#whatsnewpride

[self-loathingdegenerate]

I feel as if I always knew that I was asexual, it was just a matter of "coming to terms with it." When I first found out what sex was, it confused me. I even told my mother that I didn't wanna have kids of my own, because I didn't wanna have sex. All she said, and this was probably due to my age, was "you'll find someone and change your mind."

Right.

Granted, I was a kid, but still.

I started questioning it around junior year. I merely brought it up to one of my friends, but I didn't actually "come out" then.

I started thinking about it and the fact that I didn't wanna even KISS my boyfriend at the time. Needless to say, after some research, I realized I was asexual.

#whatsnewpride #day27 #my coming out story #its not great #im sorry #asexuality #asexual #im proud #lgbtq community

[a-humble-waffle]

Most memorable coming out story: I accidentally came out as ace to my mom via Easter egg. We were dying Easter eggs and I made an ace flag one (an acester egg, because I'm aseggsual) and later that night my mom came into my room and said she'd seen a Facebook post with a bunch of different pride flags and asked if that was how I identified. (I also came out as bi to my mom via a video of me lip syncing to Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen; she is very accepting, thankfully)

#whatsnewpride

[bee-dot-exe]

Happy June everyone. Let me start by telling you what this means to me.

Pride to me, and I'm sure several others, means exactly that, to be proud. Proud of yourself, proud of this community, proud of everything we have all overcome to get to this point. Everyday we overcome obstacles, it doesn't have to be physical such as experiencing a homophobic person or society personally to count as a sort of barrier, any struggle you may going through mentally is enough. Be it thinking about your gender identity, your sexual orientation, thinking if you're enough or worth it or if you count as part of the community.

I'm here to help tell you that you are and will always be enough. You are allowed to feel that way and you are not broken. I am here with you, I stand with you, I hear you, I see you, I love you.

#lgbt #lgbtq plus #lgbtq community #pride #proud #whatsnewpride

[shunthepotato]

Day 19: I hope that the lgbtqia+ community will strive to become more inclusive in the future. Not just in terms of accepting all identities but also inclusive of disabilities, neurodivergencies, etc. I often struggle to enjoy myself in lgbtqia+ spaces when the only options available are loud and crowded. Just more variety would be nice I guess.

#whatsnewpride #personal

[templedragon]

26. Who is your favourite queer person in history and why?

George Michael. I know that's a recent shoutout. I didn't know I was a George Michael fan for a long time. His songs would be on my cassette tapes that I'd recorded off the radio but I didn't know who the artist was. His words resonated, and it was about not fitting in with the world. He went from hiding his sexuality from his family at Christmas when his boyfriend was dying of AIDS, to profiting off a song about police entrapment for being gay. Last Christmas is a personal favourite track.

27. What caused you to start questioning your sexuality and gender and why?

My teenage friends having crushes and saying it was difficult for them to think about anything else. I continued to have no problem with my school studies. Life carried on as it always had as an aroace. I didn't know there were more than two gender options until my late 20s, and that was me asking someone if they felt like a man or a woman and they replied 'neither'.

#whatsnewpride #lgbtqia+ #pride month #george michael #last christmas #asexuality #aromanticism #non binary #trans

[that-forest-thing]

19) In the future, I hope the LGBTQ+ community can be more united. I’d like to be accepted wherever I go, even in areas outside the community.

#whatsnewpride

[merelyqueerkat]

Day 20: draw yourself for pride month

Here’s me with all my flags! There’s a lot going on in there lol but the queer flag is in my mouth because that’s the easy one to say and it’s always true, no matter what I discover about myself along the way!

#whatsnewpride #im a day late whoops #pride prompts #pride month #my art #rainbow #aro flag #queer flag #ace flag #pan flag #genderfluid flag #woo!

[inkbyday]

you have never seen faces

turn up in disgust 

when you hold her hand.

the barista has not raised his eyebrows

and shook his head

when you paid for her coffee 

(cream, no sugar).

when you were 17 

you didn't have to beg her mother

to let her daughter go to prom

without a boy.

and you didn't see her torn apart or

given nightly devotionals and

extra time at the church and

meetings with the pastor

to cure her of your time together.

you have never felt the guilt

of being the reason her family hates her.

or the fear

that because of you she will be 

sent to the streets.

you have never been so on edge with her

that the slightest whisper

makes you jump out of your skin,

knowing being seen could mean

she is ripped away.

mothers don't pull their children away

or avert their eyes

when they see you hold her.

they do not think your love is a virus

they can catch through eye contact.

your space to love loudly

is not inhibited.

you can find it at every turn.

so do not tell us that 

in taking a fraction of this for ourselves

we have created the need

for an added month

of straight pride. 

we thought twelve would be enough for you.

--pride month, a.day (june 2019)

#queer #lgbt #pride #words #spilled ink #poetry #writing #poem #sapphic #wlw #queer poetry #wlw poetry #sapphic poetry #gay #lgbt poetry #whatsnewpride #lesbian poetry #inkbyday #june #pride poetry #straight pride

[no-i-dont-have-a-gender]

whatsnewpride

20. Draw yourself for pride

First time actually trying to do digital art but there we go

#whatsnewpride #aroace #agender

[n-i-ao]

Day 19

I want many things for this community. For now, I want us to get rid of the gay panic defense in the United States. You should not be able to kill someone for being gay. It was never a choice.

#whatsnewpride

[count-dorkula]

Day 17

I actually came out on Monday. All three of my parents are cool with it so far. Fuck yeah!

#whatsnewpride

[bowtologic]

Whatsnewpride day 13

Did you change labels?

So much. As those of you who are keeping up with what I’ve been posting will know I’ve identified with so many different labels. The sexuality journey went: bisexual -> pansexual -> demisexual -> asexual the gender journey hasn’t got a final label but I’m most comfortable with any labels that express the changing nature my gender has

#whatsnewpride #ask meme #pride #gay pride #bisexual #pansexual #demisexual #asexual #non binary #genderfluid #genderflux #fluidflux #not sanders sides #not ts

[imgayokayyyy]

Personally, pride has always been deeply connected to independence for me. Because of the background I grew up in, it's never been easy to express myself fully in my home or with my family. Recently that's been changing, slowly, but it still remains that my sense of pride has always been stronger as I gained independence and became more of my own person. In what I wear and how I act, my personality and my beliefs. Everything about me has been changing in the past few years as I start trusting myself and having more pride in how I identify myself. Being back home under the current circumstances has been hard. If it were possible, I'm sure I would've been crammed back in the closet for the time being. But the fear that's surrounded me around my family is getting more and more manageable as I get stronger and feel more in control of my life. Pride means so much to me. It means hope in a dark place. It means a community when I feel the most alone. It means understanding in the face of the world's growing complexities. I'm so grateful for to have the pride I feel in myself and my identity. Pride that I couldn't boast over a few years ago.

#whatsnewpride

[bee-dot-exe]

I forgot to mention it in my post earlier, and I've actually never mentioned this to anyone before, but here goes. I don't fully identify as asexual,and I don't know if I would fully identify with any aspec identity, but I'd still like to say my story if you'll let me. I have always felt this sort of negative feeling anytime I think about sex, I've felt pretty uncomfortable with the idea for as long as I can remember, the idea of having a sexual experience that many people would call typical almost scares me, it makes me panic and feel sick. I've fought with myself over the years with ideas such as "will my partner accept me" "what will we do" "will I want children with someone", and as time has gone on, I've learned to accept parts of myself such as this more and more, I'm learning slowly that things will all be okay regardless.

#lgbt #lgbtq plus #lgbtq community #asexual #aspec #ace solidarity #coming out #whatsnewpride

[shunthepotato]

I was just discovering asexuality and aromanticism when the “discourse” started up on the internet and it made it harder to accept myself for being a-spec. I got some hate mail and it was usually calling me a fake lesbian for also being a-spec. The online hate made me suicidal for a good bit when I was younger but its easier to cope with now and I’m doing better mentally too. I’ve had people in real life invalidate me within lgbt+ spaces. When I started college, someone who knew I was out as ace and gay invited me to the pride club because they “needed more allies”. The club also had A in it for allies which wasn’t great either. They’ve changed it now at least; other members didn’t want the A to stand for cisgender straight allies. And I’m not out as trans/nonbinary so none of the bs has been towards me, but I’ve heard enough to want to avoid it forever.

#whatsnewpride #personal

[templedragon]

20. Draw yourself for pride month

21. Queers wear masks

I’m a photographer, so 2 for 1.

#whatsnewpride #lgbtqia+ #pride month #rainbow #selfie #self portrait #photography #plaidearrings #tinsel #candles #scarf #quarantine hair #plaid shirt