#LGBT+ Rights

[fuzzyalpacacrusade]

Queer rights may be about our right to be normal- to be normal couples, to live normal trans lives, to be normal people. But queer rights are also about our autonomy to be odd. We are QUEER, after all- weird, odd, not normal. And that is something that was originally imposed upon us, but we have taken it. It is ours now. Because lgbt rights are about our right to be normal, yes, but it is also about bodily autonomy! It is about our right to live our lives with odd genders and weird relationship structures and queer bodies. Assimilation might sound like a fine way to escape prejudice- but quite frankly, it doesn't matter. Because we are not just fighting for our rights to live like cishet people, we are also fighting for our right to live without having to worry about putting a toe out of line. We are queer, and we always will be. We won't really be free until we can live our lives as odd, as strange, as queer as we want.

[thalassianwaves]

THERE'S STILL TIME TO STOP TRUMP

Not enough people are talking about this and there's still time.

Trump did actually cheat and someone compiled all the evidence on twitter: https://x.com/Espaking2/status/1854287198331515005

Edit:

If you don't have twitter, this will show most of the thread but may not have the entire thing: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1854287198331515005.html

People are reposting and saving it because from what I saw in the comments, Elon has been deleting any evidence against trump tampering the election.

- Trump said a few weeks back that he didn't need anymore votes, that he had more than enough.

- Trump also said he 'had a trick up his sleeve' to win.

- A bomb scare was called into areas where voting was taking place, so people would flee the areas and not vote.

- Ballot boxes were then set on fire by trump supporters.

- 20 MILLION Ballots went missing. People only just got emails today about their ballots going missing, their signatures suddenly not being accepted, or some outright being destroyed if they didn't vote for trump.

- Trump has a long history of lying, cheating, blackmailing and bribing people to get what he wants.

- Kamala was in the lead to win but literally after these ballots were lost and after the russian bomb scare, somehow trump ended up with the highest republican vote in over 20+ years.

- Russian software used for rigging elections was found being used.

All of the evidence is in that tweet but I've also saved a copy of everything in case Elon attacks that post too. There's a link to contact the white house and to (politely) demand a refund due to the evidence of trump cheating:

Submit directly to the president.

Click the first option, select your reasoning as election security.

State these pieces of information as a paragraph:

- 32 fake bomb threats were called into democratic leaning poll places, rendering polls to be closed for at least an hour

- a lot of people reporting their ballots weren't counted for various reasons that are not very sound seeming (signature invalidation, information that vote counter could not have had)

- This all occured in swing states (PA, Nevada, Georigia, ETC.)

- This is all too coincidental that these things happen and swing in his favor after months of hinting of foul play

- Directly stat that an investigation for tampering/fraud is required, not just a recount.

Again, there is not much time, please, please, please make this spread like wildfire, there's still time to do this!

(trigger warning, SA

(trump is not a good person. Aside from a history of the above and dodgy legal activities, he also has a long history of SA towards women and children. Trump is a convicted p*dophile and project 2025 will strip away the rights from anyone who isn't a cis white man.

Please, please, please spread this information, read through the twitter evidence thread and share it. There's still time to demand an investigation but we have to act NOW

[faelapis]

(gender)-only spaces are not a helpful idea. they are a way to avoid the problems of patriarchy rather than solve them. this is true not only because terfs are shitty non-feminists who don't actually care about women's liberation, but because "separate spheres" type-societies have never actually solved the problems of women's power imbalances, or indeed, the power imbalance of any gender minority. they have often reinforced them.

felix, what brings you to talk about this random topic today?

because i'm transgender and tired. for instance, i'm tired of fellow trans people's half-measures of trying to include us in the "right" sports categories rather than dismantling the idea of gendered sports altogether. i'm even more tired of terfs and other dumdumbs endless crying over the mere concept of sharing such spaces.

if you accept trans people, you should understand that the idea of "vast differences" between men and women is a Lie. there is no reason sports can't be organized along more objective measures, like strength/weight classes, rather than outdated gender models.

if you don't accept trans people, EVEN THEN, you should be critical of this notion that the only way to "save women" is to safeguard them like jewelry in glass cases. it has been tried in many different societies. somehow, it never leads to full liberation for women. unless you think ancient models wherein women were not to interact with strange men was Peak Feminism.

by the way, exclusionary spaces has never saved LGBT+ people, either. at most, its a supposedly "safe space" to vent. but even then, its usually not safe for trans people who either aren't out or don't perfectly conform to gender roles. it has only ever been "safe" for a certain "type" of cis LG person (if you're bi, you're definitely seen as suspect).

anyway, the real way of dealing with misogyny is to dismantle patriarchy and work towards equal socioeconomic power. the real way of dealing with transphobia is to give trans people equal rights and dismantle cisnormativity. both work towards the larger goal of dismantling gendered expectations and discrimination. good talk.

[comradevomit]

today, the supreme court of russia declared the non-existent "international lgbt movement" extremist. today, the supreme court of russia declared all russian queers to be extremists. they declared love and freedom illegal, extremist, and criminally punishable. some time before that, "gay propaganda" was banned in russia. this concept includes even the simplest manifestations of love. we cannot talk about ourselves, we cannot save ourselves, we cannot love, feel loved and protected in our country. if we fight for ourselves, we will go to jail. we were forbidden not only to love — they banned us. ordinary people who simply do not fit into their concept of "traditional" and "correct". so please

talk about us. hear us out. help us if you can.

[uraharasfavoriteexperiment]

ive gotten some really transphobic asks from radical feminist women, misogynistic men and women (never thought those existed tbh), and generally bigoted idiots who didnt read between the damn lines in this post right here, so im just gonna explain it in lamens terms for those in the back who are simply choosing not to understand.

being a trans man means that one was born a woman, and he identifies as a man. this commonly means that he feels very uncomfortable with the things that have to do with the feminine body. the processes, the labels, the "responsibilities" that society has pushed upon us and all cisgender women, and sometimes even the fucking clothes. (yes karen transmasc femboys exist. yes chad transmasc femboys are valid real men.)

one of the things that makes trans men uncomfortable about being a transmasculine man stuck in a woman's body is periods. that is something the female body forces upon us once a month (sometimes twice if you use nexplanon!!) to defortify the body of pregnancy preparations.

we literally bleed real actual non-movie-prop blood from the very parts that make us hate ourselves.

fuck you. trans men are men, and trans men are allowed to cry too. and no, it's not because we were "born women."

fuck you.

[nancydrew428]

If you voted for Trump or any other Republican, unfollow me. If you voted against LGBT+, climate, immigration, abortion, or any other basic human rights, unfollow me. In fact, you can block me, or message me letting me know so I can block you too. I want nothing to do with you. Goodbye✌️

[positively-bi]

It ain't over til the bisexual speaks...

The March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Equal Rights and Liberation took place on the 25th of April 1993 in Washington, D.C. An estimated 80,000 to over 1 million people attended.

The 1993 March was the first March on Washington to include bisexuals in the title. Out of 18 chosen speakers, only one was bisexual: Lani Ka'ahumanu.

Afterwards, she wrote an article for bisexual magazine Anything That Moves about her experience entitled "How I Spent My Two Week Vacation Being a Token Bisexual", which can be read on her website here.

The webpage also contains a transcript of the speech she made at the event, which has been copied below the cut:

Aloha, my name is Lani Ka’ahumanu, and it ain’t over til the bisexual speaks...

I am a token, and a symbol. Today there is no difference. I am the token out bisexual asked to speak, and I am a symbol of how powerful the bisexual pride movement is and how far we have come.

I came here in 1979 for the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

I returned in 1987 for the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

I stand here today on the stage of the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Equal Rights and Liberation.

In 1987 I wrote an article on bisexuality for the Civil Disobedience Handbook titled, “Are we visible yet?”

Bisexual activists organized on the local, regional and national levels to make this March a reality.

Are bisexuals visible yet? Are bisexuals organized yet? Are bisexuals accountable yet?

You bet your sweet ass we are!

Bisexuals are here, and we’re queer.

Bisexual pride speaks to the truth of behavior and identity.

No simple either/or divisions fluid – ambiguous – subversive bisexual pride challenges both the heterosexual and the homosexual assumption.

Society is based on the denial of diversity, on the denial of complexity.

Like multiculturalism, mixed heritage and bi-racial relationships, both the bisexual and transgender movements expose and politicize the middle ground.

Each show there is no separation, that each and everyone of us is part of a fluid social, sexual and gender dynamic.

Each signals a change, a fundamental change in the way our society is organized.

Remember today.

Remember we are family, and like a large extended family, we don’t always agree, don’t always see eye to eye.

However, as a family under attack we must recognize the importance of what each and every one of us brings to our movement.

There is strength in our numbers and diversity. We are every race, class, culture, age, ability, religion, gender identity and sexual orientation.

Our visibility is a sign of revolt.

Recognition of bisexual orientation and transgender issues presents a challenge to assumptions not previously explored within the politics of gay liberation.

What will it take for the gayristocracy to realize that bisexual, lesbian, transgender, and gay people are in this together, and together we can and will move the agenda forward.

But this will not happen until public recognition of our common issues is made, and a sincere effort to confront biphobia and transphobia is made by the established gay and lesbian leadership in this country.

The broader movement for our civil rights and liberation is being held back.

Who gains when we ostracize whole parts of our family? Who gains from exclusionary politics?

Certainly not us...

Being treated as if I am less oppressed than thou is not only insulting, it feeds right in to the hands of the right wing fundamentalists who see all of us as queer.

What is the difficulty in seeing how my struggle as a mixed race bisexual woman of color is intimately related to the bigger struggle for lesbian and gay rights the rights of people of color and the rights of all women?

What is the problem?

This is not a competition.

I will not play by rules that pit me against any oppressed group.

Has the gayristocracy bought so far in to the either/or structure, invested so much in being the opposite of heterosexual that they cannot remove themselves that they can’t imagine being free of the whole oppressive heterosexist system that keeps us all down?

Bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender people who are out of the closet, who are not passing for anything other than who and what we are all have our necks and our lives on the line.

All our visibility is a sign of revolt.

Bisexuals are here to challenge the bigots who have denied lesbian, gay and bisexual people basic civil rights in Colorado.

Yes, Amendment 2 includes bisexual orientation.

Yes, the religious right recognizes bisexuals as a threat to “so called” family values.

Bisexuals are here to protest the military ban against lesbians, gays and bisexuals.

Yes, the Department of Defense defines bisexuals separately as a reason to be dishonorably discharged.

And yes, out bisexuals are not allowed to be foster or adoptive parents,

And yes, we lose our jobs, our children, get beaten and killed for loving women and for loving men.

Bisexuals are queer, just as queer as queer can be.

Each of us here today represents many people who could not make the trip.

Our civil rights and liberation movement has reached critical mass.

Remember today.

Remember that we are more powerful than all the hate, ignorance and violence directed at us.

Remember what a profound difference our visibility makes upon the world in which we live.

The momentum of this day can carry us well into the 21st century if we come out where ever and when ever we can.

Remember assimilation is a lie. It is spiritual erasure.

I want to challenge those lesbian and gay leaders who have come out to me privately over the years as bisexual to take the next step, come out now.

What is the sexual liberation movement about if not about the freedom to love whom we choose?

I want to encourage bisexuals in the lesbian, gay and heterosexual communities to come out now.

Remember there is nothing wrong with love. Defend the freedom to express it.

Our visibility is a sign of revolt. We cannot be stopped. We are everywhere. We are bisexual, lesbian, gay and transgender people.

We will not rest until we are all free;

We will not rest until our basic human rights are protected under federal law;

We will not rest until our relationships and families are not just tolerated but recognized, respected and valued;

We will not rest until we have a national health care system; We will not rest until there are cures for AIDS and cancer.

We deserve nothing less. Remember we have every right to be in the world exactly as we are.

Celebrate that simply and fiercely.

I love you.

Mahalo and aloha.

[little-witchys-garden]

Tw: sa and bigotry

Christians: * entering LGBT+ spaces to be a bigoted hateful dick }

Me: Don't do that..

Christian: you are just like the people that hurt you

Me: about to drop the darkest lore on how I was SA-ed, beaten, and abused for mutiple years by religious folk.

I love watching them back-peddle💙

[roseredsnow]

Putting it out there that to me, at least it's concerning how few people have mentioned that Nex Benedict is Indigenous.

Yes it may not seem relevant to some people in this sole case but with wider history it's so important.

Indigenous women and two-spirit (or otherwise nonbinary) people are at such a high risk of violence this needs to be part of the conversation around their murder yet I've only seen two posts mention it.

Especially when we as the lgbt+ community refer to indigenous peoples when talking about historical examples of nonbinary genders.

Please make sure you acknowledge this part of their identity too and support missing and murdered indigenous women and two-spirit people (MMIW2SP)

[dzthenerd490]

I just had an awesome idea; someone needs to dress up like a neo nazi and go invade a pride parade (stay with me this is going to be amazing you're going to love it). Then don't hurt anyone (obviously) but just scream around and yell nonsensically in anger. Then from the crowd another person of the same gender walks up to them and kisses them on the mouth. Afterwards they will be silent for a moment and reveal that all of their nazi clothing is easily tear away clothing and underneath it all is just lgbt rainbow underwear and body paint. Then will then yell out joyfully and join the crowed while the person who kissed them says "works every time."

If someone ever decides to do this, they should do it in front of a crowd of the homophobe protesters. That way it pisses them off even more and I don't know maybe bring out a laugh or two. But then again, homophobes are mentally unstable and dangerous so maybe don't do that, or if you decide to just keep your distance.

Though also another good idea is to dress up as Jesus. When you pass by the homophobic and transphobic protestors (especially the ones that use religion as an excuse) you hold up a sign that says, "You don't speak for me." Either one is fine.

[kiruliom]

[Image ID: Two flags with seven equally-sized horizontal stripes. From top to bottom, the colors of the first flag are purple, bright pink, pastel pink, off-white, pastel blue, bright blue, and purple. From top to bottom, the colors of the second flag, which is a slightly desaturated and hue-shifted version of the first, are medium grey-purple, red-pink, pastel pink, off-white, grey-blue, turquoise, and medium grey-purple. End ID.]

usual | less eyestrainy

genderfluid flag based on the genderfluid fragment gender system's flags bc tbh the usual genderfluid flag sucks IMO

purple: androgynous genders, agender aligned/AGIN genders, fluidity as a whole

bright pink: female aligned/FEIN genders

pastel pink: feminine/FIN genders

yellow-white: unaligned genders, abinary genders, neutral genders, and the like

pastel blue: masculine/MIN genders

bright blue: male aligned/MAIN genders

purple: androgynous genders, agender aligned/AGIN genders, fluidity as a whole

[rabidwordjumbles]

It’s so easy to accept the awfulness of the world when said awfulness doesn’t affect you huh

[meowtastical]

so pride month is coming up

And i hope that everyone has a great time and spreads some love!

[give-soup-please]

i'm sort of like... quietly whispering this into the void, but...

there are days when i think i'd love to be a trans ambassador sometimes. people have questions they are afraid to ask, and i genuinely enjoy fruitful discussions. i love educating people on trans issues, what it means to be trans, and talking about my personal experiences. i see myself as someone who is comfortable with public speaking, and have a genuine heart for this kind of work.

but i don't know how to start, or where to go, or what to apply for.