#HOMOPHOBIA

[makiruz]

And they changed the description

the david zwirner gallery and the felix gonzalez torres foundation in the smithsonian removed the descriptive plaque for portrait of ross in la by felix gonzalez-torres. the old plaque explained portrait for ross' origins as the artist's partner's aids related death, and replaced it with a plaque with absolutely no information about the piece itself, who ross was, or who gonzalez-torres was either. portrait of ross was also reeranged to lay on the floor long ways instead of in a pile as it typically is situated, and the plaque outside the exhibition FOR GONZALEZ-TORRES omits his sexuality, as well as his aids related death. i'm in utter disbelief

[liminalweirdo]

from this reddit post

this is such a recent change that their old keywords are LGBTQI+ in the online search:

They have also changed the wording to be extremely fear-mongering about how safe other countries are for queer people:

[jewish-vents]

I'm a german jew, and the political situation here is honestly terrifying; not only is the AfD (literal neo-nazis) gaining votes but now the guy who's the favorite to become chancellor has said that he's willing to form coalition with them, which means that not only is he ready to work with *literal nazis* but he's also broken this like unofficial agreement between the different parties to keep the "far-right" from gaining power

I'm genuinely considering moving to Israel where, yeah, being gay isn't gonna be fun, but at least I won't be the victim of another Shoah

(wish my grandparents and aunts and uncles had had that possibility in 1933)

If it helps, anon, the experience of being gay in Israel may be much better than you think. While there absolutely are homophobic elements, and the right wing has been gaining power in Israel, like in most of the world, there is also a significant queer community and many organization working to protect civil rights.

If this is something you're worried about, I would suggest reaching out to some of the organizations in Tel Aviv to see if they can help you get a more concrete idea of what to expect.

Do any of our followers have suggestions for specific groups to contact?

[luimnigh]

Just adding an article to back this up:

Btw, this is how conservatives keep getting to claim that trans people are a new thing no one has ever heard, because our history and existences have continually been erased or obscured systematically through out history.

The most famous example was 92 years when the Nazis raided the library of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, the medical practice where the term transsexual was first coined and the first gender affirming surgery was performed in in 1931.

What did the Nazis do after raiding the library on May 6th, 1933? You may be familiar with these images

It is happening again.

[prokopetz]

Honestly, part of why it irritates me when people act performatively shocked at the homophobia in 2000s media is it wasn't just media. "Can you believe this aired in 2008" buddy, in 2008 I was having shit thrown at me from moving cars for having long hair, and you wanna get worked up about sitcoms?

[animentality]

[charlesoberonn]

[shiftingwithmars]

Fuck off🖕

[kropotkindersurprise]

June 21, 2024 - Namibia's high court has declared the "sodomy law" that criminalised gay sex unconstitutional!

Namibia inherited the apartheid-era law banning “sodomy” and “unnatural offences” when it gained independence from South Africa in 1990. [link]

[draconym]

Seeing tumblr users tag their blorboposts with "gay panic" is making me insane. This term does not mean what you all think it means.

[happy-mokka]

Yesterday I watched "To Wong Foo. Thanks for everything. Julie Newmar."

There's this scene with Chris Penn, playing a homophobic small town Sheriff, where he's sitting in a bar ranting over gay men. It ridicules homophobic idiots in the best possible way...

You can almost touch the repressed longing...it is beautiful written and acted.

When I see or even meet such dudes in person, I always wonder about the amount of energy they put into their ranting and how many of them might actually have repressed feelings inside of them, they're too scared to admit to...

Confronting them with that in a subtle way is a brilliant method to shut them up...

Apart from that, go watch the whole movie! It is amazing. Another queer movie gem from the 90s...

Listen, I'm having fun playing with the ultra patriotic voice, but after a couple years in blue-collar landscaping jobs, you really do need to phrase things like that.

"I'm pretty sure that fella ain't here legally."

"Well, that ain't your business Chip, it's his."

They hate being preached to. If you pull out words like 'gender wage gap' they'll tell you you're brainwashed by the far left media.

"He's one of them transgenders."

"He got freedoms too, Jimmy."

[theconcealedweapon]

It's like how conservatives regularly insist that businesses have every right to discriminate when deciding who works for them but shit themselves when a business won't hire unvaccinated people.

[pirateprincessjess]

“Hey guys, just because it’s about a gay space and was written, and performed by gay people who sang songs for gay people doesn’t mean it’s a gay song” is an insane level of cognitive dissonance.

[nando161mando]

Pro-homosexual forces stay winning

[countesspetofi]

"I know because I was standing outside their bedroom window, in their flower bed, pants around my ankles, boring a hole in a butternut squash."

Conservatives having a normal one