tonsi" itself is generally agreed refer to gender.) some people use it exclusively to mean "nonbinary / genderqueer" , but expanded usage to also include all trans & gnc people (who choose to identify as tonsi) is very common, + is a definition i endorse ( & created the flag in mind with ! ) the word was officialized as an essential word in 2021 w./ the release of the toki pona dictionary
the sitelen pona ( logographic / hieroglyph writing system ) glyph for 'tonsi'
as for the design & symbolism of the flag - the central blue symbol represents the sitelen pona glyph for tonsi (shown above), in the blue of the toki pona logo - the 3 segments (colored pink, green, and purple) were roughly inspired by colors on the trans, gq, & nonbinary flags - as a whole, the flag symbolizes the way the tonsi community unites people of all different gender experiences & primary-language terms.
toki pona philosophy is all about capturing universal concepts in a way that allows for clear and simple communication, and gender variance is absolutely a universal concept. tonsi is a beautiful + necessary word, & with this flag, i wanted 2 focus not on granular inclusions of which groups fall under tonsi , but rather the unity the term presents, and how it allows us to unite by what we have in common , rather than pick over the terminology we choose.
a version of the tonsi flag made in a 16:9 aspect ratio 4 convenience
to my knowledge, no one else has made an effort 2 create a dedicated tonsi flag, but reception to having one has been positive thru the toki pona speakers ive shown the design - much thnx to the people on discord who gave their thoughts, as well as @epikulupu for consulting - sina ale li epiku mute a ❤️ ( ill also be posting a lili version of this post on r/tokipona soon + will add a link when i do 🌈 )
im passionate about toki pona + its community, + am an advanced speaker myself - if you have questions / comments , dm me, send an ask, or leave a reply - id always love 2 chat in/about toki pona 😁 if u.r interested in learning, i reccomend using this free course (lipu sona pona) & joining the discord , ma pona pi toki pona. as always, my flags are free to use, w./ credit appreciated but not required - stay pona ❤️
The ninth annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 13th August 2022.
After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.
If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, retweet this tweet, boost this Mastodon post, check out this post on Reddit, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks like Facebook. Every share is extremely helpful - it’s what helped us get 44,000 responses last year.
Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com
The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.
