#he’s my coworker (i always do this)

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

[uncanny-tranny]

Hey, if you have speech impediments, you are so amazing.

If you stutter or have a lisp or misspeak easily or you have a flat affect or a limited verbal vocabulary or if your voice is AAC or if you just have a difference in your vocality, you are so incredibly important and amazing.

Just know that your voice is yours. Nobody will ever be able to truly take it away. Your voice is part of you, and you deserve to make it as true to you as you deem fit. I hope you have the space to grow with your voice and whatever about it makes it unique.

[moeblob]

"Yeah, it was over here. Follow me."

(based on work yesterday)

[the-meme-monarch]

fathers of the world. you have got to stop calling women service workers over the phone ‘dear’

‼️TERFS STEP AWAY FROM THIS POST YOU WILL BE OBLITERATED ON SIGHT

[pulsedmaggot]

they found a cool penny on the floor

[perplexingly]

I’m so damn tired

[sainz100]

Mika Häkkinen | x

[yardsards]

clint mcelroy creating a dnd character: oh yeah, this bad boy can fit so much simple zest for life in him

[whenthegoldrays]

also I think it’s time for a little Elly Lore Update because I feel like I mention so many people on here and y’all need to understand who I’m taking about when you attend the virtual sleepovers 😌

[goldenteaset]

It occurred to me there's a workaround of sorts for Legato's backstory in Stampede, if Studio ORANGE wants to retain the inhumanity of it without either squicking the audience into leaving or needing to censor it into incoherence. (It's probably still squicky though!)

To wit: pre-being rescued by Knives, Legato is just a conversation piece, like a plastic exotic plant or coffee table book that's meant to match the decor rather than be read. He's a neat little luxury item that happens to have bodily functions (conveniently hidden from guests' view), locked in a gilded cage and occasionally let out to be oohed and ahh'd over. He doesn't have a name and can't speak, because why should he? He just has to be beautiful forever.

(No idea how he gets the Plant arm though. Was the Plant his "mom"? Was this an attempted, botched rescue of the Plant on his part? Maybe when Knives destroys the town Legato's in, he sees him as a more grateful Vash and gives him the arm then? Good luck to the writers for picking one answer out of the billions they probably have ^^;)

[moondogss]

i have this theory that if you know who david tennant is and you're not british then you're 100% insane about him, i have literally never met someone outside of the uk who casually knows who he is if they know him its always because they went deep down the rabbit hole at some point, this man was made to have a very intense cult following

[weregonnabecoolbeans]

By the way I am on both sides at the end of CA: Civil War.

I can understand Tony in the moment losing his mind over the winter soldier having killed his parents.

But like, I also think it’s insane that he thought his “friendship” with Steve is even remotely close to the same level as his with Bucky.

And also Bucky was innocent so…

[nobodybetterlookatme]

Anyway asshole sneezed yesterday while I was driving and I nearly wrecked my car lmao

[thebirdarts]

New oc bc im predictable<3 meet Russo, Muros right hand woman and old friend. She got badly burned at 17 resulting in scarring and loosing an eye, but shes still plenty dangerous- especially if your trying to keep a secret [intro to her & her stand here]

+ bonus bc her stands drawback is being overstimulating and i ♥ projecting

[thestarofcottonland]

i pray my bf never finds out how friendless i am its so embarrassing . i havent been sad about it in a long time. but i kinda am tonight