#monica helms

[genderqueerpositivity]

August 19th is Transgender Flag Day:

(image description: a transgender flag with a white box on top, inside the box is a quote from trans flag creator Monica Helms that reads "The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional color for baby boys. The stripes next to them are pink, the traditional color for baby girls. The stripe in the middle is white, for those who are intersex, transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender. The pattern is such that no matter which way you fly it, it is always correct, signifying us finding correctness in our lives.”)

#transgender #transgender flag day #trans flag day #monica helms #trans history #op #genderqueerpositivity #q

[ianmelchizadek]

More Than a Flag: Monica Helms

Heartwarming & encouraging; I really enjoyed this little interview...She seems like such a wonderful person, really gave me a feeling of hope - and hope has been so hard to come by lately.

#trans woman #trans elders #trans positivity #this gave me hope #a beautiful soul #monica helms #Youtube

[gwydionmisha]

#Transgender Awareness Week #Monica Helms

[warlocket-grimoire]

Reminder to transphobes who somehow end up on my page. While my gender lines up with the binary, this is a nonbinary safe page. Your identity is not only valid but it is NOT something that Tumblr made up.

First of all, if you support binary trans identities but not nonbinary or gender nonconforming identities, you are ignoring Monica Helms (The creator of the trans flag in 1999, long before tumblr) reasoning for the white stripe in the flag.

“The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional color for baby boys. The stripes next to them are pink, the traditional color for baby girls. The stripe in the middle is white, for those who are intersex, transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender."

Secondly, being nonbinary is something that has been around for thousands of years and to think otherwise is incredibly Eurocentric and blatantly ignores other cultures that have had nonbinary and third genders since antiquity. Genders such as Fa'afafine (Samoan), Hijras(Indian), Khanith (Oman), and Two-Spirit (Indigenous North American Nations) just to name a few.

As someone who has a degree in Anthropology and Gender Studies, I'm happy to take genuine questions. Just know that I support you, history supports you, and academia supports you.

#nonbinary #transgender #anthropology #gender studies #gender noncomformity #monica helms #pride month #trans pride

[nestavadavat]

Y'all btw Monica Helms, creator of the trans flag, is actually the coolest lady like ever? She added the white stripe for nonbinary people! And she made sure that no matter what direction you fly it in is correct because we're correct. And she made sure trans veterans are "treated just as crappy as the rest of [the veterans]".

#trans #transgender #monica helms #nest talks

[rainbowandco]

This weeks flag had to be the Trans flag created by Monica Helms!

The flag was designed so that regardless of how it’s held, it always looks correct, Helms explains that “This symbolizes us trying to find correctness in our own lives.”

#trans #trans pride #transgender #trans flag #transgender flag #pride flag #pride flags #queer community #lgbtqia #lgbtqplus #lgbtq community #queer history #queer pride #trans history #monica helms

[furbearingbrick]

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hey op

eat shit

#reactionary embarassment #hall of shame #receipts #exorsexism #lateral aggression #what too much discourse does to a mf #im tired #nonbinary genders are LITERALLY represented on the trans flag by the white stripe #monica helms HERSELF said so

[taylorswiftstyle]

2024 Golden Globe Awards | Los Angeles, CA | January 7, 2024

Gucci gown

Let it be known my Roman Empire is painted a shade of aurora borealis green. 

I’m biased. I love it. You’re buckling up for a rave. But everyone knew that, right? 

I want it on record that no one should be surprised when they see this lewk on the TSS Favourite Outfits of 2024 list. And that I’ll devise some maniacal strategy to make it make sense to include in every annual list from here to eternity.

Let's get the obvious out of the way in that this shade of green could easily be interpreted as very snakelike and thus a nod to reputation and its forthcoming re-recorded version. I'd even happily apply it to the teal-y and springlike green of debut if we want to go debutation on this.

But if we are to talk about Gucci we have to talk about the precipice the house is upon right now. As it relates to Taylor, I suspect her dress (specific shade TBD - Chartreuse? Apple? Pear? Some other adjacent fruit that’s a feast for my eyes?) is a preview of Fall 2024 and a clear indicator of the path the new creative director Sabato De Sarno’s will take the brand in. Which is to say, muting the eccentricity of Alessandro Michele’s era of Gucci that brought the brand to a new level of renown in favour of something cleaner and sexier. Nicole Phelps for Vogue already noted that De Sarno’s first collection for Gucci — Spring 2024’s Ancora, meaning ‘again’ in English and released in September — evokes a Gucci when Tom Ford was once at the helm, praising De Sarno’s approach to “the upfront sex appeal of those ’60s-by-way-of-the-’90s shapes, and straight riffs on Ford hits” while “establish[ing De Sarno’s] essentials, focusing on cut and proportion, and repeating shapes for emphasis.”

Indeed, Taylor’s gown is directly reminiscent of a Fall 2004 look from Ford’s Gucci - all green sparkles and sexy disco energy. This makes sense when we consider De Sarno’s history and homeworking when he decided to take the creative director post. He told WWD, “Gucci to me equals luxury … the first fashion piece I ever owned was a Gucci jacket by Tom Ford. I still remember I traveled to Rome to buy it with my friend … luxury was really not part of our world. Television was the only way to see fashion for me back then.” He added, “My ambition is to build an aesthetic message with an edited collection that is mindful of Gucci’s heritage and close to my own aesthetics.”

When we consider my personal history with Taylor and Gucci, I don’t have to look very far to immediately picture one of my all time favourite Taylor looks — the 2014 Grammys when she wore a sparkling Gucci Première column gown which is not too dissimilar to this one. What can I say, I’m consistent. The shape, the perfect kiss-the-floor hemming, and obviously the divine colour that really pops on Taylor will have me swooning for a long time. 

At the end of it all, what I come back to is De Sarno’s sentimentality to naming his first collection: Ancora. Again. He told WWD, “Ancora is a word that you use when your desire is not over yet … I want to fall in love with fashion all over again — ancora.” In the same interview he said, “I like words a lot, they have weight and a precise meaning, they convey emotions, so I like artists who use words.” 

It dawns on me that Taylor’s light is shining at its brightest now as she highlights, celebrates, and - indeed - falls in love with all the versions of herself she has ever been. Revisiting her eras past again. And again. In every re-record. In every step she takes on stage. In every cutting line she writes in ruminating and revisiting the experiences of her life and translating them into song. She’s flitting, flirting, memorializing all her past selves in celebration of their summation of her current self. And that’s what this ‘era of eras’ has been. 

So if this is De Sarno’s Gucci I say welcome. Ancora. 

Photos by Monica Schipper/GA and Amy Sussman via Getty Images

#taylor swift #award #dress #gucci #january 2024

[lacefuneral]

old web trans artifacts i found on gifcities. that flag predates the monica helms blue-pink-white flag we're familiar with. and i chose to interpret the rotated double venus as a transbian symbol

#blinkie #transparent #old web #trans #flashing gif #transbian #trans man #flashing

[bathtub-frog]

Trans woman Monica Helms designed the Transgender Pride Flag in 1997. The light blue traditionally represents baby boys, and pink represents baby girls. The white in the middle signifies transitioning, or those who have an undefined gender. The way the flag is constructed - blue, pink, white, pink, blue - means that there's no way you can hang the flag "wrong" - Because there's no wrong way to be yourself.

#trans day of visibility #trans day of visibility 2023 #tdov #tdov 2023 #trans pride #trans rights #transgender #nonbinary #bathtub frog #frog art #bathtubfrog

[genderqueerpositivity]

Meet the South Carolina native who created the transgender pride flag

Monica Helms dabbled with dressing as a woman in the secrecy of her own room while serving as a crew member on the USS Francis Scott Key submarine in Charleston in the 1970s — and she was almost caught by her superiors. Two decades later, Helms created the renowned Transgender Pride Flag in 1999. The road to boldly expressing her creativity and love for the transgender community was arduous. Born in Sumter in 1951, Helms prayed to God when she was 5 years old to make her a girl.

“As I got older, I started trying on my mother’s clothes when I was 12-13,” Helms said. “Because I felt like I wanted to dress as a woman because it was a part of me that was missing.” While serving in the U.S. Navy and stationed in San Francisco in 1976, she went out in public for the first time dressed as a woman.

“I was very quiet about it, of course, obviously. It felt natural,” Helms said. The United States military counted “homosexual acts” as grounds for discharge in the 1970s. After World War I, sodomy was a crime under a court-martial. Helms left the U.S. Navy in 1978. In 1992, she began taking hormones and officially came out as a woman in 1997. Worried that her transition would upset her father, Helms’ mother told her she wasn’t allowed back in her parents’ house in Phoenix, Arizona. At the time, Helms’ dad had Alzheimer’s and diabetes. “That was very painful,” Helms said. “That made me want to get a job out of Phoenix and go somewhere else. That’s why I came to Atlanta.” Throughout the ‘90s, Helms was encouraged by Mike Page, the creator of the bisexual Pride Flag, to create a transgender pride flag. She first flew it in 2000 in a Pride Parade in Phoenix.

“The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional color for baby boys. The stripes next to them are pink, the traditional color for baby girls. The stripe in the middle is white, for those who are transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender,” Helms explained. Although legal progress has been made in recent years to benefit the LGBTQ+ community, such as the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015, Helms said she believes the United States has a long way to go toward equality. Georgia and South Carolina’s transgender community suffers discrimination under state laws, including South Carolina’s recently passed ban on transgender athletes in high school sports. “We’re going to have to get visited by aliens in order for trans people to not be discriminated against. They’re trying every so often to pass laws to restrict transgender kids from getting medical help,” Helms said. “It’s very upsetting.” She encourages anyone with a desire to transition to make sure they have a supportive community around them. Helms didn’t have that while she transitioned as an adult. “I had friends, and I lost some of them. But now, I have more friends that I can count on — people I know real well — than I’ve ever had in my entire life,” Helms gushed.

Now, her relationship with her family is “perfect.” Helms said that no one in her family has a problem with her transition. “My father passed away in 2004. When that happened, my mother wanted me to come back,” Helms said. Helms founded the Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) in 2003 and is proud of the organization’s work to encourage the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to publish a directive for trans rights. “We received emails from trans veterans telling us that (the directive) worked. That places that they were not able to get help before are helping them,” Helms said. “I feel that we may have even saved lives, in that respect.” In her free time, Helms builds and launches model rockets. She also loves to produce videos and go camping with her wife, Darlene Darlington Wagner.

June, recognized as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, is one of Helms’ favorite times of the year, and she loves that the month encourages the queer community to be themselves in the face of adversity. “We’re very proud to be who we are,” Helms said. Since the early 2000s, Helms has always been shocked to see her flag in various places globally. “I’m always in wonder of where I see it. I’m always excited to see it in different places. And, you know, (to see it) in conservative states, it’s just, it’s amazing,” Helms said. But there’s one other place Helms wants to see the transgender pride flag fly.

“I need to see it in the International Space Station,” Helms declared.

#monica helms #trans #transgender history #trans pride #trans pride flag #pride month #trans history #queer history #south carolina #news #q

[sheriiam]

Since today marks the 53rd year since the first Pride parade took place, let's dive into the history of the "progress" of our Pride flag.

This new flag is called the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag, created by Valentino Vecchietti of Intersex Equality Rights UK in 2021. It is an update to the previous Progress Pride Flag created in 2018 by Daniel Quasar.

The original pride flag was created in the 1970s by gay activist Gilbert Baker, friend of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. The flag made its debut at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade celebration on June 25, 1978. Baker used eight colors―

― hot pink for sexuality, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for the sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit.

Why Was Pink Removed From the Pride Flag?

The original hot pink color was removed from the pride flag because the fabric was difficult to find.

The Progress Pride Flag was created with the inspiration of other pride flags—specifically, the Philadelphia Pride Flag from 2017 and the trans flag.

The Philadelphia Pride Flag had black and brown vertical stripes added. The trans flag, created in 1999, is pink, baby blue, and white. Both of these flags inspired the design of the new pride flag.

Black and Brown Represents People of Color

The Philadelphia Pride Flag was designed by the Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs and was done in partnership with advertising agency Tierney. It was introduced at a City Hall ceremony in June of 2017. The flag showed the traditional six rainbow colors in horizontal stripes, with a black and a brown stripe atop them.

The colors black and brown were added to the Progress Pride Flag to represent people of color (POC). This was an important addition because people of color have often been left out of the queer narrative despite being the driving force behind the movement.

With the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, culture at large began to shift in a much-needed way towards acknowledging the vital roles that people of color have had in our society. The pride movement background is one of many areas where POC, particularly Black people, did not receive the recognition they deserved historically. Adding colors to represent them on the flag is one way to change that.

Additionally, the black and brown stripes are meant to represent people living with HIV/AIDS, those who have died from it, and the stigma around the virus that is still present in our society now.

Pink, Baby Blue, and White Represent Trans People

Transwoman Monica Helms created the trans pride flag, which first flew in a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona back in 2000. Monica Helms is a transgender activist, author, and U.S. Navy veteran.

Traditionally, the colors pink and baby blue have been used to represent whether a baby is a boy or a girl. Here, the colors denote those genders. The color white represents people who are transitioning, intersex, or identify outside of the gender binary.

The word "progress" in the new flag isn't only about adding the new colors to it. It's also because of the shape, which differs from the original design of horizontal stripes only. The Progress Pride Flag shows the white, pink, baby blue, black, and brown stripes in a triangle shape, with the old six-color rainbow stacked next to them.

This was done intentionally to convey the separation in meaning and shift focus to how important the issues represented on the left are.

The placement of the new colors in an arrow shape is meant to convey the progress still needed. Quasar spoke publicly about how work is still needed in terms of POC and trans rights. This arrow design is meant to highlight that.

Although the Pride flag continues to evolve, the most recent update includes a yellow triangle with a purple circle inside it to represent the intersex community. It now serves as the most up-to-date LGBTQIA+ flag.

#lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq+ #lgbtqia #lgbtqia+ #lesbian #gay #bisexual #transgender #queer #intersex #asexual #aromantic #non binary #nonbinary #pride month #pride #pride parade #june

[amtrak-official]

Heads up: you misspelled Phoenix in the poll.

Also, fun fact! The trans flag was designed in 1999 by Monica Helms and first displayed in 2000 at the Phoenix Pride Parade!

I can't fucking spell but that is a really neat fact

#asks #cities bracket

[the-homo-flag-informist]

Day 5: Here's the T

The trans flag has five stripes. Two blue, two pink, and one white. The two blue stripes are for masculinity, the two pink stripes are for femininity, and the white stripe in the middle is for androgen.

A lost of nonbinary people don't know the meaning of trans, and don't include themselves under that umbrella. But all people who identify as something other than their assigned sex at birth is under the trans umbrella. The best way to identify being trans isn't dysphoria, but euphoria.

This flag was created in 1999 by Monica helms, inspired by Miachel page, the creator of the bi flag.

#lgbt pride #lgbtq #lgbtq community #lgbtqia #lgbtqiia+ #queer love #transgender #transfem #transmasc #trans man #transgirl #trans female

[daycore-frisk]

Trans Rights Are Human Rights!!!

I'm not sure what exactly is happening in our community, as I don't have twitter or anything like that, but what I do know is that some people are being bigotted and we don't have that here <3

As a Transmasc person myself, I hate when people try to put us down or make laws against us to prevent us from being ourselves.

If somebody can explain what's happening to me, I will be greatly appreciative.

For now, have my favourite blorbos holding a trans flag, cause basically all of the sanses can be or are trans, and DreamTale is no exception.

It may not be my headcanon, but I support the idea and think it's quite cool!

In any case, have an amazing day. You are loved and supported, and if you don't think so, then don't, because I love you and support you!

Love you guys <3

Dreamtale is by @jokublog

The Trans flag was created by Monica Helms

#daycore_frisk #art #undertale #drawing #transgender #trans pride #trans #transmasc #trans women #transfemme #dream sans #nightmare sans #dreamtale au #dreamtale #dreamtale nightmare #dreamtale brothers

[transgenderlesbianflag]

hey quick question!

is the trans lesbian flag for trans girls who are lesbians specifically or all lesbians under the trans umbrella?

asking because i am a nonbinary lesbian

Great question. We don't believe in policing and gatekeeping.

As Monica Helms said concerning the trans flag, "The stripe in the middle is white, for those who are transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender."

The white stripe on the trans flag is not exclusionary of anyone outside the gender binary. Furthermore, Emily Gwen, creator of the 7-stripe "sunset" lesbian flag (that the 5-stripe one is based on), says "The flag was created to be inclusive and supportive of ALL lesbians. This includes trans and nonbinary lesbians, including lesbians who use pronouns other than she/her." Non-binary people are under the trans umbrella, though not all of them use the trans label (which is totally valid).

This flag is yours as much as it is mine. This flag is for any and every transgender lesbian who wants this flag!

We hope that answers your question.

#trans lesbian #lesbian pride #sapphic #wlw #lgbt #trans pride #lgbt pride #queer pride #lesbian #pride flag #public domain #translesbianflag #transbianflag #transbian #gay #lgbtq community #lgbtqia+ #lgbtq #transgender #transgirl #trans #transfemme #transbian flag #trans lesbian flag