#whatsnewpride

[self-loathingdegenerate]

I feel as if I always knew that I was asexual, it was just a matter of "coming to terms with it." When I first found out what sex was, it confused me. I even told my mother that I didn't wanna have kids of my own, because I didn't wanna have sex. All she said, and this was probably due to my age, was "you'll find someone and change your mind."

Right.

Granted, I was a kid, but still.

I started questioning it around junior year. I merely brought it up to one of my friends, but I didn't actually "come out" then.

I started thinking about it and the fact that I didn't wanna even KISS my boyfriend at the time. Needless to say, after some research, I realized I was asexual.

[a-humble-waffle]

Most memorable coming out story: I accidentally came out as ace to my mom via Easter egg. We were dying Easter eggs and I made an ace flag one (an acester egg, because I'm aseggsual) and later that night my mom came into my room and said she'd seen a Facebook post with a bunch of different pride flags and asked if that was how I identified. (I also came out as bi to my mom via a video of me lip syncing to Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen; she is very accepting, thankfully)

[bee-dot-exe]

Happy June everyone. Let me start by telling you what this means to me.

Pride to me, and I'm sure several others, means exactly that, to be proud. Proud of yourself, proud of this community, proud of everything we have all overcome to get to this point. Everyday we overcome obstacles, it doesn't have to be physical such as experiencing a homophobic person or society personally to count as a sort of barrier, any struggle you may going through mentally is enough. Be it thinking about your gender identity, your sexual orientation, thinking if you're enough or worth it or if you count as part of the community.

I'm here to help tell you that you are and will always be enough. You are allowed to feel that way and you are not broken. I am here with you, I stand with you, I hear you, I see you, I love you.

[inkbyday]

you have never seen faces

turn up in disgust 

when you hold her hand.

the barista has not raised his eyebrows

and shook his head

when you paid for her coffee 

(cream, no sugar).

when you were 17 

you didn't have to beg her mother

to let her daughter go to prom

without a boy.

and you didn't see her torn apart or

given nightly devotionals and

extra time at the church and

meetings with the pastor

to cure her of your time together.

you have never felt the guilt

of being the reason her family hates her.

or the fear

that because of you she will be 

sent to the streets.

you have never been so on edge with her

that the slightest whisper

makes you jump out of your skin,

knowing being seen could mean

she is ripped away.

mothers don't pull their children away

or avert their eyes

when they see you hold her.

they do not think your love is a virus

they can catch through eye contact.

your space to love loudly

is not inhibited.

you can find it at every turn.

so do not tell us that 

in taking a fraction of this for ourselves

we have created the need

for an added month

of straight pride. 

we thought twelve would be enough for you.

--pride month, a.day (june 2019)

[shunthepotato]

Day 19: I hope that the lgbtqia+ community will strive to become more inclusive in the future. Not just in terms of accepting all identities but also inclusive of disabilities, neurodivergencies, etc. I often struggle to enjoy myself in lgbtqia+ spaces when the only options available are loud and crowded. Just more variety would be nice I guess.

[merelyqueerkat]

Day 20: draw yourself for pride month

Here’s me with all my flags! There’s a lot going on in there lol but the queer flag is in my mouth because that’s the easy one to say and it’s always true, no matter what I discover about myself along the way!

[no-i-dont-have-a-gender]

whatsnewpride

20. Draw yourself for pride

First time actually trying to do digital art but there we go

[talldapple]

Day 19

I want many things for this community. For now, I want us to get rid of the gay panic defense in the United States. You should not be able to kill someone for being gay. It was never a choice.