Please just understand, my dear

Kassidy |22| nothing special, but something different.

[micdotcom]

Couple who wanted to get married will have a joint funeral after Orlando shooting

Christopher “Drew” Leinonen and Juan Ramon Guerrero  were planning on getting married one day, and were absolute soul mates according to their families. Instead of a wedding, though, the couple will share a joint funeral after being killed at Pulse Sunday morning. Leinonen’s mother Christine delivered a heartbreaking message on ABC News.

[lesbiankingjulien]

Mara Wilson comes out

[nostraights]

Matildas gay. Everything you love is gay

[elicatherogue]

THE FACELESS OLD WOMAN WHO SECRETLY LIVES IN YOUR HOME IS GAY

[malkaviangraves]

GAYYYYYYYYYYY ❤💛💚💙💜

[anneapocalypse]

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[fandomsandfeminism]

I think we really need to reaffirm now that no amount of homophobia can be acceptable in our culture. There is no such this as harmless or victimless homophobia. All homophobia contributes to violence against us. You can not “disagree” with lgbt people’s “lifestyles” without supporting the rhetoric and legislation that puts us in very real danger.

[becauseihaveyourback]

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[elthara]

Even if disagreeing with your lifestyle makes someone a bigot (Which I don’t think it quite does…classifying someone as a ‘bigot’ really ought to require stronger action on their part than mild or polite disapproval), they are perfectly within their rights to do so, just like you’re within your rights to disapprove of their disapproval and consider them biggots for expressing it.

Basically, the same laws that protect and permit you to express your sexuality also protect and permit the people who disapprove of it to express their feelings on the matter, and that is a wonderful thing, because no one has the right to force you to think or feel a certain way.

Obviously this all goes out the window if anyone *on either side* gets violent or attempts to injure another person physically or materially because they disapprove of their beliefs or lifestyle, though.

[fandomsandfeminism]

Let’s not talk in hypotheticals. No one is busting into homophobe meetings and shooting 49 people dead over their beliefs. No one is hunting down homophobic bigots. 

But that IS happening to US. So DO NOT TALK ABOUT “on either side” to me in the wake of what has happened in Orlando. This isnt happening “on either side.” It’s happening on ONE SIDE. It’s happening TO US. 

All homophobia contributes to violence against us. 

Do you understand that? No matter how mild or polite you think people are being when they say they disapprove of ME BEING ALIVE: All homophobia contributes to violence against us. 

[mykicks]

Hey, if anyone sees this GoFundMe campaign DON’T donate - I don’t know what’s going on, but the description refers to him as “Christopher H. Leinonen” (his middle name is Andrew, which is why there’s a Drew/Christopher discrepancy in reports about him which is confusing people, as he was known to some as Chris and to others as Drew) and he apparently doesn’t have an “Aunt Brenda”

Someone is scamming people and making money off your sympathy.

[mykicks]

This is my friend Drew, on the right in the top pic and in the yellow pants in the bottom (back in my ~days as a twink~ 7 years ago). His boyfriend Juan is the other guy in the top pic, I’m just hearing that Juan died in surgery.

Drew’s still missing. I hope he’s okay but it’s hard to be optimistic now. I can’t lie and say we were close, we just hung out a couple times in our group of friends and have been Facebook friends since. I’ve lost touch with most Orlando friends from college. if he’s indeed gone I wish I had gotten to know him more than I did - he was super smart and kind and so comfortable in his own skin. He had so many friends. There’s probably a thousand people thinking of him now.

Most people probably won’t remember him. I don’t really remember the names and faces of other shooting victims, but the names and faces of the shooters are seared into my memory. It’ll probably be the same thing here for most people.

But I’ll always remember Drew. I hope he’s okay. Keep him in your thoughts please.

[fuckingflorida]

These people are real.

[themouseketeer]

Love will always win. We are #OrlandoStrong (Part 1 of 2)

[glitterqueermo]

….WHY

[chadgamer]

all it takes is one homophobe with a gun. just one. in a gay bar opened in honour of the owner’s brother who died from aids, named specifically for his heartbeat as a place that was intended to keep his spirit alive. shooter saw two men kissing in front of his wife and kid and got “very angry”. 50 people dead, 53 in the hospital, because one guy who owned a gun saw two guys kiss and got mad

[classicland-deactivated20170210]

“In spite of everything I still believe that people are really  good at heart”

Happy Birthday Anne Frank (June 12th, 1929- ∞)

[thejoeboard-deactivated20181230]

Very, very ironic. But still very, very true.

[kant-deactivated20190908]

I know right now homophobes trying to distance themselves from the orlando shooter and I just want you all to know that you’re the same. you won’t take a gay persons life, but you also won’t advocate for anti-discrimination in employment, housing, and healthcare… the basic necessities that make life sustainable. so don’t pretend to feel remorse for the 50 dead and 53 injured, you wouldn’t care less if they died of poverty alone. you’re all the same every single one of you

[commongayboy-deactivated2018082]

[whorenitos]

blow it up, boys.

[dykedekuremade]

I just got off the phone with the restaurant, the manager assured they that they have already fired him. Good work guys!

[sunsapphic-deactivated20170425]

Dude’s already been fired and the manager was incredibly nice about it so there’s no need to call anymore!!

[fag]

[kakashi-hawtake]

Lin-Manuel Miranda read a sonnet he wrote for his acceptance speech after winning the Tony for Best Score. You’re going to want to see this.

[readingatthedisco]

information about this horrific shooting

what happened?

-Omar Mateen acted alone in shooting over 100 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida at 2am Sunday morning

-Omar had a 3 hour standoff with police, and was eventually shot dead

-50 were killed, 53 were injured

-this is the worst mass shooting America has seen

-this is the worst act of terrorism since 9/11

-police say Omar was organized and well prepared

-he was armed with an assault rifle, a handgun and an unspecified “device”

-this was an act of terror and hate

things to remember.

-it was latin night last night at Pulse

-the night was being hosted by trans women of color

-do not erase the fact that this was a hate crime against people in the lgbt+ community

-be respectful to the families affected by this tragedy

-some people could have been outed if they were killed or injured

-Omar’s father has stated that Omar was indeed homophobic and became angry after seeing two men kissing

-this shooting had nothing to do with religion

-here are some tweets about this tragedy from various people

-support everyone in this time of need. please

-there have been threats on other places such as the LA pride parade. please be careful.

what can i do to help?

-blood banks in Orlando are at capacity - if you wish to donate, schedule an appointment for later this week

-when the blood banks are no longer full, they will need O-, O+, and AB plasma

-donors must be over the age of 16, healthy, and weigh over 100 pounds

-oneblood has not lifted its ban on lgbt+ men giving blood

-oneblood is in need of water, juice, snacks, and fruit for those donating (drop them off here)

-here is a check-in page to help people locate friends and family

-family hotline: [phone]

-for emergency blood donations:

Orlando West Michigan Donor Center

345 W Michigan Street, Ste. 106, Orlando, FL 32806

Orlando Main Donor Center

8669 Commodity Circle,  Orlando, FL 32819

Oviedo Donor Center

1954 W. State Road 426, Oviedo, FL 32765

-bloodmobile locations:

Asbury United Methodist Church 220 West Horatio Ave. Maitland, FL 32751

St. Luke’s United Methodist Church 4851 S. Apopka Vineland Rd. Orlando, FL 32819

Metro Church 1491 East State Rd. 434 Winter Springs, FL 32708

-there is a gofundme now set up for the victims and their families

-you can donate to Orlando hospitals here

-The Center is an lgbt+ organization and is accepting donations here

-Orlando Youth Alliance is and lgbt+ organization and is accepting donations here

-how to contact representatives about gun control

if you need to talk.

-The Trevor Project: always open, for lgbt+ youth. call them at 1-866-488-7386.

-Trans Lifeline: for transgender people. call them at US: [phone] or  Canada: [phone]

-Scarleteen: text them at [phone]

to the lgbt+ community: i love you so much. i am here for you. you deserve to live. stay strong. stay safe.

[lesbianshepard]

my fave greek history story to tell is that of agnodice. like she noticed that women were dying a lot during childbirth so she went to egypt to study medicine in alexandria and was really fucking good but b/c it was illegal for women to be doctors in athens she had to pretend to be a man. and then the other doctors noticed that she was 10x better than them and accused her of seducing and sleeping with the women patients. like they brought her to court for this. and she just looked at them and these charges and stripped in front of everyone like “yeah. im not fucking your wives” and then they got so mad that a woman was better at their jobs then them that they tried to execute her but all her patients came to court and were like “are you fucking serious? she is the reason you have living children and a wife.” so they were shamed into changing the law and that is how women were given the right to practice medicine in athens

[autieblesam-deactivated20190506]

Yeah, this isn’t some Greek myth story about a hero or demigod or something, Agnodice was a real person who actually did this.

[thishazeleyeddemon]

jynnislorg

[soul-likethesea]

Another amazing woman from history.

[blesique]

can i just say, i want to make a shoutout to lgbt kids who live in homophobic homes right now. who can’t show their grief and terror, who have to keep their anger and outrage hidden; who may even have to agree with homophobic and racist family members to keep themselves safe right now. you are loved. i love you. i understand. your beliefs aren’t tainted.

even if it’s hard to see from where you are, even if it’s hard to see it in the face of this tragedy, there are people who will welcome you and accept you. there will always be sadness, suffering, and death connected to being lgbt. i don’t know if that will ever disappear.  but please believe me when i tell you that you can find happiness. you will live and you will find love.

[ruibird-deactivated20170901]

since it’s a scary time to be trans: refuge restrooms is an app which maps gender-neutral/single-stall restrooms. it’s community-mapped, so it’s possible you might be the first person to log the restroom locations, but hopefully it’ll help some people.

please reblog this post if you’ve got trans followers. stay safe.

[lesbiancousin]

*walks up to straight couple* which one of you is the bee and which one of you is the fully grown adult woman who left her fiance for the bee?