#Queer Liberation

[alwaystochocolate]

Hey Tāmaki Makaurau folks, attend this one if you can! THIS Sunday 23rd Feb, 2pm, Albert Park

❤️🧡💛💚💙🩷💜🤍🤎

Let's get out there with pride.

https://gayexpress.co.nz/2025/02/defying-destiny-queer-communities-are-taking-a-stand/

AUCKLAND — Defying Destiny: Day of Queer Power

Last weekend, Destiny Church escalated its attacks against the queer community in Auckland.

Destiny wants to drive queer New Zealanders back into the closet. PAPA won't let this happen.

We stood for queer liberation as No Pride in Prisons, and we stand for it now.

We're holding DEFYING DESTINY: DAY OF QUEER POWER this Sunday February 23 at 2pm at the Albert Park rotunda. All friends and allies of the community are welcome to join us. Let's show Destiny that they are a tiny, hateful portion of our population.

speakers

Speakers include:

Dr Emmy Rākete (PAPA),

Chlöe Swarbrick (Green Party),

Rev Muan Strickson-Pua (Tagata Pasifika Resource Centre),

and more.

demands

We will demand the government dismantle Destiny Church organisationally, deregistering all of Destiny Church's charities. We will demand that government agencies sign memoranda of understanding with Auckland Pride affirming that they will no longer refer people to Destiny Church front groups like Man Up. Finally, we will warn Destiny Church: queer people and those who love us are not defenceless victims who can be assaulted at will. We are here, we are queer, and we will stand our ground.

safety

We're prepared for the possibility that Destiny will try to show up. Trained volunteers will be present as marshalls, and we have a plan to keep our people as safe as possible. Travel in pairs or groups. Bring water, masks, and sun protection. Look out for a marshall if you need one.

We cannot let them force us back into the closet. We are stronger together than they'll ever be.

[osokasstuff]

you don't have a personal responsibility to break stereotypes about your demographics. you don't have to be the perfect representation. you don't have to be a good representation. you are allowed to exist as you are, even if it somehow fits into stereotypes.

you're allowed to have your experiences, hobbies, expressions, traits, problems, symptoms, etc. even if they're stereotyped. you are not a living stereotype. you are a person. a person who happens to have some traits. you're not making the world less diverse. your existence already contributes to diversity.

[intersexfairy]

PCOS is an intersex variation, full stop. The reason that's controversial is that just accepting it as one undermines the gender and sex binaries.

The idea that we're just rare mutants that need to be fixed, or can be ignored for the sake of the majority, would further begin to fall apart. Recognizing people with PCOS as intersex makes it harder for them to treat people with PCOS like broken women.

Doctors treat their intersex traits as a malady that needs to be fixed. Even in the case of a cis women with PCOS and gender dysphoria or health issues, the treatment is so often laced with intersexism and coercion. There is no real choice given, and no affirmation of one's body as worthy of respect regardless of what it looks like.

This isn't unusual in the treatment of intersex people - people do try to hide from us the fact we're intersex (entirely, or by saying we have a disorder instead). But by not even considering people with PCOS under the umbrella, they prevent them from finding community with people like them, and advocating for themselves.

This is all to say, people with PCOS are not less intersex than other intersex people. They are just as intersex, and face all the scrutiny that comes with it. But more than that, they are integral to intersex liberation - and queer liberation overall. Your story as an intersex person with PCOS matters. We need you, and we want you with us.

May you find peace, community, and healing. May you find comfort and home in your body. May you find health and wellness. You are loved, and you belong - just as you are, and have yet to become.

Sincerely, a trans intersex person who doesn't know if it's PCOS or something else.

[queerpunktomatoes]

For non-USA-inauguration reasons (/sar) I'm just going to drop this list of anti-carceral mental health supports. (988 and other government-run resources are ultimately connected to the cops. This is a list of resources that will not report you /srs) Obviously, the bigger issues are things like housing, food, discrimination, etc, but if you need a life vest while we're still working on fixing the system, here they are.

~~~THRIVE Lifeline: text “THRIVE” to +1.313.662.8209 from anywhere, 24/7. Text-based support, by and for multiply marginalized people. ~~~Trans Lifeline: call 877.565.8860 in US or 877.330.6366 in Canada, Mon-Fri 10a-6p PT. Peer support and crisis hotline for trans people. ~~~BlackLine: call or text 1.800.604.5841 in US, Mon-Fri 6a-8p, Sat-Sun 5p-9p PT. Crisis support with a Black, LGBTQ+, and Black Femme lens, and a safe line to report police brutality. ~~~Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: call 888.407.4515 in the US, open 4-6p PT Mon-Thurs, and 4-7p PT Fri-Sun. Lived experience with psychiatric diagnosis, trauma, addiction, etc. ~~~Project LETS: text 401.400.2905, Mon-Sat 7a-1p PT for urgent support with psychiatric incarceration / involuntary hospitalization in the US. ~~~Don’t Call The Police: A database of local and national community-based alternatives to calling the police or 911 has been broken down by major US cities. https://thriv.life/DontCall

Please trust in the hundreds of thousands of people fighting for you right now. We love you. We are trying so hard to make a better world for you /gen

[isabellascarlett1]

Your Intersex Awareness Day reminders that:

- Micropenis jokes are intersexist and not funny

- Intersex genital mutilation (IGM) is still allowed in nearly every country

- AFAB TransFem, AMAB TransMasc, Cis Trans, and Cis Non-binary are important terms for many Intersex folks

Include Intersex folks in your activism.

[gayhenrycreel]

while its true that aromanticism is separate from asexuality, we should remember that we are each others closest allies. dont let anyone separate us, the way terfs did to trans people and cis homosexuals. we are different, but we have a common goal; freedom to live as we do

[liberaljane]

The commercial visibility of Pride over the past few years has often excluded the voices of those most marginalized.

Digital illustration of a large group of queer people. There are people of all different ages, sizes, and genders gathered around a sign that reads, ‘no pride for some without pride for all.’

[rainbowpopeworld]

(Quote from David Tennant is from this video and the photo is from Staged)

[transsexualfiend]

If you are trans or consider yourself an ally to trans people PLEASE learn about DIY HRT and learn about the myths associated with it. Even if you're already on HRT. Even if you aren't on HRT. Even if you never plan to go on HRT. The more you know the better ally you can be to trans people in these upcoming months. The more people know, the less harmful misinformation will be spread.

[whereserpentswalk]

Hi, I saw one of your latest posts talking about the gender "segregation" where you state that women's only spaces shouldn't exist. So, if that was actually real, do you think me, a cis lesbian woman, should I be using a changing room or a bathroom used also by people with penises?

I would feel very uncomfortable being naked near someone who is biologically a male and I have the right to say no, no matter how they react, cis women's feelings matter too and nobody can tell me when I should be uncomfortable, same thing goes for sports, cis women could get physically hurt if a biological male played against them and this had already happened in a school in the US.

This more confirms how you far left activists don't care about us

I do not care about people's disgust when it comes to means of segregation. Do you think that during the 1960s there was no white person who felt uncomfortable sharing a bathroom with someone with dark skin when desegregation hit bathrooms and locker rooms? Do you think there's no white person who feels that way now (hell, a big reason American suberbs are a thing is that it allows white people to live in white only places post civil rights laws)?

How is your desire to feel comfortable through segregation any diffrent? There is a group you feel uncomfortable with in a space so you want it segregated, I suggest you either not use that space or find a way to be more comfortable. Society may have a responsibility for you to be safe, but there is no responsibility for you to feel safe.

And do you think nobody wants to be segregated away from you? You're literally a queer person, there are people who do not want you in public because of the exact same uncomfortablity with you. You probably have way more in common with trans people than most cis people do. If many people were allowed to remove what makes them uncomfortable from society, you would be forced into the closet. This isn't a hypothetical, the same people pushing for removal of trans people from society have same sex relationships as their next target.

Uncomfortablity is not something society can or should protect you from.

[terminallytwee]

PRIDE 2023 / DON'T LET THE BASTARDS KEEP YOU DOWN

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[magicrainbowkitties]

Hey you. American queer/neurodivergent/disabled/immigrant kid.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry your country is betraying you. I'm sorry the people who promised you support and love stood by and let this happen. I'm sorry that the people being put into power right now are getting ready to make your life a living hell.

I'm so sorry.

But you HAVE to stick around, ok? Us older folks, YOU'RE the reason we fight so hard. We love you so much and so deeply and we are going to fight like hell to keep you safe. PLEASE please please stick around.

Your people are here and out there, and you are so very very loved you can't even imagine.

You've been so strong for so long and I'm so sorry, but you have to keep being strong. Be kind to yourself, check in with your friends, and DON'T lose hope.

Please. Don't leave us. We love you.

[tr1ppykay]

i feel like a lot of arguments WRT some queer identities having systemic privilege over others are fundamentally assimilationist in nature. it assumes that the default expression of queer people with any connection to otherwise "privileged" identities is to mirror the cultural ideal of those identities when in reality, the cultural ideal is not always attainable, or even desirable!

"trans women have male privilege before they transition" but why do you assume they all had the ability/desire to pass as cishet men?

"trans men have male privilege after they transition and pass" but why do you assume they all have the ability/desire to pass as cishet men?

"binary trans people have privilege because society already understands and accommodates their gender identity" but why do you assume they all have the ability/desire to pass as cishet he/him men or cishet she/her women?

"bisexuals have straight passing privilege because they can choose to date the 'opposite' gender" but why do you assume they all have the ability/desire to pass as straight, YES, even in MLW relationships?

*these are from the top of my head. please feel free to add more if you have personal examples.

[isabellascarlett1]

Gender affirming bottom surgery has a lower regret rate than:

- Knee surgery

- Chemotherapy

- Back surgery

- Open heart surgery

- Cosmetic surgery

- Most medical procedures

The regret rate for gender affirming bottom surgery is less than 1%.

[queen-mabs-revenge]

[spocks-got-a-glock]

When you get so irked by someone saying that "Clive and Maurice were the better romantic pairing because they truly loved each other while Alec and Maurice's relationship was based on nothing but sex" that you end up writing a small essay in a Pinterest comment section (which had to be broken up into 500 character chunks because of Pinterest's character limit).

Anyway, I actually like what I wrote so I wanted to share it here. I didn't say everything I wanted to in the exact way that I wanted to due to the word restrictions, but I think it did the job.