#augayst

[khaleesiofalicante]

The poster for Aitch Alberto’s ‘ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE’ starring Max Pelayo and Reese Gonzales. In theaters September 8, 2023.

THE GAYS REALLY ARE TRYING TO MURDER ME, MY FRIENDS.

[hippolotamus]

Heartstopper… Red White & Royal Blue… getting to hang out with Nick, Charlie, Elle, Tao, Isaac, Tara and Darcy again… seeing Alex and Henry brought to life… it can only mean one thing:

Happy Augayst, Friends 🌈

[moonlightblues07]

DANCING BECAUSE ITS FINALLY AUGUST I CALLED THIS AUGAYST MONTH🥹

[dumbassunicorn08]

Augayst month things:

Heartstopper ✅

Good omens✅

Red, white and royal blue ✅

Next up:

[vamprawr]

if TERMINA NPCS was WOKE 🤯🤯

TRANSnaka

HE/HIMryk

auGAYst

paveLGBT

caligSHE/HERa

samarie

[djtangerine]

WATCH OUT for LIBERAL months!!!

janYURI

FEMMEuary

MARX

THEYpril

MLMay

JUNE (pride month)

juLIBERAL

auGAYst

sepTESTOSTERONEber

october

noTHEMber

TRANS FEMMEber

[bi-any-chance]

On the first day of AuGayst my (non-existent) boyfriend gave to me....

A pride flag and a brand new book.

[creepycute-kitty-gf]

I have the gay agenda plotted out:

Transuary

Nonbinary

March (my birthday, so gay by default)

Gaypril

Gay

June (pride month)

Jubi

Augayst

Butch/femmeber

October (Halloween is gay)

Nogender

Dykecember

[shookethbrooketh]

dan: posts insta story of phil with lipstick edited on

me: wOw WoW WOW he really did that,,,like he REALLY did that,,,augayst 20gayteen,,,gonna be a good month,,,mmm that's some good shit right there

[hey0im0a0fucking0weirdo]

Januargay

Februargay

March at pride

Gayrpil

Gay

June

Julgay

Augayst

Sepfember

Acetober

Nofember

Dykecember

The only not lgbt+ month is June

Oh wait

Pride is gonna be during this june

[bardstardish]

AUGAYST! THE! GAYTH! TWENTY! GAYTEEN!

[khaleesiofalicante]

Bye, Augayst.

As Augayst comes to end, I wanted to talk to y’all about something that has been bothering me for a while. For a long time actually. 

This month was incredible. And what made it incredible was not just the amazing queer media we were able to consume, but also the way we were able to do it together. As a community. 

If the representation we see on screen cannot be celebrated and lived offscreen, then we’re doing it wrong. 

So, yes, it does break my heart that in some countries movies like red white and royal blue were not available. I hope we’ll get there one day. But for now, I’m incredibly grateful for the online communities we’ve created where we can consume this media together and enjoy it and celebrate it.

Anyway, my problem is this.

Augayst was incredible. But there was one thing lacking. 

Women. Queer women, to be specific. 

I’ll come out and say yes Bottoms is about queer women and it’s going to be fucking fantastic and I’m so excited to watch it!!!

But you and I both know this movie didn’t even get quarter of the marketing or promotion (despite the protests) that red white and royal blue got. 

And one movie is not enough. The amount of movies and TV shows about queer men is way higher than those with queer women.

I feel that the problem is two fold here. 

Firstly, the production and availability of this content itself is already lacking. Whether we’re talking about movies or TV shows or books or even fanfics, the content we have available on queer women is lacking. It’s severely lacking. 

Not to mention how TV shows with queer women as leads have historically been more susceptible to getting cancelled (poor views, reception, and simply not giving enough fucks) when compared to shows with queer men. 

Secondly, even the ones that make it out, don’t get the same reception as the ones with queer men do. Perhaps this is because of the large market of straight women who consume media with queer men, but not with queer women. Perhaps this is because of the biases within the queer community itself. Perhaps this is because queer women, at the end of the day - unfortunately, are all queer women got. 

I feel the reason why this lack of representation bothers me is because I work in advocacy and human rights and in LGBTQ spaces and I see this happening there too. 

Men (cis or trans) in queer spaces have more power and opportunities and reception (and even funding!).

This power dynamic is inherent. It's structural. Please understand that.

I think we (myself included) need to do better. When we celebrate pride and queerness, it’s important that we don’t leave anyone behind. Especially people who are marginalized already. This includes women. Queer women. Queer women of colour. Queer women with disabilities.

I really hope we can see more queer women. Not just in augayst. In general. 

More women, please. 

Give. Me. More. Queer. Women. In. Media. 

I want to see them. I want to see me. 

[seashellronan]

the month of augayst is sadly coming to an end,,,

but on to september, my birth month and therefore the gayest month

[minecrab]

the month of augayst is sadly coming to an end,,,

gaytember is coming up tho

[shiningsunrises]

I’m so disappointed I wasn’t born in 2000 because then I would be gayteen on augayst the gayteenth, 20gayteen, but boo I’m just turning 17

[wholesome-lesbiab]

Hey you know what my favorite month is? Augayst 😂

Mine is gaypril because it's my birthm month ayyyyy imo every month should be just replaced with gay okay