“At the age of 16, I didn’t know non-binary, transgender, queer and blackness identities could co-exist with one another. At the age of 23 I am a representation of all those identities and I am proud, and liberated. Because I make my own journey, and folks choose to be apart of it or not but they can’t take what’s mine.” — Aidan, Philadelphia
I’m literally sitting on my couch choked up and nearly in tears.
As a nonbinary person I’ve never felt like I had any options to legally be myself. It got to the point where I didn’t even want to bother with changing my name. But if this is possible for me, if my ID and passport can one day say ‘nonbinary’ instead of male or female…
In the midst of all my fear and doubt and sadness, maybe there’s still hope for me to be able to be myself.
Texas tea party state Sen. Konni Burton (pictured with Sen. Ted Cruz) has filed legislation that would effectively require public school employees to out LGBT students to their parents.
Under Burton’s Senate Bill 242, teachers and other school employees who fail to disclose a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity to parents could face discipline, even if the student requests that the information be withheld.
(cont. NCRM)
I loved Open House at the beginning of the school year. My parents are funny, I always made a good impression on my teachers, and bringing my funny parents to meet my teachers who were just so impressed by my manners always put a little skip in my step as a bonafide teacher’s pet and Mama’s boy
So, I had no reason to believe my English teacher during one particular Open House would basically ruin my life for the foreseeable future. After telling my mom what a great kid I was and how much she loved my writing, she took a hushed tone and asked my mom if she could speak with her privately. I didn’t actually get to hear the conversation where she told my mother that there were rumors I might be a homosexual, but I did get to hear the conversation on the way home where my mom asked me if I wanted to die of AIDS and burn in Hell.
I heard variations of that conversation until I went to boarding school and the last variation I heard was on my mom’s birthday when she said all she wanted in the form of a gift was to know that I had given up my homosexual demons and come back to the Lord. By then I was in my 20s, living in NYC, and financially independent, but the first time she railed at me, I was barely into my teens, living under their roof, and sitting beside her in church every Saturday (culty Seventh Day Adventists). So, I tried to commit suicide a few times to escape her judgement every day. Luckily I was unsuccessful, but a teacher with misplaced concern basically almost killed me.
This bill is going to kill a lot of kids if it passes. If you live in Texas, write whoever you can. Save our kids.
Young people between the ages of 18 and 34 are twice as likely to openly identify as part of the LGBT community compared to the generation before them, according to a survey conducted and released by GLAAD today.
GLAAD’s third annual Accelerating Acceptance report, which was created in partnership with Harris Poll, surveyed 2,037 US adults (ages 18 and older) in November 2016. The survey found that 20% of millennials identify as openly LGBT, while only 7% of the baby boomer generation (ages 52–71) would openly label themselves as such. Acceptance of the LGBT community was also found to be at an all-time high.
“America is the most accepting that it has ever been. Having 20% of millennials identify as LGBTQ is pretty groundbreaking,” Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD’s president and CEO, told BuzzFeed News. “What I want to see is that they continue to flourish and blossom as their true and authentic selves.”
(More at the link…)
Being a trans boy is ok.
Being a boy is ok.
Being not 100% boy is ok.
Being a boy but not the 100% of the time is ok.
Being a boy only sometimes is ok.
Being a boy who loves boys is ok.
Being questioning is ok.
Being nonbinary is ok.
Being androgynous is ok.
Being agender is ok.
Being polygender is ok.
Being not sure is ok.
Being trans and NB is ok.
Being not always in the same gender is ok.
Being YOU is ok.
Accepting you is great.
Please don’t forget yourself.
Solarpunk allows you to imagine a truly positive and safe future. And considering how rife with tragic stories LGBT+ literature is? We deserve that escape. Some people protest that there is nothing punk in a hippie-green future. But here’s the thing: punk is refusing to accept false universal truths constantly pushed down our throats, and standing up together against them. Stories where we escaped that bullshit are vital. They’re not just fun. They help make the goal real and accessible. These are the stories I want to tell—those with hope as a driving force, a form of resistance against today’s pervasive defeatism.
Please, REBLOG, if you think it’s not a sexual preference. Pedophilia will be never be a part of LGBT+ community. It is a sexual disorder. Uncontested
sexual behavior cannot be a preference, despite whatever “fetish” one
has. If someone gets turned on at the idea of someone who is helpless or
doesn’t want them, they need mental help. Period.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tedx-pedophilia-sexual-orientation/
“Scholars” aren’t saying this. A medic student with flimsy references who was allowed to speak at an independent TEDx event in Germany is.
This is disgusting.
Honestly being disabled affects so many LGBT+ people.
In my town there is only 1 bar that has wheelchair access and guess what?! It’s not the gay bar!
Gay bars are also not accessible (the vast majority of the time) to those who are sensitive to bright lights and loud sounds. Example; some people with epilepsy, autism, PTSD, Tourettes, social anxiety, ect.
The pride march I went to last year would not be accessible (reasonably) for someone in a wheelchair or let’s be real, anyone who can’t walk for an hour +.
The local LGBT+ group I meet up at tries to be accessible but often forgets that if a location has to be changed then the same level of access will almost certainly not apply to the new location.
The LGBT+ friendly bookshop I visited while overseas had a tiny door which barely fit my small wheelchair. There was also a step halfway through the store which meant I only got to view half of the books that were aimed at me.
A lot of LGBT+ resources online are not set out in a way that people with visual or learning disabilities can easily read, or read at all.
The LGBT+ community as a whole (not just the disabled members) need to make a conscious effort to include disabled people where-ever and whenever possible.
We are just as much a part of the community as abled body/minded people.
This is 100% okay for able body/minded people to reblog too.
ya’ll support nonbinary people right up until they use any label other than “nonbinary” or any pronouns other than “they/them” lol
xe/xem fae/fem etc pronouns and xenogenders are not a threat or an insult to anybody, i promise.
see also: nb people are allowed to use she/her and he/him and theyre all still nonbinary and not hurting anyone
a list of clothing things that can be androgynous, masculine, or feminine depending on Stuff. I haven’t seen many tips like this so??? my attempt. I’m not super fashion forward but I am an artist soooo idk if I’m reliable or not tbh. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong
-leggings or skinny pants
-flannels
-boring sneakers
-big sweaters
-ties
-scarves
-beanies
-pretty much all the hats
-boots
