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himmagazine · 3 months

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Boomer Banks: Vom Schwulen-Pornostar zur Mainstream-Ikone – Neues Kapitel in Musik und Mode

🌟 Abschied einer Ikone! 🌟 Boomer Banks, ein Leuchtturm der schwulen Pornowelt, signalisiert einen Richtungswechsel in seiner Karriere. Seine Community steht vor einem bittersüßen Moment des Abschieds. Mehr als nur ein Darsteller, war Boomer eine Inspiration für viele und seine Entscheidung, eine Pause einzulegen, hallt nach. Wie wir diese Änderung verstehen und verarbeiten, ist Teil seiner andauernden Wirkung auf die Branche. Was denkt ihr über seinen Teilrückzug? 🤔🌈#BoomerBanks #AbschiedEinerIkone #PornostarPause #GayPornNews #EndOfAnEra #SchwulenIkone #AdultEntertainment #KarriereRichtungswechsel #BranchenLegend #EinLetztesMal Read the full article

#ActivistJourney #BoomerBanks #EmpowerThroughArt #InclusivityChampion #LGBTQAdvocate #LoveAndHumor #MainstreamIcon #MusicAndFashion #QueerArtist #SexWorkEmpowerment

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koripride · 3 months

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Being true to ourselves and celebrating diversity is not just a choice, it's a responsibility. Let's spread love, acceptance, and unity for everyone! 🌈🏳️‍🌈 #LoveIsLove #PrideActivist #CelebratingDiversity #LGBTQAdvocate

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crossdreamers · 3 years

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Shozenji, A Japanese LGBTQ Safe Temple Run By A Transgender Nun

Matcha reports on Soshuku Shibatani, the transgender head nun of the Shozenji Temple in Moriguchi City, Osaka. It is Japan’s first temple built as a refuge for the LGBTQ community.

Soshuku Shibatani, a 65-year-old openly transgender Buddhist nun, was assigned male at birth:

She began to identify as a female in elementary school but never dared to express her gender identity at the time. As a university student, she met people similar to her and briefly lived at ease among like-minded peers. However, upon entering the workforce, she had to hide her true self once more...

According to Ms. Shibatani, "Buddha saw beyond the differences of gender."

There is no need to hide your true self. Ms. Shibatani gradually became interested in Buddhist teachings and enrolled in community courses at the Graduate School of Koyasan University. She later resigned from her company, joined the priesthood, and went on to study Esoteric Buddhism.

Ms. Shibatani stated, "Shozenji is not exclusively for the LGBTQ community, but rather a temple for everyone."

“The Kannon Bodhisattva has no gender identity,” Soshuku Shibatani says. A statue of Kannon, the Buddhist deity of mercy, is enshrined in the temple. Others see Kannon or Guan Yin as a female incarnation of the Buddha.

#trans #transgender #nonbinary #enby #buddhism #transgender nun #lgbt #lgbtqadvocate #japa

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mikeruiz1 · 4 years

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Thank you so much for including me in this issue @photobookmagazine!! And thank you to @cinava_photography for shooting the super cool cover! Read the interview at the link in my bio. ・・・ Check out our newest cover story ✨ Shaping The Future With Mike Ruiz ✨ @MikeRuizone uses his voice and art in ways that transcend the business of photography. Our Editor-in-Chief, @718blonde, interviews Mike on his passion for photography, his upcoming book "Transmutation", his work in the LGBTQ community, his relentless advocacy on the behalf of pit bull type dogs, and many other exciting projects! Click the link in the bio to learn more about his journey, and what the future holds for this multifaceted man! #photography @cinava_photography #fashionstylist @718blonde @agencygerardartists #tearsheets @vvivviennne * * * * #photobookmagazine #fashionmagazine #mikeruiz #photographer #director #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqadvocate #pitbulls #pitbull #pitbullrescue #pitbulladvocate #mikeruizphotography #adoptdontshop #rescue #rescuedog #pitbulltypedogs #pibble #pitbull (at Planet Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAGAXjrlaNa/?igshid=ffnp33syy816

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chloes-fandom-designs · 5 years

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Pansexual wallpaper/lockscreen

#pansexuel #lgbtq #lgbt icons #lgbtqipa #lgbtlove #lgbt art #lgbtqplus #lgbtqiia+#lgbtq representation #lgbtqa positivity #lgbtqa pride #lgbtqart #lgbtqadvocate #Lgbtq acceptance

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getyourjoey-blog · 5 years

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So proud of our very own @rowa7ker for getting nominated in the Future 40! You can find the article by going to CBC Canada news and typing future 40 into the search bar! Way to go Ro! #cbcfuture40 #future40 #congratulations #lgbtqadvocate #advocate #lgbtadvocate #transadvocate #trans #ftm #transgender #transpride #transisbeautiful #gendernonconforming #nonbinary https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp2AizdFhzn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rhgvh40qitmu

#cbcfuture40 #future40 #congratulations #lgbtqadvocate #advocate #lgbtadvocate #transadvocate #trans #ftm #transgender #transpride #transisbeautiful #gendernonconforming #nonbinary

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yuval-david · 4 years

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#NationalComingOutDay is grounded in the spirit of the personal being political. The most basic form of activism is being your authentic self, being open and out, honest and true to yourself, and especially with family, friends, and colleagues. Homophobia, bigotry, hatred, and persecution of LGBTQ+ people thrives in an atmosphere of silence and ignorance. National Coming Out Day reminds us all that once people realize that they know, like, and love individuals who are lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer, they are far less likely to maintain homophobic or oppressive views. This photo of me is from my youth, as my career in art, entertainment, and media became greater platforms for me to explore and share myself, and to help and empower others to do the same. Throughout all the adversities and challenges I have lived through, I have learned that the more I live with pride for being who I am and how I am, the more I help others live proudly for being who they are and how they are. How do you live honestly and share your truest self with others? . . . . . . . . #YuvalDavid #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia #lesbian #gay #bi #trans #queer #lgbtqactivist #lgbtqadvocate #lgbtqactor #lgbtqfilmmaker #lgbtqleader #lgbtqadvocacy #lgbtqactivism #comeout #comingout #outofthecloset #beyou #gayguy #gayman #gayactor #gayfilmmaker #queeractor #queerfilmmaker #queerman #queermen #gaymen (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGOjrafBg-0/?igshid=1clt0dbxn8f74

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nevertwofit-blog · 5 years

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CELEBRATING THE CULMINATION OF @pride MONTH WITH A RAINBOW “CHEESE”CAKE👩‍❤️‍👩🏳️‍🌈👨‍❤️‍👨 This “cheese”cake is #vegan, #raw, and #paleo!!😋 100% organic and naturally flavored and colored!!! Made with @navitasorganics goji berries, @e3live algae for the top layer, @driscollsberry for the berries on top, and lots of other powders that are written down somewhere🥴 This cheesecake was actually finished June 7th lol but we took a huge break from insta🤠 It took a couple weeks to make this cheesecake! It’s been hard finding the ingredients to color it correctly and then it took a while to let each layer set!😅 But on a more serious note, supporting the LGBTQ+ community is very important to us. Our gym, @thetrainingroomatlanta is filled with LGBTQ+ pride and we support everyone there and are proud to go there! 💖 • • • • • #feedfeed @thefeedfeed #pride2019 #pride #gaypridemonth #lgbtq🌈 #lgbtqadvocate #healthfood #happypridemonth #whatveganseat #vegandessert #vegancheesecake #rawdessert #paleorecipes #cashewcheesecake #healthydesserts #rdeats #goodmoodfood #rainbowfood #loveislove #f52grams #geniusdesserts #mindbodygram #goop #wellandgoodeats #healthyish https://www.instagram.com/p/BzWRNuFpLa6/?igshid=1im07blkpg2qw

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crossdreamers · 4 years

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The Teduray on the Philippines and the “one who became a woman”

I was alerted about an interesting article by on transgender concepts in the Philippines by Sass Rogando Sasot.

She points to the conversation between some Teduray people and Stuart Schlegel, a cultural anthropologist and specialist on the Philippines, Indonesia and California. Below is an excerpt from Wisdom from a Rainforest: The Spiritual Journey of an Anthropologist (1998), Schlegel’s reflections on what he learned from living with the Teduray people in the 60’s.

One evening as Ukà was playing I asked the man next to me if she was married, because she had come to Figel accompanied by her brother, and her name didn’t indicate any children. He replied, “Oh no, Mo-Lini, she can’t be married. How could she have children? She is a mentefuwaley libun.” I had never heard that term before, but it was perfectly clear Teduray and meant “one-who-became-a-woman.” I said, “Oh, so she is really a man?” “No,” he said, “she is a genuine woman!” His word for “genuine” was tentu, which means “real” or “actual.” But if she were really a woman, what did it mean that she became a woman? I was confused. (Remember that this whole conversation was in Teduray and therefore was without pronouns like “he” or “she,” “him” or “her.”) I asked my companion, “Well, then, when she was born was she a boy or a girl?” When he replied, I detected a slight in incredulity that I could be so dense concerning a perfectly clear situation. “She was born a boy, Mo-Lini. Don’t you remember? I just said that she is one-who-became-a-woman!” “So then, cousin,”–I, the dense stranger in his world, forged bravely on–“she is really a man, just dressed like a woman!” My friend’s disbelief at my inability to see what was right before my eyes seemed to go up a notch, edging toward a puzzlement equal to my own. He said, “Can’t you understand? She is really a woman! She is one-who-became-a-woman.” So I played my trump card, sure it would clear up all this silliness: “Well, does she have a penis?” “Yes, of course she has a penis,” he said. “She is one-who-became-a-woman.” Finally I stopped quizzing him. In my world what identifies a man as “really” a male and a woman as “really” a female are their genitals, but evidently this was not so for the Teduray. In the months following this revelation, I asked several people about this phenomenon. I learned that in their view of things, what made you really a certain gender was the social role you played: how you dressed, how you wore your hair, what you did all day, how you were addressed by people, what gender you thought of yourself as being. And as far as Teduray were concerned, you could be whichever one you pleased.

I later met a man who had been born a girl but who had chosen to be male and had lived a long life as a man. Most boys grew up wanting to be men and most girls grew up wanting to be women, but if anyone didn’t and wanted to switch, nobody cared a whit. He or she was not thought of as strange or eccentric and, except that marriage was considered inappropriate, was treated just like everyone else. Seeing my interest and opacity with regard to these people who changed gender, someone asked me, “Mo-Lini, don’t you have ones-who-became-women and ones-who-became-men in America?” “Well,” I said, “we have women and men who wear the other’s clothing, and we have men and women who would like to be the other gender.” “So, you see,” he said, “it’s just the same with you.” “No,” I had to reply. “Many Americans give such people a bad time. They despise them and consider them bad people.” “Just because they want to be a different gender?” he asked, amazement on his face. And his next question still rings in my ears: “Why is that? Why are you people so cruel?”.

“I wish I had even a glimmer of what we realize today about trans folks when I was in Figel, but in the 1960s I simply had no idea about any such things,” Schlegel later told Sasot in a Facebook message.

As Saso points out, Mentefuwaley libun is not about a “man” becoming a woman but the ungendered “one” becoming a woman: “one-who-became-woman.”

Ukà’s penis isn’t relevant to the Teduray people in determining her gender. She is a real woman even if she has one because she unfolded into being a woman.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtqadvocate #mentefuwaley libun

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write-ugly · 4 years

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#originalpoetry #poetry #poems #poet #poetrycorner #poetryofig #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #spilledink #writeugly #criesofpen #soulsofpoets #bleedingsoulpoetry #CPTSD #survivor #thriving #christiansurvivor #cptsdrecovery #cptsdawareness #cptsdwarrior #love #lovepoetry #lovepoem #gayfriendly #LGBTQadvocate #christianadvocate https://www.instagram.com/p/B80ALgJFELa/?igshid=mdl9alma3mbq

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odawni · 7 years

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I just discovered IG Insights. !!! Very cool, but I am disappointed by the binary gender option. socialmedia #socialmediamarketing #instagram #instagraminsights #stats #lgbtq #lgbt🌈 #geekgirl #genderstats #lgbtqia #lgbtqadvocate #neato #politicallyincorrect #aspiringwriter #ladyarchiva #odawnidotcom

#socialmediamarketing #genderstats #politicallyincorrect #neato #aspiringwriter #ladyarchiva #lgbtqadvocate #lgbtqia #odawnidotcom #instagram #stats #lgbt🌈#geekgirl #instagraminsights #lgbtq

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mhunterk · 4 years

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10 Questions w/ Composer & LGBTQ Activist Will Shishmanian (Full version in bio!)⁣⁣ ⁣ 1. WHAT DO YOU DO? I’m a musical theater composer/lyricist, singer/songwriter, freelance musician, and LGBTQ advocate! I’m working on building a career in theater that will bring new voices to the stage and share the experiences of people like me, who are transgender and/or queer. I also am just getting back into gigging with my solo music around NYC. I play guitar, bass, and co-produce with some other artists here in the city, both live and in the studio. ⁣ ⁣ 3. YOUR MUSIC IS BOTH THOUGHTFUL AND FUN. HOW DO YOU INCLUDE ACTIVISM WITHOUT GETTING OVERLY PREACHY? I’m definitely thinking about that a lot right now as I’m writing a show about a trans man living stealth and having to navigate how to talk to cisgender men about misogyny, homophobia, and toxic masculinity. Not exactly light material, but the goal is to balance the heaviness with humor and music that’s honest but catchy. For example, there’s a song I just finished from the perspective of a woman who works a manual labor job and always gets asked if she needs help by the men around her, but it’s an uptempo folk tune that you can still tap your foot to. I don’t want to make people cry for 90 minutes straight, I want them to be able to sing along, and be engaged because they are hearing their truths echoed back to them, and maybe some people are learning about other folks’ perspectives along the way. ⁣ ⁣ 6. WHO’S AN ARTIST IN YOUR FIELD WE SHOULD ALL BE PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO? My friend Anessa Marie is an amazing up-and-coming musical theater composer and badass music director! Definitely someone to watch.⁣ ⁣ Thanks Will!!⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #lgbtq #acitvist #musician #tenquestionsseries #lgbtqadvocate #lgbtqmusician #trans #musician #composer #musicaltheatre #addyanddahlia #nyc #queercommunity #transrights #singersongwriter #artist #artistsoninstagram #artscommunity #support #supportartists https://ift.tt/38JFVFW

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yuval-david · 4 years

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The #GLAADawards are always fabulous as we join together to celebrate the best in LGBTQ media. This year we did so with a virtual event. I am proud to collaborate with @glaad and thankful for its efforts unifying and representing our community. . . . . . . . . . #yuvaldavid #glaad #glaadmediaawards #glaadawards2020 #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #gayactor #gayfilmmaker #lgbtqfilm #lgbtqadvocate @lilly @darrylstephens @iamsheadiamond @kandi @harveyguillen @caradelevingne @kaitlyndever @beaniefeldstein @jonicatgibbs @ryanoconn @dollyparton @poseonfx @mrrpmurphy @angelicaross @gabunion @lenawaithe @oliviawilde @raquel_willis @sonyadevillewwe @peppermint247 @geenarocero @bennydrama7 @instadanjlevy @maddowshow @the_brianmichael @lilnasx @chloexhalle (at GLAAD) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDSdmdbBRt7/?igshid=1ore4aii5y81u

#glaadawards #yuvaldavid #glaad #glaadmediaawards #glaadawards2020 #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #gayactor #gayfilmmaker #lgbtqfilm #lgbtqadvocate

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