[bloriblomi]

Gonna likely be reviving this at some point but I'm mainly on cohost.org bc you can post p*rn there lol

https://cohost.org/ToriDomi

[cryinginthelightofthetvstatic]

can we like…get rid of the so-called leather and rubber “pride flags” ? it’s honestly ridiculous and offensive to the lgbtq community. those aren’t pride flags. 

[dead-dyke]

The leather pride flag is the second oldest pride flag. It has been at almost every single US pride parade and protest in history.

It’s older then you are, it’s older then I am. The leather community is responsible for pride. Leather daddies were the ones chasing away cops when they tried to arrest us for being queer in public back when Pride Parades were illegal in the US. They are still the ones chasing away cops and corporations from smaller pride events and those that aren’t sanctioned by Wells Fargo. The leather community is essential to the queer community and has a long and rich history.

Please fuck off if you’re not going to learn the actual history of pride.

And don’t fucking out your hate in our tags, asshole.

[budgiesmuggled-deactivated20210]

The leather pride flag represents an expression of self which is inherently queer, and a community which has been around for generations. It is not offensive to the LGBT+ community in any way. I have seen cis gay and bisexual men standing shoulder-to-shoulder with trans men, all of them united by their leather community roots. The leather community is more diverse and nuanced than you perhaps know, but that is no reason for you to shit on a community you don’t understand.

Here is a photograph from 1998, displaying the leather pride flag, the bear gay pride flag, and the rainbow flag. This is our history.

Source.

Here is a photograph from 1987: three queer women entering into the Ms. National Leather Association Contest, or simply gathering as spectators.

Source.

A flyer from 1989, rallying the leather community to march in a Stonewall anniversary protest.

Source.

A photograph from 1988: Tony Deblase, the creator of the leather pride flag, and a gay man, embracing a fellow member of the leather community. Over his shoulder is Judy Tallwing McCarthy, a Native American woman who was part of the leather community from 1959. She co-founded the first lesbian BDSM group in Portland, along with her partner, Sashie Hyatt.

Source. Source.

Just because you don’t know the history, doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Be humble, and always assume you have more to learn. Hatred, and outright dismissal of communities you know nothing about, is the most aggressively anti-LGBT thing I can imagine.

The leather community has always included trans people, lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals. The leather community is global and nuanced. The leather community is where many of us encounter our found families, and our lovers. For you to dismiss that is cold-hearted and ignorant. Just because queer sex is involved, doesn’t make the community dirty or bad.

[thunderboltsortofapenny]

I’m again fucking begging the baby gays to read/watch/listen to How To Survive A Plague.

Do you have any. Any idea. Any god damn clue. How kink intersects with LGBT and queer community. Queer history. Do you know why the community pushed for, and against, closing the bathhouses during the 80s? Do you know who organized awareness campaigns about HIV, even way back when it was still called GIRD. Do you know who created the safe sex pamphlets, the classes, who pushed for disclosing your health history to partners, who distributed contraceptives and condoms and dental dams at parties and meetings and baths? Do you even know where the safe sex education we have now comes from? Do you know where a bulk of the language about consent came from? Do you have any good god damn idea what the kink communities have done for us, and continue to do for us?

Keep their names out of your mouths because you clearly don’t know what the hell you’re talking about

[darkshrimpemotions]

If there is one thing I could say to young queer folks, especially young queer folks in the U.S. who are coming of age in a world that is more accepting than the one I knew growing up, it’s this:

Don’t be so quick to sanitize your queerness and make it corporate pride daytime TV-friendly. Don’t be so quick to jump on the purity bandwagon. Don’t be so quick to speak on what your community should look like before you’ve actually learned the history of your community, and always be aware that there are things you probably don’t yet know.

These things will not protect you. They never have. And all you’re doing is isolating yourself from community, from support, from the strength we all have when we stand together in a world that would gladly pick us off one by one.

Queerness isn’t as hidden or embattled now (in some places) as it once was, but make no mistake: when our existence was illegal everywhere the people you have this knee-jerk “hide the weirdos” reaction to are the very ones who would’ve had your back against the cops and the gay-bashers.

The people who made me feel safe to come out in my 20s flew the rubber and leather flags alongside the rainbow flag and often the trans flag as well. You don’t get to tell any of them they don’t belong anymore just because you don’t understand.

[bloriblomi]

Haven't been very active here but wanted to make sure my followers know where I stand.

Black lives matter. No justice? No peace.

If you don't think that the America we are seeing now is the same America it's been for 400+ years, you need to unfollow me.

This country has been in flames and ruin since European settlers first raped, killed, and coerced it's native people. It has looked this way since the first black body was forced to imagine what fate awaited them across the Atlantic.

Whether the current flames and destruction were started by the cops, protesters, bad actors, or a combination, know that it is an externalization of a reality that has always existed. One you have probably avoided looking at, and one that has always haunted the lives of the black and native communities forced to live within it's embers.

[bloriblomi]

Hello everyone! I’ve opened up a Patreon!

There only two tiers, 2$ & 5$, and both get you access to my feed, featuring exclusive sketches, WIPs, and exclusive concept art for various personal projects! 5$ backers will also get access to process videos - recorded in procreate, as well as polls and requests on special days.

There are already a couple posts up for backers, with another process video going up later today!

For right now, as covid-19 lockdown continues here in New York, my store launch and any related rewards will be on hold, but look forward to them in the future!

ALSO!

Those who RT & comment this tweet will be entered in a giveaway for a free full color illustration commission, ending March 10th! Details in the thread.

Reblogs are appreciated!

[bloriblomi]

My first original series! These prints will be available at castle point anime convention and anime Boston and hopefully otakon or anime next, a long with these hxh prints and many of my other pieces! Hope to see you there!

[bloriblomi]

A bunch of my friends are finally getting around to playing DND!! I drew my partners (horse, his name is Festival King, he is a bard) my roommates (Maple the Mousefolk, artificer) and my Druid Faun!

These were really fun 😭

[bloriblomi]

Working on some stuff

[bloriblomi]

Wow I really haven't posted in a while huh?

Been working on a lot of dental and health stuff, but posting on Twitter occasionally. I miss Tumblr tho! Wish I was better at juggling sites.

Till have a kurapika and leorio sketch in the works!

[bloriblomi]

Grow boy grow! Twitter Commissions are open! More Examples!  Email [email protected] to ask for a commission!

[bloriblomi]

Commissions are open! Prices & examples! Email [email protected] to ask for a commission! 25USD for FFXIV characters!   As always reblogs and likes are appreciated! Here is the same post on twitter if you want to follow me, and RT/Like there! Every single one counts!

[bloriblomi]

Commissions Post! Forgot to upload this here, mostly bc i’ve been meaning to color it but just havent got around to it. A slightly edited take on a couple bowsettes I’ve seen!

[bloriblomi]

I know I don't post a lot here anyway but be sure to follow me on Twitter @Tori_Domi and my ns fw @imodirot if you want to keep up with my junk! Idk if me or any of my stuff will be purged in the upcoming December 17th bullshit, but it's def not gonna help.

I might try instagram more often (tori_domi) but I'm not a huge fan of the rampant art theft and general audience that it fosters. Also cropping all my shit to fit AugH

Lmk if y'all know any blog-like-social-media alternatives to here!

[bloriblomi]

Some pokemon requests I did over on Twitter! Commissions are open! On Twitter too!

[bloriblomi]

Hi everyone! Long time no see! Opening up commissions again! I take paypal, and prefer email over Tumblr IMs!  Just moved to Queens and things are tight, so reblogs are appreciated! Feel free to follow/retweet over on twitter too! I’m also available for freelance in illustration and character design, as well as animation!

[bloriblomi]

Haven't touched Tumblr mobile in forever, I like the new beta feature doodle thing and also I can link Spotify tracks to posts now???

[bloriblomi]

Some pokemon requests I did over on Twitter! Commissions are open! On Twitter too!

[bloriblomi]

Hi everyone! Long time no see! Opening up commissions again! I take paypal, and prefer email over Tumblr IMs!  Just moved to Queens and things are tight, so reblogs are appreciated! Feel free to follow/retweet over on twitter too! I’m also available for freelance in illustration and character design, as well as animation!