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troutreznor · 3 months

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At a NYC Pride in the 80s.

photo & caption by Mariette Pathy Allen [website] [instagram]

#mariette pathy allen #pride #gay pride #queer #queer life #queer poc #vintage photography

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bradandchris · 8 months

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Chris threw in the last towel for his burgeoning line of men's underwear after learning his boyfriend Brad sourced the prototypes by purchasing them directly from SKIMS.

Finally connecting why they took a sheet to the beach that one day, Brad found it difficult to pay attention to a lecture on copyright infringement from someone involved in such an oversight debacle. It was also hard not to wonder what the grey skintight suit might look like wet.

Brad was far from alone. Everyone in the closest row of cabana's would hold their breath every time Brad took a small step backwards toward the pool in his highly animated and passionate speech oddly championing someone with billions, a team of lawyers, and the law already in their favor.

She was also a lawyer herself... or at minimum on her way. It was difficult to keep up with bar exam news between Klhoe's lackluster clap back's and finding yourself justifying why not a single man has managed to remain on the show despite secretly feeling not so hot about that. It was a lot with nowhere to go, especially considering the level of sophistication fronted.

Brimming with frustration at his boyfriend's antics, Chris snapped and rushed Brad midsentence to land them both squarely in the pool. Everyone on deck was already on the edge of their seat as they surfaced.

Well… Let's just say Kim K deserves every single dollar she has as the pool deck literally broke out in applause at the sheer glean and mind-blowing accentuation of Brad's perfect nipples. It was breathtaking. It was the only time the two of them wished California was more humid and colder.

Despite the gray suit's flawlessness, Brad and Chris still managed to one up the design. The incident inspired them to launch a new brand of swimwear composed completely of dissolvable materials called ‘Sorry But Not Sorry SKIMMY.’ The initial investor would convince Brad and Chris to shorten the name to ‘But SKIMMY’ to transform it into the ultimate macho answer to the curvaceous clothing line.

Ironically, Brad and Chris’ venture would fail because no one could materialize a profitable dissolvable.

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riotsux · 4 months

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I know it's scary sometimes being trans in this world so here are some wonderful stories from my life (preface: I grew up in a large metropolitan area and went to an arts conservatory for high-school that housed IB, naval and neighborhood schools in the same building):

- one time in the breakfast line I was talking to a cis male friend (former "no homo" and "faggot" as an insult dude) about why I wanted to take testosterone and I mentioned my voice and he said "you sound like a dude now, like a 13 year old but still a dude"

- I once won a hairy leg competition against cis men pre testosterone

- once upon a time I was in a band and after a gig this twink came up to me and said "you know, we need more queers in metal" (I was wearing a "faggot" tank top)

- when I started testosterone, I asked the only older trans person I knew at the time to come with (a key holder at my job), it brought along a few friends and between the 4 of us, we all had only two hair colors (neon red and lime green), the nurse helping us all with our paperwork was very confused

- that same day my insurance was acting up and my clinic waived my fees completely for my first year of testosterone

- a girl my sister met in outpatient wasn't doing to well and being the only other trans person they knew at the time, asked me to write the girl a letter, we met again years later, she's an incredible drummer, and after a gig, I was waiting with a pedal board outside the lead singers car and she's hanging out her friends window pointing at me and yelling "this mother fucker saved my life!"

- when my own mother was working at a methadone clinic, she met this older trans woman, hoping to give me some guiding light, she connected us, she kept an eye on me for years

- the day after I came out publicly, during my freshman year of high-school, my brother's friend's (upper classmen) all clapped for me when I came into the lunchroom

- my senior year I was barely in class but one day this girl I had known for years stops me to tell me I was on her "top 10 hottest guys in the school" list

- in high-school whenever a boy was being unhygienic in the group (typically someone's boyfriend) I would be used as an example for how he should be (ex. Putting on chapstick properly)

All I'm saying is there's kindness out there for us, amidst the violence there is so much love there, there's humor to be shared when others are comfortable with us.

I know I'm privileged to have grown up surrounded by queer people and to have been so accepted but

It's all here, I promise, and I promise you can find it

If you can't find it at the moment, make it

#queer #trans #transgender #trans joy #slice of life #txt #joy #life #queer life #trans life #its not all bad i promise #it'll all be okay in the end #if its not okay #its not the end yet

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the-cricket-chirps · 6 months

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Gustav Klimt, Girlfriends or Two Women Friends, 1916-17 (Destroyed in fire, 1945)

Toulouse Lautrec, Les deux amies, The Two Friends, 1895

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noperopesaredope · 6 months

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80s American drag ball culture is so fascinating and cool to me from a social and historical standpoint. A while back, I watched this documentary called Paris is Burning which was released in 1990, and I am low key obsessed with it. Like, all these people were rejected by their families and society, and they often had no place to go or no one to support them. So they all ended up banding together to create chosen families. And due to general society's lack of acceptance of their forms of self expression, they decided to create a safespace that allowed them to reject these particular social norms and be themselves. This eventually evolved into a complex culture with traditions and styles of dress and language and social interactions and stuff. It's really beautiful, in a way. I have recently started getting into anthropology since it became one of my require courses, and ballroom culture is a goldmine to me.

I've actually started using it as inspiration for the world of one of my stories. It's just so real and alive and interesting, and it should be appreciated more.

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bidotorg · 5 months

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For most people, the holidays are a wonderful time of year — full of merriment, cheer, and all-around good fun with friends and family. For those in the LGBT community, however, venturing home to families who might not understand them — or in the worst-case scenario, might be outright hostile — can make the holidays anything but enjoyable.

I’m very lucky to have a group of friends and family who are accepting of me as a bi man. However, I did grow up in a small community with virtually zero LGBT representation, and coming home for the holidays from Chicago means that I do have to give serious consideration to how I act and speak while out in public.

By no means am I ashamed of who I am; I’m proud to be a bi man and an active member of the LGBT community. At the same time, I don't want to spend my limited time at home arguing with people or defending the way I live my life to anyone. So, while out and about in my small hometown, I have some ways to make sure I have a good time while not getting into any unwanted confrontations.

#lgbt #queer #bisexuality #bi #lgbtq #lgbtqia #bi pride #bi visibility #holiday #thanksgiving #happy thanksgiving #chosen family #found family #friends #queer life

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i-m-crazy · 9 months

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I just want a butch to make my wildest fantasies real. Fuck.

#butch nsft #tumblrpost #tumblr culture #lmao yeah #i am queer #queer nsft #queer life #lgb rights #lgbtq #sapphic #smut #eat my pussy #eatmeout #please #fuckkkk

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virtualgirladv · 9 months

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Dad called to check up on me. Which was nice and all but he still calls my primary partner of 12 years my "friend"

Been sharing a bed since before Game of Thrones started filming but we're "friends" lol

#and they were roommates #he's trying i guess?#dad pls #game of thrones trivia i guess?#queer life #queer #wlw #lesbian

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kyliebomb · 1 year

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Tumblr is like the Portland of social media. Can we please keep it weird and nonsensical but also if you fall under that beautiful umbrella of lgbtq+ia and don’t feel like you have a friend or a voice. Please!! Reach out and ask for a friend or help. Even if it’s just in need of an ear to hear you rant. We are out here and have been through some pretty horrendous sh*t.

#trash girl #mtf hrt #transgirl #lgbtq community #queer life #queer pride

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troutreznor · 2 months

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A member of the Long Island Femme Expression (LIFE) applying her nail polish. 1991.

photo & caption by Mariette Pathy Allen [website] [instagram]

#mariette pathy allen #trans #long island femme expression #transgender #trans life #queer #queer life #vintage photography

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bradandchris · 4 months

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Ugh. This was not what he wanted for his post. Chris swore he had a filter for ‘hot mess.’ This… whatever it was… This was perfect. He didn’t want that.

Ok. This was getting more than annoying. Chris needed to think imperfectly.

Hmmmmm. Maybe Lindsey Lohan had an app… Chris dove in the App Store to find out.

Sure enough, she did not.

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bringerofrats · 10 months

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For claiming to "hate the gays" homophobes are suspiciously into circle jerks.

#fuck homophobia #queer life #fucking shit #lqbtqia

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eltuti · 1 month

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No me cuida la policía, me cuidan mis amigas 👩‍❤️‍👩🫂

The police does not take care of me, my friends do

@a-twoheadedcalf

#8m #feminism #feminismo #manifestacion #lesbian #butch #femme #bisexual #queer #queer life #demostration #vida queer #lesbianas #fotografia #diy #feminist

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riotkittiesarchive · 2 months

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I'm happy to be an obvious, "feminine" faggot: the suffering that this entails in this society is at the same time the measure or, if you want, the fragile and precious beauty of my life. It is a great destiny to possess and try to live with a clear consciousness an existence that the regular masses, in their idiotic blindness, despise and try to suffocate.

-Mario Mieli

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cerysdelaney · 1 year

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Consent and Conversation

“No offense to straight men, but I will probably never date one again,” my friend says as she talks about her newest relationship with a queer guy, “I’ve never dated anyone like him… he just… sex is just…”

She smiles and I can read it on her face so I finish her sentence, “Full of communication and consent?”

“YES!” She’s so glad to have someone else who gets it. “Sex used to cause so much anxiety-“

“Because you didn’t know what was going to happen.”

“YES! He asks me if I’m okay with this… do I like that? All during and I… I just realized no one has ever asked me that. I never considered what I did like or didn’t like.”

I nod. All of these things I had discovered at the fet club and meeting others in the fet life.

I think the queer and kink communities have made a lot of strides in asking for consent and opening communication about sex. And it works really well when people are being honest with each other and themselves.

I’ve found some amazing straight guys in the fet community because they confirm consent, check in and communicate regularly throughout a play or sex session.

“And I can tell him if I’m not interested in something and he doesn’t shame me for it!”

Consent and listening and adjusting to each other’s needs… it’s fucking sexy.

Learning to not take personally someone’s dislike for a position; respect a person’s triggers; stay within the boundaries of an agreement - S E X Y.

Not making assumptions about what someone wants; not asking someone to read your mind when you’re only just learning about each other; not asking repeatedly for something that’s already been told “no.” - D E L I C I O U S.

Talk.

Tell me more.

I’m listening.

Like this?

And

Here?

Show me.

Checking in.

You like it when I…

Keep going…

Yes.

#Cerys talks #consent and communication #fet life #queer life #love yourself

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littleteapotghost · 1 year

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Thinking about my ancestors down the generations that ended up in happy QPRs

By accident

Like me.

And without a word for it.

Somehow it makes me smile.

#QPR #queerplatonic #happy marriage #HappyByAccident #inLove #whatever that means #queer life

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