Gay and OK

LGBTQ+ resources and media

[tcustodisart]

Happy Pride Month 2022!!!

Faust the Crow loves you even more than she did last year!

[shouty-y]

Lesbian knights ⚔️ - Prints

[demolding]

*:・ﾟ☆ source {don’t use without credit}

[drizzledrawings]

Im so used to my queer echochamber that when a woman doesnt have armpit hair its like a jumpscare

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

[nongunktional]

i do think the negative interpretations of "im probably nonbinary but i have a job right now" are kind of reaching. it's obviously a waste of time to theorize the op's intended meaning, so instead i think it's better to recognize how the phrase can be a useful framing device to criticize how much of a fucking hassle it is to get gendered correctly. "but i have a job" e.g. will face discrimination that could threaten livelihood; e.g. don't have the mental bandwidth to explain gender to others; e.g. don't have the time and energy for the soul-searching necessary to confirm. all three of these are labor issues. yes you could interpret it as "but being nonbinary isn't important enough to worry about", despite that being a blatantly bad-faith read. it's more useful to interpret it as "but being publicly nonbinary requires a lot of social effort that, in many cultural contexts, will create more problems that you can't afford to deal with". like cmon it's a really good jumping off point for productive conversations about queer labor rights

[eunnieboo]

the circus was in town that day 🤡

[eunnieboo]

happy lesbian visibility week to them

[californiannostalgia]

[jayalaw]

Florida people, we’re calling our reps

[forsapphics]

New York City, 1970s

[gothvince]

i talk about transitioning and all anyone ever says is "I hope you don't regret it" what if instead we said I hope you love it. I hope it's everything you ever wanted. I hope you live the rest of your life in utter bliss. etc etc.

[gothvince]

I hope you transition and I hope it's the best thing you ever did and I hope you never look back and I hope you finally feel comfortable in your own skin

[paparoach]

[oakandgumtrees]

Every so often I’ll see posts from people trying to work out whether they ‘count’ as something - usually some type of LGBTQIA, sometimes neurodiverse, sometimes disabled

And as they talk about it, it’ll become clear that they’re thinking about that label because there’s something in their life that’s uncomfortable, and they can see people with that label NOT doing that thing, and they’re wondering if they have a right to also not do it.

So this is me, giving you permission. Label or not, YOU ARE ALLOWED to:

Stop dating people (of a particular gender or in general)

Start dating people (of a particular gender or in general)

Have less (or no) sex

Have more sex (or with more people)

Get married

Not get married

Plan to never get married

Have a friend more important than people you date or have sex with

Wear skirts

Not wear skirts

Wear make-up

Not wear make-up

Cut your hair

Grow your hair

Try new pronouns

Wear a binder

Use a cane

Use fidget toys

Use noise-cancelling headphones

Take painkillers (or other over-the-counter medication)

Ask for help

Not eat that food

Ask for food alternatives

Not drink alcohol

Avoid that location with the crowds and the noise

You are allowed.

You are allowed to do these things some of the time, or all of the time, or only once.

If they make you feel better in yourself, maybe someday you’ll decide to take on the label that applies to many people who do them. But you don’t NEED a label.

You are allowed.

[motherfucker-somewhat-limited]

[pride-knightess]

Since people seem to like my pride outfit!

To answer questions: the shield is painted by me, the flag is handstitched, and my biceps are huge. 😌

[lacefuneral]

i know that "gay and homophobic" has become a sort of post-ironic meme over the last ten years but some of you are genuinely gay and homophobic. trans and transphobic. bi and biphobic. lesbian and lesbophobic. the work isn't being put in to unlearn bias. you're disgusted by your own identity so you lash out at others who share it. you parrot conservative talking points. you use lingo from 4chan. you are building a world you will never be able to thrive in. build a better one

[sophie-frm-mars]

The US is detransitioning prisoners and just announced that ICE can detain trans people on suspicion of visa fraud. The UK just banned all care for trans kids and is now conducting an "evidence review" into HRT for trans adults and now the biggest DIY HRT web resource just went down.

Trans people need to learn solidarity yesterday, we need to be ready to organise together and set aside anything that we need to in order to get our shit sorted out. Cis people need to take it seriously that the fascists are trying to completely extinguish transess from existence

[eldritchbauble]