Mischief, Whimsy, and Autism

General reblogs and whatnot, Hesy, 20, they/them

[herpsandbirds]

[ratbastarddotfuck]

Reblog if you’re part of a hostile nation that’s declared war on Australia

[mycroftrh]

Oh my god though guys you don’t know the best thing!  The best thing is: he’s right.

The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation near Australia.  This is their flag:

The Gay Kingdom (as it is colloquially known) was founded in 2004 in protest against Australia’s legal stance against same-sex marriage.

Here are some of their stamps:

They are currently ruled by Emperor Dale I, and their currency is the Pink Dollar.

And, indeed - they declared war on Australia for not recognizing same-sex marriages performed outside the country.  (Second link.)

[sailurmars]

You’re telling me there has been a Gay Island this ENTIRE TIME and I’m only just finding out about it????

[feitanswife]

WHAT

[gondorsfinest]

okay, but not enough people know the details on this. people at pride were upset about gay rights in australia. so they decided to sail 200 miles into the coral sea just ‘cause and put a rainbow flag on a fucking empty island out of spite. and i’m talking empty. no inhabitants. zero. it was a flat piece of land with a bit of dry grass. now it has a camp site and a post office. 

they have a declaration of independence that talks a bit about gay rights and then just flat out copies the “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness” part from the american declaration of independence. and here’s the best part: the founding group actually elected their emperor. he was originally going to be called the “administrator” of a republic. their website, however, says that “upon legal advice, his title was changed to that of Sovereign on the grounds that under Australian law a defacto prince trying to claim his crown cannot be charged with treason”. so they made it a kingdom and he now claims to be a descendent of edward ii.

everything about this is glorious and everyone should know about it.

Keep reading

[ileolai]

Not one of you mentioned that the anthem for this nation is I Am What I Am by Gloria Gaynor. Not. One. Of. You.

[ebonykain]

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever read

[faejilly]

Highlights from the timeline via wikipedia as this thread is from 2017:

As previously mentioned, the idea originated at Pride (Brisbane 2003) in reaction to punitive anti-marriage legislation

“On the 14th day of June 2004, at this highest point in the Coral Sea, Emperor Dale Parker Anderson raised the gay rainbow flag and claimed the islands of the Coral Sea in his name as homeland for the gay and lesbian peoples of the world. God Save our King!”

The campsite/capital Heaven was named after the London nightclub

War was declared on Australia in September 2004

The aforementioned stamps were issued in July 2006 “with the aim of creating a high and distinctive reputation amongst the philatelic fraternity”

They were never recognized legally/internationally as a micronation (and in fact Anderson refused to attend a conference in 2010 because they weren’t actually trying to be a sovereign nation)

In Feb 2017, Abetz was objecting to the flag of a “hostile nation” being flown

The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands was dissolved in November 2017 (when same-sex marriage was legalized)

[cherryhatter-deactivated2015072]

KICK THE CAN!

Let’s play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.

To kick the can, reblog it. I wanna see how long this can go on for.

[visibun]

the oldest reblogs for this post that i can find are from january 2nd of 2013. this can has been getting kicked around tumblr for almost 13½ years now

[drtanner]

And yet somehow this is my first time kicking it!

[tomb-of-madeline]

Stories of Elf World

[drachenmagier]

RAINBOW MONTH IS HERE

[fleshfeathers]

[the-seven-otherkin]

SPYRO 4

WE ARE SO BACK

Tom Kenny voicing him. Mysterious dragon villain. THE FREE FLIGHT MECHANICS. Oh my God. I'ma ctualyl cyring I've loved these games since I was a kid AND THERE'S A NEW ONE!!!

Screenshot is from the Official Xbox trailer. Coming out 2027. Wow.

[two-facedgod]

Unibrows are sexy I don't care

[monster-bugs]

This is lowkrakenuinely one of the best posts on the whole internet. They love milk time! Adorable...

[sunshinesupport]

happy pride to queer alterhumans/nonhumans

happy pride to alterhumans that identify as a different gender than their source

happy pride to alterhumans that identify as a different sexuality than their source

happy pride to alterhumans that cant come out

happy pride to alterhumans that alterhumanity is related to their queerness

happy pride to alterhumans that alterhumanity is not related to their queerness

happy pride to alterhumans that use it/its

happy pride to alterhumans that use neopronouns

happy pride to alterhumans that use the other pronouns LOL

happy pride to alterhumans that identify as things that dont usually experience queerness

happy pride to alterhumans that dont visually look queer

happy pride to alterhumans that are visually queer

happy pride to everyone!!!!!!! hell yeah

[orisnitsa]

[thetragicallynerdy]

[ID: the Bugs Bunny in a tux meme, edited to say “I wish all LGBT+ folk who live in countries where pride is banned, illegal, or unwelcomed a very I love you, stay safe, Happy Pride (red, orange, yellow, green, blue heart emoji). The edited text is in all caps, with LGBT+ in rainbow lettering. End ID.]

[our-queer-experience]

we DO grow old and happy. btw.

[imconfusedallthetimehelp]

And you find love and it stays with you.

[irisbleufic]

Older women are so, so beautiful, and older trans women are no exception. Celebrate the beauty of our elders! Celebrate trans beauty!

[our-queer-experience]

^^^

[stayingmachine]

I wanted to share some more of these, specifically trans women of color. The images I'm posting are from a project called To Survive On This Shore and it's an interview project. I am only posting a handful so it's so worth checking out!

This is Linda, 60

Alexis, 64

Helena, 63

Kendrah, 72 (!!)

Tasha, 65

It was deeply healing to me to discover this project. The site has selected photos and attached interviews and it's definitely worth your time. I didn't include any because the focus of this post imo is transfems but there are a lot of beautiful interviews with transmasc people too if you're interested! But that'll have to be another post 💖

[prisonparty]

To Survive On This Shore, including photos and interviews of trans folks of all identities in their golden years

[thestorieswesay]

@this-is-trans-joy

[this-is-trans-joy]

This is trans joy!!!

[catchymemes]

[tvirusresearchlabs]

Another day, another violence-inciting, fake fact about Jews. Getting tired of the internet being over saturated with these.

[thatproudjew7042]

not only did Jews own all the slaves, they also owned all of the boats used to transfer slaves AND sold all the slaves to others. because yknow. the Jews™️

[nonbinaryjudean]

The worst thing about this conspiracy theory is that it’s completely mathematically impossible. To believe it you have to be either really stupid or really racist. Or both.

[dancinbutterfly]

To quote noted white antebellum fighter of racism and antisemitism Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain “There’s 3 kinds of lies, damn lies and statistics.”

[nerathul]

What's interesting about this bullshit is that its usually said by slavery apologists, "Slavery wasn't bad, but when it was, it's the jews fault."

[charleezard]

Happy Pride month!! 💜 I'll never forget how horribly the queer community has been treating queer Jews 💜

[crushed-sugar]

Special shoutout to all the queer, intersex, and trans het folks. Sorry for all the “it’s illegal to be straight this month” jokes you’ll have to endure. Y’all are still very much part of the community.

[fleebites]

‘we live forever.

we are as old as the sky,

old as the moon.’

(junicorn day 01)