BowLi

Bow chicka bow wow

[mysharona1987]

[nerdygaymormon]

[daughter-of-sapph0]

"kids are detransitioning"

no. actually, children now feel comfortable and accepted enough to experiment with their gender, pronouns, name, and presentation. and while some of them end up realizing they were cis the entire time, they now have a new understanding and appreciation for one of the most marginalized and abused groups of people in the world.

there, I fixed your shitty headline.

[seymour-butz-stuff]

[pftones3482]

Went to Pride today with the people I babysit for and they brought along their kids' cousin, who was I think 16? When I asked them their pronouns, they kind of just shrugged and were like "any is fine."

Now mind you, the two other adults we were with were straight. Very supportive straights, but straight. And their kids I babysit for are like...8 and 5 (the 5 year old is figuring out gender expression, which we love). All that to say that after less than an hour of knowing me, the cousin was drifting to my side and hanging out with me more so than their own aunt and uncle. Queer finds queer lol

It was kind of crowded after the parade so we all went for lunch, and afterwards they were like "hey before we leave I really want to try and buy a rainbow flag" and we were all like "yeah ofc" and set out to find a booth that wasn't crammed with everyone in the city.

Nothing in the world more satisfying y'all than watching this kid eye all the rainbow flags, hesitate, look back at me, and then very slowly turn to point to the trans flag and ask for that one instead. Because it's the one they REALLY wanted, but I think if they had gone up to the vendor with a bunch of straight ppl in tow they might not have picked it. One (1) visibly queer person hanging out with them for a few hours was all it took for them to feel more comfortable in their own skin. And I'm not even trans myself.

This is not to say the parents wouldn't have been supportive with whatever flag they chose, bc they would have. This is just asking people to acknowledge how IMPORTANT representation is for everyone.

[saint-batrick]

do y'all even know how much i hate being an "elder queer" at 40? a whole goddamn generation before me was wiped out by a plague that politicians deemed not their problem bc it was killing the "right" people. like. this was OPENLY STATED. i spent a large chunk of my childhood going to funerals. nevermind the fact that killing queer people for being queer wasn't codified into law as a hate crime until i was a junior in high school.

i should NOT be an elder queer, i should be middle at most. i am a middle aged queer. most of the elder queers died.

when i was growing up i didn't go to pride parades, i went to pride marches. because that's 100% what they were in the 80s and 90s.

from the absolute bottom of my heart, LEARN OUR FUCKING HISTORY. a generation was nearly wiped out so you young queers could be here. don't let that have been in vain, please.

[funnytwittertweets]

[funnytwittertweets]

[lesbiskammerat]

[thetyrannosaur]

OK WAIT SO IF POC GET STRICTER SENTENCES IN COURT… AND IF WOC ARE MORE AT RISK OF MISCARRIAGE AND GENERAL MALPRACTICE… AND IF SEX EDUCATION IS WORSE IN INNER CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS… AND IF RACIAL HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IS PRACTICED BY 85% OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS… AND IF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FUNDED VIA PROPERTY TAXES WITHIN EACH DISTRICT… HOLD ON………. WAIT A MINUTE

[vulcanette-deactivated20260506]

[pogasm]

This is what we mean by systemic racism

[jb-blunk]

in this terrifying world you continuously have the power to offer someone else a little relief . why would you withhold that. do you remember what a little relief feels like? it feels like a lot

[testing-stormneko]

excuse me? are you suggesting i frolic directly into someone's emotional space and assume what brings them relief, potentially causing more stress? are you encouraging people to reach past their own boundaries to help, increasing net suffering if it costs more than the other gains? surely not; that would be advocating for emotional self-harm.

[jb-blunk]

this is a post about the woman who waived my late fee at the bank .

[testing-stormneko]

good for you, good for her, the wording on the initial post feels closer to blaming people who don't reach out than celebrating those who do by a large enough margin that i feel the need to hit back

[jb-blunk]

you are a tar pit

[theconcealedweapon]

Using taxpayer money to house the homeless is considered tyranny.

Using taxpayer money to terrorize the homeless is considered freedom.

It clearly has nothing to do with taxpayer money or freedom.

[ceruleangold]

“Faith, what was the hardest part of your journey to getting housed?”

From this excellent webinar I attended a few months back on the challenges unhoused people face in their struggles to become permanently housed.

[ceruleangold]

Sorry, and the reason I thought of this webinar was because of Frank here:

[2spirit-1spoon]

"Why dont they just get a job?"

Because some fucking cop probably threw out everything they need anyway. Why don't You shut the fuck up.

[a-queer-seminarian]

IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS:

A tweet reading, “Most people don’t know this, but to deal with homeless encampments, our cities have cops go rip the homeless out of their tents, throw all their stuff away, and arrest anyone who doesn’t move. Part of defunding the police means no longer trying to use cops to solve homelessness.”

gifset of an older person with glasses and brown hair captioned “Faith Kearns, Phoenix resident,” answering the question “Faith, What was the hardest part of your journey to getting housed?” She is saying, “Being told I was a piece of shit from the cops. And I wouldn’t amount to anything. Obviously they were wrong.”

Gifset of an older man with gray beard and long gray hair captioned “Faith Urban, Walking Dead Fan;” he is saying, “I’ve had the police steal my ID, my social security card...birth certificates, hygiene stuff, tents, blankets, basically anything the homeless need on the streets to stay warm and somewhat safe.” / end ID

[headspace-hotel]

so mad that our takeaway from the mask thing hasn't been "wait, so we could have been getting like 80% fewer colds and viruses this entire time?"

[headspace-hotel]

We really just accepted that "yeah, every several months we just feel like shit and do nothing but lay in bed for a week while so much snot pours out of our face holes that we have to keep 27 wads of tissue within arm's reach" even though the solution was not only simple and easy but also offered infinite possibilities for fashionable accessorizing. I hate it here

[headspace-hotel]

i'm never going to stop wearing a mask in the winter time because 1) colds and flu, obviously 2) my lips don't get chapped and bleed in the winter anymore. This is revolutionary. 3) it's actually just common sense to wear a badass goth wolf skull mask in your day to day life??

now I can wear whatever clothes I want and people will still know I'm cool and goth

[bemusedlybespectacled]

"oh no everyone not getting the flu for two years is going to make people's immune systems weak and flu season will be worse!"

1) that's not how the immune system works. 2) masking killed some strains of the flu because there was no one to pass it on to. we have the ability to MAKE VIRUSES EXTINCT with masks but oh noooo we have to worry about a piece of fabric on our faces. spare me.

[samwich-chester]

Honestly idk if I'll ever stop wearing masks in indoor public spaces ever again

[catchymemes]

[caringcoffeechats]

He really went in w those last two tweets

[crimeshetyped]

Bruh I felt this with every fiber of my being

[megpie71]

Boosting signal.

(If depression is a “choice”, then I apparently “chose” to be born autistic, in a family with two chronically depressed parents, four chronically depressed grandparents, and numerous depressed uncles and aunts.  Clearly I should have chosen my ancestors and my genes with more care.)

[ghostsandgoblins]

[allsystemsblue]

This makes my heart so happy. 🥺

[umbr]

[jungwildeandfree]

and while we’re at it, fuck this idea that ONE ACCOUNT has to belong uniquely to ONE PERSON. This is the same thing these silicon valley fucks want; their vision of the future where everyone has a unique biometric ID code implanted in their body is the ultimate extension of Netflix’s “no password sharing” policy. You want to use your friend’s car? Sorry, you can’t, you need to be an authorized user. Your mother wants to let you look something up on her OED account? Too bad! That’s only for her! The concept of perfect market efficiency gives them greedy little money bag eyes.

If I pay money to have a newspaper sent to my house, they don’t charge me extra when I show it to my dad. This password sharing thing isn’t just a Netflix problem; don’t be surprised if it shows up elsewhere in other forms. Stamp this idea out now or we’ll be stuck with it.

[gqa1]

Reblog In 5 seconds for good luck

[nullelemental]

​this worked last night lets go for round two

[helloitsbreeisnotonline]

I really need some good luck rn

[nobodys-hero99]

Please