#50+ and lgbtq

[haroldjamesmacarthur]

Hello, #Tumblr. I apologize in advance for the lengthy message, but I would just like to get my thoughts down because after doing some reflection on myself, I have many.

For the longest time, I have considered myself an ally to the LGBT community. Having a homosexual sister, two LGBT kids, and many LGBT friends and coworkers made me a very passionate ally for this community.

Recently,

I've also wondered if I'm something more than an ally. With the stability of my marriage being thrown into question, joining a website with a large LGBT community, and talking with some of my friends, I've decided to do some reflection on myself, and what I actually want in life.

I can't deny that I lam interested in women, so I never considered the possibility of being a homosexual at all. I was in love with my wife, and I'd be lying to you all if I said that our divorce wasn't heartbreaking. In fact, because I loved my wife I never once thought any LGBT label could possibly apply to me. However, after some interesting events I believe I would also be open to the idea of forming bonds with other men. In fact, I did experiment with another man recently and I enjoyed it.

Quite frankly, If I do end up in a relationship again, I'm not sure if the Gender of my next partner really matters to me. If I had to put a name to it, I suppose Bisexual would be best suited for what I'm experiencing. I didn't know such a term existed when I was younger, so this makes me wonder: had that term existed earlier, would I have called myself Bisexual earlier on in my life? I don't know, but I'm glad such a name exists now. I loved my now ex wife. But through self discovery and joining such a loving, accepting community of LGBT folks here, I have discovered that I am interested in men, too. I'm open to all genders. :-)

So I suppose this is my coming out message. Thank you all for reading.

Harold

[itgetsbetterproject]

When they try to make school harder for LGBTQ+ youth...we make it better.

Over the past 2 years, students across the U.S. have used our 50 States 50 Grants funds to...

Build gender-affirming closets and gender-neutral bathrooms at school

Host their school's first Pride fest or Pride conference

Educate parents and teachers

Fund their GSA club

And so many other rad projects to support their queer students!

Apps are open for Season 3 now through April 1, 2024 - if you have an idea for how you'd use up to $10,000 at your own school (or if you know someone in middle or high school who could), reblog and spread the word!

[i-love-sufjan-stevens]

Vintage Trans Men, Women, and more!

as promised,

Trans-Femme Fatales and Cowboys!

[alovelywaytospendanevening]

Hudson and Nader in 1955.

Hollywood gay stars Rock Hudson and George Nader were close friends for thirty-four years, from 1951 until Hudson's death in 1985. Unlike his friend, Nader refused to enter into a lavender marriage and maintained his romantic relationship with Mark Miller, who later became Hudson's secretary. Nader and Miller stayed together for fifty-five years, from 1947 until the former's death in 2002.

"Their bond is forged through, you know, things like a similar sense of humor and this tendency towards mischief. There’s also this shared misery of the closet. There are countless lovers, short-term boyfriends, and weekend flings that passed through Rock Hudson’s life. But the friendship with Nader and Miller endured."

— Mark Griffin, Hudson's biographer.

"We lived in fear of an exposé, or even one small remark, a veiled suggestion that someone was homosexual. Such a remark would have caused an earthquake at the Studio. Every month, when Confidential came out, our stomachs began to turn. Which of us would be in it? The amazing thing is that Rock, as big as he became, was never nailed. It made me speculate that Rock had an angel on his shoulder, or that he'd made a pact with the devil, because he seemed under supernatural protection."

— Nader on being a closeted gay actor.

Hudson and Nader in the 1980s.

Cenotaph dedicated to Hudson, Nader and Miller at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

[sailoreuterpe]

I don't know if I'm aromantic or just uninterested in romance, but I'm sure glad that I've learned that my family and friends are just as important as any hypothetical romance.

[maria-ruta]

☀️BUENOS AIRES☀️ El Sabado 26 de octubre hay Feria DA en Feliza Bar! Es la feria de LGBTQ+ refugiados rusos, y yo también estoy participando! ¡Puedes comprarme stickers y páginas para colorear! Cada comprador recibe un sticker como regalo🤗💕

También se sorteará premios de disfraces de terror en la feria! 🎃💀👹👻🎃✨ mas informacion en instagram pagina de Feria DA

P.S. - pardon mi espanol, no es perfecto, pero puedo comunicar mas o menos ajajaj. Los reblogs son muy apreciados!

[cleopatragirlie]

Tab Hunter, on the photo pictured above. Which he took of his then boyfriend Anthony Perkins. It was found accidentally, while at an estate stale ( unbeknownst to Tab the estate sale was being run by one of Anthony's old friends)

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: A young filmmaker and her friends square off against an ancient evil when an earthquake unleashes parasites in a small Australian town.

Mod Z wants to see this so bad because Australian people make such good horror movies and TRANS PEOPLE ARE THE FUTURE OF HORROR

[sunflowerandstrawberryspice]

I love a good old fashioned predetermined destiny that can not be stopped. Everyone knows that Garmadon is my favorite character by this point and while Lloyd isn't one of my favorite characters (not cause he's a bad character I just like others more) I still really like his story and arc over the course of the story.

I will never not think it's interesting that both Lloyd and Garmadon had fates that they couldn't change or escape. Lloyd was always going to be the green ninja it was destined before he was even a thought, before he was even born, before he could develop a true sense of self a title was thrust upon him and thusly the expectations of everyone around him. Garmadon on the other hand was doomed from the second he was bit by the Great Devourer maybe even before then. He was his father's Oni half and he was very aware of that fact throughout his entire journey in Spinjitzu Brothers we see him slowly begin to think he is destined to ultimately left evil and alone. He tries to be good time and time again only to be possessed, killed and brought back to life without his good half.

Tattoo translations:

Garmadon: Statera Latin for Balance

Lloyd: Iussum Latin for Order

Anyways I like to think Lloyd and Garmadon look kinda similar in facial features and stuff while also looking really different. I think Garmadon probably has a couple of tattoos (it just makes sense for him) and I think Lloyd has maybe one or two but they're smaller but meaningful. Also I think I've FINALLY settled on a Lloyd design, since before now it's been changing every time.

I just think these Legos are interesting :)

[haroldjamesmacarthur]

Single Men

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[jbaileyfansite]

In the past few years, English actor Jonathan Bailey has risen as a prominent queer figure in Hollywood.

With his irresistible charm and undeniable talent, it’s no wonder why his career has continued to reach new heights. Known widely for his role as Lord Anthony Bridgerton in Netflix’s Bridgerton, Bailey took center stage (and Gay Twitter X™ by storm) with his leading role in Showtime’s LGBTQ+ historical miniseries Fellow Travelers. 

Starring alongside fellow heartthrob Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Thomas Mallon, centers on a decades-long romance between two men who first meet during the height of McCarthyism in the 1950s.

Bailey portrays Timothy “Tim” Laughlin, a young and idealistic congressional staffer who becomes entangled with Bomer’s character Hawkins Fuller. The series marked a new milestone in Bailey’s career, earning him a Critics’ Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television. 

Now, as one of the world’s most high-profile LGBTQ+ actors, Bailey also uses his platform to enact change via his partnership with UK-based LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us, which works with schools and colleges to ensure young queer people can thrive.

“I am immensely proud to be in a position to support Just Like Us and increase the volume and awareness of what they’re setting out to achieve, which I think is incredibly important,” Bailey shared with Just Like Us. “Children deserve the right to feel acknowledged and supported in who they are at such a vital time in their lives.”

The stage is also a place where Bailey is able to shine, as he has an extensive theater background from standout performances in plays like The York Realist and Cock, to his performance in the West End gender-swapped revival of Company, which won him the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical in 2019.

Bailey has continually pushed boundaries and expanded his narrative landscape, and this year is no exception. With a cameo in season three of Netflix’s beloved gay romance series, Heartstopper and starring alongside Ariana Grande in the upcoming Wicked film adaptation, he is blazing a trail as one of the world’s most prominent gay actors and activists working today. 

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[alovelywaytospendanevening]

Screen Album (August 1958): "Rock Hudson: Bachelor on the Loose"

[cringeyvanillamilk]

Sakura Haruka, my beloved! 🥺✨

[amateur-weatherman]

Stay strong brothers

[daniclaytcn]

idk how to word this but i think tumblr.com needs to examine why the most mediocre, straight, white movies or shows or books are allowed to be popular or hyped up on here without being picked apart; but the minute an author makes an effort to tell a sincere, diverse, queer story, they get ripped apart and demonized if it falls short of perfection and doesn’t perfectly cater to the taste of every single queer person in existence. some of y’all really need to work on your own internalized bigotry idk

[uncanny-tranny]

People who compare transition to self harm or use real people they know who've self-harmed as a metaphorical comparison to transitioning aren't making the gotcha they think they're making - they're just showing that they don't have the compassion or maturity to engage with either topic at even a conversational level.

And, frankly, it's infuriating as a person who does see those who self-harm as my equal who doesn't need to be used as a cudgel against another group of often vulnerable people.