babet van der schot

i don't know you but i am proud of you. of your courage, your bravery, your pride. keep on shining, my loves. everybody loves a rainbow.

[born-thisgay]

[born-thisgay]

[dykecadence]

Love, Simon is relatable because Simon literally gets a crush on everyone he makes eye contact with that he thinks could be gay and if that isn’t the biggest gay mood

[godzilla-reads]

Book Rec: Born This Gay

For everyone who doesn’t fall in the hetero/cis-normative circle, this is the book for you. 

If you like poetry, this is the book for you.

If you like art, this is the book for you. 

“Born This Gay” by @born-thisgay is a beautifully written poetry book and I’m so happy I had the pleasure to read it. 

Love is love and you are the best you you can be. 

[born-thisgay]

thank you so much for the support!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[godzilla-reads]

Book of the Gay

“Born This Gay” by Babet van der Schot

[born-thisgay]

this is so cool!! seeing people post about my book will always be a surreal experience oh my god

[bikebutch]

Struggling to keep your rolled up sleeves looking nice is gay culture

[tulasaysboo-deactivated20190411]

Struggling is gay culture

[transpeter-deactivated20180411]

lmao anyways don’t trust anyone who thinks it’s okay to be transphobic towards trans people that they don’t like

an example would be that caitlyn jenner is complete trash but you better never be deadnaming her or misgendering her, trans peoples names/pronouns/identities aren’t contingent on whether or not you like them

[lesbianlumberjack-deactivated20]

straight girls: I don’t want lesbians to see me naked in the locker room, what if she stares at me!!1!!1!1!

me, a lesbian: don’t mind me I’ll just be over here in this corner looking down at the floor while I’m changing in fear that someone will guess I’m gay 

[aprilkepners-archive]

Female Awesome Meme (27/50) Female Dynamics: Amy Raudenfeld and Karma Ashcroft. “You were always fantasizing about meeting your prince charming. I was happy just to share a cardboard castle with you, and it wasn’t until we kissed in the gym that I realized why. I’ve been in love with you since the day we met, and suddenly we were pretending to be a couple, and there was hand-holding and kissing and threesomes. I started to have hope, hope that you were realizing your prince charming was princess sarcasm.”

[born-thisgay]

when i finally started wearing binders, got rid of those two constant reminders, flowers aligned in the darkest parts of my mind.

so how exactly can you call my androgyny ‘wrong’?

[born-thisgay]

Hey! I'm very interested in your poetry book, but amazon only allows a preview of three very short samples and that's not really enough to get a feel for your style. Would you mind posting a few examples on here? Not to give too much away, of course!

Great question! I am definitely planning on posting more and more poems on this account - both poems from the book as poems that didn’t make the book. So keep your eyes open for that! :)

[baddielabelle]

I was going through old stuff and I found a photo of me and my first crush. Anyways here he go tying my shoes cause I would pretend I didn’t know how lol

[baddielabelle]

This is pride month material tbh

[lvsweatpants-deactivated2020100]

[born-thisgay]

so like,, anyone who, you know, wants to do that fake dating au for this year's pride month? where, you know, we hopefully fall in love in the end? haha just let me know okay

[tankaramo]

pride month is during strawberry season and you think it’s a coincidence? think again, strawberries are gay

[michaelmilkers]

cishets going to pride in support of their lgbt friends/family:

cishets going to pride to be politically active and do things like register voters:

cishets going to pride because they were invited by an lgbt person:

cishets going to pride because “gay people know how to party”:

cishets going to pride because they treat lgbt culture like a zoo to gawk at:

cishets participating in pride because it gets them good guy points:

[estradiol]

it’s pride month and i got a few messages from people unable to celebrate pride due to homophobia and transphobia and i feel like it’s important for us to remember that while a lot of us can go out covered in pride flag colours and party at pride, a lot of LGBT people still can’t be out and loud about their identity because we are not completely safe yet

we’ve made so much progress as a community but we still have a lot to go so don’t lose sight of why we have pride . celebrate who you are but don’t forget those who can’t yet and never stop fighting until all LGBT people can safely be themselves

@ lgbt people who can’t be out for whatever reason: you’re still a big part of pride, you don’t need go all out to participate, just your existence is revolutionary. take pride in the fact you’re still here in spite of all the shit thrown at our people. not giving up when odds are against us is ultimate bravery and pride