#unapologetically queer and HAPPY

[jewishdainix]

IVE BEEN RUNNING SO LONG AND I KNOW THAT YOUVE BEEN HIDING AND WE SHOULDNT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS ANYMORE

#gosh going insane about thjs song again #its about. genuine queer joy its about not having to hide anymore its about saying fuck you to the world and living and loving and being #unapologetically queer and HAPPY #the forgetmenauts

[s4pphic-sh3nan1gans]

I'M SO FUCKING HAPPY BAMBIE THUG GOT THROUGH AAAAAA

#IN FACT ALL MY FAVES GOT THROUGH!!! IRELAND SLOVENIA CROATIA LITHUANIA AND FINLAND 🥰 #I'm especially happy for bambie though considering ireland hasn't qualified in 5 years #and the fact they did so whilst being an unapologetically queer and non-binary artist?!?!?! AAAAAA #I'm so proud of them 🥹 #AND I'M SO HAPPY IN GENERAL LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO #bambie thug #eurovision #eurovision 2024

[alreadytaken23]

I just finished RWRB and I just feel blessed by the wonderful people who clearly poured their hearts and souls into making it. It wasn’t perfect or “exactly everything I wanted it to be,” but you could tell the care that went into it all. I cried, I laughed, I cringed, and it felt good to see this relationship and story brought so genuinely to the screen.

#red white and royal blue #rwrb #rwrb spoilers #literally crying making this post #just so happy to see queer relationships getting to be unapologetically authentic #bi pride

[threadsun]

I'm completely wiped after the bat mitzvah and all the driving, so I have no idea if I'll be physically up for writing tomorrow but I'm sooooo hype for all the requests I've been getting while away!!!

Also the usual reminder that I block blogs that follow me without having an indication of age/being over 18 on their blog. Tomorrow I'll go on a blocking spree of new followers who aren't visibly over 18!

#sunshine #I can tell I'm getting old because all I could think the whole party was how loud the music was 😔 #and also because all my poor cousins were subject to the Adult Relative Comment™ about how tall they've gotten #but!! another one of my younger cousins is queer!! his boyfriend is trans too 🥺 #it makes me so happy to see them all having an easier time coming out than I did when I was younger #anyway my partner and I do the hard but rewarding job of being visibly and unapologetically queer at family functions #to make the queer family feel safe and the queerphobic family feel unsafe

[eloisephillip]

heartstopper and first kill both scratch different parts of me and we shouldn't pit them against each other <333

#this is a joke but i was just thinking about this #like heartstopper is the soft and (mostly) drama-free media which queer people don't often get to enjoy #that one post about how we consume queer media always waiting for the other show to drop always waiting for the tragedy #but it just doesn't happen. every queer character is simply living their lives with completely supportive #queer and cishet friends that never treat them like they need to be giving more #especially in regards to nick. he's never looked down upon for needing time to figure himself out and it's beautiful #but first kill is such a wonderful example of fun and campy media that we don't get to enjoy #and i mean people that don't get it will probably say it's bad because the special effects aren't perfectly seamless #but it's sooo much fun to watch these unapologetically queer characters (that never even need to apologize) just be #themselves as they go through the motions of being in a horror series #and the tragedy of calliette 😙👌 #because it's not overdone lesbian tragedy #it's not homophobia or being outted or anything like that #and i just love how both shows are so unapologetically queer <333 it makes my heart happy <3 #heartstopper #first kill #txt #cloud talks

[reginalds]

nimona the webcomic and nimona the netflix movie are so thematically different and come from such different periods in the artist's (nd stevenson) life and our lives and I love that?? I love the bitterness and angst and how morally gray the graphic novel was, just as much as I love the hopefulness and compassion and how unapologetically trans the netflix film is. watching his work grow as he grew older and I grew older and more secure in my sexuality, is just - so special. it's a rare thing to grow in parallel with the work of an artist you love, especially a queer artist, and I'm so fucking happy this film got made, especially with all its differences to the original work. something something to be loved is to be changed idk lmao.

#nimona

[bilateralorchiectomy]

to the trans woman riding her bike through loring park

I love you

to the twink in short shorts and a mesh top at the grocery store

I love you

to the trans guy who rides the same bus as I do

I love you

to the butch lesbians I work with

I love you

#me #trans stuff #im so happy to be unapologetically queer #a faggot tranny against the world

[witchygaymer]

Let’s reverse the trans genocide and turn it on transphobes cause I’m fucking tired of this shit

#trans #unapologetically queer #fuck transphobes #punch a nazi #fuck america #not gay as in happy but queer as in fuck you

[i-am-a-fish]

I love queer joy. I love it when gay people are unapologetically happy

it just fills me with a lot of hope, like yeah, I can be happy too

[gamora-borealis]

here's the thing. to outsiders it may seem like we're excited because "phan is real!!" or whatever. but they don't know... it's not about that. phan has been real this entire time. there's always been evidence that dan and phil were together, more or less (more evidence than I think some people realize). the reason phan™ is such a big deal is because two silly gay boys met online in 2009, but their fame quickly outgrew their comfort zone and they quickly went back in the closet. dan was so traumatized from being bullied in school that he had a public meltdown on tumblr in 2012 insisting he was straight after some very private stuff leaked (that he insisted was a unused prank). after going to therapy and meeting so many queer fans on tour, dan slowly began to hint again that he was queer. but it still took them until 2019 to officially come out! and like. dan essentially confirmed that yes all the public online flirting back in 2009/2010 between him and phil was very real and that they were "more than just romantic" at that point and were currently "real best friends, life companions, and soulmates." but that was it, they weren't going to share any more. which is perfectly fine, but some of that definitely had to do with dan wanting to explore himself outside of the Dan and Phil™ brand (which unfortunately he got fucked over by the pandemic and by YouTube in the process). however they did eventually make a very cute announcement that they had bought and designed a new house together. and bit by bit they started making some more coupley jokes about each other here and there and sharing glimpses of a bedroom with both of their stuff in it, though it was still fairly subdued. but then dan finally got to go do his solo comedy tour and when he came back, shit suddenly CHANGED. 2023 was wild. they brought back their joint gaming channel they hadn't touched in five years since just before they came out. and they basically started the public flirting again??? this time on camera??? maybe not as direct as the 2009 stuff at first but. it's definitely been building up close to it. and then Dan finally releases his comedy special for free on YouTube. Phil writes a gushy tweet about it. and dan just replies with 🧡. ...except for within a larger birthday tweet in 2023, dan had not used a heart emoji for phil since like... 2010??? and then suddenly he screenshots this interaction and POSTS IT ON HIS YOUTUBE COMMUNITY TAB with the caption "gay" and a link to his special. like. this isn't about confirmation... the people who have been saying that they probably aren't together or that you shouldn't think or wonder if they are were like, the twitter morality police, ex-phannies, and generally clueless people. tumblr phannies clearly have known that they've been gay for each other for the past 15 years. but this whole "gay 🧡" incident is the first time Dan Howell has very publicly said something like this about his relationship while being "unapologetically gay" as a very public figure (there's been some magazine interviews that technically have come close but, nothing as direct as this). like that is so fucking huge??? that he and phil are finally comfortable enough online, on YouTube, and in life, to go there!!! as we are now approaching fifteen years of them together too!!! like, it's so nice to get to celebrate such a happy queer relationship and expression of queer joy. and dan has hinted that bigger stuff is coming too... like. yeah phan is real I guess 🙃

#phan #dan and phil #dnp #i was feeling some feelings.

[nervousmonolith]

Remembering the time my class got a tour around a campus and there was this couple that was basically them

#monolith mumbles #LIKE THEIR CLOTHING AESTHETICS #i think about them constantly #seeing gay ppl irl being happy makes me sooo #like where i live the only other queer ppl are my age and we are all suffering #/hj so seeing adults being unapologetically themselves makes me hopeful #thats all enough being sappy

[dyke-will-graham]

Okay but on a serious note. I love how unapologetically queer the world of Our Flag Means Death is. Like it isn’t just the characters, it’s not just their actions or attitudes or anything. Like the world itself is just this modge podge melting pot of every kind of human being and not once is anyone ever asked to apologize for it. Not once is anyone persecuted for it, because what the show does is immerse you in this queer landscape of pirates and found family and relationships while judging it’s character solely on their actions and who they are as people rather than their sexuality or identity. And soon you’re watching the show, of course invested in the romance, but also in the hope and growth of the characters and how they grow not just further into their queerness but also further into themselves as human beings.

Like I adore it, it’s so refreshing. We never have a “oh he’s gay?” Or “are you gay?” Or “what?! You’re together?” Moment it’s just like yeah whatever we have bigger things going on like childhood trauma, relationship trauma, growing as people, being happy and having hope.

#ofmd #ofmd ed #OFMD Stede #OFMD Frenchie #fang #ofmd lucius #Izzy hands #black Pete #ofmd jim #Oluwande #queer joy #found family #ofmd2 #they mean so much to me #our flag means death

[sonseulsoleil]

I’ve seen some posts that are variations of “I wish they’d just queerbaited me instead” and while I’m sure most of them are jokes, it’s still rubbing me the wrong way.

I first read Good Omens when I was about 15 years old. At the time I was closeted, and extremely depressed. I knew I was feeling a lot of things that I wasn’t “supposed” to be feeling, and that I wasn’t feeling other things that I thought I should be feeling. I knew I was different, but I hadn’t figured out exactly how yet. Good Omens came into my life during this time, and it spoke to me. Crowley and Aziraphale’s relationship was not defined, but the queerness was obvious, just beneath the surface. And even beyond them, it was a book about choosing love. Adam chooses his love for his family and friends and Tadfield over being the antichrist. Anathema chooses a life with Newt over Agnes’ predictions. Crowley and Aziraphale choose their love for the world, for humanity, and for each other, over their duties. It’s against the rules. It’s deviant. But it’s the right thing to do. Love, in every form, is always right, that’s what I learned from Good Omens as a sad repressed queer teen. And I fucking loved it. I saw myself and my own struggles in that story.

When the first season of the show came out, there were a lot of accusations of queerbaiting thrown around, but I never saw it that way. It’s always been a story drenched in queer themes and motifs, intentional or not. Would it be nice to see the angel and demon kiss? Of course. But I didn’t need it. I was happy with the story the way that it was.

And then season two came out, and honestly? I underestimated how much blunt textual queerness would mean to me. And I’m not just talking about Crowley and Aziraphale. All the queerness. Maggie and Nina. The magic shop owner and his spouse. Beelzebub. The story of Beelzebub and Gabriel falling in love and choosing each other over their respective sides, which took those queer themes already present and doubled down on them. Even little things like Crowley offhandedly saying “actually not either” to “you’re a good lad” took my breath away.

The ending was heartbreaking, but it was heartbreaking because it felt so real. It tapped into a specifically queer pain, the pain of repression and fear, and how easy it is to give into the desire to simply fit in, and how that can tear apart our relationships.

It truly, sincerely, means so much to me. This story that I’ve loved and seen myself in for over a decade, has just said back to me, loudly and utterly unapologetically: yes, you are a part of this story. yes, it’s for you.

So, no. I wouldn’t have preferred to be queerbaited.

#idk I know I am way overreacting to JOKES #but I have a lot of thoughts and feelings about this anyway #so this post probably would’ve come out in some form eventually regardless #good omens #good omens 2 #good omens spoilers

[teashadephoenix]

also thank you to nick offerman for being unapologetically vulnerable and to mazinneil for showing it. bill is such a gruff and tough character and getting to see him all hunched and awkwardly blush smiling bc Handsome Man kissed him, and giggling with unfettered joy with his husband about fresh strawberries

that isnt just good queer rep, its beautiful to see a burly bear of a man being happy and in love without it being made into a fucking joke

#tlou hbo #tlou spoilers #bill x frank #whats the opposite of toxic masculinity? #whatever it is this was that #nick offerman

[fandommemequeen]

happy anniversary to welcome to night vale, for the closeted queer kids who felt seen listening to the podcast through dollar store earbuds, the trans people who love hearing trans artists like mal blum and against me during the weather, and to every queer fan who loves this podcast for its unapologetic queerness, even during times when that kind of stuff was frowned upon.

#welcome to night vale #wtnv

[spirker]

Thinking about genre today. How certain genres are the ones that win the big awards, the prizes, the critical acclaim.

Romances are only acceptable for mainstream critical acclaim if they are tragic - if the characters suffer, if they die at the end. Happy endings are considered trite, embarrassing.

Romance has always been looked down on for being a ‘women’s genre’. Now that romance is finally expanding to include LGBTQAI+ stories, we’re finding it can be dismissed and cancelled for poisonous political reasons too.

OFMD is unapologetically a romance. The writers particularly leaned into this in Season 2. Yes, of course, it’s funny, there’s lots of jokes and slapstick, and there’s drama and action too. But its central story is a romance, and it hits all the beats of a romance, as well as playing with its tropes.

MerStede is a pure romance novel moment, and what I love about it is the sincerity. I mean, yeah, it’s hard not to laugh gleefully when you first see him appear in the water. But the scene is not played for laughs. As Mary and Ann said, “it’s so fucking earnest.”

I think that goes some way to explaining the backlash against OFMD fans. We’re cringe, we’re lame, we’re too fucking earnest. If we were campaigning to save a drama, rather than a romance, would we experience the same level of snobbery?

Idk if I’m making sense here, but I think there’s something to be said about the way love stories and happy endings are considered to be unimportant, and queer love stories aren’t being allowed to be told at all.

Love is important.

#ofmd #our flag means death #romance #gentlebeard #Stede bonnet #ed teach #ofmd meta #renew as a crew