#2024 pride

[emolionsrawr]

hen: right okay buck, it's your first pride parade today and i just wanna make sure you have everything, water?

buck: check!

hen: snacks?

buck: check!

hen: pride flag painted on face?

buck: *looks in the mirror* check!

hen: sun spray?

buck: check! i also have plasters, just in case

hen: okay you're good! bobby! you ready too?

bobby: *wearing a dad hugs shirt* yep!

buck: *tears up* i love your shirt

bobby: *hugs buck* thanks bud, right we should go! we're meeting tommy there right?

buck: yeah! we're meeting athena there too, let's go!

hen: you kinda need to let bobby go for us to leave buck

buck: *blushes* oh right oops okay, let's go! *runs to the jeep*

bobby: do you think we should tell him athena's wearing a free mum hugs shirt too?

hen: don't you dare

bobby: copy that

[chibilllama]

Project 2025

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Aromantic planet

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[batwynn]

Aroostook Maine Pride Choosing Bigotry over Queer Safety.

TLDR: Pride Aroostook chose to allow a Trump supporting bigot who openly mocks the queer community and is actively voting to remove our rights to be a vender at the pride event while driving out actual queer creators.

This year I made the choice to be a vendor at a local Pride event. It was a hard choice, considering I live in rural Maine where I have frequently been threatened with violence for being somewhat visibly trans. (I unfortunately, for my safety, can't always pass as cis) I took the chance, though, and have now been forced to demand a refund and not attend because of the Pride Aroostook board's choice to include a non-queer bigot over an actual queer artist and vendor. I know that this might seem like a non-problem for a lot of people, but this was going to be the first pride event I’d gone to since coming out as trans and after being isolated for over 7 years now. This event was so important to me that I spent the last six months preparing for it, putting all of my hard work and money into making tons of fun pride merch. But now I can’t go because I genuinely don’t feel safe.

Because Pride Aroostook chose to allow a rabid Trump supporter to attend rather than keep it a safe place for the queer community. A supporter who is actively voting for him this year.

Just as he just recently said he would revoke the rights of trans people as soon as he was back in office. This, on top of the person in question making posts calling for the assassination of Nancy Pelosi, posts telling anyone who doesn't support Trump needs to leave the country, liking and sharing posts calling liberals fascists, posts about their guns etc. This person is the most transparently bigoted person, who literally only slapped a pride flag on their etsy store the moment they got accepted to sell their AI/drop seller junk at the local Pride event. I know this because I saw their store before they got accepted for the event, and after.

I mean, her profile is extremely transparent in her disdain and hatred of us.

But they chose her. Even after she posted a nice little rant about how she won’t support the community because of this. She is also, as a reminder, not a part of the queer community. And, of course, the little nasty ‘I know who you are' at the end.

And their reasoning?

"Our mission and vision is to have vendors who are committed to rural LGBTQ+ visibility regardless of political affiliation."

You cannot claim to be a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community while taking action to remove us from society. The end. The hypocrites who run this local pride event do not care for queer people's safety, and have chosen to include someone in this event who actively hates us.

[vimvandalism]

I get a bit sad whenever I go into pride spaces, and the only rep I get is asexuality.

What about the aromantic rep? Last (I’ll admit, more lowkey) pride event I went to, there were two booths that had aromantic rep. That was it.

And it’s even more difficult for me to find AroAce rep, it’s always separated. Which I suppose is understandable- but I prefer the AroAce flag over the two separate flags.

Just a lil thing I was thinking about

[soffeeyuh]

For the second year in a row, Target has failed to properly compensate and acknowledge the work of queer artists it promised to highlight for its Pride collection. This also means the destruction of tens of thousands of products that were already produced.

This TikTok creator @shanexplains highlights each of the four artists who were intended to be included in the collection.

I think this deserves more attention and should be a call to action. With the Supreme Court decision for gender affirming care on the horizon for 2025, its more important than ever to be loud and proud with support for queer people. And that means queer artists.

Queer identity is not a trend. It’s not something a corporation can choose to participate in and then walk away from completely unscathed. It is devastating to uplift a creative like this and then toss them aside.

You can still purchase parts of the pride collection directly from the artist featured in this video:

[nerdy-hyperfixations]

I went to pride again lol. I love Dick law firms 💜💜💜💜 and I finally made something off this old post.

[fiiniaofficial]

Happy start of pride month!

Happy start of pride month!

I wanted to start it off with some characters that are NPCs in my Saturday campaign, for at least the first few days. But since I burned my drawing dominant hand a few days ago, I will rest my hand before the next few posts.

Chet Etienne, the pastel blue van's traveling merchant!

I am so so happy with how this turned out, I was struggling with not posting this before today!! I am also extra hyped about this one since I too am Ace.

Red clover – "Jag vill förbli fri, som jag varit" I want to remain free, as I've been.

I suppose this might not be too relatable to all aces out there, but it fits this character to a T.

Once my hand is better, I hope to draw more NPCs and characters I like, including another Ace one!

[cryptid-coyote]

2024 Pride YCH! All Slots Open!

Any species and body type

Accessories included (piercings, bandanas, etc)

4 Flag maximum

SFW only (Kink Gear Allowed!)

Buy a slot here!

[systemserendipity]

A Pride Message

(from your local pluralqueer)

You are enough, as you exist.

You do not deserve to be treated badly, on the basis of who you are.

Sexual, romantic and platonic relationships are ALL social constructs. So, do what makes you the most comfortable.

No matter how you look, feel, sound, etc.: you deserve happiness and safety. Whether disabled, neurodivergent, queer, plural, mentally ill, all of the above or even none... However that joy and security may look for you (and, yes, that'll be different per individual)-- seeking them is your right.

Queer people (in and out of the closet) are a living testament to the fierce love, stubborn endurance and beautiful uniqueness of those that stood before us. So, however you currently contribute, you help the cause for liberation. Just by being yourself.

Do what you will with all this information. See our pinned post for a link to a bunch of queer resources. Happy Pride!

🏳️‍🌈♡🏳️‍⚧️

[the-era-of-shadow]

hi. 2024 pride art collection

blurk (disguise) + aroace + gay boy

cregal (disguise) + trans girl + demigirl

cyzer (disguise) + nonbinary + queer

rhygenta (disguise) + trans girl + lesbian

garrick (disguise) + nonbinary boy + gay boy

sorry that it took a while btw

[thatonetepiglover]

Happy pride month from Flames of Change!

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Asexual planet

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[batwynn]

Pride things are brewing 👀🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[vimvandalism]

Is it just me, or do my fellow aroace spectrum folks get constantly questioned about their aroaceness? I tend to get asked by random people, with good intentions of course, “oh don’t worry, you’ll find someone,” or “don’t lose hope yet.” Babe it’s not about hope, I simply dont want it, thank you for the concern though HAHAH

[the-forest-spirit]

I had a lot of fun drawing Eli with his funky hand poses