#(sidenote i am not in fact american)

[skltart]

the warmest hello to the coldest goodbye

#and if i wanna make weirdly sincere fanart for a silly musical about spies then that is my god given right as an american #(sidenote i am not in fact american) #i wanted this to look like an old crumpled up poster or playbill or smt #theres also a million versions i made of this but this one is the one i like best i think #art #my art #fanart #tin can bros #spies are forever #saf #curt mega #agent curt mega #owen carvour #curtwen #owen x curt #spies are forever fanart

[transmascrage]

Video by ErinInTheMorning on TikTok

[Transcript (there's captions on screen but in case you can't turn on audio):

Erin: "File this one away for the transgender history books, whenever they write about our history; today Lindsey Spero, a trans man, stood in front of the Florida Board of Medicine, which was about to vote to medically ban all gender affirming care for trans youth.

He stood there to deliver his testimony, he delivered a little bit of it, but then he took the remainder of his testimony time to stand there and inject his hormone therapy in front of all of them in stunned silence, and then he turned around and raised his fist. Watch this."

Lindsey: "My name is Lindsey Spero, I'm 25 years old, I'm a resident of St. Petersburg, Florida. I'm also transgender.

I am someone who was subjected to treatments that have been questionable, that were mentioned by people like that woman who came up and spoke, I can tell you for a fact that her child is going to grow up hating her.

I'm sure you've heard many stories that sound like mine already, over the last few months my trans siblings and family members have stood before you, put their hearts on full display and vulnerable pleaded with you to listen to our stories and perspectives.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has condemned your actions and our federal government has spoken out against the actions you seek to take regarding the necessary health care for trans youth.

I could stand here and tell you about the times I attempted to end my life because I didn't have access to gender affirming care but I know, I know you don't care. I see you sneering at us while we come here and talk to you.

Instead I'm going to take the rest of my time to demonstrate the sacred and weekly ritual of my shot in front of you, in this body.

My medication is life saving, I will use HRT for the rest of my life, your denial of my need for this medication, doesn't make my existence as a trans person any less real.

I will be giving myself my subcutaneous shot in my stomach. If you have a needle phobia, please look away."

Lindsey injects his T-shot in silence, helped by another person who passes him a needle and the testosterone in its vial.

After finishing, he raises his fist and turns around to the audience.

Lindsey: "Tomorrow and forever."

The crowd cheers and a few people get up to clap.

Erin: "That, that is what I'm talking about! Good job Lindsey! This is the kind of resistance that matters!"

End transcript.]

(As a sidenote, it seems that Lindsey identifies as nonbinary, not necessarily (or exclusively, anyways) as a trans man. Some articles identify him as transmasc but all of his socials state nonbinary.)

#lgbtq #queer community #trans ftm #transmasc #transphobia #trans youth

[local-yurei]

no bc actually i hate the way american cities (and im sure other countries too, but im speaking from an american pov) were BULLDOZED for cars. you HAVE to have a car in many cities in america. its just not walkable, and therefore not accessible. cities CAN be compact too, they just DONT do it.

if cities were actually for people like they were in the past, it would raise how accessible it is by like, a mile!!!! im not even joking!!!!

THIS is New York City, USA (Columbus Circle) in the 1920's. it had public transit, it was walkable easily (sidewalks, road, etc.), AND it STILL had areas where you could travel by 'car'.

This is New York City, USA (Columbus Circle) today. no public transit (unless you count taxis, but that is NOT comparable to buses/etc.), barely any sidewalk, little specific places where you can (legally) walk, and overall is catered more towards cars than people.

the less walkable space there is, the less wheelchair accessible space there is, the less crutches, walkers, etc. accessible space there is.

even if you don't care about that, its less space for able-bodied people, too. not everyone can drive, not everyone can afford a car, not everyone can afford to have a taxi everyday. what do those people get? nothing. no space to walk, if you do, its so narrow and inaccessible that its more of a joke than anything.

and also, the problem itself isn't the cars, its more so the dependency ON them. because cars are a very helpful mode of transportation! its why they exist! but when you're using a car for a 8 minute trip because you CANNOT and DO NOT have the option to walk, that's when it becomes a problem. (ofc there is exceptions, but not my point)

im sure you can imagine why its bad, bc 1, no accessibility, 2 more co2 in the air, and 3 (if you are STILL looking for a reason) is not having the freedom to choose what mode of transportation to use.

[for more concise ranting, ill link some yt vids!

Why City Design is Important (and Why I Hate Houston) (link)

America Always Gets This Wrong (when building transit) (link)

The Dumbest Excuse for Bad Cities (link)

i honestly CANNOT recommend this channel enough, btw.]

(small sidenote, i am not at all the master of this subject, so if i do have any facts wrong, feel free to correct me)

@wolf-loverboy, @mogai-sunflowers (might find this interesting idk)

#━⭐ ₊˚ˑ༄ؘ rambles #long post

[froggyrights]

Hello! Happy June! It's Pride and I have another question (8/30)

HiHi, today we are again diving into the evolution of another word: queer!

The word queer entered the English language around the 16th century, and initially meant "strange", "odd" or "eccentric". (This is a slightly unrelated sidenote; as someone whose dialect of English is Hiberno-English, the word queer is still very commonly used to still mean this, and has also evolved to the word "quare" which can be used in place of "really" or "very" to provide adverbial emphasis <- like if someone is "quare tall" they're so tall that you're kinda in a little disbelief about it. Anyway just thought this was a fun side note because I really had not realised this word was controversial for people until I was on the internet)

Anyway, onto the late 19th century, the word queer began to have the connotation of "sexual deviance", before then starting to be used specifically about the "sexual deviance" of "feminine men".

The first, or at least one of the first, recorded time that the word queer was used as a pejorative for gay was in a letter written by John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquis of Queensberry, about his son's relationship with Oscar Wilde. This letter was read out in Wilde's trial in April 1895 (in which he was being tried for "gross indecency" or "homosexuality"), and in it Douglas refers to Wilde and other gay men at the time as "Snob Queers". It is believed that American newspapers picked up this phrase and began using it themselves, thus spreading the pejorative to the US's vocabulary.

"The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang" (1937) defined the word queer as "Homosexual. Derogatory from the outside, not from within. US, 1914", which tells us both that by 1914 it was a common pejorative or insult for gay people, but also, that queer people were using the word to refer to themselves as well. Around this time, queer, fairy, trade and gay all signified distinct "categories" of homosexual men. Historian George Chauncey notes in his book ("Gay New York") that queer would've been the self-identifier of ""masculine"" gay men.

We can also assume that this is what was happening in the U.K. as well, as a letter held in the National Archives shows us (you can look up the letter in full, search the full name of the person and "My Dear Billy"). This letter was written by a man named Cyril Coeur de Leon to ‘My Dear Billy’ in 1934. Billy was the owner of "The Caravan Club", a ""disorderly house"" of ""male prostitutes"", and in it he writes "Just a note to say that I am very disappointed about you. I honestly thought you were queer, but different from the others, and I liked you very much […] I have only been queer since I came to London about two years ago, before then I knew nothing about it." This use of queer is arguably ahead of it's time, given that at this point queer was exclusively about gay men, whereas de Leon mentions he "still likes girls occasionally".

Over the years though, queer has evolved from the narrow definition of "gay man" to "gay men and lesbians" to "anyone not heterosexual" to "not heterosexual and/or not cisgender". And despite the fact that for the majority of the time that it has meant "gay" it has been used by the community, some people are still of the opinion that the word is "too offensive" to be used, but thankfully, this argument isn't as common as it was in the 90s and 00s, though still annoying persistent.

And as for my question, today I want to know firstly, if you use the word queer yourself? and secondly, what is your favourite word/way to refer to the queer community? (for example, "friend of dorothy" is funny to drop into conversation, and today I spoke to some who said they were "looking forward to meeting other *limp hand movement* at [pub name] tonight!")

Happy Pride 🌈 🎉

I LOVE the word queer me and the queer are married and in love holding hands into the sunset forever 😍🥰

it's by far my favorite word to use to refer to the community but some other more specific words I like are dyke and in dutch the word 'pot' which has been (and still is) used as a derogatory term for lesbians but started being reclaimed in the 70s. I think it's so awesome I love it

#pride anogie #asks #reclaiming slurs is the coolest thing in the world 2 me

[dteamain]

Hello! Happy June! It's Pride and I have another question (8/30)

HiHi, today we are again diving into the evolution of another word: queer!

The word queer entered the English language around the 16th century, and initially meant "strange", "odd" or "eccentric". (This is a slightly unrelated sidenote; as someone whose dialect of English is Hiberno-English, the word queer is still very commonly used to still mean this, and has also evolved to the word "quare" which can be used in place of "really" or "very" to provide adverbial emphasis <- like if someone is "quare tall" they're so tall that you're kinda in a little disbelief about it. Anyway just thought this was a fun side note because I really had not realised this word was controversial for people until I was on the internet)

Anyway, onto the late 19th century, the word queer began to have the connotation of "sexual deviance", before then starting to be used specifically about the "sexual deviance" of "feminine men".

The first, or at least one of the first, recorded time that the word queer was used as a pejorative for gay was in a letter written by John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquis of Queensberry, about his son's relationship with Oscar Wilde. This letter was read out in Wilde's trial in April 1895 (in which he was being tried for "gross indecency" or "homosexuality"), and in it Douglas refers to Wilde and other gay men at the time as "Snob Queers". It is believed that American newspapers picked up this phrase and began using it themselves, thus spreading the pejorative to the US's vocabulary.

"The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang" (1937) defined the word queer as "Homosexual. Derogatory from the outside, not from within. US, 1914", which tells us both that by 1914 it was a common pejorative or insult for gay people, but also, that queer people were using the word to refer to themselves as well. Around this time, queer, fairy, trade and gay all signified distinct "categories" of homosexual men. Historian George Chauncey notes in his book ("Gay New York") that queer would've been the self-identifier of ""masculine"" gay men.

We can also assume that this is what was happening in the U.K. as well, as a letter held in the National Archives shows us (you can look up the letter in full, search the full name of the person and "My Dear Billy"). This letter was written by a man named Cyril Coeur de Leon to ‘My Dear Billy’ in 1934. Billy was the owner of "The Caravan Club", a ""disorderly house"" of ""male prostitutes"", and in it he writes "Just a note to say that I am very disappointed about you. I honestly thought you were queer, but different from the others, and I liked you very much […] I have only been queer since I came to London about two years ago, before then I knew nothing about it." This use of queer is arguably ahead of it's time, given that at this point queer was exclusively about gay men, whereas de Leon mentions he "still likes girls occasionally".

Over the years though, queer has evolved from the narrow definition of "gay man" to "gay men and lesbians" to "anyone not heterosexual" to "not heterosexual and/or not cisgender". And despite the fact that for the majority of the time that it has meant "gay" it has been used by the community, some people are still of the opinion that the word is "too offensive" to be used, but thankfully, this argument isn't as common as it was in the 90s and 00s, though still annoying persistent.

And as for my question, today I want to know firstly, if you use the word queer yourself? and secondly, what is your favourite word/way to refer to the queer community? (for example, "friend of dorothy" is funny to drop into conversation, and today I spoke to some who said they were "looking forward to meeting other *limp hand movement* at [pub name] tonight!")

Happy Pride 🌈 🎉

i do use queer on myself it is probably the most comfortable term for me 🫶

#anon #i don't answer a lot of these so here's a crumb

[asiogie]

Hello! Happy June! It's Pride and I have another question (8/30)

HiHi, today we are again diving into the evolution of another word: queer!

The word queer entered the English language around the 16th century, and initially meant "strange", "odd" or "eccentric". (This is a slightly unrelated sidenote; as someone whose dialect of English is Hiberno-English, the word queer is still very commonly used to still mean this, and has also evolved to the word "quare" which can be used in place of "really" or "very" to provide adverbial emphasis <- like if someone is "quare tall" they're so tall that you're kinda in a little disbelief about it. Anyway just thought this was a fun side note because I really had not realised this word was controversial for people until I was on the internet)

Anyway, onto the late 19th century, the word queer began to have the connotation of "sexual deviance", before then starting to be used specifically about the "sexual deviance" of "feminine men".

The first, or at least one of the first, recorded time that the word queer was used as a pejorative for gay was in a letter written by John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquis of Queensberry, about his son's relationship with Oscar Wilde. This letter was read out in Wilde's trial in April 1895 (in which he was being tried for "gross indecency" or "homosexuality"), and in it Douglas refers to Wilde and other gay men at the time as "Snob Queers". It is believed that American newspapers picked up this phrase and began using it themselves, thus spreading the pejorative to the US's vocabulary.

"The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang" (1937) defined the word queer as "Homosexual. Derogatory from the outside, not from within. US, 1914", which tells us both that by 1914 it was a common pejorative or insult for gay people, but also, that queer people were using the word to refer to themselves as well. Around this time, queer, fairy, trade and gay all signified distinct "categories" of homosexual men. Historian George Chauncey notes in his book ("Gay New York") that queer would've been the self-identifier of ""masculine"" gay men.

We can also assume that this is what was happening in the U.K. as well, as a letter held in the National Archives shows us (you can look up the letter in full, search the full name of the person and "My Dear Billy"). This letter was written by a man named Cyril Coeur de Leon to ‘My Dear Billy’ in 1934. Billy was the owner of "The Caravan Club", a ""disorderly house"" of ""male prostitutes"", and in it he writes "Just a note to say that I am very disappointed about you. I honestly thought you were queer, but different from the others, and I liked you very much […] I have only been queer since I came to London about two years ago, before then I knew nothing about it." This use of queer is arguably ahead of it's time, given that at this point queer was exclusively about gay men, whereas de Leon mentions he "still likes girls occasionally".

Over the years though, queer has evolved from the narrow definition of "gay man" to "gay men and lesbians" to "anyone not heterosexual" to "not heterosexual and/or not cisgender". And despite the fact that for the majority of the time that it has meant "gay" it has been used by the community, some people are still of the opinion that the word is "too offensive" to be used, but thankfully, this argument isn't as common as it was in the 90s and 00s, though still annoying persistent.

And as for my question, today I want to know firstly, if you use the word queer yourself? and secondly, what is your favourite word/way to refer to the queer community? (for example, "friend of dorothy" is funny to drop into conversation, and today I spoke to some who said they were "looking forward to meeting other *limp hand movement* at [pub name] tonight!")

Happy Pride 🌈 🎉

ok i have been neglecting pride anon i am so sorry lets speedrun these

i use the word queer! in fact its my favourite way to refer to myself

and i love a good limp wrist movement as well

#ask

[ghcstvalleychief]

Okay so, I am confused! Mile and Apo still have the most followers on Instagram and Twitter right? Why do people ignore that? Also their Weibo super topic has more followers and more posts, and the Chinese market in preeeetty important. There's also this. Is it because people think BBB have more engagement? That engagement started to peak because of the B*ild scandal and people felt they had to support B*ild and BBB more ardently to show BOC they still support them (lol). It's also because they are promoted much more by BOC, it's pretty obvious, whoever says they don't is lying to themselves, even that staff member on twitter admited there isn't a lot Mile and Apo on their social media accounts.

Now that is not to say VP don't have A LOT of fans, they do! Do they have more than KP? I have no idea, maybe! I know that from the novel fandom, people liked VP more and didn't really liked KP, it says a lot that Mile and Apo managed to snatch that many fans because, as I said, from what I saw from novel readers, the big majority were VP fans (another advantage Vegas/VP had, people loved them since the novel, it wouldn't have mattered how they were in the show, they ALREADY had fans, and another disadvantage to KP, people didn't really care for them in the novel)

Also the hashtag thing is stupid as hell, KP is the NAME OF THE SHOW, the main couple doesn't have a separate hashtag because the show is about them and named after them, it makes much more sense to have a separate VP hashtag just for people who like VP to go to.

People shouldn't worry imo, social media likes don't matter in the long run (and tbh, there isn't even a super big difference in likes imo), what matters is the sales, what matters is which fans are willing to spend their earned money on their faves, that's what's most important for a company (because money). And as we all have noticed, Mile and Apo usually have older fans.

You don't have to post this, I understand if you want to move on from this conversation but just wanted to say this haha.

Sidenote (I am the last anon, the one who sent like 4 paragraphs lmao, the last one said the most important thing are the sales) I was messing around with the Google Trends thing I sent you and I compared this and woah, that huge ass peak for B*ild there, I wonder what happened (lmao). This Google Trends thing is so interesting tho, I am so entretained lol

Awww, you're so cute with your little graphs, anon. This was actually pretty interesting to look at. I've never looked at the Google trends. I know it was a thing but I've never actually looked at them.

BOC has played a huge role in the lack of engagement when it comes to KP vs. VP. BOC has always had a very obvious bias when it comes to who they post the most about, and that's been obvious for months now. I know some rather optimistic or naïve people like to believe otherwise, but there's never been a show I've watched where the lead characters get less social media attention from their own show or network. Never. I hate to brag about Western/American media for any reason but I can always count on the leads from my favorite shows getting their shine from their official show and network social media accounts. I never had to worry about the lead character of my favorite show being shafted so a secondary character or couple can get more shine. That doesn't happen here because it makes no sense. Profit wise, you're going to want to push the people who's featured most in the show. Why? Because that's who's taking up most of the screentime. You're going to want to get your money's worth by allowing an environment to form where your leads can bring in even more money and attention to the show and the network. That's why.

The interesting thing about this is the fact that the engagement for The Asshole didn't go up until the scandal happened. The engagement wasn't there before the scandal happened. Hell, the engagement wasn't even there when VP first happened. Episode 11 aired on June 18th. According to the Google trends, the engagement for both the actors and their respective ships didn't even spike. Episode 11 is arguably their episode, right? It's the first episode where they're spending more than 5 minutes together, but the engagement was nowhere to be found.

That's where the illusion comes in. The show was already popular and highly rated well before VP was even a thing. The show was already trending and pulling in a significant number of tweets (at least 1 million every week) before VP happened, which is why I'm always perplexed when people fall into that trap of believing that nonsense. Because the numbers don't lie. What this tells me is that all of this engagement comes mostly from people wanting to be contrarian and support someone who doesn't deserve the support to begin with. Support Bible if you must, but supporting That Asshole just makes you look stupid. Sorry not sorry. The interest and engagement isn't organic, which is why I always question the validity of certain statements because it didn't sound credible to me.

But also, I side-eye anyone who comes from the novel who thoroughly enjoyed VP in that novel. Granted, I know KP was way worse in the novels too. But I have to look at you differently if you enjoyed VP in the novels because they are ... way worse than that. I know what happens in the novels and I'm confused by the infatuation with the novel counterparts of that ship.

I'm going to give you guys a break from this conversation because I'm sure you're sick of me talking about it but this was pretty interesting and I wanted to respond to it.

#anonymous #answered asks #fandom shenanigans #numbers don't lie #you guys could still send in asks about it if you want #but I may not get back to you about it in a timely fashion #I'm going to give you guys a mini break from all of this talk #tv: kinnporsche

[seasonsbloom]

Warning: Mentions of needles & Tom Cruise. Also, so called flamboyant personality.

Am I still a little zonked out while typing this? Mayhaps...

It goes like this:

Ego Anon has to spend a few hours with a health care professional for reasons not important to this story.

There are unfortunately needles involved and Ego Anon hates needles with an undying passion. It is literally a case of 'Let me suffer and die, but do not stick that thing into me.'

(Some people call it a phobia. Ego calls it common sense.)

(Some people also call Ego a drama queen, but that's besides the point. The world is my stage and all that.)

Now, everything being so unfortunate and all, aforementioned HCP chats with Ego and distracts her while the claws of Satan himself is buried in her skin. Ego is sipping on a Powerade (idk how to describe it. It's very nice and full of sugar. Blue ones are the best.) and idly chatting back when the occasion allows it.

They land on the fact that Ego was awake early in the morning - very uncommon for Ego, who would enjoy what is medically defined as a coma at this point - and Ego talks about this amazing story she read while she couldn't sleep and recounts that she remembered there being bears in it but upon rereading it found no trace of them (kind of tragic really but okay).

HCP wants to know about this story. Ego does not want to tell about this story because even with a light fever, Ego knows what some people think about fanfics.

HCP persists and Ego buckles because HCP is kinda cute, Ego is kinda feverish and HCP brought Ego a blue Powerade when Ego mentioned that she liked them.

Ego shows the story/fic to HCP.

HCP loves it because HCP is also an avid fanfic reader and surprisingly shares Ego's views on the American military.

"So who is your favorite pilot? Prejudices aside?" Ego asks, still sipping the blue liquid of the gods.

Ego expects Phoenix. Hangman. Coyote. Rooster. Even maybe Bob.

"Maverick," HCP answers happily, like they are not betraying everything Ego previously thought they stood for. "And you? You look like a Hangman girl."

(more like Hangman whore but whatever)

"Fanboy," Ego manages, still reeling from the utter, utter betrayal she just experienced.

(Sidenote: Ego is actually a hardcore Fanboy girl. Come on, his name is literally Fanboy.)

HCP continues making conversation and taking proper care of Ego who now doesn't know what exactly to do with herself. What normal person likes Tom Cruise?

(What normal person likes a character just because of their callsign, you hypocrite?)

Anyway. What's your take on hot health care professionals who likes Tom Cruise characters? Who also brings you blue powerades.

Also, also, also, it goes without saying that I am now fine, if a little traumatized because who the flying fuck likes Maverick in a carnal way?

okay first of all I am SO sorry for answering this so late idk what was going on with me to be completely honest ajdjjdje

Second of all omg I hope you’re feeling much much much better by now, sending you all the best :(((

Thirdly….. HEKSNFJSKDJF this story is so WILD idek where to start 🥴🥴🥴 you actually made me cackle ngl I’m like… obsessed with you? Also HCP liking Tom Cruise carnally……… goodbye 🚪🚶‍♀️

#HALFNDKNDNDLANDJDKW #may answers

[tocinephile]

Oscars 2024

Airing an hour earlier than usual on the day following daylight savings... does anyone else feeling like they're hurtling towards the Oscars?

My deep affection for awards season and devotion to this blog doesn't appear to be increasing. Changes to the latter may or may not be coming down the road. Suffice to say I'm here now with my scant award show thoughts.

All in all 2023 was a good year for cinema, save for a couple of major union strikes, and further dilution of Marvel stories. I saw every Best Picture nominee and there wasn't a bad one in the bunch. So I guess it is unfortunate that amongst a well-rounded list, the clear frontrunner is a story about US history and the white male at the centre of it. Also the year that the most beloved film about a female icon... didn't garner Best Actress and Best Director nominations for Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig. That said, I liked Oppenheimer, it was a fine cinematic achievement. Christopher Nolan remains one of my favourite directors and though this film wasn't my favourite amongst his repertoire, it was still an incredible piece of work.

To play favourites, Poor Things was the film I liked most. Additionally I am chuffed that Past Lives is also on the Best Picture list. The Zone of Interest really scarred me. Anatomy of a Fall left me guessing up to the end. Barbie gave me (and the entire world) all the feels. Killers of the Flower Moon didn't test my patience as much as I feared and I took a lot away from it. Maestro was a timely watch for me (I'd just finished listening to a podcast about Leonard Bernstein's life in New York). The Holdovers didn't move me as much as the majority of audiences but it was an intricate piece. American Fiction was refreshing and wholy enjoyable.

With that let's get to my predictions and additional thoughts:

For full list of the nominees: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024

Best Picture

Will win: Oppenheimer

Should win: Barbie

Actor in a Leading Role

Will win: Cillian Murphy

Should win: Cillian Murphy

Sidenote: no shade to Colman Domingo, but Rustin turned out to be one of those films that I had higher hopes for, that didn't wind up being very outstanding nor memorable.

Actress in a Leading Role

Will win: Lily Gladstone (but Emma Stone is on my official ballot)

Should win: Emma Stone

I actually had Emma Stone on my Oscar Ballot before Lily Gladstone emerged as the runaway train sweeping many of the award shows this season. There's no doubt she's phenomenal, especially as a newcomer. I thought not enough emphasis was placed on the transformation of Emma's character in Poor Things and how that fell entirely on her to portray. Sandra Huller also seemed like a shoo-in early on giving one of the best performances of the year. Carey Mulligan is my 2nd favourite performance though, I thought her performance was largely overlooked. Also she might have fared better in the Supporting Actress category.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Will win: Robert Downey Jr

Should win: Robert Downey Jr

Actress in a Supporting Role

Will win: Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Should win: Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Animated Feature Film

Will win: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Should win: The Boy and the Heron

(The latter is also the only film I've watched in the category)

Cinematography

Will win: Oppenheimer

Should win: Oppenheimer

Shout out to Killers of the Flower Moon too!

Costume Design

Will win: Poor Things/Barbie (Poor Things is the official pick on my ballot)

Should win: Poor Things... or Barbie

Directing

Will win: Christopher Nolan

Should win: Christopher Nolan

Shout out to Martin Scorsese too!

Documentary Feature

Will win: 20 Days in Mariupol

Should win: 20 Days in Mariupol

I didn't see a single one of the nominated films this year, it's rather shameful. The film I most wanted to see was 20 Days in Mariupol and I admit I passed on a couple of opportunities, shame on me. In fact I just made the decision right now that I'm going to make another charitable donation based on my oscar guesses... I will donate $1 for every correct guess and $3 for every incorrect guess to support the refuges of Ukraine.

Film Editing

Will win: Oppenheimer

Should win: Oppenheimer

I'm only leaning slightly towards Oppenheimer for this category as I actually found the earlier parts of the film made more confusing by the non-linear cuts. By the end the editing clearly differentiates itself from its competitors in this category.

International Feature Film

Will win: The Zone of Interest

Should win: The Zone of Interest

I know this film didn't capture 100% of its audience (what film does aside from Barbie?) but the juxtaposition and sound design stunned and incapacitated me. I don't know that I will ever want to see it again, but it has left its mark.

Make Up and Hairstyling

Will win: Maestro

Should win: Maestro

Music - Original Score

Will win: Oppenheimer

Should win: Oppenheimer

Music - Original Song

Will win: "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie

Should win: "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie

I'm a Billy Eilish fan but the performance I'm most excited for is "I'm Just Ken"!

Production Design

Will win: Poor Things

Should win: Poor Things

I didn't get around to seeing Napoleon, I'm sure it's a strong contender as well but Poor Things is most innovative in my opinion.

Sound

Will win: The Zone of Interest

Should win: The Zone of Interest

This category might just go to Oppenheimer as well though... but I hope not.

Visual Effects

Will win: I have no idea but I hope it's not Godzilla. Not because I don't respect the team that can bring a giant monster to life on screen but I don't want to encourage studios to keep making these movies. (My official pick is Mission Impossible)

Should win: Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Writing - Adapted Screenplay

Will win: American Fiction

Should win: Damn this is a stacked category, I would back any of these scripts! (the other nominees being: Barbie, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and The Zone of Interest)

Writing - Original Screenplay

Will win: Anatomy of a Fall

Should win: Past Lives (ok, that's more of a "I want it to win"... but I really think it's 2nd amongst its fellow nominees in this category)

The following categories I wildly guessed at, not having seen most of the titles, so they do not follow the "Will win/Should win" format...

Live Action Short

Best guess: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (which I did watch)

Documentary Short

Best guess: The Last Repair Shop

Animated Short

Best guess: War is Over! Inspired by the music of John and Yoko

I won't be live-tweeting this evening (if you think my interest in awards season and this blog has waned, that's doesn't even compare to X following the Elon Musk takeover!) but I'll endeavor to come back here with an update after the show. If you are part of one of the private Discord channels that I'm a part of, we will be chatting live on that platform. Enjoy the show!

#oscars2024 #oscars #academy awards

[woofdrm]

Hello! Happy June! It's Pride and I have another question (8/30)

HiHi, today we are again diving into the evolution of another word: queer!

The word queer entered the English language around the 16th century, and initially meant "strange", "odd" or "eccentric". (This is a slightly unrelated sidenote; as someone whose dialect of English is Hiberno-English, the word queer is still very commonly used to still mean this, and has also evolved to the word "quare" which can be used in place of "really" or "very" to provide adverbial emphasis <- like if someone is "quare tall" they're so tall that you're kinda in a little disbelief about it. Anyway just thought this was a fun side note because I really had not realised this word was controversial for people until I was on the internet)

Anyway, onto the late 19th century, the word queer began to have the connotation of "sexual deviance", before then starting to be used specifically about the "sexual deviance" of "feminine men".

The first, or at least one of the first, recorded time that the word queer was used as a pejorative for gay was in a letter written by John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquis of Queensberry, about his son's relationship with Oscar Wilde. This letter was read out in Wilde's trial in April 1895 (in which he was being tried for "gross indecency" or "homosexuality"), and in it Douglas refers to Wilde and other gay men at the time as "Snob Queers". It is believed that American newspapers picked up this phrase and began using it themselves, thus spreading the pejorative to the US's vocabulary.

"The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang" (1937) defined the word queer as "Homosexual. Derogatory from the outside, not from within. US, 1914", which tells us both that by 1914 it was a common pejorative or insult for gay people, but also, that queer people were using the word to refer to themselves as well. Around this time, queer, fairy, trade and gay all signified distinct "categories" of homosexual men. Historian George Chauncey notes in his book ("Gay New York") that queer would've been the self-identifier of ""masculine"" gay men.

We can also assume that this is what was happening in the U.K. as well, as a letter held in the National Archives shows us (you can look up the letter in full, search the full name of the person and "My Dear Billy"). This letter was written by a man named Cyril Coeur de Leon to ‘My Dear Billy’ in 1934. Billy was the owner of "The Caravan Club", a ""disorderly house"" of ""male prostitutes"", and in it he writes "Just a note to say that I am very disappointed about you. I honestly thought you were queer, but different from the others, and I liked you very much […] I have only been queer since I came to London about two years ago, before then I knew nothing about it." This use of queer is arguably ahead of it's time, given that at this point queer was exclusively about gay men, whereas de Leon mentions he "still likes girls occasionally".

Over the years though, queer has evolved from the narrow definition of "gay man" to "gay men and lesbians" to "anyone not heterosexual" to "not heterosexual and/or not cisgender". And despite the fact that for the majority of the time that it has meant "gay" it has been used by the community, some people are still of the opinion that the word is "too offensive" to be used, but thankfully, this argument isn't as common as it was in the 90s and 00s, though still annoying persistent.

And as for my question, today I want to know firstly, if you use the word queer yourself? and secondly, what is your favourite word/way to refer to the queer community? (for example, "friend of dorothy" is funny to drop into conversation, and today I spoke to some who said they were "looking forward to meeting other *limp hand movement* at [pub name] tonight!")

Happy Pride 🌈 🎉

I love the word queer for its expansiveness. I much prefer it to gay, which I and pretty much everyone in my life still associates specifically with men who exclusively like men. Queer feels much more broad and inclusive. Honestly, it's my favorite word for the queer community lol. I'm a scholar at heart.

#offerings

[amethystcove]

Hello! Happy June! It's Pride and I have another question (8/30)

HiHi, today we are again diving into the evolution of another word: queer!

The word queer entered the English language around the 16th century, and initially meant "strange", "odd" or "eccentric". (This is a slightly unrelated sidenote; as someone whose dialect of English is Hiberno-English, the word queer is still very commonly used to still mean this, and has also evolved to the word "quare" which can be used in place of "really" or "very" to provide adverbial emphasis <- like if someone is "quare tall" they're so tall that you're kinda in a little disbelief about it. Anyway just thought this was a fun side note because I really had not realised this word was controversial for people until I was on the internet)

Anyway, onto the late 19th century, the word queer began to have the connotation of "sexual deviance", before then starting to be used specifically about the "sexual deviance" of "feminine men".

The first, or at least one of the first, recorded time that the word queer was used as a pejorative for gay was in a letter written by John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquis of Queensberry, about his son's relationship with Oscar Wilde. This letter was read out in Wilde's trial in April 1895 (in which he was being tried for "gross indecency" or "homosexuality"), and in it Douglas refers to Wilde and other gay men at the time as "Snob Queers". It is believed that American newspapers picked up this phrase and began using it themselves, thus spreading the pejorative to the US's vocabulary.

"The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang" (1937) defined the word queer as "Homosexual. Derogatory from the outside, not from within. US, 1914", which tells us both that by 1914 it was a common pejorative or insult for gay people, but also, that queer people were using the word to refer to themselves as well. Around this time, queer, fairy, trade and gay all signified distinct "categories" of homosexual men. Historian George Chauncey notes in his book ("Gay New York") that queer would've been the self-identifier of ""masculine"" gay men.

We can also assume that this is what was happening in the U.K. as well, as a letter held in the National Archives shows us (you can look up the letter in full, search the full name of the person and "My Dear Billy"). This letter was written by a man named Cyril Coeur de Leon to ‘My Dear Billy’ in 1934. Billy was the owner of "The Caravan Club", a ""disorderly house"" of ""male prostitutes"", and in it he writes "Just a note to say that I am very disappointed about you. I honestly thought you were queer, but different from the others, and I liked you very much […] I have only been queer since I came to London about two years ago, before then I knew nothing about it." This use of queer is arguably ahead of it's time, given that at this point queer was exclusively about gay men, whereas de Leon mentions he "still likes girls occasionally".

Over the years though, queer has evolved from the narrow definition of "gay man" to "gay men and lesbians" to "anyone not heterosexual" to "not heterosexual and/or not cisgender". And despite the fact that for the majority of the time that it has meant "gay" it has been used by the community, some people are still of the opinion that the word is "too offensive" to be used, but thankfully, this argument isn't as common as it was in the 90s and 00s, though still annoying persistent.

And as for my question, today I want to know firstly, if you use the word queer yourself? and secondly, what is your favourite word/way to refer to the queer community? (for example, "friend of dorothy" is funny to drop into conversation, and today I spoke to some who said they were "looking forward to meeting other *limp hand movement* at [pub name] tonight!")

Happy Pride 🌈 🎉

i do use 'queer' to describe myself! i think i always kind of known it as some kind of umbrella term or another way to refer to "lgbt+ community," but actually using it for myself is great because it says a lot about me but also nothing too particular :)

also, fun fact when i changed my art username to masqueraves, i considered masqueeraves! but it felt kind of hodgepodge, difficult to pronounce, and straying from my original idea, so the 'quer' part remains :>

HELP i posted without adding my second answer. anyways i love the linp wrist movement haha, it's funny when the angle is slightly off but you Understand what they mean

#brave.replies #pride anon

[dodgebolts]

Hello! Happy June! It's Pride and I have another question (8/30)

HiHi, today we are again diving into the evolution of another word: queer!

The word queer entered the English language around the 16th century, and initially meant "strange", "odd" or "eccentric". (This is a slightly unrelated sidenote; as someone whose dialect of English is Hiberno-English, the word queer is still very commonly used to still mean this, and has also evolved to the word "quare" which can be used in place of "really" or "very" to provide adverbial emphasis <- like if someone is "quare tall" they're so tall that you're kinda in a little disbelief about it. Anyway just thought this was a fun side note because I really had not realised this word was controversial for people until I was on the internet)

Anyway, onto the late 19th century, the word queer began to have the connotation of "sexual deviance", before then starting to be used specifically about the "sexual deviance" of "feminine men".

The first, or at least one of the first, recorded time that the word queer was used as a pejorative for gay was in a letter written by John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquis of Queensberry, about his son's relationship with Oscar Wilde. This letter was read out in Wilde's trial in April 1895 (in which he was being tried for "gross indecency" or "homosexuality"), and in it Douglas refers to Wilde and other gay men at the time as "Snob Queers". It is believed that American newspapers picked up this phrase and began using it themselves, thus spreading the pejorative to the US's vocabulary.

"The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang" (1937) defined the word queer as "Homosexual. Derogatory from the outside, not from within. US, 1914", which tells us both that by 1914 it was a common pejorative or insult for gay people, but also, that queer people were using the word to refer to themselves as well. Around this time, queer, fairy, trade and gay all signified distinct "categories" of homosexual men. Historian George Chauncey notes in his book ("Gay New York") that queer would've been the self-identifier of ""masculine"" gay men.

We can also assume that this is what was happening in the U.K. as well, as a letter held in the National Archives shows us (you can look up the letter in full, search the full name of the person and "My Dear Billy"). This letter was written by a man named Cyril Coeur de Leon to ‘My Dear Billy’ in 1934. Billy was the owner of "The Caravan Club", a ""disorderly house"" of ""male prostitutes"", and in it he writes "Just a note to say that I am very disappointed about you. I honestly thought you were queer, but different from the others, and I liked you very much […] I have only been queer since I came to London about two years ago, before then I knew nothing about it." This use of queer is arguably ahead of it's time, given that at this point queer was exclusively about gay men, whereas de Leon mentions he "still likes girls occasionally".

Over the years though, queer has evolved from the narrow definition of "gay man" to "gay men and lesbians" to "anyone not heterosexual" to "not heterosexual and/or not cisgender". And despite the fact that for the majority of the time that it has meant "gay" it has been used by the community, some people are still of the opinion that the word is "too offensive" to be used, but thankfully, this argument isn't as common as it was in the 90s and 00s, though still annoying persistent.

And as for my question, today I want to know firstly, if you use the word queer yourself? and secondly, what is your favourite word/way to refer to the queer community? (for example, "friend of dorothy" is funny to drop into conversation, and today I spoke to some who said they were "looking forward to meeting other *limp hand movement* at [pub name] tonight!")

Happy Pride 🌈 🎉

AAA I'm so sorry for taking so long on these I've barely been logged in at all the past couple of days 😭 I personally don't use it to describe myself but when I'm chatting about the topic I do tend to use it as an umbrella term and to generally refer to the LGBTQ+ community, or when talking about specific people, as a nonspecific label of the "vaguely gestures" variety like my roommate was last year :]

Also yeah I do tend to use the limp hand movement a lot!! I had a lot of really cool discussions with my roommate last year about queerness esp since they're way more knowledgeable in queer theory than I can ever hope to be and Well that's what we used to talk about stuff sometimes lhsfdgkjs

#lyss answers #🌈 anon tag

[gnfmoon]

Hello! Happy June! It's Pride and I have another question (8/30)

HiHi, today we are again diving into the evolution of another word: queer!

The word queer entered the English language around the 16th century, and initially meant "strange", "odd" or "eccentric". (This is a slightly unrelated sidenote; as someone whose dialect of English is Hiberno-English, the word queer is still very commonly used to still mean this, and has also evolved to the word "quare" which can be used in place of "really" or "very" to provide adverbial emphasis <- like if someone is "quare tall" they're so tall that you're kinda in a little disbelief about it. Anyway just thought this was a fun side note because I really had not realised this word was controversial for people until I was on the internet)

Anyway, onto the late 19th century, the word queer began to have the connotation of "sexual deviance", before then starting to be used specifically about the "sexual deviance" of "feminine men".

The first, or at least one of the first, recorded time that the word queer was used as a pejorative for gay was in a letter written by John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquis of Queensberry, about his son's relationship with Oscar Wilde. This letter was read out in Wilde's trial in April 1895 (in which he was being tried for "gross indecency" or "homosexuality"), and in it Douglas refers to Wilde and other gay men at the time as "Snob Queers". It is believed that American newspapers picked up this phrase and began using it themselves, thus spreading the pejorative to the US's vocabulary.

"The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang" (1937) defined the word queer as "Homosexual. Derogatory from the outside, not from within. US, 1914", which tells us both that by 1914 it was a common pejorative or insult for gay people, but also, that queer people were using the word to refer to themselves as well. Around this time, queer, fairy, trade and gay all signified distinct "categories" of homosexual men. Historian George Chauncey notes in his book ("Gay New York") that queer would've been the self-identifier of ""masculine"" gay men.

We can also assume that this is what was happening in the U.K. as well, as a letter held in the National Archives shows us (you can look up the letter in full, search the full name of the person and "My Dear Billy"). This letter was written by a man named Cyril Coeur de Leon to ‘My Dear Billy’ in 1934. Billy was the owner of "The Caravan Club", a ""disorderly house"" of ""male prostitutes"", and in it he writes "Just a note to say that I am very disappointed about you. I honestly thought you were queer, but different from the others, and I liked you very much […] I have only been queer since I came to London about two years ago, before then I knew nothing about it." This use of queer is arguably ahead of it's time, given that at this point queer was exclusively about gay men, whereas de Leon mentions he "still likes girls occasionally".

Over the years though, queer has evolved from the narrow definition of "gay man" to "gay men and lesbians" to "anyone not heterosexual" to "not heterosexual and/or not cisgender". And despite the fact that for the majority of the time that it has meant "gay" it has been used by the community, some people are still of the opinion that the word is "too offensive" to be used, but thankfully, this argument isn't as common as it was in the 90s and 00s, though still annoying persistent.

And as for my question, today I want to know firstly, if you use the word queer yourself? and secondly, what is your favourite word/way to refer to the queer community? (for example, "friend of dorothy" is funny to drop into conversation, and today I spoke to some who said they were "looking forward to meeting other *limp hand movement* at [pub name] tonight!")

Happy Pride 🌈 🎉

queer is my personal favorite word to use for myself and for the community in general. i like how it's an umbrella term. i can't think of another funny one but i've definitely used the limp hand movement myself lol

#asks

[tinamybeloved]

Hello! Happy June! It's Pride and I have another question (8/30)

HiHi, today we are again diving into the evolution of another word: queer!

The word queer entered the English language around the 16th century, and initially meant "strange", "odd" or "eccentric". (This is a slightly unrelated sidenote; as someone whose dialect of English is Hiberno-English, the word queer is still very commonly used to still mean this, and has also evolved to the word "quare" which can be used in place of "really" or "very" to provide adverbial emphasis <- like if someone is "quare tall" they're so tall that you're kinda in a little disbelief about it. Anyway just thought this was a fun side note because I really had not realised this word was controversial for people until I was on the internet)

Anyway, onto the late 19th century, the word queer began to have the connotation of "sexual deviance", before then starting to be used specifically about the "sexual deviance" of "feminine men".

The first, or at least one of the first, recorded time that the word queer was used as a pejorative for gay was in a letter written by John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquis of Queensberry, about his son's relationship with Oscar Wilde. This letter was read out in Wilde's trial in April 1895 (in which he was being tried for "gross indecency" or "homosexuality"), and in it Douglas refers to Wilde and other gay men at the time as "Snob Queers". It is believed that American newspapers picked up this phrase and began using it themselves, thus spreading the pejorative to the US's vocabulary.

"The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang" (1937) defined the word queer as "Homosexual. Derogatory from the outside, not from within. US, 1914", which tells us both that by 1914 it was a common pejorative or insult for gay people, but also, that queer people were using the word to refer to themselves as well. Around this time, queer, fairy, trade and gay all signified distinct "categories" of homosexual men. Historian George Chauncey notes in his book ("Gay New York") that queer would've been the self-identifier of ""masculine"" gay men.

We can also assume that this is what was happening in the U.K. as well, as a letter held in the National Archives shows us (you can look up the letter in full, search the full name of the person and "My Dear Billy"). This letter was written by a man named Cyril Coeur de Leon to ‘My Dear Billy’ in 1934. Billy was the owner of "The Caravan Club", a ""disorderly house"" of ""male prostitutes"", and in it he writes "Just a note to say that I am very disappointed about you. I honestly thought you were queer, but different from the others, and I liked you very much […] I have only been queer since I came to London about two years ago, before then I knew nothing about it." This use of queer is arguably ahead of it's time, given that at this point queer was exclusively about gay men, whereas de Leon mentions he "still likes girls occasionally".

Over the years though, queer has evolved from the narrow definition of "gay man" to "gay men and lesbians" to "anyone not heterosexual" to "not heterosexual and/or not cisgender". And despite the fact that for the majority of the time that it has meant "gay" it has been used by the community, some people are still of the opinion that the word is "too offensive" to be used, but thankfully, this argument isn't as common as it was in the 90s and 00s, though still annoying persistent.

And as for my question, today I want to know firstly, if you use the word queer yourself? and secondly, what is your favourite word/way to refer to the queer community? (for example, "friend of dorothy" is funny to drop into conversation, and today I spoke to some who said they were "looking forward to meeting other *limp hand movement* at [pub name] tonight!")

Happy Pride 🌈 🎉

Hello hi I forgot to answer this one yesterday but yes I do identify with and use queer. I also didn’t really know people disliked it before joining internet spaces and in multiple of my real life college courses professors have pushed back on this idea so I actually knew some of the facts you listed! Umm I don’t have a fun name probably queer community

#asks #Ty 🌈

[belovedrm]

Hello! Happy June! It's Pride and I have another question (8/30)

HiHi, today we are again diving into the evolution of another word: queer!

The word queer entered the English language around the 16th century, and initially meant "strange", "odd" or "eccentric". (This is a slightly unrelated sidenote; as someone whose dialect of English is Hiberno-English, the word queer is still very commonly used to still mean this, and has also evolved to the word "quare" which can be used in place of "really" or "very" to provide adverbial emphasis <- like if someone is "quare tall" they're so tall that you're kinda in a little disbelief about it. Anyway just thought this was a fun side note because I really had not realised this word was controversial for people until I was on the internet)

Anyway, onto the late 19th century, the word queer began to have the connotation of "sexual deviance", before then starting to be used specifically about the "sexual deviance" of "feminine men".

The first, or at least one of the first, recorded time that the word queer was used as a pejorative for gay was in a letter written by John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquis of Queensberry, about his son's relationship with Oscar Wilde. This letter was read out in Wilde's trial in April 1895 (in which he was being tried for "gross indecency" or "homosexuality"), and in it Douglas refers to Wilde and other gay men at the time as "Snob Queers". It is believed that American newspapers picked up this phrase and began using it themselves, thus spreading the pejorative to the US's vocabulary.

"The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang" (1937) defined the word queer as "Homosexual. Derogatory from the outside, not from within. US, 1914", which tells us both that by 1914 it was a common pejorative or insult for gay people, but also, that queer people were using the word to refer to themselves as well. Around this time, queer, fairy, trade and gay all signified distinct "categories" of homosexual men. Historian George Chauncey notes in his book ("Gay New York") that queer would've been the self-identifier of ""masculine"" gay men.

We can also assume that this is what was happening in the U.K. as well, as a letter held in the National Archives shows us (you can look up the letter in full, search the full name of the person and "My Dear Billy"). This letter was written by a man named Cyril Coeur de Leon to ‘My Dear Billy’ in 1934. Billy was the owner of "The Caravan Club", a ""disorderly house"" of ""male prostitutes"", and in it he writes "Just a note to say that I am very disappointed about you. I honestly thought you were queer, but different from the others, and I liked you very much […] I have only been queer since I came to London about two years ago, before then I knew nothing about it." This use of queer is arguably ahead of it's time, given that at this point queer was exclusively about gay men, whereas de Leon mentions he "still likes girls occasionally".

Over the years though, queer has evolved from the narrow definition of "gay man" to "gay men and lesbians" to "anyone not heterosexual" to "not heterosexual and/or not cisgender". And despite the fact that for the majority of the time that it has meant "gay" it has been used by the community, some people are still of the opinion that the word is "too offensive" to be used, but thankfully, this argument isn't as common as it was in the 90s and 00s, though still annoying persistent.

And as for my question, today I want to know firstly, if you use the word queer yourself? and secondly, what is your favourite word/way to refer to the queer community? (for example, "friend of dorothy" is funny to drop into conversation, and today I spoke to some who said they were "looking forward to meeting other *limp hand movement* at [pub name] tonight!")

Happy Pride 🌈 🎉

wooooo thanks for the info anon :D

very interesting to learn some of the history about the word queer because even though i identify as a cis women who likes going by she/they and is both bi and asexual, sometimes describing myself as “just queer” also feels correct to me. it’s a comforting label to me, because even on the days where i might start to question my labels a little/get overwhelmed, i remind myself that you don’t need to indefinitely put yourself in box or have labels to be valid, and even if you’re suddenly unsure of where you stand, to not stress about it too much, bc you’re still just queer.

and yea i agree that’s also a fun way i would identify another queer person from the community lol, just *checks to see if they have a limp wrist* 💅 i know that some people don’t like certain “identifiers” because they can turn into harmful stereotypes, but, i think the harmless ones, like that one, are funny 💅

#belovedrm.ask #pride anon

[voidpidgeon]

Hello! Happy June! It's Pride and I have another question (8/30)

HiHi, today we are again diving into the evolution of another word: queer!

The word queer entered the English language around the 16th century, and initially meant "strange", "odd" or "eccentric". (This is a slightly unrelated sidenote; as someone whose dialect of English is Hiberno-English, the word queer is still very commonly used to still mean this, and has also evolved to the word "quare" which can be used in place of "really" or "very" to provide adverbial emphasis <- like if someone is "quare tall" they're so tall that you're kinda in a little disbelief about it. Anyway just thought this was a fun side note because I really had not realised this word was controversial for people until I was on the internet)

Anyway, onto the late 19th century, the word queer began to have the connotation of "sexual deviance", before then starting to be used specifically about the "sexual deviance" of "feminine men".

The first, or at least one of the first, recorded time that the word queer was used as a pejorative for gay was in a letter written by John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquis of Queensberry, about his son's relationship with Oscar Wilde. This letter was read out in Wilde's trial in April 1895 (in which he was being tried for "gross indecency" or "homosexuality"), and in it Douglas refers to Wilde and other gay men at the time as "Snob Queers". It is believed that American newspapers picked up this phrase and began using it themselves, thus spreading the pejorative to the US's vocabulary.

"The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang" (1937) defined the word queer as "Homosexual. Derogatory from the outside, not from within. US, 1914", which tells us both that by 1914 it was a common pejorative or insult for gay people, but also, that queer people were using the word to refer to themselves as well. Around this time, queer, fairy, trade and gay all signified distinct "categories" of homosexual men. Historian George Chauncey notes in his book ("Gay New York") that queer would've been the self-identifier of ""masculine"" gay men.

We can also assume that this is what was happening in the U.K. as well, as a letter held in the National Archives shows us (you can look up the letter in full, search the full name of the person and "My Dear Billy"). This letter was written by a man named Cyril Coeur de Leon to ‘My Dear Billy’ in 1934. Billy was the owner of "The Caravan Club", a ""disorderly house"" of ""male prostitutes"", and in it he writes "Just a note to say that I am very disappointed about you. I honestly thought you were queer, but different from the others, and I liked you very much […] I have only been queer since I came to London about two years ago, before then I knew nothing about it." This use of queer is arguably ahead of it's time, given that at this point queer was exclusively about gay men, whereas de Leon mentions he "still likes girls occasionally".

Over the years though, queer has evolved from the narrow definition of "gay man" to "gay men and lesbians" to "anyone not heterosexual" to "not heterosexual and/or not cisgender". And despite the fact that for the majority of the time that it has meant "gay" it has been used by the community, some people are still of the opinion that the word is "too offensive" to be used, but thankfully, this argument isn't as common as it was in the 90s and 00s, though still annoying persistent.

And as for my question, today I want to know firstly, if you use the word queer yourself? and secondly, what is your favourite word/way to refer to the queer community? (for example, "friend of dorothy" is funny to drop into conversation, and today I spoke to some who said they were "looking forward to meeting other *limp hand movement* at [pub name] tonight!")

Happy Pride 🌈 🎉

I use queer for myself, though i suppose i also have more narrow labels i use for myself!

And I also can understand why someone might not want to use it for themself.

But honestly the most people i see disliking the use of the word in general are...exclusinists, so it can be a bit of a red flag sometimes.

Of course this is not a 100% correlation!

And Queer community is also my favorite way to address the community! Idk i think it is just a good inclusive umbrella term!

I don't have any fun ones sadge

#Sorry I will get to the other asks #Just very slowly #pidgeon ask