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Farewell, LLLRanting

Hey, everyone

I know it’s been a while. But, we knew this was coming eventually.

With the site no longer being funded, it’s going to be entirely shutting down. Our website will now be lllranting.wordpress.com rather than lllranting.com – but that’s okay. We know who we are, where we’ve been, and what we’ve done which is the main part.

Over the past eight years, we’ve helped over three thousand…

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Goodbye, LLLRanting!

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Goodbye, LLLRanting

Live Love Laugh Ranting has existed since January 31st, 2012. It’s officially been seven years since we began. But, unfortunately, I can’t afford to keep the site up and running. Very soon, this site will no longer exist – LLLRanting.com will be removed and it will be replaced by LLLRanting.Wordpress.com. The site will still be up, but it won’t be under the domain we’d want to keep it on. The site…

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The Journey Begins

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Figuring It Out

Sometimes, it’s hard to figure stuff out…the only thing set in stone is the past, you never know what you’re doing in the future and plans never survive first contact…with anything.

Life before my family moved to the UK was…easy, I guess. I was young, or younger, and naïve…there wasn’t much I had to put a lot of effort into and having never traveled outside of New Zealand, I guess I had an…

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I wasn’t fortunate enough to be able to attend pride this year due to sickness. However, from what I’ve seen and what I’ve been told, and what has been shared on social media – it was a blast.

With the Terfs that lead London Pride this year, who clearly don’t understand what the LGBT+ stands for (not the acronym, the community).

But, Leeds Pride is all about inclusion – which is why Non-Binary and Trans people lead the parade.

It looked amazing, having so many gender variant flags flying this pride. It was only a couple years ago when the lack of gender flags shuck me.

The day itself went off without an issue, it was the social media presence that was the biggest problem. The West Yorkshire Police shared pictures of their officers dressed for Pride – with face paint on and rainbows on their uniforms.

So, why is this such a bad thing? It wasn’t. These officers were at Pride voluntarily, protecting Pride and the community. I know a lot of people, specifically in America keeps saying that Police officers shouldn’t be at Pride while in uniform, but when you don’t have officers there, there is no guarantee of safety, and we need that. Once again, the UK has it right – instead of forcing possible Homophobic and Transphobic police officers to work Pride, get LGBT+ and Allies to volunteer for it!

But the straight public didn’t take it like this. They saw 40 police officers in Pride getup and assumed they were getting paid, wasting funding, and instantly being homophobic morons. Which, personally, I think is hilarious! There were 40 volunteers that had to safeguard over three thousand people… Which is nothing in comparison to the funding that the police waste every year having to safeguards tens of thousands at Football games.

Tell me again why 40 police officers aren’t allowed at Pride, and that it’s wasting funding… When we sent police officers to Russia for the world cup, knowing that our fans trash everything.

Don’t say you’re not homophobic, because you clearly are.

Police Officers volunteered for Pride. But according to the Bigots of Facebook, it was a waste of money (even though no funds were spent)… I wonder if they feel the same way about Football matches… #Pride #Police

I wasn’t fortunate enough to be able to attend pride this year due to sickness. However, from what I’ve seen and what I’ve been told, and what has been shared on social media – it was a blast.

Police Officers volunteered for Pride. But according to the Bigots of Facebook, it was a waste of money (even though no funds were spent)… I wonder if they feel the same way about Football matches… #Pride #Police

I wasn’t fortunate enough to be able to attend pride this year due to sickness. However, from what I’ve seen and what I’ve been told, and what has been shared on social media – it was a blast.

Police Officers volunteered for Pride. But according to the Bigots of Facebook, it was a waste of money (even though no funds were spent)... I wonder if they feel the same way about Football matches... #Pride #Police I wasn't fortunate enough to be able to attend pride this year due to sickness. However, from what I've seen and what I've been told, and what has been shared on social media - it was a blast.

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We Happy Few - Season Pass and Sandbox

It's supposed to be released on Friday... Will it? I don't know... #WeHappyFew #Release #SeasonPass #Sandbox

I find it amusing that We Happy Few has announced a Season Pass and Sandbox, but haven’t even released their game yet. The game has been in the works for two years now, and it’s been given countless release dates… But apparently, it’s going to finally get released on Friday, this week (10/08/18).

Am I confident about the game coming out on time? No, I won’t believe it until I see it.

Am I excited…

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Universities in the UK keep telling us how they can't afford to have more mental health support... After using their funding for some ridiculous things... #MentalHealth #University #Costs #Funding It’s necessary to have counsellors on University and College campuses, ready to take care of students who are overwhelmed, depressed, and even suicidal.

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"Where did you go? You keep doing this!"

“Where did you go? You keep doing this!”

So, there’s a few things I want to say:

I’m sorry.

I’m ill, and have been for a few weeks, hence no articles since the beginning of April, other than the odd exception.

I will be okay, but I need rest – mainly my voice, because it’s gone… Literally.

I will either catch up or just start writing again, but in the meantime – I apologise.

Check out my tumblr – there are more updates on there nowadays.

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Love, Simon - Review

Love, Simon – Review

I went to see Love, Simon. And I think I may Love Simon…

Before reading, watch the trailer:

  I’m not going to spoil the plot for you, because there is no need.

But, I’m going to say a few things, mainly based on what is in the trailer – because its virtually impossible to ignore that trailer – it is everywhere.

So, let me dissect…

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Getting Closer

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Cute Animals

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Catch Up

We're playing catch up - it's gif time.

We’re playing Catch Up. So, bear with us 🙂

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LGBT Splatters

LGBT Paint Splatters

I love paint, I’m LGBT+, and I made these ages ago…

Here they are:

  Click the splatters to go to the Splatter collection on Redbubble where you can buy all of them as stickers, shirts, and phone cases.

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A Little Behind I've been working a lot, ill, and doing some stuff. So, bare with me while we get caught up on posts. Sorry for the delays ♥

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Easter Goodies!

Hey Everyone!

I love Easter…not just because it’s the time of year you can gorge yourself on chocolate but because it symbolises growth and new beginnings. It’s also a sign of Spring being in full-swing…well, usually anyway; you never know with British weather, lmao!

Anyway, the last couple of days I’ve been doing some baking…specifically baking Hot Cross Buns because my Dad absolutely loves them…

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