(Source: pussy-envy, via pinkpanthers)
Totally rainbow since 2005.
These little boys went on Ellen for knowing so much about politics and presidents. Ellen asked them who they think should win the upcoming election.
(Source: bigpinkbunny, via straighttalkaboutgaypeople)
(Source: cawlie, via lgbtlaughs)
ANYBODY CAN BE GAY
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Brazil’s Queer Dictators
A few days ago in Brazil, a tweet hashtag, #ditaduragay, was raised to the Twitter trending topics. “Ditatura gay” means “gay dictatorship” and is a common term in Brazil for “omg, I’m so oppressed because they won’t let me be horribly homophobic”.
Nevertheless, in spite of the fact that hashtag #ditaduragay was brought up by conservative Christians, it was quickly bombed by queers with satirical tweets. For your pleasure, a translated compilation of the best ones:
- When the #gaydictatorship comes, baby girls will know how to play the guitar as soon as they are born. (by @cups_)
- When the #gaydictatorship comes, the “Like” button will be replaced by “It’s fabulous!”. (by @heineca)
- When the #gaydictatorship comes, the every woman’s car will be a truck. (by @brenewday)
- When the #gaydictatorship comes, the National Anthem will be replaced by “Born this way”. (by @capsluc4as)
and finally the #1:
- When the #gaydictatorship comes, all police sirens will be replaced by christina aguillera (by @rodriogs)
[via nicolasibarra]
All joking aside, our hearts go out to our friends out in Brazil. Best of luck.
What is one #GenderWin you had this week?
The answers to this were extremely uplifting!
pretendingiexist answered: Watching my mtf wife dress in a cute skirt at work in front of everyone. And look damn pretty
takacomics answered: Second customer this week came in addressing me as female. This one was right near me at the register, too! I don’t even present as female!
a-lion-in-a-coma answered: I did a market research survey and finally had the nerve to write “other” and an explanation when they asked if I was male or female.
seththemagnificent answered: I came out on facebook and my preferred name and pronouns are being completely respected and supported by conservative christians.
phinforthewin answered: went out to dinner with strangers and getting pronouned correctly, without them being informed of my preferred pronouns.
spydretheunicorn answered: People giving me that second look. And also people not saying anything when I used my pronouns for myself.
aerynotn said: I transitioned a few of my cis friends onto my new Facebook account. * I transitioned them * yes! \o/
lotuscorvus answered: Ordered my first binder!
dream6601 answered: I had a coworker call me “Girl…” Score!
the-last-secret-garden answered: I didn’t fill in the gender box when I went to urgent care and they checked “male” for me :D
kalany said: My new medication is making my breasts shrink and firm up. Great for both ends of my gender pool!
crapandemic answered: meeting my new partner’s bff and them using correct pronouns the whole time. feels good, dude.
cherutenu answered: How about 2? I bought a packer and a friend called me handsome this morning via text. :)
Collect the little gender wins.
Away with the labels!
I’mma explain something very simple to all you people who keep telling asexuals to stop labeling themselves.
Labels help us have conversations. Labels help us acknowledge experiences. Labels exist because when things exist, they have a name.
When you tell us repeatedly that we shouldn’t name how we feel, you’re telling us you’d rather we have no words to discuss our lives. No words to share our experiences. No way to understand that someone else is going through what we go through.
You’re claiming we shouldn’t have labels because you assume “labeling ourselves” will trap us into using the chosen labels forever, but that’s not how it works. I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen someone get made fun of for “waffling” when they start questioning their identity, compared with the equal number of times I’ve seen someone get mocked for using a label to suggest they know themselves.
“But whyyyy do we have to LAAAAABEL everything?” is ridiculous. We “label” because when we have a word, we can acknowledge the existence of the thing we named. Don’t tell us we need to move past the need for labels. Labels don’t mean we want to be special, or that we want to belong. We’re not using them to exclude you, or to separate ourselves from you. We’re using them because things that exist have words.
We exist. It’s about time that we had a word that lets us say so.
Written for asexuals and reblogging because it’s relevant for everyone.
(via asexualeducation)
First openly gay cadets graduate from Air Force Academy
Eight months after Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’s repeal took effect, the first openly gay cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduated this week.
President Obama gave the commencement address at the graduation in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Wednesday. Officials from the Blue Alliance, an LGBT Air Force Academy alumni group, said there were at least four openly LGBT people in this year’s graduating class.
“We can say with confidence and pride: The United States is stronger, safer and more respected in the world,” Obama said. “There’s a new feeling about America. I see it everywhere I go, from London and Prague, to Tokyo and Seoul, to Rio and Jakarta. There’s a new confidence in our leadership.”
So exciting! Congratulations to them.
Harvey Milk Day.
May 22.
(Source: knowhomo)
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Nepal will allow "other" gender on official IDs
The government of Nepal has announced that citizens will now have the option of designating “other” as their gender on an official ID, rather than stating “male” or “female.” The change will take effect in a few weeks.
From Advocate.com:
LGBT activists in the nation welcomed the decision, which implements a ruling made by Nepal’s Supreme Court in 2007, reports wire service Deutsche Presse-Agentur. It will help transgender people as well as others who suffer discrimination because their appearance does not match the gender listed on their citizenship cards, they said.
“Our community feels we are finally being granted an identity by the state, and my friends have told me they feel proud about it,” said Sunil Babu Pant, Nepal’s first openly gay legislator.
Little steps like these are helping us break outside binaries. Good for Nepal.
(via queercandy)
go Canada!
QUEEN’S PARK! This is where Ontario legislation happens, you guys. Remember to be here on Friday for when we talk to our MPP Kevin Flynn about the anti-bullying laws that have just been passed and what they will mean for our schools.
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LGBTQ* Privileges (or lacking privileges) You Should Be Aware Of
30+ Examples of Cisgender Privilege
(following text from: Its Pronounced Metrosexual )
Following is a list of cisgender identity privileges. If you’re not familiar with the term, “cisgender” means having a biological sex that matches your gender identity and expression, resulting in other people accurately perceiving your gender. If you are cisgender, listed below are benefits that result from your alignment of identity and perceived identity. If you identify as cisgender, there’s a good chance you’ve never thought about these things. Try and be more cognizant and you’ll start to realize how much work we have to do in order to make things better for the transgender folks who don’t have access to these privileges. If you’re unsure of what it means to be “transgender” you can read about it in our gender identity guide.
Use public restrooms without fear of verbal abuse, physical intimidation, or arrest
Use public facilities such as gym locker rooms and store changing rooms without stares, fear, or anxiety.
Strangers don’t assume they can ask you what your genitals look like and how you have sex.
Your validity as a man/woman/human is not based on how much surgery you’ve had or how well you “pass” as non-transgender.
You have the ability to walk through the world and generally blend-in, not being constantly stared or gawked at, whispered about, pointed at, or laughed at because of your gender expression.
You can access gender exclusive spaces such as the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, Greek Life, or Take Back the Night and not be excluded due to your trans status.
Strangers call you by the name you provide, and don’t ask what your “real name” [birth name] is and then assume that they have a right to call you by that name.
You can reasonably assume that your ability to acquire a job, rent an apartment, or secure a loan will not be denied on the basis of your gender identity/expression.
You have the ability to flirt, engage in courtship, or form a relationship and not fear that your biological status may be cause for rejection or attack, nor will it cause your partner to question their sexual orientation.
If you end up in the emergency room, you do not have to worry that your gender will keep you from receiving appropriate treatment, or that all of your medical issues will be seen as a result of your gender.
Your identity is not considered a mental pathology (“gender identity disorder” in the DSM IV) by the psychological and medical establishments.
You have the ability to not worry about being placed in a sex-segregated detention center, holding facility, jail or prison that is incongruent with your identity.
You have the ability to not be profiled on the street as a sex worker because of your gender expression.
You are not required to undergo an extensive psychological evaluation in order to receive basic medical care.
You do not have to defend you right to be a part of “Queer,” and gays and lesbians will not try to exclude you from “their” equal rights movement because of your gender identity (or any equality movement, including feminist rights).
If you are murdered (or have any crime committed against you), your gender expression will not be used as a justification for your murder (“gay panic”) nor as a reason to coddle the perpetrators.
You can easily find role models and mentors to emulate who share your identity.
Hollywood accurately depicts people of your gender in films and television, and does not solely make your identity the focus of a dramatic storyline, or the punchline for a joke.
Be able to assume that everyone you encounter will understand your identity, and not think you’re confused, misled, or hell-bound when you reveal it to them.
Being able to purchase clothes that match your gender identity without being refused service/mocked by staff or questioned on your genitals.
Being able to purchase shoes that fit your gender expression without having to order them in special sizes or asking someone to custom-make them.
No stranger checking your identification or drivers license will ever insult or glare at you because your name or sex does not match the sex they believed you to be based on your gender expression.
You can reasonably assume that you will not be denied services at a hospital, bank, or other institution because the staff does not believe the gender marker on your ID card to match your gender identity.
Having your gender as an option on a form.
Being able to tick a box on a form without someone disagreeing, and telling you not to lie. Yes, this happens.
Not fearing interactions with police officers due to your gender identity.
Being able to go to places with friends on a whim knowing there will be bathrooms there you can use.
You don’t have to convince your parents of your true gender and/or have to earn your parents’ and siblings’ love and respect all over again.
You don’t have to remind your extended family over and over to use proper gender pronouns (e.g., after transitioning).
You don’t have to deal with old photographs that did not reflect who you truly are.
Knowing that if you’re dating someone they aren’t just looking to satisfy a curiosity or kink pertaining to your gender identity (e.g., the “novelty” of having sex with a trans- person).
Being able to pretend that anatomy and gender are irrevocably entwined when having the “boy parts and girl parts” talk with children, instead of explaining the actual complexity of the issue
Love. This.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4p52voRNe1qghfy5o1_1280.jpg)
LGBTQ* Privileges (or lacking privileges) You Should Be Aware Of
30+ Examples of Cisgender Privilege
(following text from: Its Pronounced Metrosexual )
Following is a list of cisgender identity privileges. If you’re not familiar with the term, “cisgender” means having a biological sex that matches your gender identity and expression, resulting in other people accurately perceiving your gender. If you are cisgender, listed below are benefits that result from your alignment of identity and perceived identity. If you identify as cisgender, there’s a good chance you’ve never thought about these things. Try and be more cognizant and you’ll start to realize how much work we have to do in order to make things better for the transgender folks who don’t have access to these privileges. If you’re unsure of what it means to be “transgender” you can read about it in our gender identity guide.
- Use public restrooms without fear of verbal abuse, physical intimidation, or arrest
- Use public facilities such as gym locker rooms and store changing rooms without stares, fear, or anxiety.
- Strangers don’t assume they can ask you what your genitals look like and how you have sex.
- Your validity as a man/woman/human is not based on how much surgery you’ve had or how well you “pass” as non-transgender.
- You have the ability to walk through the world and generally blend-in, not being constantly stared or gawked at, whispered about, pointed at, or laughed at because of your gender expression.
- You can access gender exclusive spaces such as the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, Greek Life, or Take Back the Night and not be excluded due to your trans status.
- Strangers call you by the name you provide, and don’t ask what your “real name” [birth name] is and then assume that they have a right to call you by that name.
- You can reasonably assume that your ability to acquire a job, rent an apartment, or secure a loan will not be denied on the basis of your gender identity/expression.
- You have the ability to flirt, engage in courtship, or form a relationship and not fear that your biological status may be cause for rejection or attack, nor will it cause your partner to question their sexual orientation.
- If you end up in the emergency room, you do not have to worry that your gender will keep you from receiving appropriate treatment, or that all of your medical issues will be seen as a result of your gender.
- Your identity is not considered a mental pathology (“gender identity disorder” in the DSM IV) by the psychological and medical establishments.
- You have the ability to not worry about being placed in a sex-segregated detention center, holding facility, jail or prison that is incongruent with your identity.
- You have the ability to not be profiled on the street as a sex worker because of your gender expression.
- You are not required to undergo an extensive psychological evaluation in order to receive basic medical care.
- You do not have to defend you right to be a part of “Queer,” and gays and lesbians will not try to exclude you from “their” equal rights movement because of your gender identity (or any equality movement, including feminist rights).
- If you are murdered (or have any crime committed against you), your gender expression will not be used as a justification for your murder (“gay panic”) nor as a reason to coddle the perpetrators.
- You can easily find role models and mentors to emulate who share your identity.
- Hollywood accurately depicts people of your gender in films and television, and does not solely make your identity the focus of a dramatic storyline, or the punchline for a joke.
- Be able to assume that everyone you encounter will understand your identity, and not think you’re confused, misled, or hell-bound when you reveal it to them.
- Being able to purchase clothes that match your gender identity without being refused service/mocked by staff or questioned on your genitals.
- Being able to purchase shoes that fit your gender expression without having to order them in special sizes or asking someone to custom-make them.
- No stranger checking your identification or drivers license will ever insult or glare at you because your name or sex does not match the sex they believed you to be based on your gender expression.
- You can reasonably assume that you will not be denied services at a hospital, bank, or other institution because the staff does not believe the gender marker on your ID card to match your gender identity.
- Having your gender as an option on a form.
- Being able to tick a box on a form without someone disagreeing, and telling you not to lie. Yes, this happens.
- Not fearing interactions with police officers due to your gender identity.
- Being able to go to places with friends on a whim knowing there will be bathrooms there you can use.
- You don’t have to convince your parents of your true gender and/or have to earn your parents’ and siblings’ love and respect all over again.
- You don’t have to remind your extended family over and over to use proper gender pronouns (e.g., after transitioning).
- You don’t have to deal with old photographs that did not reflect who you truly are.
- Knowing that if you’re dating someone they aren’t just looking to satisfy a curiosity or kink pertaining to your gender identity (e.g., the “novelty” of having sex with a trans- person).
- Being able to pretend that anatomy and gender are irrevocably entwined when having the “boy parts and girl parts” talk with children, instead of explaining the actual complexity of the issue
Love. This.
