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Happy Marsha P. Johnson Day!

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Brown Dyke

I used to envy white femmes

I used to feel like I was standing outside the dyke bar, peering in through the window

As butches and worlds fell at their feet

I used to stand at the mirror, imagining myself with a smaller nose and narrower hips

So that I could be beautiful like the white femmes

Something changed, I don't know exactly when, maybe it happened gradually

I started to see beauty in my brownness, in my big nose and broad shoulders

I wore indian clothing to a pride event, and a stud called me beautiful

And I started to understand that in being brown, I had my culture behind me

I can be femme in a different way that only people of colour can

And that is something beautiful

I used to envy white femmes

Now I pity them

(poem by me, Samira T)

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Some banners from the Lesbian Herstory Archives

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[Image description: A close-up photo on wooden boards with a drawing of a full teacup over it, steam is coming out of the cup and black text is above it, the text says: Spooky Queer Recommendations]

Sawkill Girls

Spookiness rating: 7/10

Book

Girls from Sawkill have been disappearing for decades, stolen away by a ravenous evil no one has dared to fight…until now.

http://www.claire-legrand.com/sawkill-girls

The Penumbra

Spookiness rating: 6/10

Podcast

At the Penumbra, you might follow Juno Steel, a brooding, sharp-witted private eye on Mars. Or you might enter the world of the Second Citadel, where the merciless Sir Caroline must corral a team of emotionally distraught all-male knights to defend their city.These audio dramas and more await you in the Penumbra, dear traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.

http://www.thepenumbrapodcast.com/

Into the Drowning Deep

Spookiness rating: 8/10

Book

Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Now, a new crew has been assembled. But this time they’re not out to entertain. Whatever the truth may be, it will only be found below the waves. But the secrets of the deep come with a price.

https://www.miragrant.com/books/into-the-drowning-deep/

Welcome to Nightvale

Podcast

Spookiness rating: 6/10

Community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff’s Secret Police, mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable powers, and cultural events.

https://www.welcometonightvale.com/

Carmilla

Web series/Movie

Spookiness rating 4/10

Laura Hollis is three weeks into her first semester at Sillas University, and her roommate, Betty, mysteriously disappears after a party. A cryptic (and oddly moist) note leads Laura to believe that this isn’t just a case of one too many Jäegerbombs. A modern adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s gothic novel of the same name, to find out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4QzRfvkJZ4&list=PLbvYWjKFvS5rX2yv-k5AJ8oxPoZ9zHcpe

The Devouring Gray

Book

Spookiness rating (6/10)

After the death of her sister, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but she soon learns her mother isn’t: They belong to one of the revered founding families of the town, where stone bells hang above every doorway and danger lurks in the depths of the woods.

https://www.christinelynnherman.com/the-devouring-gray

Jane Steele

Book

Spookiness rating (6/10)

A sensitive orphan, Jane Steele suffers first at the hands of her spiteful aunt and predatory cousin, then at a grim school where she fights for her very life until escaping to London, leaving the corpses of her tormentors behind her. After years of hiding from the law while penning macabre “last confessions” of the recently hanged, Jane thrills at discovering an advertisement.  Her aunt has died and her childhood home has a new master: Mr. Charles Thornfield, who seeks a governess.

http://www.lyndsayfaye.com/books

The Haunting of Hill House

TV series

Spookiness rating (10/10)

Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.

https://www.netflix.com/ca/Title/80189221

The Bright Sessions

Podcast

Spookiness rating: (2/10)

The Bright Sessions is a science fiction podcast that follows a group of therapy patients. But these are not your typical patients—each has a unique supernatural ability. The show documents their struggles and discoveries as well as the motivations of their mysterious therapist, Dr. Bright.

http://www.thebrightsessions.com/

(We had some recommendations from our audience that we didn’t get a chance to check out, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t: Jennifer’s Body,  Alice is Not Dead,  Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vintage, Wilder Girls, The Magnus Archives, The Bridge,  King Falls am, Attack of the Queerwolf,  Girls Guts and Giallo, Monsters out of the Closet,  Normal Horoscopes, The Blood Crow Stories,  Monster Crush, elmprophet)

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the butch/femme scene of 1990s san francisco by chloe sherman

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Source: butch/femme; Inside Lesbian Gender - editor Sally R. Munt , photo editor Cherry Smyth

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An informational comic I drew last year for my Comics 2 class, reposting it to my new account (had to jump ship from the old one unfortunately) with some minor grammar changes and learned my lesson in adding watermarks! Happy early pride :)

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Palestinian sapphics are so beautiful and loved and need to be supported and heard. Whether they’re in Palestine or the diaspora, show love to Palestinian sapphics 24/7.

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hey all! Want to be part of this blog? Send us a message! We are looking for 2-3 mods to take over this blog.

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“I am typing these words as June 2003 surges with Pride. What year is it now, as you read them? What has been won; what has been lost? I can’t see from here; I can’t predict. But I know this: You are experiencing the impact of what we in the movement take a stand on and fight for today. The present and past are the trajectory of the future. But the arc of history does not bend towards justice automatically—as the great Abolitionist Frederick Douglass observed, without struggle there is no progress . . .”

- Leslie Feinberg

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bi pride ball python! on redbubble

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Happy Trans Awareness Week.

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digital pride stickers 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Reminder: trans Muslims and gay Muslims exist and we’re not going anywhere.

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I wish there was more to this caption. But there isn’t.

Legalise Marriage Equality for LGBTQIA+ folks in India 🇮🇳 🌈