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I love that people are still following my child's page. Beautiful soul, knew Otis Redding, Al Green, Wu Tang, Biggie, Tupac and Nas, her mom was born in 79. Sawyer came on Fleetwood Mac, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams by herself. I miss her so much. If anyone is having issues y'all could contact me. I respected my daughter as non binary. I hate to know some people don't have that.

https://images.app.goo.gl/b2bANrxpzf9n1giC6 So I can't figure out a screenshot on Sawyer's phone. But lots of resources if u are considering suicide. Please don't, as a mom.

https://hpenews.com/news/14742/obituaries-march-17/

Obit page, I appreciate everyone who was concerned with Sawyer.

John Raeford Wilson, Myrtis Moore, Keyaira Owens, Sandra \

#suicide cw #suicide in tags #if this posts it means im dead. its at the end of my queue.#this isnt anybody's fault it only has to do with me.#everyone has a time dont they. mine was now. (10 mar 2020)#.txt #i didnt know how to do a readmore on mobile so.

theoldness

we should start carrying around these

yimmygee

gotcha 🤠💖

@cowgirlsartbook has been an absolute joy of a project and getting the opportunity to work with such talented artists feels like nothing short of a miracle! our store is still open, so grab a copy of this beautiful book while you can ✨

ghost-from-hell

Wolf and cubs by David Silva

grenade-maid

It really all comes down to, nobody gets hurt by thinking they're trans, trying out a different gender presentation for a while and then finding out they're not trans after all. On the other hand, people are absolutely irrevocably hurt by not not being able to transition when they want to, or not even knowing that it's an option.

artbymoga-deactivated20200516

Throwback to all these Jesus comics I drew in 2012…

nejire-vs-villains

Good post OP

prismatic-bell

Good post, OP, and if you ever decide to do another may I please suggest “NOT IN HEBREW IT DOESN’T” as a punchline? So much of the Old Testament is HORRIFICALLY translated from the Tanakh, it drives me batty.

end-of--the-line

WAIT WAIT WHAT DOES IT SAY?????? I NEED TO LIKE,, DESTROY MI MUM FOR BEING REALLY HOMOPHOBIC

prismatic-bell

Okay, so, strictly speaking, the infamous Leviticus 18:22 does say “forbidden.” Here’s the thing:

1) The word translated as “forbidden” is “toevah.” While that translation isn’t … wrong, it’s sort of like saying “McMansion” means “really big house.” There are a lot of connotations in that word. The specific issue with toevah is that we … sort of … don’t know anymore exactly what it meant. Based on context, it seems likely that the word referred to something ritually forbidden. This part of Torah was written not only as a guide for future generations, but also to say “so, look around, see your neighbors? DON’T DO THAT.“ Thus, if we interpret “toevah” to mean something that’s forbidden to do as a ritual before G-d, then the verse says nothing whatsoever about Adam and Steve and their two kids and their dog–it’s saying you shouldn’t have sex with another man in the Temple as a sacrifice.

2) Following the same “this is ritually forbidden” logic of toevah, this verse may also be interpreted as “don’t do sex magic,” which was a thing in. Like. A lot of fucking cultures at the time.

3) Hebrew is a highly gendered language, and the grammatical gender in this verse is really really weird. One of the “men” in this verse is given female grammar. Why? Who fucking knows, man, this isn’t the only grammatical oddity in Torah. (There are also places where G-d is referred to as plural, and also as female.) One suggestion is that this is a way of creating a diminutive–that is, that the verse should be read as “a man should not lie with a boy.” Now, it’s worth noting that modern secular scholarship has concluded the written Torah was written down around the 6th century BCE, and most non-Orthodox Jewish scholars are like “yeah, all things considered, that sounds pretty legit.”

Do you know what else was happening around the 6th century BCE? What laypeople tend to mean when they say “ancient Greece” was happening.

Do you know what happened a lot in that time period in Greece? Dudes forming relationships with younger boys, like ages 10-15, and using them for sex in exchange for financial gifts, mentorship, etc. While we don’t know just how young some of these younger boys may have been, we do know some were prepubescent. In light of this, and also something I mentioned under the first point–”see your neighbors? DON’T DO THAT,” if this verse is interpreted to say “a man should not lie with a boy,” then it’s pretty clearly “my dudes, my fellows, my lads, don’t be fucking pedophiles.”

4) Because of the grammar I mentioned in #3, it’s also possible that “should not lie with a man as with a woman” is actually referring to a place, not an abstract personhood: a man shouldn’t have sex with another man in a woman’s bed. In the time period, a woman’s bed was sort of like–that was her place, her safe sanctuary. It was also a ritually holy place where babies were made. By having sex in her bed, you’re violating her safe space (and also introducing a man who may not be a male relative, thus forcing her into breaking the laws of modesty). If this verse is read this way, then it should be taken to mean “don’t sexually violate a woman’s safety and modesty.” 5) And as an offshoot of #4, this may be a second verse relating to infidelity. Which woman’s bed is any random dude in 600 BCE most likely to have access to? His wife’s. But laws were administered differently based on whether the person they pertained to was slave or free, male or female, and so on–thus, a man committing adultery with a woman would be treated differently than man committing adultery with a man (especially because the latter would carry no chance of an illegitimate pregnancy).

So you’ll note, there are a lot of ways to read this verse, and only a one-to-one translation with no cultural awareness produces “being gay is wrong, all of the time”. (You’ll also notice the word “abomination” is nowhere to be found. That’s like … a straight-up fiction created for who only knows what reason.)

the-spoopy-ghost-of-raejin99

Apparently tumblr mobile doesn’t want to show @prismatic-bell ’s long and in-depth essay, so here’s the screenshots, because it still shows up on mobile browsers:

prismatic-bell

Much appreciated.

kuriquinn

I love when scholarship and history debunks bullshit

mandalorianreynolds

…I sadly have more bullshit to report.

“removed for violating guidelines”, EVERY screenshot.

the-spoopy-ghost-of-raejin99

…goddamnit

pulmonary-poultry

Let’s try this again

the-invisible-self

I am horrified that @prismatic-bell keeps getting censored + this info is gold.

prismatic-bell

Many thanks, @pulmonary-poultry. This isn’t the only Jewish post of mine that’s mysteriously stopped showing up in searches and/or vanished from my blog entirely, but it is the one I get the most requests to repost, so this saves me from having to rewrite the whole damned essay. @the-invisible-self, thanks for bringing it to my attention that someone was able to preserve the post!

#religion #always reblog

theoldreclaimingasia

siyahalbatros

Darkside Of The Loom by Aldo Cavini Benedetti

gay🖋irl

itistimetodisappear

Highlighting some of the literature on bisexuality (that I’m aware of) from the 70s-90s. The current tumblr discourse tends to disregard almost anything said by bisexual activists and academics, even from after the turn of the century, and there’s a pervasive myth that 20th century bisexuals were kind of…basic bi-tches, if you will. Consider reading a few books, magazines, maybe even newsletters, so you can make a fairer judgement.

letters-to-lgbt-kids

My dear lgbt+ kids,

- “If you were really gay, you’d have sex with me. Are you sure you’re not actually straight?” is not helping you find the right label, it’s manipulating you into sex and that’s abuse.

- “I accept your asexuality but I have needs. You need to give me blowjobs at least.” is not a compromise. It’s demanding you to perform a sexual act and that’s abuse.

- “You’re bi and that means you’ll cheat on me if I let you hang out with guys!” is not the cute kind of jealousy. it’s controlling who you spend time with and that’s abuse.

- “I know you go by them/they but I’m angry at you, so I’ll call you he today.” is not a normal little fight. It’s using your dysphoria against you and that’s abuse.

- “If you don’t do what I want, I’ll tell your mom you’re trans and she’ll kick you out” is not a normal little fight, either. It’s using a vulnerable situation to manipulate you and that’s abuse.

- “You’re lucky you got me, nobody else would love someone as complicated and weird as you” is not a love confession. It’s trying to make you feel dependent on them and that’s abuse.

All of those sentences are examples of someone using your identity against you. That’s not acceptable behavior and is not the way you deserve to be treated.

With all my love,

Your Tumblr Dad

#abuse cw #ask 2 tag otherwise yall