These glittering instruments.

Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed. it's me. that bitch you hate. artist. ISFP. traveller of the world. the bad influence your mum warns you about.

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new years eve!!! wooo!!! go crazy go wild! 🥳🥳🥳

[gettin-bi-bi-bi]

today is world AIDS day

a lot of HIV-positive people still face stigmatisation due to prejudices and misinformation. so here is a quick reminder that:

HIV cannot be transmitted through touch

HIV cannot be transmitted via saliva, tears or sweat

HIV cannot pass unbroken skin or gloves, meaning you can help an injured HIV-positive person without fearing infection

HIV medication is so good these days that it can push the viral load below a detectable amount, which means that the virus CANNOT be transmitted anymore! no, not even during sex!!! (which doesn’t mean you should just have unprotected sex; other STIs and unwanted pregnancy are still a thing that you have to keep in mind!)

the medication can have strong side effects though, so it is important to do more research and develop even better medication

not every person in the world has the same access to medication. it is absolutely vital that everyone who needs it can get easy and free access to it.

HIV is not a death sentence anymore!!! through education and free access to condoms and medicine we can keep pushing the number of new infections with HIV down and prolong the life expectancy of people already infected.

Please share this information, not just online but also with friends and family who might not know it. And if you can, donate to your local AIDS/HIV charity or if you want to support one that’s operating internationally then Elton John AIDS Foundation is the one I’d recommend!

[pantone-palette]

Hey guys, if you have the time please click this link and go view the AIDS memorial quilt. As of last year, all 1.2 million feet of the quilt has been photographed and made viewable to the public.

As such a cornerstone to our community as queer people, the AIDS quilt was a sign of love and remembrance of all who were lost. And for some, with no solution in sight. What a wonder science is, because living as HIV/AIDS positive is no longer a death sentence. It is a treatable and manageable disease. We can live full and happy long lives and not transmit the disease.

When it was intitially unveiled, the quilt had about 2,000 panels and it was now bloomed into 48,000. The majority of them measuring 6'3". About the size of a grave.

I urge you to take the time to treasure, understand, and support our community. As their lives and the queer movement- have brought undoubtable freedom as we live in our own.

Making a quilt can take countless of hours. And a quilt of this size, it's a whole generations worth.

Love your queer elders. Love your gay history. Live free, today.

[turnaboutstevie]

Been trying for a few months now to compile free versions of books on HIV/AIDS and unfortunately haven't had much luck yet, but I'm not giving up. When I have a good amount I'll make a masterpost, but since its World AIDS Day, here is a pdf of "HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction". It won't tell you everything, but it's a good place to start!

Anyone with pdfs they're willing to share of any other reliable books on HIV/AIDS- please message me! I'm trying to compile a central folder with as many as I can in for easy public access.

[shisasan]

𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟿, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟹 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚣 𝙺𝚊𝚏𝚔𝚊, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟶-𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟹

[l3iii-deactivated20241027]

So I’m guessing we’re all growing old with each other on tumblr.

[hopefulmisanthrope]

Old friends senior blog sanctuary

[adhd-vibes]

well well well if it isn’t my own mental illness coming to mentally ill me

[korunak]

christ in the wilderness, ivan kramskoy

[thatbitchsimone]

he looks like he needs a cigarette

[refuzz]

[wei--wuxian]

what are your twenties if not an endless string of the ghosts of who you thought you would become

[cattoru]

The Unhinged or whatever that chinese bl show was called

[rylandgraces]

The Gilmore Girls 1.01 ‘Pilot’

[mothcub]

[nerdie-faerie]

My friend told me I had to publish the drunk uquiz I made so here ya go: I assign you a uni major based on vibes

[krispycreamsicle]

Wei Wuxian

[thetattedstoner]

Everybody || Backstreet Boys

[raychleadele]

Just occurred to me that some of you may have never seen this music video. They had absolutely no reason to make it the way it is but damn they went hard.

[secondlina]

One of the backstreet boys in 1997 : no I’m TELLING you, monster fuckers are the future.

[winedark-maverick]

there is more love stored in <3 than anything else in this world. pass the word along

[luxlightly]

It's so important to remember that tumblr is bad. Has been bad. And will likely remain bad for the foreseeable future. And that is vital to our survival. If Tumblr was a good website that worked, it would get turned into a corporate hellscape like every other site. It's so important that Tumblr is broken and poorly run and impossible to effectively navigate. It's all that's keeping us safe.