#lgbtq for Bernie | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

Visit Blog

Explore Tumblr blogs with no restrictions, modern design and the best experience.

Fun Fact

If you dial 1-866-584-6757, you can leave an audio post for your followers.

tygerland · 1 year

Text

Bernie Boston 1967, March on the Pentagon. To protest the escalating war in Vietnam, gay actor and performance artist George Harris III (aka Hibiscus) places flowers into the barrels of soldier's rifles.

237 notes · View notes

krissiefox · 2 days

Text

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (Movie Review)

While exploring the Sesame Street tag on tumblr, I discovered that there have been some Sesame street movies made! I figured as long as I'm revisiting the show, I can check these films out too.

Elmo is having a rough day! Poor little guy.

Elmo wakes up one day and starts having fun with his favorite blanket, which seems to be sentient(?). Unfortunately, he accidentally spills juice on it, so he takes it to the laundromat to get cleaned. Once he gets the blanket out, though, things start to go wrong for Elmo. He gets in a fight with his friend Zoe, and then ends up losing the blanket, which ends up in Oscar's trash can and as Elmo goes to retrieve it, he ends up in Grouchland! Once there, a big meanie named Huxley steals his blanket, and Elmo embarks on a quest to get it back, making friends and learning a lesson about the importance of sharing and thinking of others.

Elmo in Grouchland definitely has a different feel that the regular Sesame Street show - it feels much more like a traditional Muppet Movie where the usual educational material is replaced with a main story, and plenty of humor. This is actually a fun way for older adult viewers to enjoy these characters, because it strikes a very nice balance the wholesomeness of Sesame Street and the more adult (but not overly mean spirited) humor of The Muppet Show.

Grouchland is junky, dirty, weird and cool!

The setting of the movie was a big hit for me too - Grouchland feels like a love letter to every person who enjoyed the weird gross-out humor that became popular in the 90s. Characters like Boogerman would be right at home here, and also like Boogerman ( I gotta show love for one of my favorite old games), it's got a fair amount of grimy visuals and gross out/toilet humor that still manages to be cute rather than nauseating. I love it!

Another fun and Muppet-like trait the movie has is that the humor is occasionally very self-aware. Bert and Ernie show up many times through the movie to comment on what's going on, with Bert often being very worried about Elmo and his husband needing to console him.

The greedy villain, Mr. Huxley!

Overall, it's a really cute and fun movie that I'd recommend, especially to any fan of Jim Henson's Muppets. It's got a lot of humor and heart, fun set pieces, and Muppet magic! There's another Sesame Street film I've found, called "Follow That Bird", which I hope to review next!

2 notes · View notes

cyarsk52-20 · 1 year

Text

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Intersectional feminism (@intersectional_feminismmm)

instagram

intersectional_feminismmm 💛💛💛

CW: transphobia

•

#IntersectionalFeminism #MyBodyMyChoice #Intersectional #AbortionAccess #EndRapeCulture #TransWomenAreWomen #Bernie #ProAbortion #AbortionIsHealthcare #RoeVWade #abortion #feminist #feminism #Pride #lgbtq #intersectionality #EndSlutShaming #intersectional #AbortionRights #SmashThePatriarchy #ProChoice #FreeHealthcare #leftist #TransMenAreMen #lgbt #GayRights #RespectPronouns #NonbinaryPride #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransRights

16 notes · View notes

cyarskaren52 · 1 year

Text

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Intersectional feminism (@intersectional_feminismmm)

instagram

intersectional_feminismmm 🖤🖤🖤

CW: transphobia, gun violence

•

4 notes · View notes

berena-thasmin-anythinggay · 2 years

Text

Gorgeous berena! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

#berena #holby city #serena campbell #bernie wolfe #jemma redgrave #catherine russell #lesbian #lgbtq

21 notes · View notes

richard2909 · 2 years

Text

I'm a straight man but jayr is just irresistible especially jay's juicy lips is so kissable, i envy the guy who got a chance to make love with jay dream come true 💋😘🤤

#bernie x zayn #jayr tinaco #queer love #another life #lgbtq community #zayn petrossian #nonbinary #lgbtq #another life netflix #bernie #makeout #kissing #mtf trans

19 notes · View notes

calacuspr · 2 years

Text

Calacus Weekly Hit & Miss – Lewis Hamilton & Nadine Dorries

Every week we look at the best and worst communicators in the sports world from the previous week.

HIT - Lewis Hamilton

The growth of Formula One is down in no small part to the popularity and legacy of the drivers, who are competing in an increasing number of locations across the globe.

The meteoric rise on the track from Sir Lewis Hamilton has certainly contributed to the growing interest in the sport.

From modest beginning as a go kart driver in Hertfordshire to being signed by McLaren in 2007, Hamilton has broken down barriers as the first – and only – black driver in Formula One history.

With seven titles, Hamilton is the joint all-time World Champion, and it’s to his credit that he has championed a variety of causes that his platform has afford him the opportunity to promote, such as racial equality, the Black Lives Matter Movement, justice for Breonna Taylor; and LGBTQ+ rights.

Just a few weeks ago, he was having to defend his activism against criticism from FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, who argued the sport had become ‘too political’.

As we often discuss, representation in sport has never been more crucial to inspire the next generation and Hamilton is a shining example of how athletes can use their platform.

So it was disappointing that former racing driver Nelson Piquet made racist comments about Hamilton on a Brazilian podcast last November, where he was discussing the collision between Hamilton and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen during the 2021 British GP.

The remarks have come to light on social media and Piquet was found to have used a racially offensive expression in Portuguese saying: "The [racist term] put his car there to hit him on purpose.”

Later, he was asked if he felt Hamilton would not make the corner at Copse, Piquet went on to say: "Him? Never! He wanted to take him out no matter the cost.

“The [racist term] left the car there to hit him. It's because you don't know that bend. It's a very fast one, and two cars can't get through. There's no way two cars can go side by side there. It was a dirty trick! He's just lucky that the only other guy got screwed."

When the remarks surfaced, they were justifiably met with wide condemnation and disgust.

Racism has, in particular, been a constant during Hamilton’s career, and something he is thankfully not afraid to speak out against. Hamilton put out a series of tweets in reply, the first of which was a message in Portuguese, that said: “Vamos focar em mudar a mentalidade” which translates to ‘Let's focus on changing the mindset.’

He later tweeted: “It’s more than language. These archaic mindsets need to change and have no place in our sport.

“I’ve been surrounded by these attitudes and targeted my whole life. There has been plenty of time to learn. Time has come for action.”

Hamilton’s team, Mercedes, were swift to support their driver by sharing their own statement that said : “We condemn in the strongest possible terms any use of racist or discriminatory language of any kind.

“Lewis has spearheaded our sport’s efforts to combat racism, and he is a true champion of diversity on and off the track.

“Together, we share a vision for a diverse and inclusive motorsport, and this incident underlines the fundamental importance of continuing to strive for a brighter future.”

Fellow Mercedes teammate George Russell was also quick to condemn the remarks, and said: “Huge respect to LH. He has done more for the sport than any driver in history, not just on track but off it.

“The fact that he and so many others are STILL having to deal with this behaviour is unacceptable. We all need to stand together against discrimination of any kind.”

Other Formula One teams also showed their support for Hamilton, with Ferrari and Aston Martin tweeting that they stand with Hamilton.

The governing body, the FIA, also denounced Piquet’s racism and said: ““The FIA strongly condemns any racist or discriminatory language and behaviour, which have no place in sport or wider society.

“We express our solidarity with Lewis Hamilton and fully support his commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in motor sport.”

An F1 statement soon followed, which said: "Discriminatory or racist language is unacceptable in any form and has no part in society.

"Lewis is an incredible ambassador for our sport and deserves respect.

"His tireless efforts to increase diversity and inclusion are a lesson to many and something we are committed to at F1."

Brazilian novelist and lyricist Paulo Coelho showed support for Sir Lewis and tweeted: “Dear Lewis Hamilton, Piquet is currently the driver of the worst president in our history. His racist remarks shows the desperate need to return to the spotlight.

"I apologise in the name of the Brazilian people, who respect and love you."

In the wake of the backlash from the racist remarks made, Piquet issued a public apology to Hamilton, which said: “"I would like to clear up the stories circulating in the media about a comment I made in an interview last year.

"What I said was ill-thought-out, and I make no defence for it, but I will clarify that the term used is one that has widely and historically been used colloquially in Brazilian-Portuguese as a synonym for 'guy' or 'person' and was never intended to offend.

"I would never use the word I have been accused of in some translations. I strongly condemn any suggestion that the word was used by me with the aim of belittling a driver because of his skin colour.

"I apologise wholeheartedly to anyone that was affected, including Lewis, who is an incredible driver, but the translation in some media that is now circulating on social media is not correct.

"Discrimination has no place in F1 or society and I am happy to clarify my thoughts in that respect."

Bernie Ecclestone, the former chief executive of the Formula One Group and a man considered the architect of modern F1, then poured oil on the fire by defending Piquet’s racism.

Ecclestone said: “I've known Nelson for an awful long time. I was with him a couple of weeks ago. It's not the sort of thing Nelson would say meaning something bad.

"He probably thinks lots of things he says which might upset us or might feel a little bit offensive.... to him it's nothing. It's just part of conversation.

"Nelson would never go out of his way to say anything bad, certainly. I think what probably happened, knowing Nelson as I know him, as his daughter is the girlfriend of Max Verstappen, probably after seeing the accident, he probably exploded and carried that forward.

"People say things... if people happen to be a little bit overweight, or undersized like me, I'm quite sure a lot of people have made remarks about that. If I'd have heard it, I'd have been able to deal with it myself without too much trouble.

"I'm surprised Lewis hasn't just brushed it aside. Or, better than that, replied. But he's now come out and Nelson has apologised so everyone should be happy."

Graciously, Hamilton responded to Ecclestone and he said: “"Discrimination is not something we should be giving a platform. We need people to be bringing people together.

"We are all the same and the comments we are seeing are not helpful. There needs to be some accountability. You know what you're going to get [with Ecclestone].

"But I'm still here. Lip service is not good enough, we need to push for action. I've always tried to take the high road and be respectful. Why do we give these guys a platform?

"They are clearly not willing to change and these undertones of discrimination and micro-aggressions in today's world are not helpful, it is creating more division. I love when Michelle Obama says: 'When they go low, I go high,' and that's what I try to do.

"We are living in the world and there is still discrimination all around the world, you see it all around you,. These micro-aggressions come out., enough is enough, no-one should have to brush off racism and it shouldn't be for me to have to brush it off. We need big organisations to take a stand."

When climate change protestors broke through the barriers during the British Grand Prix last Sunday, in which Hamilton finished third, the Mercedes driver was quick to support the protests while warning of the dangers of circuit incursions.

He said: “As we’ve seen today, this is a dangerous sport,” said Hamilton in a social media statement.

“I wasn’t aware of the protests today, and while I’ll always support those standing up for what they believe in, it must be done safely.

“Please don’t jump on to our race circuits to protest, we don’t want to put you in harm’s way.”

With the help of Mercedes, Hamilton has also set up The Ignite partnership, to promote diversity and inclusion in motorsport.

The first two grants awarded by the programme will be granted to Motorsport UK in support of the FIA Girls on Track programme and to the Royal Academy of Engineering, to increase representation of students from minority ethnic and economically disadvantaged backgrounds in the British motorsport industry.

The Ignite partnership grant is expected to help expand the programme’s reach to 8,000 girls and young women aged from eight years old to 24.

Hamilton has shown throughout his career that hate never wins.

It will be interesting to see what the FIA do to punish Piquet for his racist comments. Indeed, actions speak louder than words.

MISS – Nadine Dorries

Competence and proper planning are vital when making a speech or talking to the media.

Failing to plan is planning to fail and can lead to a PR disaster if one isn’t careful, especially in an age of social media. One wrong step can go viral and create a media storm in an instant.

Step forward Nadine Dorries MP, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, who has a habit of making gaffes when being interviewed, be that by a Select Committee (LINK to Channel 4 gaffe) or by the media, who she often treats with great disdain.

At a Rugby League World Cup event she attended in St. Helens to speak about the findings of a report which claims the 2021 Rugby League World Cup – delayed by the pandemic until later this year – has already made £25m worth of positive change in communities across the north of England through its social impact programme, it happened again.

The event was going smoothly for Dorries. When asked about the report, she said: “We know that some of the towns and cities that will host Rugby League World Cup 2021 matches are amongst those hardest hit by the pandemic and increases in the cost of living and the Government has backed the tournament with over £15m investment to bring world-class sport to these communities.

“The findings published in this report today are vindication of the decision taken to prioritise the Social Impact Programme from the very outset. It has been trailblazing in both its inception and delivery, laying the groundwork for future sporting events in this country and beyond to follow in its footsteps.”

The report reinforces the success of mental health and volunteering programmes that the World Cup has brought about for communities throughout the north of England.

However, when reminiscing about her favourite Rugby League memory, she mistakenly used Jonny Wilkinson’s iconic drop goal in the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup Final as her answer.

Dorries said: “I’ve always quite liked the idea of rugby league – my long-standing memory is that 2003 drop-goal.

“We were drinking Bloody Marys at the time, it was 11 o’clock in the morning. But wow, what a moment that was.”

She didn’t realise her mistake and kept going.

Dorries said: “I’m not going to say I’m an expert who watches it all the time, that it’s an increasingly physical and sometimes brutal sport and it often ends up in a scrum which actually reminds me very much of politics.

“I think we have a lot in common and given a lot of the media like to call me the Prime Minister’s attack dog, I wonder sometimes if I should give rugby a go.”

There are several major differences between the codes of rugby league and rugby union. Most obviously, rugby league is played with 13 players whereas rugby union is played with 15 players.

The point-scoring system is also different, as is the number of permitted substitutes. These are facts that a government minister in charge of sport in the UK should know when making a speech to a specific audience.

The gaffe completely overshadowed the event and it didn’t take long for the mistake to go viral on social media.

Dorries was quick to clarify her comments and she tweeted: “Like Jason Robinson I may have switched codes in my speech.

“Both league & union have a rich heritage in the UK. Obviously I've followed rugby league much less in my lifetime, but I'm looking forward to watching England (& all the home nations) in the RL World Cup this Autumn.”

The Rugby League World Cup chief executive Jon Dutton was sympathetic to Dorries when asked for his reaction to the comment from BBC Sport editor Dan Roan.

He said: “Clearly the Secretary of State made a mistake with her comment. But we’re delighted that she’s come here today to support the tournament, to support the publication of the social impact report and to see first hand the difference this tournament is making for communities.

“The sport is 127 years old but needs a tournament like this to have more visibility. We want more people to be educated on what a wonderful sport rugby league is - and also, what a wonderful sport rugby union is.

"We've had a conversation and we look forward to her coming to the tournament."

This isn’t the first time that Dorries has got herself confused with different sports and their terminologies.

Back in April, she went viral when she appeared in fellow Tory MP Dr Luke Evans’ TikTok explaining her role in the government.

In the video she said: “We’re responsible for everything to do with sport in the country. From making sure you’ve got football pitches and you have tennis pitches in your communities, where you can play and exercise your sports.”

As the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, it should be a prerequisite that you’d know they were called tennis courts, not pitches.

Again, she had to clarify her original mistake and said: “I have dyslexia, which means that when I speak I often run my words together and say things that sound like the words I’m trying to say.

“Sometimes it’s funny and I laugh it off… but mostly, it’s just difficult.

“I’m OK with that. I’ve been in politics a long time and you grow a thick skin. It’s why I haven’t spoken publicly much about how it affects me.

“But I’ve found it tough seeing commentators and media outlets mock me for something that is beyond my control.

“For other dyslexia sufferers, we learn that it’s what you achieve in life that counts, not what those who mock you say.”

In public positions, you have to be held accountable for what you know and what you say.

Dorries would certainly do well to remember that, and educate herself on the various sports she goes to speak about in advance.

3 notes · View notes

naoko-world · 2 years

Text

Bernie Sanders at the gay district in Paris! 😆

I got there once, took photos, saw that Bernie Sanders meme... It got "That's it!" in my head so now you have Bernie Sanders on a chair with his mitten in Paris!

Happy pride!

#happy pride 🌈#pride month #lgbtq+#lgbtqia+#lgbt #gay district #paris #bernie sanders #meme #pride

5 notes · View notes

mombian · 1 year

Text

Jen Ellis, the Vermont teacher who created the mittens that Senator Bernie Sanders wore in his now-famous photo, has written a surprisingly moving memoir not only about how that happened, but also how it ties into her wider story of coming out, becoming a parent, the power of crafting, and the magic of generosity.

#lgbtq families #lgbtq family #lgbtq parents #lgbtq parenting #queer family #queer families #queer parenting #queer parents #bernie meme #bernie sanders

0 notes

homonationalist · 2 months

Text

Afropessimism, then, is less of a theory of more of a metatheory: a critical project that, by deploying Blackness as a lens of interpretation, interrogates the unspoken, assumptive logic of Marxism, postcolonialism, psychoanalysis, and feminism through rigorous theoretical consideration of their properties and assumptive logic, such as their foundations, methods, form, and utility; and it does so, again, on a higher level of abstraction than the discourse and methods of the theories it interrogates. Again, Afropessimism is, in the main, more of a metatheory than a theory. It is pessimistic about the claims theories of liberation make when these theories try to explain Black suffering or when they analogize Black suffering with the suffering of other oppressed beings. It does this by unearthing and exposing the meta-aporias, strewn like land mines in what these theories of so-called universal liberation hold to be true. If, as Afropessimism argues, Blacks are not Human subjects, but are instead structural inert props, implements for the execution of White and non-Black fantasies and sadomasochistic pleasures, then this also means that, at a higher level of abstraction, the claims of universal humanity that the above theories all subscribe to are hobbled by a meta-aporia: a contradition that manifests whenever one looks seriously at the structure of Black suffering in comparison to the presumed universal structure of all sentient beings. Again, Black people embody a meta-aporia for political thought and action—Black people are the wrench in the works. Blacks do not function as political subjects; instead, our flesh and energies are instrumentalized for postcolonial, immigrant, feminist, LGBTQ, transgender, and workers' agendas. These so-called allies are never authorized by Black agendas predicated on Black ethical dilemmas. A Black radical agenda is terrifying to most people on the Left—think Bernie Sanders—because it emanates from a condition of suffering for which there is no imaginable strategy for redress—no narrative of social, political, or national redemption. This crisis, no, this catastrophe, this realization that I am a sentient being who can't use words like "being" or "person" to describe myself without the scare quotes and the threat of raised eyebrows from anyone within earshot, was crippling.

Frank B. Wilderson III from "For Halloween I Washed My Face" in Afropessimism (2020)

#frank b wilderson iii #afropessimism #antiblackness #reading #bolding is mine he uses italics a lot

110 notes · View notes

cyarsk52-20 · 1 year

Text

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Intersectional feminism (@intersectional_feminismmm)

instagram

intersectional_feminismmm 💛💛💛

CW: transphobia

•#IntersectionalFeminism #MyBodyMyChoice #Intersectional #AbortionAccess #EndRapeCulture #TransWomenAreWomen #Bernie #ProAbortion #AbortionIsHealthcare #RoeVWade #abortion #feminist #feminism #Pride #lgbtq #intersectionality #EndSlutShaming #intersectional #AbortionRights #SmashThePatriarchy #ProChoice #FreeHealthcare #leftist #TransMenAreMen #lgbt #GayRights #RespectPronouns #NonbinaryPride #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransRights