But Forward is calling, and I cannot stay here

they/them. 21. Gay demon. Lover of language and Musical Theatre. Doing my best. Feel free to shoot me an ask, prompt, or message!

[evilvillain123456789]

For this game of dodgeball, I will be specifically targeting the gayest and most autistic among you to eliminate. 

[mtfoss]

Okay so normal rules then

[argumate]

I keep thinking this! very frustrating

[argumate]

fuck!

[physiqueandfantasy]

Simulacra would be a great drag name . . .

[toastyglow]

so weird to have a doctor tell you "you can't go against mother nature, you can't improve on the things god already made for a specific purpose". my guy that's your whole JOB. sir you're wearing GLASSES.

[lunarberrylatte]

hey so you know even if the trans girl doesn't pass you still have to use her pronouns right?

even if she doesn't "try to pass" she still deserves the same basic respect you give everybody else.

even if she's done something bad that doesn't excuse you misgendering her on purpose.

i'm so sick of people treating trans people's pronouns as some kind of reward you get if you've been a good tranny.

this goes for those who use neopronouns too i dont care how "weird" you think it is especially if you're trans yourself.

it really is that easy :)

[mousidy]

and yes, they/themming her when you already know her pronouns is misgendering

[bobbole]

Toni Morrison

[oldpaintings]

Averil Mary Burleigh (English, 1883–1949)

[kingfucko]

i dont care if monday sucks... tuesday cost me sixty bucks... wednesday thursday give no fucks. it's friday im a duck

[holy-leapin-splits-batman]

[ranaeley]

Obligatory truck I don’t trust reblog

[stele3]

Joke songs that rewired my brain.

[femmchantress]

I don’t care if Monday’s yuck

Tuesday, Wednesday tread through muck

Thursday maybe eat a duck

It’s Friday, Flat as Fuck

[astriiformes]

The polar opposite of corporate accounts trying to come across as hip and super friendly are the ones for libraries, aquariums, parks systems and the like, that are basically just trying to get people excited about learning and the wonder of history/science by posting things like this:

[mangopatch]

[demonladytakkuri]

You know how much I would lose my mind if I was at an aquarium and turned a corner to see a wild ass heron staring at a fish tank

[vootins]

How to be a trans ally 101, from To Wong Foo (1995)

[yeet--haw]

i'm reminded of those posts from trans women who stated in their experiences that by far most cis women they interact with in person aren't transphobic towards them. and that recent study that showed the uk population is more accepting of trans people than they perceive each other to be (ie 2 uk polls, "do you think most people are trans friendly" vs "are you trans friendly"). i think there's more love and acceptance in this world than transphobes want you to believe. you are not as hated as legislators and conservative news outlets would lead you to believe.

[oodlyenough]

i do love when some insane doctor who thing happens and briefly my dash is full of dw posts from those of us who rarely post dw. periodic family reunion. or family funeral

[coco6420]

at what age does it start sounding wierd to call your baby "it" ?

[imjunebitch]

none. #it/itspronounsbaby #wokebaby #hellyeahwokebaby

[astriiformes]

It's honestly interesting to be rotating some ace and aro stuff in my mind this Pride month because on the one hand I'm very much as aromantic and asexual as ever, but on the other I'm now married (platonically, but most people don't assume that at first) and far less uncomfortable with sex and romance than I was at one point in time.

Like, I actually do think the -repulsed/-averse labels still apply to me in some ways, but I also think that they sort of flatten the fact that there are a million different ways sex and romance can crop up in your life, because of how omnipresent it is in society. And some people really are uncomfortable with all of them, and that's so fair! But it does feel a little strange to me to have been in that situation previously, and to suddenly be like. Well. Sometimes it's fine actually. But only sometimes, or under specific circumstances.

I think I've been dwelling on this some because we're going to be moving imminently for my PhD and a lot of people I've met in my program so far do know I have a wife, but NOT that I'm aromantic or asexual (yet, at least, not yet -- I'm sure it'll come up). And it's sort of weird to be like huh. I used to struggle with calling Scribe my partner because I was stressed about the assumptions people were going to make, not understanding we have something queerplatonic specifically. Whereas now I'm more just glad people know she's important to me and that I have an easy shorthand for that and am okay with the explaining of the particulars coming later, if that makes sense? Like, I do still want to explain. I'm very aro anc that's very important to me, and also I want to expand people's idea of what might be going on within a committed relationship. But I'm no longer quite as paralyzed about someone misinterpreting things -- that's on them, not on me!

In any case. I'm so glad I'm aro/ace but also so glad I have someone to get through scary life stuff with, and I'm never going to stop being grateful that she loves being in an explicitly (queer)platonic marriage as much as I do. But man. There's just so many nuances to all this and sometimes it really does hit me that every ace and/or aro person's relationship to sex and romance is pretty unique, and I wish we talked about that more in ways that built solidarity instead of like. Creating one million different microlabels to switch between whenever or if your relationship with them shifts.

(Also, I love my wife)

[romanceyourdemons]

victorian trans guy who goes to beloved local barber sweeney todd and presses half a crown in his hand and says “begging your pardon sir, i know it ain’t much but i was hoping you might tell my employer i get me shaves from you should he ever come around. only he’s been asking me how i keep my chin so smooth and i haven’t the heart to tell him i can’t grow a beard, so i might have told him a little lie, sir, and said it’s all due to your wonderful skill, sir” and sweeney todd goes “no problem. by the way would you say your employer deserves to die”

[stillhereandstillqueer]

Nonbinary people are so cool I wish our rights were taken seriously haha

[stillhereandstillqueer]

Genuinely though it is so frustrating that nonbinary rights and exorsexism are not treated seriously at all, even from within the queer community. It sucks that there's not even an option for an X gender marker in so many countries, including in more progressive queer-friendly ones. It sucks that if enben want to get gender affirming care that we're advised to lie about our gender (or lack thereof) in favour of a more binary trans identity lest we jump through a million extra hoops on top of the million already in place for binary trans people to prove we're serious in order to get the care we want/need. It sucks that in most cases we're still forced into some kind of binary and I wish that the issues we deal with were acknowledged more.

[lieutenantpepper]

my favorite thing paul does in interviews is when he mentions a beatles song and then starts singing it to make sure people know it, like he'll say "we were performing she loves you, you know 'she loves you yeah yeah yeah...'" like you literally don't have to do that. everyone knows that song. you are paul mccartney

[lennonmccartneyofficial]

My personal favorite is when he goes to tell and a story and he prefaces it with "you know, john and I- john lennon and I-" like yeah no we know that. we know who john is. you are the beatles