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[achilleancultureis]

Trans bears <3

[dhddmods]

THE BIBLE IS NOT ANTI-QUEER!

We have been dying to make this post for a long time. What we'll be covering includes the following:

Firstly - mistranslations and out-of-context verses.

Secondly - genderqueerness in the Bible.

Thirdly - Jewish cultural genders.

(Content warning for mentions of sexual assault and genital mutilation.)

1st Corinthians 6:9 - 6:10

1st Corinthians 6:9 - 6:10 is mistranslated.

"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God."

"Effeminate" is a mistranslation of malakoi. Malakoi is a man who is weak or cowardly - not a man who is feminine. The mistranslation is based in misogyny, by turning "weak/cowardly" into a feminine trait.

"Homosexual" is a mistranslation of arsenokoitai. Arsenokoitai are men who assault other men - not just a gay man. Its absurd to mistranslate "gay rapist" into just "gay."

Leviticus 22

Leviticus 22 is out of context. Leviticus briefly mentions homosexuality, by stating “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.”

However, the context of the original Hebrew text and the verses before this is very important. Before this verse, there was a discussion of incest and infidelity between men and women. But none of these texts ever clarified if the laws also applied to male-on-male incest and infidelity. The addition of Leviticus 22 is not to condemn homosexuality, but to clarify that the previously listed laws also apply to gay incest and gay infidelity.

In full context, the verses go as following:

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness. I am the LORD. The nakedness of thy father, and the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover; for theirs is thine own nakedness. The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister; for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son' wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness: they are near kinswomen; it is lewdness. And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime. And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to set them apart to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.”

Eunuchs

The Bible discusses Eunuchs in many different chapters. “Eunuch” was a term used to describe three things:

A man whose penis was removed, due to slavery or a desire for abstinence. 

A person who was born with a male-appearance, but no penis; a type of male-appearing intersex person.

Or a person who removed their penis due to not identifying as a male; a transgender or altersex person, or an intersex person whose penis did not align with the rest of their experiences.

Each of these definitions can be seen in Mathew 19, Verse 12.

“For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

Further evidence that some eunuchs are non-binary can be seen in Isaiah 56, Verse 4-5.

“For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.”

Jewish cultural genders

In Jewish culture (which is where Jesus is from), there were eight recognized genders - Zachar, Nekevah, Aylonit Hamah, Aylonit Adam, Saris Hamah, Saris Adam, Androgynos, and Tumtum.

(Zuh-car) Zachar was the term for people who were born with male traits, and lived their life as a man. In modern terms, this is a cisgender man.

(Neck-eh-vuh) Nekevah were people who were born with female traits, and lived their life as a woman. This would be a cisgender woman.

(Eye-low-night Hah-maw) Aylonit Hamah were people who were born with female traits, but naturally developed male traits later in life. This describes people who were intersex, and had hormonal variations that caused male traits to develop.

(Eye-low-night Ah-dom) Aylonit Adam were people who were born with female traits, but developed male traits through human intervention. This describes trans-men or masculine non-binary people.

(Saw-riss Hah-maw) Saris Hamah were people who were born with male traits, but naturally developed female traits later in life. This describes people who were intersex, and had hormonal variations that caused female traits to develop.

(Saw-riss Ah-dom) Saris Adam were people who were born with female traits, but developed female traits through human intervention. This describes trans-women or feminine non-binary people.

(And-draw-joe-naws) Androgynos were people who were born with a mix of female and male traits. This described intersex people who had ambiguous genitals, or otherwise appeared to have a mix of genitals. Modern Jews also use it to include non-binary and altersex people with androgynous identities.

(Pronounced exactly how it's spelled) Tumtum were people who were born lacking sex traits. This described intersex people who were on the agenital spectrum - people whose genitals were small or obscured. Modern Jews also use it to include non-binary and altersex people with neutral identities.

[lgbtqtext]

[contradictory-label-culture-is]

contradictory label culture is *pulls out red string and comically large pinboard* OK SO- technically on account of being intersex and multigender, I am both MtF and FtM, but I'm also completely genderless yet full of thousands of different genders both xenic and non-xenic, my genders are completely static and never changing but also constantly fluctuating and fluid, i experience attraction to everyone but also to noone, my attraction to fem aligned folks is both straight, gay and neither at the same time but my attraction to masc aligned folks is always sapphic, but my attraction to neutral aligned folks is always achillean & straight, but im also both polyamorous and monoamorous but also neither and completely anattractional.

holy fuck i didn't mean to yap this much LMAOOO-

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[henry-the-queer-artist]

I have this ugly-ass magenta flannel and I just accessorized it a bunch and stuff and now it looks good and I feel like I'm a hot bitch even though I probably just look like every other trans guy within a 10 mile radius lmao 😭.

[heyhoneyfox]

Every achillean couple sees patrochilles and goes "omg they're so us!!!"

[dsbe]

Fandom’s Most Searched Ships of 2023

Tumblr Battle Edition: Round 1

[gayfrogtime]

Uhhh

[zo1nkss]

I still haven't gotten around to doing a side-by-side analysis of OFMD and THOBM but so many of the beats are so fucking similar like I genuinely cannot express how much they are practically the sapphic and achillean versions of each other.

[achilleancultureis]

Achillean transmasc culture is pining. It’s staring, it’s hoping, it’s telling yourself “just a few more years”. It’s longing for what you’ve been told over and over, “you can’t have this” and getting it anyway. It’s finding joy in the most mundane of tasks, thinking of them lighting up your world. It’s finding peace in yourself and your life. It’s finally being okay.

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[moonlightsapphic]

uh. guys. ik this is not exactly the place to ask but. where tf are the pronouns on instagram?? i can only see mine but they’ve dissapeared from every profile i follow. my app is fully updated.

meta better not be getting rid of the feature.

[itswhatyougive]

Occasionally running for queer life

Holding on for queer life

[luxiomahariel]

"we're a community" until men describe their experiences in a way that parallels womens experiences, then its "cultural appropriation"

(this is about the term 'achillean', the vincian flag, and also about the term 'transandrophobia')

[genderkoolaid]

Tell us about the gay trans man 50s housewife story please....

GLADLY

it's not very fleshed out but the general idea is a woman has recently been married and is trying to fill the role of Good Wife, but privately is struggling with dysphoria that she hoped would be "fixed" by getting married and putting all her effort into getting a good grade in womanhood. she tries to befriend other wives in the neighborhood but it never really clicks. one of her neighbors is a single man living alone who becomes the first person she is able to connect with. she eventually admits her desire to be a man, not just in the "it would be nice to have rights" sense but that she desperately wants to look like a man– and then she tries to laugh it off with "haha but i'm not attracted to women so I guess I'm just weird!"

the neighbor is actually a gay man who starts to introduce her to queer culture under her husband's nose, which is both extremely alluring but also disturbing to her because she's tried so hard to be a Good Straight Woman, so she goes back and forth between "giving in" and lashing out. she tries to break off their friendship, partially because people are starting to get suspicious of them but also in an attempt to force all that self realization back into a tidy box. but her already shaky relationship with her husband starts crumbling and eventually she breaks down to the neighbor because no man will love her in the way she wants. the neighbor insists that he is attracted to him, and tells him that he's no different than the thousands of other gay men pretending to be someone they're not. the neighbor gives him a haircut and new clothes and they run off together in the middle of the night to start a new life together.

related idea to this is a story in which a bride runs away from her wedding because she can't make herself marry her husband, finds a gay bar, meets a butch who helps her realize her own butchness, both of them are actually achillean trans men but don't have the language to understand it and so they have t4t dykefag sex about it

[lordglenarvan]

Ok coining timeeee we made a coining blog but I have yet to create a proper intro for it ( @idzomb )

Pédé, pd or pédéraste: it's the two first flags, it's the equivalent of the F slur in French except that this slur is very achillean centered. (As a pédéraste is a man who sleeps with boys). Only to be used by those who can reclaim it.

And travelo: it's the two last flags, it's the equivalent of the T slur in French. Only to be used by those who can reclaim. Any trans people can use it.

Due to the words being French slurs, I would prefer it to be only used by people who are somehow connected to French culture.

We cannot do alt ID, only alt text. Sorry, if anyone can do an ID we'll be very grateful!

Radqueers please don't interact, you can still use these terms and flags though!

[achilleancultureis]

achillean culture is being called gay (derogatorily) as a child for being emotional and a little bit poetic, and eventually coming to realize that you actually are gay, but it's unrelated... or it was unrelated, anyway, before that association was painted upon you. and suddenly now the two are intertwined. and your flowery prose smells like the roses tangled in your boyfriend's hair.

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