#lgbtq representation

[orionsangel86]

The fact that Good Omens S2 was SO QUEER.

Not Just Maggie and Nina (and Lindsey)

Not just Aziraphale and Crowley

Not even just Gabriel and Beelzebub (who is NB)

But the magician shopkeeper and his trans/NB spouse who wore a fancy early 19th century dress to the ball.

Job's son who was flirting with Aziraphale (hilariously played by Ty Tennant giving Michael Sheen heart eyes in front of his dad lmao)

Even the tough macho man in Scotland that Aziraphale borrows the phone from - using it for "Grindr".

Plus of course Michael, Uriel, Muriel, and Dagon also all being non binary/gender queer characters.

With all this, there was no homophobia, no one batted an eyelid at any characters sexualities, sexuality wasn't even brought up, characters just are who they are and like who they like. Its a non issue in the GO universe.

AKA my favourite type of queer representation. The same type found in The Sandman (show not comic).

And whilst there was plenty of drama and not everyone gets a happy queer ending (YET) there was no queer trauma to be seen. No hate crimes, no "bury your gays", no stupid discussions about how HARD it is to be out of the closet in a bigoted world, because the GO world isn't bigoted.

Its SUCH a BREATH OF FRESH AIR.

I know we have similar experiences in The Sandman, In OFMD, and even in WWDITS, but each time a new show takes this very new approach towards queer representation I feel like I'm once again sinking into a comforting hug from someone I love, who loves me back.

Its just really fucking wonderful to see. I hope we keep seeing it more and more often.

#good omens #good omens season 2 spoilers #good omens season 2 #good omens s2 spoilers #gos2 #gos2 spoilers #ineffable husbands #ineffable beurocracy #maggie x nina #queer representation #representation matters #lgbtg #lgbtq representation #neil gaiman

[radios-silent]

The way charlie just says "no" so calmly

#heartstopper #kit connor #joe locke #lgbtq #heartstopper season 2 #heartstopper series #heartstopper s2 #nick nelson #nick x charlie #charlie spring #lgbtq representation #lgbtq relationships #lgbtqia #alice oseman #osemanverse

[aroacesafeplaceforall]

Actually one last thing before I go to bed so I can deal with the consequences of my actions later but

My biggest issue with the queer community is they need to learn how to take a win.

You heard me.

It’s like no one can celebrate anything anymore. One of us gains a few more rights in a country and others will say “it’s not enough”

We know it’s not. But let us breath for a moment. Let us cheer for a moment. Let us celebrate without guilt tripping people.

I can never see a post about “XYZ happened and it’s good!!” Without at least one fucking person being like “yeah well XYZ is happening and it’s negative.”

Be fucking happy

Take a fucking win

Even if it’s a small one

And use those as fuel for the next step

#aromantic #aroace #asexual #aro #ace #aro pride #ace pride #lgbtqia #pride #lgbtq representation #lgbtpeople #lgbtqplus #lgbtq community #lgbt pride #lgbtqia+

[brandyschillace]

The Forgotten History of the World’s First Transgender Clinic

I finished the first round of edits on my nonfiction history of trans rights today. It will publish with Norton in 2025, but I decided, because I feel so much of my community is here, to provide a bit of the introduction.

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The Institute for Sexual Sciences had offered safe haven to homosexuals and those we today consider transgender for nearly two decades. It had been built on scientific and humanitarian principles established at the end of the 19th century and which blossomed into the sexology of the early 20th. Founded by Magnus Hirschfeld, a Jewish homosexual, the Institute supported tolerance, feminism, diversity, and science. As a result, it became a chief target for Nazi destruction: “It is our pride,” they declared, to strike a blow against the Institute. As for Magnus Hirschfeld, Hitler would label him the “most dangerous Jew in Germany.”6 It was his face Hitler put on his antisemitic propaganda; his likeness that became a target; his bust committed to the flames on the Opernplatz. You have seen the images. You have watched the towering inferno that roared into the night. The burning of Hirschfeld’s library has been immortalized on film reels and in photographs, representative of the Nazi imperative, symbolic of all they would destroy. Yet few remember what they were burning—or why.

Magnus Hirschfeld had built his Institute on powerful ideas, yet in their infancy: that sex and gender characteristics existed upon a vast spectrum, that people could be born this way, and that, as with any other diversity of nature, these identities should be accepted. He would call them Intermediaries.

Intermediaries carried no stigma and no shame; these sexual and Gender nonconformists had a right to live, a right to thrive. They also had a right to joy. Science would lead the way, but this history unfolds as an interwar thriller—patients and physicians risking their lives to be seen and heard even as Hitler began his rise to power. Many weren’t famous; their lives haven’t been celebrated in fiction or film. Born into a late-nineteenth-century world steeped in the “deep anxieties of men about the shifting work, social roles, and power of men over women,” they came into her own just as sexual science entered the crosshairs of prejudice and hate. The Institute’s own community faced abuse, blackmail, and political machinations; they responded with secret publishing campaigns, leaflet drops, pro-homosexual propaganda, and alignments with rebel factions of Berlin’s literati. They also developed groundbreaking gender affirmation surgeries and the first hormone cocktail for supportive gender therapy.

Nothing like the Institute for Sexual Sciences had ever existed before it opened its doors—and despite a hundred years of progress, there has been nothing like it since. Retrieving this tale has been an exercise in pursuing history at its edges and fringes, in ephemera and letters, in medal texts, in translations. Understanding why it became such a target for hatred tells us everything about our present moment, about a world that has not made peace with difference, that still refuses the light of scientific evidence most especially as it concerns sexual and reproductive rights.

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I wanted to add a note here: so many people have come together to make this possible. Like Ralf Dose of the Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft (Magnus Hirschfeld Archive), Berlin, and Erin Reed, American journalist and transgender rights activist—Katie Sutton, Heike Bauer. I am also deeply indebted to historian, filmmaker and formative theorist Susan Stryker for her feedback, scholarship, and encouragement all along the way. And Laura Helmuth, editor of Scientific American, whose enthusiasm for a short article helped bring the book into being. So many LGBTQ+ historians, archivists, librarians, and activists made the work possible, that its publication testifies to the power of the queer community and its dedication to preserving and celebrating history. But I ALSO want to mention you, folks here on tumblr who have watched and encouraged and supported over the 18 months it took to write it (among other books and projects). @neil-gaiman has been especially wonderful, and @always-coffee too: thank you.

The support of this community has been important as I’ve faced backlash in other quarters. Thank you, all.

NOTE: they are attempting to rebuild the lost library, and you can help: https://magnus-hirschfeld.de/archivzentrum/archive-center/

#support trans rights #trans history #trans #transgender #trans woman #trans rights #trans representation #interwar period #weimar #equality #autistic author #nonbinary #lgbtq representation #lgbtqia #book news #book #books #new books #thank you #neil gaiman #for your support

[tsbambis-blog]

#asian lgbtq dramas #lgbtq representation #sissy caged #sissi femboi #feminine sissy #lgbtq books #faggot sissy #sissy ferminization

[thevillainsfangirl]

There are some ships that you just know would be 100% canon if they were an M/F ship, and that's mainly what pisses people off the most in these situations.

It isn't just about the ship; it's also very much about the homophobia (whether the creators know it or not) that is preventing the ship from being canon when they otherwise would be.

#(@ Antis: DNI. KEEP MOVING! I know many might like this post but y'all ain't welcome here! 👋🏽) #I know this happens with F/F ships but I mostly see it with M/M ships and I think toxic/fragile masculinity has something to do with it. #Even from woman writers. It's these pre-conceived things we're fed about what men should be. 🙄 #So I was going to say ''If they weren't both men'' but I decided to let this post be fully accessible. #(Also I feel like people would yell at me for that. 😟 Even though it's... just where I see this issue happening the most. 🤷🏽‍♀️) #stuilly #romancek #sterek #hartwin #harringrove #nygmobblepot #chadthan #subscorp #stucky #stony #blerena #dan x chuck #julie x helen #lgbtq media #lgbtq representation #homophobia #heteronomativity #I'm not *absolutely certain* about Hartwin since so many people have an issue with their age gap. (Even though Eggsy is A GROWN MAN. 🙄) #txt

[bigbeanbear]

Nimona is also a milestone in western queer animation history because Ballister (South Asian) and Ambrosius (East Asian) are both of Asian descent in the movie, the same as their voice actors. They are a canon gay Asian couple.

#Ballister is disabled Asian gay #nimona #nimona movie #ballister x ambrosius #goldenheart #ballister boldheart #ambrosius goldenloin #voice actors #lgbtq representation #queer representation #my posts #asian representation

[elysiarte]

something, something, something, we win!🤘🏻

#drew nimona's expressions for practice #coz.. im bad at it yknow lol #im actually happy at how these turned out #did these while rewatching too! #this movie is GOOD #nimona #nimona netflix #nimona 2023 #nimona film #Nimona fanart #today on tumblr #lgbtq+ #lgbtqia #lgbtq representation #nimona movie #nd stevenson

[unhappybabybat]

Things I want to get for my own place when I make it on my own regression style ! 🍼🫧

- Bed guard rails to Imamate a crib they have grey netting and can move up and down like a crib and still have an adult bed !

- many many baby toys ! I don’t have room for much toys while I do have a abundance of stuffies and dolls having my own toy room is a goal of mine

only using sippy cups bottles and kids dish wear will have normal dishes for guests .

I want a play pen in my living room with one recliner chair for a guest when they come over or for me to have my coffee on .

star projectors and neon signs I want neon sings in my house when I move out . My room doesn’t have space

all types of age re kid foods I can’t have in my own pantry!

kid like bathroom set up I wanna do my bathroom theme set up for a kids bathroom not adult one .

DNI = do not interact including liking post following Rebloging and commenting NSWF KINK BLOGGS ANTI LGBTQIA PEDOS MAPS ANYONE SEXUALIZING MY REGRESSION PEOPLE WHO POST POLITICS AND MEANIES

#age regression #agere blog #agere community #agere little #agere moodboard #sfw agere #trans #lgbtq representation #sfw age regression #spotify

[orionsangel86]

I like how in this era of excellent queer TV to replace the SuperWhoLock era, each light hearted comedy show of the trio has a dark queer mirror. Black Sails is to Our Flag Means Death, as Interview With The Vampire is to What We Do In The Shadows, just as The Sandman is to Good Omens.

I do find it odd how in each pairing its the supposed light hearted comedy show that has emotionally devastated its audience so far though...

#good omens #the sandman #ofmd #our flag means death #black sails #wwdits #what we do in the shadows #iwtv #interview with the vampire #the key words here are 'so far' #queer representation #lgbtq representation #i absolutely love it #each of these shows have me in a bit of a chokehold #some more than others #but still its a great time for queer tv

[esperastra]

random avalance gifs [18|∞]

#legends of tomorrow #avalance #ava sharpe #sara lance #lot #lotedit #avalanceedit #saralanceedit #avasharpeedit #gif* #mine* #random*avalance #wlw #wlw ship #lesbian #bisexuality #lgbtq #lgbtq representation #wlw representation #sapphic

[radios-silent]

The cliff hanger at the end- I can't

#heartstopper #heartstopper series #heartstopper s2 #heartstopper season 2 #nick x charlie #nick nelson #kit connor #charlie spring #joe locke #alice oseman #osemanverse #lgbtq representation #lgbtq relationships #lgbtq #lgbtq rights

[brandyschillace]

THE BOOK IS A GO!

Transgender History out 2025

Good morning—GOOD NEWS! Going on 2 years ago, I published my article in Scientific American about #transgenger + #hormone history 🗃️🧪🏳️‍⚧️. I finished the book in Oct, and my editor just wrote to say she loves it and it will publish next winter!

This book almost didn’t happen. It was so hard to write. It *hurt* to write. Watching the news and reading history, it felt the same—rise of fascism and attacks on minorities and LGBTQ. But it’s done, it is written.

THE INTERMEDIARIES tells the story of that science—itself often strange and remarkable—as well as the man, his band of revolutionaries, and the Institute for Sexual Science, both center of the homosexual and trans community and base of operations for the first LGBTQ rights movement of the 20th century.

Sexual and gender nonconformists, what Hirschfeld called the intermediaries, had a right to live, a right to thrive. They also had a right to joy. Science would lead the way, but this history unfolds as an interwar thriller—patients and physicians risking their lives to be seen and heard even as Hitler began his rise to power. They faced abuse, blackmail, and political machinations; they responded with secret publishing campaigns, leaflet drops, pro-homosexual propaganda, and alignments with rebel factions of Berlin’s literati. It’s a story about pioneers. And about hope.

And it all started here:

#transrightarehumanrights #support trans kids #support trans rights #trans day of remembrance #trans #trans woman #trans rights #transgender #transmasc #trans pride #lgbtq representation #lgbtqplus #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #lgbt pride #science #history #nonfiction #trans history #gay rights #gay history #interwar period #wwii history #wwii germany #weimar #hormones #bookblr #booksbooksbooks #new books

[tsbambis-blog]

Reblog you c$ck hungry cun&

#feminine sissy #faggot sissy #sissy caged #sissy ferminization #humiliation sissy #sissifyme #sissy desires #submisive sissy #sissy tasks #lgbtq representation

[barbthebuilder]

What do y'all want to see more of in genderfluid media?

Like, let's say there will be a new character in your favorite show who just happens to be genderfluid. How do you want them to represent themselves? In what ways you want them to show their genderfluidity?

This is question mainly to genderfluid folks but if you're not genderfluid you can speak up too! Just make sure to state that you're not genderfluid first.

#genderfluid #trans #nonbinary #lgbtq #lgbtqia #genderqueer #lgbt #transgender #lgbtq+ #enby #queer media #lgbtq representation #gnc #gender nonconforming #queer #lgbtqia+ #lgbt community #pronouns #gender #gender expression #gender identity

[fixing-bad-posts]

Reviews for The Sandman (2022)

[Image description: A series of reviews for the TV show, The Sandman (2022), edited blackout poetry style. Resulting text is below.]

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars) gay people. I like the gay fantasy lol. 1,000%.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars) I think they are just promoting homosexuality! I recommend it.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars) Great series and acting. Gods, waitresses, cookers, husbands, wifes are all gay!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars) The series is great. Talks about sexism and LGBTQ+ characters all the time. This is a show about the Sandman. I believe anyone in their right mind would like this.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (11 stars) gay activities going on, it was overwhelming

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars) The shows good, Sandman and the Gay People. At a certain point you need to give everyone a powerful gay feminist.

Submitted by @marco-tries-to-be

Original Post by @nicostiel

#tag yourself‚ i'm ''gay activities going on‚ it was overwhelming'' #fbp submission #marco-tries-to-be #blackout poetry #the sandman #netflix the sandman #netflix sandman #sandman netflix #the sandman netflix #neil gaiman #queer representation #lgbtq representation #queer media