#GAY PEOPLE?!?!

[womp-womp-waa]

Taylor was sleeping over at Ashlyn's house tonight. 'Girls night' Taylor excitedly called it. Ashlyn never had a Girls night before, she didn't have any friends to do it with. Now she did and that friend was Taylor.

Why did they just have to be friends?

It was hard to describe how Ashlyn felt about Taylor. She cared for the other deeply. And she loved her smile and her laugh. How she can easily make anybody feel better if they were sad. How she loved to share her interests. How she was one of the smartest people she's ever met. Her beautiful long flowing hair that blew just right in the wind to always make her seem like she's in a TV show.

That's how she felt about Taylor and no words would be able to convey that.

And now they were both in her room with face masks on. Taylors soft, small hands undid the braid for the fourth time. Taylor was determined to be able to brajd Ashlyn's hair. Feeling her hands play with her hair made her face flush as a small blush crept onto her face. She was grateful that Taylor couldn't see her red cheeks. She wouldn't be able to handle the embarrassment of seeing Taylor's shocked face if she saw her blush.

She really wanted to tell the brunette how she felt. But Ashlyn refused to risk their friendship, Taylor was important to her and she couldn't imagine life without her. So if it took keeping her feeling to herself then that's what she will do. Plus, she's pretty confident that Taylor doesn't even like girls and even if she did she doubts that she would like Ashlyn.

So here they were. In a comfortable silence that neither of them decided to break for a while.

"I like you."

What? Surely Taylor meant only in a friend way, right? No way she would date an anti-social freak like Ashlyn. The shock from the sentence made Ashlyn's voice stop working, which in response made Taylor start stuttering a response

"Well- I mean. I do like you. A-alot by the way. And, um, not just in a friend way-"

Did she just say what Ashlyn thinks she said?

"I do really value our friendship and I get it if you just want to be friends, like that would be cool. But I-" a sigh escaped the brunettes lips "I would love for us to be something more"

Silence fell over the two once more. It felt more tense as Taylor waited for a response, her now tense hands still playing with her hair.

"I like you too."

It wasn't nearly enough to show how happy she truly was, but it felt like Taylor got the message as she slumped in relief and her hands began to flow freely throughout her hair as she started to attempt to braid Ashlyn's hair for the fifth time.

[3dseixure]

[some-pers0n]

I hate how people will look at popular indie artists who had one or two songs go viral on TikTok and start making fun of anybody who listens to them. "Oh you listen to Lemon Demon, Will Wood, Jack Stauber, Glass Animals, and Mother Mother? Tsk, don't you know that is stupid TikTok neurodivergent white transmasc preteen music? It's so mid and bad you should listen to real music–" you are a pit of misery

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[petshopbutch]

submissive in the way a livestock guardian dog is submissive to the sheep it kills wolves for

[lazylittledragon]

some domestic shadowlachs <33

[cozylittleartblog]

i dont know how to explain it but joining extremely small fandoms with only a few people in them feels like this

[hansatorium]

[scurvyboy]

funniest picture i've ever drawn or something

[inkskinned]

she's singing in another room and my dog is asleep at my feet. my grandma asked me why i haven't found a man yet and i laughed. oh, you know. i like my house clean.

my girlfriend is also my man is also "my partner" if i'm in a professional setting. yesterday we went to a ren faire and a man mimed at me - you're together? and at my delighted nod, his baffled, you're gay? made me laugh. a woman with rainbow hair said i love the two of you together. you're both so beautiful it's absurd.

my dad introduced my partner as my "..... friend. or whatever" the other day. he knows we're dating. in the same way, i was never able to get my sister's husband to stop saying that's gay like it's 2008. he still uses the word fa***t, and my sister's defense of him has always been well, he's just kidding.

my lover and i dance to old music in a tiny kitchen. we judge new music together and take food critique very seriously. we watch love is blind before we fall asleep and agree that if they had a queer season, it would be bloody but also make for excellent tv. of fucking course queer people would know someone for only 2 weeks and agree to get married. what are you saying.

at a bar with friends, a man puts his hand on my wrist. got a boyfriend? and yes, i do have a boyfriend, she's amazing. i am texting her while i wander around a gas station named after geese. i am visiting a swing state for a wedding. in the candy aisle i overhear: she's actually like a lesbian it's disgusting. two teenage girls with packaged sandwiches in their hands, giggling. no literally, like. i'm not, like. okay with her being there while we're all, like, naked and changing.

my girlfriend and i tailgate, drink gin and cider out of cups. from the frat group beside us, a man corrects himself with one of his friends: bro, i mean, nonbinary entity, and it makes everyone around him laugh, myself included. he razzes his friend the same way i would have killed for at 19 years old - like nothing happened, he continues: you apply sunscreen like an alien. he does a little sassy (and fairly accurate) dance interpretation of the motion. his friend is laughing so hard they're crying.

i am lucky, i live in a safe neighborhood in a safe state. my masc passenger princess comes up from DC. i drive her for an hour to where all the leaves are a violent arrangement of color. we walk along the trails, letting autumn into our blood. in this part of the state, there's a lot of pickup trucks and trump signs. when we chastely kiss before getting into the car, i accidentally make eye contact with a woman holding her child's wrist. she looks disgusted. she looks fucking pissed.

two hours later my girl and i are eating dinner on a patio, soaking in the last warmth of new england sun before the chill of winter sets in. we are giggling and trying to talk through plastic vampire teeth. at another table, i see a young woman sit up straighter. i watch her watch us. she blushes and takes her partner's hand from across the table. shy, like the taste of evening has just become something deeper.

it's worth it for this moment, i think. my lover is still humming the same song she's been singing for four days straight and i don't want to kill her for it. her guitar is beside my bed. her toothbrush is in my bathroom. in a few moments i will make us lunch. we are lucky enough to have found each other. it is lucky enough to be in love.

[foxyfexyll]

[murderonthedullexpress]

“Trapped”

Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinberg

@/lilboyblueish on Instagram

Poem by Keaton St. James (@boykeats)

I/Me/Myself - Will Wood

We Both Laughed In Pleasure by Lou Sullivan

cis people asking cis questions by Silas Denver Melvin (@sweatermuppet)

Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote

[buddieinmybeddie]

LGBTQ+ folk what was your gender/sexuality pipeline?

[pinkcultgirl]

big day for weird lesbians 😭‼️‼️ (me)

[backstepping]

suddenly i’m into rugby