The action was put on by a group called TIGERRS (trans, intersex, gender expansive resources and services) and purposefully mentioned that all trans, intersex, gender expansive folks and their friends were welcome, and if they didn’t want to do it publicly/don’t take HRT they should come for community anyways. The action consisted of a local marching band Unlawful Assembly playing them in, a speech by a trans 17 year old, the unraveling of the flag with a new pledge to transness by the artist, a non denominational reminder of trans divinity, public HRT taking, and ended with a sing along and break for snacks. Intersex trans folks were given orchids, and sharps containers were provided. There were registered nurses, and members of community acted as security (though there were no issues). TIGERRS also shared out the Minnesota Trans Resource Directory, a 87-page guide to trans safe doctors, mechanics, restaurants, dentists, therapists, electrolysis spaces, shelters, etc, and resources on how to move to Minnesota. The directory can be found on their website.
Trans folks are not going away. We keep ourselves safe. We share and create resources and we show up for each other. We are here forever
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Scalding hot take y’all aren’t ready for: Chell and GLaDOS were in fact in lesbians, but Chell was the domme and GLaDOS was the bratty sub.
Think about it: the entire game, GLaDOS runs her mouth taunting Chell as Chell calmly and slowly approaches, avoiding all of GLaDOS’s attempts to stop her, until they finally meet in person and Chell puts GLaDOS in her place.
Then in the sequel GLaDOS is back to bratting again but the moment GLaDOS is in real trouble, Chell immediately shifts into caretake domme mode to protect the sad potato that is her girlfriend (and honestly, in my experience, sad potato is a perfect description for someone going through sub drop).
Then once GLaDOS is doing better and the source of her discomfort (the obnoxious man who tried to insert himself into their dynamic before Chell dealt with him) is gone, they immediately resume their normal dynamic.
Tell me how any of that reads like Chell as the sub, hmmm?
My brand of “brat” is literally all bark no bite like sometimes I’m in the mood for a little pushback but all it takes is one “no seriously baby, behave” and I’m like you are so right sir o7, I will get on that rn. Behaving asap. My bad. I can be good. Promise.
And then my metaphorical tail wags like mad when I’m told I am being good
what a good day to remember that butch lesbians (ESPECIALLY trans, poc, and/or fat butch lesbians) aren’t fucking predatory
We are the Pride Knights, and this is our battle cry No enemy can shake us, as hard as they can try There’s a fire in our eyes that no hatred can kill A passion in our hearts that’s as strong as our will To our fellow queers who fight their battles on their own We promise to fight with you, you are never alone To our fellow queers who have fallen with the pain We thank you for your courage, your fight is not in vain We are defenders of the right to be proud of who you are To love who you love and to accept every scar We are your knights, protectors of our pride Together we stand, together we ride
LIMITED EDITION: The Pride Knights Playing Cards are now officially available for pre-order in our store until June 30, 2023!
This is your permission post to get a little bit goofy with butch/femme culture btw
y’all take this too seriously sometimes. “That’s not femme enough” “That’s too femme” My angel honey sea anemone pea princess. We are in gender buffoonery land. It has always been like that. We are clowning around in the face of gender essentialism. Stop trying to reinvent gender essentialism.
If you’ve ever accused yourself of not being femme enough, or not being butch enough, I need you to remind yourself that the culture is there to serve you. It exists so you can cope. It exists so you can feel at home. It exists so you can do gender tomfoolery and feel good.
Hey now, I didn’t open Tumblr to be attacked today
Okay, so I try hard to cover global queer history, and this isn't marking a stop to that, but I am aware that most of my audience is American, and I want to address them very directly right now.
Google Removed Pride Month From Its Calendar App, and Stonewall National Monument's "LGBTQ" status was changed to "LGB" on the government website. This is the beginning of the erasure of queer history, not the end. I don't know what the future of the United States looks like, as someone who studies queer history and has done so for many years, I want to share some tools with you.
Now is a good time to prioritize local queer history, Making Gay History is a great project, so is the Digital Transgender Archive, but also check your city and see what resources there are.
Read and buy books about queer history. I have an affiliate list with some of the books I personally recommend.
If you use Google Calendar, repopulate that resource with so much queer history with a free queer history calendar plug-in, it has names from queer history that you can also learn more about for free when they come up. As the author of these articles, feel free to save them, print them off, whatever makes them freely accessible as suppression get's worse.
Use your local library. Email the board about book bans, request banned books, request queer books, and make your voice heard.
Make queer art. Share queer art. Protect queer art. Here is some public-domain queer art to use as you wish.
Keep up with queer news, THEM is a great resource.
All of these tools are currently freely accessible with an internet connection. Queer history is a community responsibility, do your part.
If there's one thing that irks me about robotfuckers, it's that subset who are only interested in engaging with their hypothetical robot partners as though they were unusually textured humans. They're like "I'm mashing my face into my robot girlfriend's featureless thermoplastic crotch and getting high off the phthalate fumes", and like, if she's into that, more power to her, but this is a situation that may benefit from a more personalised approach, is what I mean to say.
Check out my ongoing comic Crow Time. It has crows, and also neat pantheons of epic beasties.
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???/adult/She/theyHello, I am here to lurk and be really gay. I have passions for sewing, baking, and TTRPGS
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