#LGBTQIAA+ rights

[chocolateys-world]

Crude,sexy and sweet🥰

#trans #enby #enby nsft #transgender #lgbtq #lgbtq pride #lgbtqia #lgbtqiaa #this is what makes us girls #this is what trans looks like #transgurl #transmasculine #transisbeautiful #trans pride #trans rights #lgbtqiia+ #lgbt pride #asexual #enby pride #pansexual #intersex

[samus-arans-sweaty-pits]

since like 95% of my close friends are trans, often forget cis people exist

#trans #trans rights #queer #queer friends #lgbtqiaa+ #down with cis #be gay do crimes

[nerdygaymormon]

The LGBTQ community has seen controversy regarding acceptance of different groups (bisexual and transgender individuals have sometimes been marginalized by the larger community), but the term LGBT has been a positive symbol of inclusion and reflects the embrace of different identities and that we’re stronger together and need each other. While there are differences, we all face many of the same challenges from broader society.

In the 1960′s, in wider society the meaning of the word gay transitioned from ‘happy’ or ‘carefree’ to predominantly mean ‘homosexual’ as they adopted the word as was used by homosexual men, except that society also used it as an umbrella term that meant anyone who wasn’t cisgender or heterosexual. The wider queer community embraced the word ‘gay’ as a mark of pride.

The modern fight for queer rights is considered to have begun with The Stonewall Riots in 1969 and was called the Gay Liberation Movement and the Gay Rights Movement.

The acronym GLB surfaced around this time to also include Lesbian and Bisexual people who felt “gay” wasn’t inclusive of their identities. 

Early in the gay rights movement, gay men were largely the ones running the show and there was a focus on men’s issues. Lesbians were unhappy that gay men dominated the leadership and ignored their needs and the feminist fight. As a result, lesbians tended to focus their attention on the Women’s Rights Movement which was happening at the same time. This dominance by gay men was seen as yet one more example of patriarchy and sexism. 

In the 1970′s, sexism and homophobia existed in more virulent forms and those biases against lesbians also made it hard for them to find their voices within women’s liberation movements. Betty Friedan, the founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW), commented that lesbians were a “lavender menace” that threatened the political efficacy of the organization and of feminism and many women felt including lesbians was a detriment.

In the 80s and 90s, a huge portion of gay men were suffering from AIDS while the lesbian community was largely unaffected. Lesbians helped gay men with medical care and were a massive part of the activism surrounding the gay community and AIDS. This willingness to support gay men in their time of need sparked a closer, more supportive relationship between both groups, and the gay community became more receptive to feminist ideals and goals. 

Approaching the 1990′s it was clear that GLB referred to sexual identity and wasn’t inclusive of gender identity and T should be added, especially since trans activist have long been at the forefront of the community’s fight for rights and acceptance, from Stonewall onward. Some argued that T should not be added, but many gay, lesbian and bisexual people pointed out that they also transgress established gender norms and therefore the GLB acronym should include gender identities and they pushed to include T in the acronym. 

GLBT became LGBT as a way to honor the tremendous work the lesbian community did during the AIDS crisis. 

Towards the end of the 1990s and into the 2000s, movements took place to add additional letters to the acronym to recognize Intersex, Asexual, Aromantic, Agender, and others. As the acronym grew to LGBTIQ, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIAA, many complained this was becoming unwieldy and started using a ‘+’ to show LGBT aren’t the only identities in the community and this became more common, whether as LGBT+ or LGBTQ+. 

In the 2010′s, the process of reclaiming the word “queer” that began in the 1980′s was largely accomplished. In the 2020′s the LGBTQ+ acronym is used less often as Queer is becoming the more common term to represent the community. 

#mattxiv #queer history #lgbt #lgbtq+ #queer #long post

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

When I'm reading, I replace "lgbt" "lgbt+" "lgbtqiaa" etcetera etcetera with "queer" because it's easier to glance over and just go "ah, queer" rather than squint and hope my dyslexic brain doesn't miss any letters.

I read a funny meme out loud to a group of friends where I said "queer" instead of all the letters, and the conversation moved on until like an hour later someone else came across the same meme in their feed and pointed out what I had done. ✨TO NOTE✨.... everyone in this friend group identifies as queer. Like the actual word queer. Nobody was upset about me "using the q slur" or the like.

But the opinions about if it was right to edit someone else's chosen words, even if only out loud among friends, was mixed between "It's a quicker way to get across the same concept and everyone knew what it meant" and "There may have been nuanced community differences the OP was trying to convey that I have now muddled by changing the letters into a single word."

This was a 0/10 drama level conversation we had, but I know a few of us have followed this account and will get a kick out of passing an official "asshole" judgement on me here haha

What are these acronyms?

#aita #am i the asshole

[milesworld96]

Okay SO, I’ve always acknowledged that Punk was a piece of shit. But I still like him, I actually started off absolutely hating him in the beginning; but I ended up liking him due to him being pro choice and advocating for lgbtqiaa+ rights and I just liked some of his works. But I always knew he wasn’t like the greaaatest person, I still like that fuck BUT

I will say mans was doing WAAYYYYYYYYY too much in that footage, there was no need for any of the shit he did

Sure Jack may have said smth, but there’s still no justification for ASSAULTING your coworker

Plus, SIR you’re like 45 and Jacks 26; fr crazy for picking a fight with someone half your age

Anyways, don’t care ab Punk anymore all I care ab is the fact that this solidified Jack coming back from war and making his appearance at Dynasty🙏🙏🙏

#I swear if Jack doesn’t come back I’m gonna cry again #also punk love you man #but what is wrong w you😭😭 #you better get your act str8 or else your gonna be out of wrestling again💀💀 #cm punk #jack perry #wwe #aew

[ingloriousweasel]

Dear “Religious Right,” Christofascists, “Moral Majority,” or whatever the fu@& you really are,

I, and many of my generation, grew up watching movies and TV shows depicting men in drag, for example: Rocky Horror Picture Show, Some Like it Hot, Bugs Bunny, Monty Python, Benny Hill, Bosom Buddies, Kids in the Hall, and so on. We did not grow up and become drag queens. But what if we had? No one gave you that right. Your’s is an overreaction and has zero bearing on your life. What if the tables were turned? What if there was a fatwa on stupidity. You’d hate it if we told you we would do to you for being stupid the same things some of you do to the LGBTQIAA+ community. Or the things you say should happen to “the Libs.” But we don’t and moreover, we don’t march through your communities armed to the hilt and in body armor because you have your head up your asses and don’t know the difference between your and you’re.

So put down your pitchforks and extinguish your torches and calm the fu@& down.

Signed, the 98% of America that isn’t you.

[mellowcaty]

INTRO POSTING! (Will contain alter intros)

⭐DNI and Boundaries⭐

Interact 🌄- Doubles, Source Mates (Not c/arg! Wilbur or the Green Fucker™️), LGBTQIAA+, Therians/FictionKin/Otherhearted People/Otherkin, SFW agere/petre or agedre/petdre, Disabled/Neurodivergent people, Systems, Small Content Creators, SFW Objectum, POSIC+, andddd anyone who doesn't fall into the DNI list!

Do Not Interact 🚩- Any kind of Dream introjects please bug off, C!/ARG!Wilbur Soot Introjects, MAP/Pedo, Zoos, Transids, Trans-Racial folks, Trans Age people, Fake-Claimers, Anti Therian/Furry/Otherkin, Anti Agere/Petre, NSFW blogs/k1nk accounts, Anti introject/Fictive/Factive, anti-xenogender, proshippers (and any variants), Poppy TWT people, fetishizers, "your source memories aren't real" mfs (gtfo of here 💀)

Alright, if you fall under DNI criteria, FUCK OFF PAST THIS POINT.

If you don't fall under DNI criteria, it's free real estate, fellas./nf

Alright, now that we've weeded out the *weirdos*, leut's get moving!

🩹Intros🩹

📀🍄 - C!Tommy/Sparrow

Age: 16-19

Labels: Transmasculine, Apothisexual/Sex Repulsed, MLM/MLNBM, Devilgender, Poglexic, Buggender

Pronouns: (He/Pog/It/Red/Cat/Disc/Xir/Devil)

Roles: Symptom Holder, Trauma Holder, Co-Host

Facts/Interests: BIRDS/Ornithology, Loves Music, Learning to Crochet(poorly), Always making things, Dating C!Tubbo/Nuke and C!Ranboo, photography

Boundaries - SFW INTERACTION ONLY, use tone tags, don't baby vent posts, don't treat me like I'm your "favourite character/Comfort character come to life", I'm a real person just like you, no source dating, don't mention or talk about Dream at all, ask before you souce talk

☀️🐞 - CC!Tommy/Tom/Tom-Toms

Age: 16-20

Labels: Transmasculine, Bisexual

Pronouns: (He/It/Record/Leaf/Racoon/Pup)

Roles: Idiot ™️/Pos, Emotional - Processor, symptom holder

Facts/Interests: Dating CC!Ran and CC!Tubbo, wants a person chicken, Enjoys music (duh), constantly doing a bit/hsrs, photography

Boundaries: Don't ask about irl content creator discourse, Dream supporters dni, swf only, ask me about my source; I love talking about it! Poppy twt bitches *points to a cliff* there's the door/srs

🌼📍- Cc!Winnona (MtF cc!Tommy)

Age: 19

Labels: Big ol lesbian, Transfemme

Pronouns: (She/Bug/Fae)

Roles: Caretaker, Boundary-Protector

Facts/Interests: wants to learn the drums, wants to also learn another language, actually can cook (kinda), Dating Molly (duhh), flowers are really cool

Boundaries: Sfw interaction only, don't be a creepy weirdo, dont bring up irl content creator discourseee

🦷💿- Theseus/Exile!Tommy

Age: 13-16

Lables: Rotboy, deadboy, transmasc, apothi-aroace

Pronouns: (It/he/rot/disc/dead/corpse/xir)

Roles: Trauma holder, symptom holder, urge holder, source negative, pain hooder

Facts/Interests: very fragile, amputee (left arm at shoulder and right leg at ankle), missing his left eye

Boundaries: do not mention Dream or the smiley face in any way, do not feed his intrusive thoughts, do not bring up anything about his source, trigger things like s3lf h4rm/eating disorders/ s/a (at best, don't mention it), be gentle with him, no nsfw interaction (you will be blocked), use tone tags

🌊🌀 - ARG!Innit/Ocean

Age: 16

Labels: Corpseic, deadbolt, rotic, aro-ace, unlabeled

Pronouns: (Rot/Dig/Drop/It/They/Snow)

Roles: Symptom holder, trauma holder

Fun Facts/Interests: Always dirty, cold, or slightly wet, hates taking baths, dislikes phone-calls/ringing sounds, mostly nonverbal

Boundaries: don't mention the Halloween cricket crew stream or ARG!Bur, don't ask about source, don't be a creep, sfw only

Alright fellas, that's about the end! I wish you all a lovely day 🌹

C!Tommy/Sparrow [🍄📀]

#c!tommy fictive #Cc!Tommy introject #arginnit #DNI list #sfw blog #blog intro #Alter intros #OSDD-1B #READ DNI BEFORE YOU INTERACT! #Mellocat City - 📀🩹 #🍄📀 post

[mentally-unstable-avocado]

Lost post ahead. I have a feeling it will influence my followers in one way or another, but I honestly don't care.

CW: Religious talk. Issue with Israel, Hamas, and Palestine. Just overall a rant. Probably some swearing.

Rant Under The Cut

I was raised to be a Christian. I got saved at a young age. As a Christian, I was taught to "Stand With Israel" no matter what. Why? Because according to the Bible, they are "God's Chosen People", that's why. I just always shrugged and went along with it. When this whole thing started, the only thing I heard about it was Israel was being attacked. Considering that this was the only information I knew, I still supported them.

As I see more and more information, I have become disgusted with myself for ever supporting them in this whole shit storm. For quite some time (not sure exactly how much), Israel has been attacking other countries, such as Palestine. When this started, no one batted an eye. But the moment the Palestinians decided that they've had enough of being victims that no one was going to help and started defending themselves, suddenly THEY'RE the bad guys.

I'm not saying that I'm standing with Hamas, either. That's not what I'm saying at all. I DON'T support Hamas OR Israel in this situation. I support the countries that never wanted to be involved in a genocide and are suddenly being attacked (because this isn't a "war", it's just straight up genocide at this point). Long ago, the land belonged to Palestine. They gave a portion of the land to Israel. Now, Israel has decided to follow in the footsteps of their Imperialist supporters and take all the land as their own.

Am I saying all of the people in Israel are bad? No, not at all. But there's enough people for it to be a huge problem. There are good people and terrible people in every group. I am supporting the people who never wanted this to happen. The people who are living in fear, wondering if their kids are going to ever get the chance to grow up. The people who don't even know if they'll ever get to see their kids grow up.

There are a few things that being a Christian in the Southeastern US has brainwashed me into believing. I have outgrown quite a few of them. A lot of them are based on hate and judgement (something that is AGAINST being a Christian). Part of the LGBTQIAA+? Going to Hell. Not a Christian or Jew? Hellbound. That was especially true for Muslims. My pastor constantly says "Allah didn't do it! Buddha didn't do it!" in reference to giving up his life to save the world, however, Allah is another word for God. "Muslims don't believe in the Bible!" Actually, that's not true. The Holy Bible is part of their Trinity of Holy Books (which are the Torah, the Holy Bible, and the Quran). "They don't believe that Jesus is the Messiah!" Again, not true. They don't believe that the real Jesus Christ was crucified, but a replica of him. They fully believe that Jesus has gone to Heaven and will return again one day.

In my opinion, EVERYONE is valid and deserves respect until they do something to have that respect taken away (TERFs are the first example that comes to my mind, though there are many more). I understand that as Christians, we are supposed to support Israel in their time of need, but right now, they DO NOT need saving. What they are doing is wrong and against God's word. One of the Ten Commandments (which are in the Torah, the holy reading of Jews, which is the religion associated with Israel) is "Thou Shalt Not Kill", and another is "Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbor", and let's not forget "Thou Shalt Not Take The Lord's Name In Vain" (which is referring to using God as an excuse to do something heinous. For example "I'm killing these people in the name of God!"). Though I can't quote this next part word for word, I can give the general idea of it. This is from 1 John Chapter 4: "Love one another, for love is of God. He who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love, does not know God, for God is love".

If I am supposed to support Israel during this genocide because "God said so" and "they're God's Chosen People", then I don't think that I can follow this God. What is going on is not what the God in my Bible supports or sees as right. Judgement and revenge is His, not ours.

I've honestly been questioning my religious affiliation. If I can't love God and love who I am as a person, then I don't know what to believe anymore. The God that I know and that I love created all of us and He loves us. A lot of the verses used to put down the LGBTQIAA+ Community are mistranslations. There is one verse that I love to use against so-called Christians. Again, I can't quote it word for word, but you get the general idea. A lot of "Christians" say they will disown and kick out their child if they end up trans or gay. Here's my argument, from the very same Bible they claim to stand behind. "If any man careth not for his own, especially of his own flesh, then he has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel." You know what an infidel is? A nonbeliever. In God's eyes, disowning your own child makes you considered to be WORSE than someone who does not believe in God.

Say whatever the fuck you want about me. I will stand by my opinion until someone gives me a valid reason not to.

Never Stop Talking About This. The More We Talk, The More People Will Have To Listen.

#free palestine #free gaza #rant post #cw: religion #cw: religious themes #cw: swearing #cw: genocide #long post #psa

[disastergay]

there’s probably more, but hopefully the ones I missed are slightly more specific versions and/or variants of the definitions of bisexuality I included. (but IDing as bi isn’t mandatory! some people who fit these definitions also fit/prefer to ID as pan/ply/lesbian/gay/etc.)

if your orientation fits any of these definitions, the bisexual label is available to you, and our community welcomes you with open arms 💌

#bisexuality #bisexual #bi positivity #bi #bi rights #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbt+ #lgbtq+ #lgbtqi #lgbtqia #lgbtqiaa #lgbtqiaap #queer #gay #questioning #questioning bi

[vegetable-soup-wizard]

Trans ppl be like: I exist only to defy god

#Trans #trans mood #transgirl #transwoman #transmen #trans rights #lgbtqiaa+

[readingandreiding-blog]

FREEDOM OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION IS NOW A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IN INDIA AJKDSFSDHSDFHFS!! 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈💜💜🖤🖤

#India #lgbtqiaa #i cried #happy tears though #equality #dignity #equal rights #gay right #asexual

[sweetfirebird]

An auction or whatever!!!

Okay, people! I tried... and hopefully succeeded... to set up an online auction to benefit some charities. The auction will be Monday, March 14 to 5pm Friday, March 18 (California time). Items available include signed copies and annotated copies. There are also a few "buy now" options.

The proceeds will be split between Transgender Education Network of Texas and the Zebra Coalition in Florida. Both are committed to helping LGBTQIAA+ youth.

I will follow up with links and stuff on Monday... or more likely late Sunday night.

As of right now, it includes 1 annotated Little Wolf, 1 annotated Sweet Clematis, several signed copies, and the buy now options which includes... a pdf of several of the Will and Charlie AUs. (All in one convenient location! I know!)

#this has been educational but also stressful lol #i should be writing but oh well #charity #auction #r. cooper #being(s) in love #play it again charlie

[stonersolana]

this feels like when someone tells you that "straights" don't belong in the queer community and you remind them that straight trans people exist and they say "but they're still straight so they don't belong here"

this just in: the LGBTQIAA+ community should definitely remove the AA part because according to femmebabes, aces and aros don't belong here if they're straight too.

i went looking for a cute ace flag to make a christmas present for someone i know and i find this shit. what the fuck.

like wow. chill. no one is gonna put you on the FBIs most wanted cause you're aphobic. but people are right to think that you're a prick

#sunbun speaks #acephobia #arophobia #like we get it #you're being extra as fuck to distract from the fact that you said that asexual people don't belong in the queer community #but all that fancy glitter isn't going to erase that you're an exclusionist #which they like... proudly say they are #i'm begging people to talk to an irl queer person at this point #cause they don't talk like this 😬

[archangelbelletti]

How to write Coming Outs

Coming out to friends, family, your crush, or your employer can be a difficult but also beautiful thing, depending on the situation.

It’s important to write them accurately, especially if you’re not part of the LGBTQIAA+ community!

Here are some tips!

TW: I’ll be talking about h**ophobic reaction to coming out, private parts, and other bigot nonsense. If you’re not in the right headspace to read this, scroll away, drink some water, and take :))

 1.       Please don’t make them cry

There is one thing that I hate about coming outs: when queer people apologize or cry because they feel wrong.

I get it: they’ve been told their whole life that they shouldn’t love who they love and shouldn’t feel like a different gender. This, though, isn’t a justification for perpetrating the narrative of queer = tragic.

Please, make their coming out glorious, sweet, normal, anything but tragic. Don’t show us the moms clenching their jaw in disgust. Don’t make them say things like “you’re going to hell”, “this is not right”, or things like this.

It’s also very important to write healthy families accepting their queer kids, because we don’t see that often in books!

Change that bigot mom into a supportive one. Change that absent father into the one who teaches his transgender son how to shave. Let us see that a future like this can exist, and will!

 2.       Reactions

Of course, this depends on the personality of your characters, but here are some tips!

It’s totally normal to be euphoric if you’re also a member of the queer community, because you’re going to feel like someone finally shares your struggles and joys. But being a little too euphoric can pass as weird. Try to keep their reaction joyful and supportive but within the limit.

Again, unless the story MUST absolutely have a homophobe, please don’t write people reacting with disgust at your queer character’s coming out, especially if they’re a crush, a dear friend, or family. I totally understand that this world isn’t as queer-friendly as we’d like, but PLEASE! Books are an escape and a way to teach, remember!

3.       Tension

Your queer character IS going to be tense if the person they’re coming out to has some kind of power, like if they’re an employer, a professor, a therapist, a parent.

At the same time, though, tension shouldn’t be too high. If it is, it means that there are some problems: you should ONLY come out to people you feel absolutely safe with. If you think you might be in danger or simply not be totally happy with them knowing about your queerness, don’t come out.

Not coming out doesn’t make you any less queer! You know who you are at your core, and you can go on leading your life the way you want.

With this being said, yes, your character will be a little nervous. Just a little. If they’re shaking, throwing up, crying, or almost passing out, that’s a sign they probably shouldn’t be out to that person.

(Unless it’s in their personality to be very nervous in certain situations.)

 4.       The wrong words

Here are some examples of things that your supportive mom/dad/friend shouldn’t say to your queer character coming out. Of course, they can say them if you want to show that they’re not really savvy, but please make your LGBT oc correct them!

Coming out as bi:

-“So half of you is straight, right?”

- “Does this mean you want to have multiple partners?”

- “Isn’t this a little greedy?”

- “Well, but what do you prefer?”

- “Does it mean you have a crush on me?”

Coming out as gay:

- “Finally, I have a gay friend!”

-“Just let me introduce to this gay friend I have, maybe you two will end up together”

-*pushes gay stereotypes on them*

-“Are you a top or a bottom?”

-“Why didn’t you choose to stay straight?”

-“So, no grandkids?”

Coming out as trans:

-“Ah, yes, I knew it.”

-”Well, but if you’re trans it means you’re gay now. Couldn’t you stay straight?”

-“I support you, but you have to understand you’ll never be a real man/woman.”

-“Oh, so what’s your real name?” (Actually asking [keep reading]

#writing community #writing #write a book #write a novel #writeblr #write #writer #writers on tumblr #writers of tumblr #writing a book #writing ya #writing lgbt #writing trans characters #writing gay characters #writing lesbian characters #ownvoices #writing non binary characters #non binary #trans #lesbian #gay #asexual #agender #genderqueer #bigender #gender spectrum #write a story #how to write coming outs #writing coming outs #coming out

[lighthouselgbt-blog]

How Sylvia Rivera Created the Blueprint for Transgender Organizing

“The trans community has allowed the gay and lesbian community to speak for us. Times are changing. Our armies are rising and we are getting stronger,” trans rights pioneer Sylvia Rivera once said. Rivera fought to make the lesbian and gay rights movement more inclusive and comprehensive for trans people and other queer people. https://www.out.com/pride/2019/5/21/how-sylvia-rivera-created-blueprint-transgender-organizing

#lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqi #lgbtqa #lgbtqia #lgbtqiaa #lgbtqiia #lgbtqipa #lgbtqiia+ #lgbtqai #lgbtqai+ #sylvia rivera #trans rights #transgender rights #trans #transgender #pride #trans pride #activism

[rose-lord-of-simps]

Whenever I make playlists I always try to give them discreet titles because I’m one of those people who, if someone is walking by my computer, I want them to think really hard about what song I could be listening to in a playlist titled “my teenage rebellion movie soundtrack.”

Like outsiders won’t have a clue what songs are in it, am I listening to Olivia Rodrigo or am I listening to MCR? BOTH WRONG! I’m listening to ABBA!

They’re also right but like there is also an ABBA song in there-

I also like to make the tittles a little more discreet when it’s and LGBTQIAA+ playlist because I love sharing my playlists and if somebody is in a household where maybe it’s not very accepting, it may be easier to explain a playlist called atom bomb that is just a bunch of female covers of popular songs rather than a lesbian playlist titled lesbian playlist.

#playlist