#i support my queer siblings!

[i-like-the-eyes]

Another pic from your favourite nightmare at pride😎🏳️‍🌈

Edit:

Update from another pride🏳️‍🌈

[primprimandprim]

My partner’s family has been bragging about this win. Cousins we thought supported us gladly telling us they voted trump and we should still be close despite it.

I keep apologizing. I keep telling myself if I wasn’t trans, maybe she would feel the need to cut so many ties with people she loved growing up. I can’t escape this feeling that it’s my fault she keeps losing family members.

I know it’s not true. I know she’d be gay and disabled even if I wasn’t trans. But it’s still me. I’m the fucking queer point of contention. I introduced her to the queer community.

Now my partner is effectively an only child and I can’t stop thinking that that’s my fault.

[danrifics]

anon i do get you i just don’t think im the person to be having this discussion with as a non american but equally to your points i just think there are more important issues right now that’s aren’t what are dan and phil gonna do 🤷🏻‍♀️

[lil-gae-disaster]

Me: will anyone come to rhe pride parade this year?

My mom: We all don't really have any relation to that kinda stuff so why would we?

Also my mom: [Deadname] you'll have to attend a Christian festival.

Me, internally: I'M AN ATHEIST AND YOU KNOW THAT WHAT THE FUCK!?!??!? HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT THAN ME POTENTIALLY DRAGGING YOU TO A PRIDE PARADE!?!?!?!? 😭😭😭

[mars-ipan]

y’know i’m happy aromantic is trending in response to that horrible discourse bait poll because so many people (aspec or not) are showing love and support for aromantics, but i’m also fucking pissed that we need to keep doing this when 2024 is literally days away. i know terfs are always gonna be pieces of shit but come the fuck on man

[grapesodatozier]

mike wheeler trying on nancy's dresses thoughts feat supportive big sister nancy and her supportive gf robin <3 (warning for time period typical homophobia)

nancy would let mike borrow her dresses when he was little. she also taught him makeup, which he had a lot of fun with, but he liked the dresses better bc they took less work and the makeup sometimes lingered in a way that made him self conscious and anxious. but he loved wearing the dresses, and nancy would sometimes get mad bc sometimes he’d spill syrup on them or break the zipper so she’d stop letting him borrow them for a bit, but then he’d pester her until she gave in and let him try them on again.

until one day, when mike is about 10 or 11, he stops asking. nancy sees him looking at her dresses when she wears them, an almost sad look in his eyes, but he doesn’t ask.

so nancy asks! she says he needs him to model a dress for her bc she can’t see how the back looks in the mirror. and mike is 11-12 now and so of course he bitches to try to hide what he’s feeling, all like “fuck off nancy I’m not a dress up doll leave me alone!!” and she’s like “stop being a baby just help me!!” and eventually offers him some quarters for the arcade or to help out with his next dnd campaign, so he caves. and he still pretends to be annoyed, but nancy can see him smiling softly in the mirror.

eventually nancy gets tired of giving mike cash and favors so she sits him down for a sibling heart to heart and basically says absolutely fuck anyone who makes you feel like you can’t dress the way you want, you look great.

so mike starts asking again.

but then he hits his growth spurt.

the first time he realizes her dresses don’t fit him anymore, he doesn’t cry in front of nancy, but she can hear from outside his bedroom door that that’s what happens after.

she’s devastated, but what can she do? they’re both just resigned and sad about it, nancy stewing and trying to plot a solution, when robin buckley falls so clumsily and perfectly into nancy’s life, all 5’9 of her. almost exactly as tall as mike.

of course, while nancy loves making a plan and executing it, this one's a little more delicate. she really likes robin, but she knows this is mike's call. she can't even be sure, as cool as robin seems, that she'd be cool about it all. she's almost positive, but she doesn't depend on almosts or maybes when it comes to her little siblings' safety.

she feels damn near 100% though a few days after robin kisses her for the first time, when she's finally regathered her wits and her head has mostly stopped spinning.

plus, she knows robin cares about the kids, mike included. she knows robin knows, what they've all been through. robin gets it. nancy has seen robin put herself on the frontlines. robin and mike may press each other's buttons, but nancy knows robin wants to keep mike and all his friends safe.

she asks mike first if he'd be comfortable asking robin to go dress shopping with them.

"what?" he asks, face bright red. "i don't... that's nice, nancy, but i don't need my own... and why robin?"

nancy explains, in so many words, that robin is the only person they know who's mike's height who can try dresses on in public safely.

it takes him a minute, and his lips are still pressed together so hard they're almost turning white, but he agrees.

and so does robin, happily! she makes lots of weird, awkward jokes, and she still teases mike, but never about the dresses, only in the normal way. it makes mike... comfortable. helps him breathe easier.

cue: montage of robin trying on dresses mike wants, mike critiquing them, jokes about how robin thinks they'll fit mike bc she's suffocating on her own boobs they're so tight around her chest. and she and mike joke on each other a lot, mike acting annoyed or like an annoying little sibling, but robin and nancy can both see the soft smiles on his face, and the wistful looks in his eyes, and nancy is so grateful for them both, and robin is so happy she gets to be a part of this. and mike goes home with a few dresses he'll spend nights and nights trying on and twirling around in, smiling that soft, thrilled smile at himself in the mirror.

[g0thiclem0nade]

If y’all would’ve told me there was a nonbinary character in elementals I would’ve watched it earlier

[adamantine-ribbon]

oh yeah also: a Black person's hair is part of their personal space bubble no matter how big it is. don't touch it, it's just as weird as doing it to Becky

[ice-devourer]

the queer kids at my tkd training center want me to sign up for a national tournament w them,,,and i cant say no <333

okay fine i’ll accompany ur gay asses 😭

[humanlyimprobable]

Heyo, so I've been pretty open about the trsumatic stuff I was put through in Hawaii when I was a very young and freshly out transkid, if I had known that there was even an option for me like this it could have saved years of agony.

Please, PLEASE do what you can for this clinic. Trans affirming healthcare literally saved my life and I would not be here without it. I know how isolating and hostile/ignorant some areas of Hawaii can be for queer folks, ESPECIALLY trans folks. One clinic is not enough for all the islands as it is, we cannot let that number fall to zero.

Please help where you can. My heart goes out to all my trans siblings in Hawaii. Please dont give up.

[chopshopcannibal]

@wolfertinger666

I wanted to finish this piece but I'm sick & can't hold my hand steady enough lol

Just wanted to say I super appreciate you, your art, and your message. Seeing fem tguys like yourself being out & proud despite vitriol from within our own communities is so freeing & inspiring.

I've been experimenting w my gender since middle school, finding out what does and doesn't work for me, and finding the true values of autonomy & choice & personhood. As a masc tguy who tends to be p conforming in presentation, I live for gnc folks. Sometimes I feel jealous that I don't identify as gnc/it's not the style that calls to me. I love genderfuckery & seeing others flaunt that queerness proudly.

Much love from this end of the transmasc spectrum, cheph 💜

[fafefae]

the american voting system is NOT EQUIPPED to support a 3rd party without ranked choice voting. and until we get RCV, it's one or the other. and it WILL be one or the other.

a lot of 3rd party candidates sound great, but they do not have a realistic chance at winning. be realistic. you know who does have a chance at winning? the household names, trump or harris.

splitting the vote by going 3rd party is what made trump happen in 2016, it was hillary clinton's downfall. it was USED by state sponsored internet trolls to spread propaganda, destabilize and divide the left. it was endorsed by trump himself, he tried it in 2020 too, and he's doing it again now because he knows it might be the only chance he has at winning.

be VERY wary of anyone telling you vote 3rd party. it's trump or harris. it won't be stein, de la cruz, or sherman, or fucking anybody else ive never heard of, because nobody is talking about independent candidates, and EVERYONE is talking about trump and harris.

it will be trump or harris for president, and it will be trump if you vote 3rd party. and ill tell you as an anarchist, i would rather have kamala harris and all her flaws in office over the fascist donald trump who would see me and my queer siblings and my friends and family of color dead.

do not split the fucking vote.

[squidthusiast]

Ok, but why do I imagine Eight being the unofficial child of Pearl x Marina?

Because I imagine Eight was minding their business and all of a sudden, Pearl would slam the paper down and said “You’re adopted now”

Basically OTH at the start of their world tour haha, I love that they took Eight with them.

I have more detailed thoughts under the cut for those interested in my ramblings, analysis and interpretations of the characters.

Disclaimer: This is my own take on it, don’t let it ruin your fun!

I personally don’t really subscribe to the fandom’s ‘pearlina moms’ headcanon.

On the one hand, I am an absolute sucker for the ‘found family’ trope, and I definitely think Agent 8 and OTH fit in it!

On the other hand, I think people immediately put Pearl and Marina into the ‘parenthood’ box, a little too eagerly. Not saying this specific ask is that, btw, it just reminded me of some instances i’ve seen.

I personally think that the relationship between OTH and Agent 8 is a little more nuanced & sibling-esque, for the following reasons:

1. Within canon, we often see 8 being referred to as a friend by both Pearl and Marina.

Pearl does it more explicitly (see that one interview at her house), whereas with Marina it’s more insinuated (ex. In the Side Order dev diaries, she starts calling Agent 8 as ‘Eight’, which is stated to be a name used by their friends).

Pearl seems to be an accidental-duck-parent of sorts who haphazardly collects octoling teenagers & young musical talent. It goes in line with her whole mentor-esque leader personality, and i’m sure these disoriented teens find relief in an idol who seemingly knows what she’s doing (she really doesn’t).

However she doesn’t act in a parental manner. More-so like your estranged gay cousin who hit it big in another country and is down to show your queer little butt the ropes.

Marina on the other hand seems to have a more empathetic approach with Agent 8 (opposite to Pearl’s brashness). Marina clearly connects with Agent 8 through their shared experience as defected octoling soldiers, and probably sees her younger self in them. She’s already caring as it is, but this is accentuated during octo expansion given the circumstances.

I feel however that, unlike Pearl, Marina has a bit of a harder time actually forming a bond with Eight at the beginning. Their similarities (seemingly) end at their shared experience, and probably leaves Marina awkwardly wondering how to approach them further. What we can assume though is that they become closer friends during OTH’s world tour, given the events described in the Memverse Dev Diaries.

Meeting Eight during difficult circumstances (OE) and helping them get out creates a sense of camaraderie between them, which probably devolves into genuine care, established friendship and a strong bond amongst the three overtime.

2. Pearl and Marina are very career-centric both in Splat 2 and 3.

It is reasonable that the two young idols, who see their fame and musical recognition rise spectacularly & fast, are not particularly interested in settling down at this point in their lives.

Now entering her late 20s, Pearl is most definitely still interested in keeping the ball rolling with Off the Hook’s international success. Her character often points towards restlessness, freedom and discovery. There has definitely been character development in regards to her maturity in Splatoon 3, but these aforementioned traits are still ever present in her demeanour & decision-making.

Marina on the other hand can be seen slowly blossoming from a supporting character to being her own person. She definitely develops more self-confidence by Splatoon 3, but is still naturally bashful. It’s clear that she is allowing herself to explore & open up to new things for her own sake. She remains a caring and somewhat nurturing individual, but she is at a stage where she’s learning to live for herself and not for others.

Parenthood (and all the responsibilities and sacrifices it entails) at this moment of their lives would probably freak Pearl out, and stunt Marina’s personal growth.

3. The age gaps between OTH and Agent 8 are too close for it to create a parent/kid bond.

This makes their relationship a little hazy in regards to roles; 8 is still young enough that they may seek out rolemodels and mentors (still relatively influenceable), but they’re also nearing their 20s. By this point they are fairly self sufficient, have a sense of their personal values & identity, and they are relatively responsible & mature.

Pearl and Marina are 8’s seniors by approximately 4-6 years. However, in Splatoon 2 they’re entering their early 20s and their career has just begun to take off.

They are both still relatively youngsters, albeit older & more mature(? glancing at Pearl) youngsters than 8. This places them in a position where they can guide 8 and offer certain support and resources, but lack the maturity and experience of a full-fledged adult. This would approximate their relationship closer to that of siblings in a family setting.

Pearl & Marina are also less likely to feel a duty towards Eight as an adult would with a child. Instead, the latter’s circumstances are more likely to incite feelings of rapport and compassion as a fellow young inkfish.

Now, with all of this said, I will acknowledge that friendship/found family is MUCH more nuanced than a strict binary.

From personal experience in my last years of college, I did find myself caring for my fellow freshmen as though they were my kids, in certain ways. Hell, I called them my kids.

I acted as a proud parent whenever some of them achieved something, attempted to pass down my knowledge to them, and was protective of them to a certain extent.

They also annoyed me sometimes, like younger people do haha. And i’m sure I annoyed them too!

So I wouldn’t put it past OTH to call Eight their kid and have this mentor/parent-esque rapport with them in certain circumstances.

This is all based both on canon & my own interpretations of it, but still closely aligned to what has been shown in-game.

So if you have a different interpretation of Agent 8 and OTH, that’s great! I love to see people’s personal headcanons. Ultimately, Agent 8 is meant to be somewhat of a blank slate for the players to mold, with some hinted-at personality traits of their own.

As long as you have fun with these characters, that’s all that matters. This is just my personal opinion on their relationship in-game.

If you read all of this, you deserve the biggest golden star for listening to my incessant yapping 🤲⭐️

Feel free to bother me about this or other opinions you may have in my inbox, just be kind please!

[akajustmerry]

anyways, instead of focusing all your energy on calling out Succession and the Last of Us for being anti-palestinian, here's some of my favourite media made by Palestinians 🇵🇸 and their allies...

Salt of this Sea (2008). Dir. Annemarie Jacir. Heist film set in Palestine about 2 Palestinians who help a Palestinian American woman rob a British bank who refused to give her the money her grandfather left her.

Netflix original series, Mo, created by Mo Amer. Dramedy about Mo, a Palestinian American without papers, trying to stay out of trouble until his US citizenship is approved (he's already been waiting for 12 years). This just got renewed for a second season!!!!

Farha (2021). Dir. Darin J. Sallam. Coming of age story about a 14 year old girl trying to survive the Nakba in 1948. Tw: settler colonial violence.

In Between (2016). Dir. Maysaloun Hamoud. A film about 3 Palestinian women, one of whom is queer, in their 20s living under occupation. Heart-warming story about friendship, solidarity and revenge. Tw: sexual assault.

In Vitro (2019). Dir. Larissa Sansour. Breathtaking short scifi film set in a future where Bethlehem has been destroyed by an ecological disaster and two scientists from different generations are trying to remember what happened. This film is pure poetry and I think about it constantly.

It Must Be Heaven (2019). Dir. Elia Sulieman. A charmingly absurdist film about Elia Sulieman seeing parallels to Palestine everywhere he goes as he tries to make a film about his homeland.

The Crossing (2017). Dir. Ameen Nayfeh. Short film about Palestinian siblings trying to cross an Israeli checkpoint to visit their grandparents.

Ramy. Episode 3 of season 3: 'American Cigarettes'. Far and away the best episode of TV of 2022, and also directed by Annemarie Jacir. Ramy goes to occupied Palestine to make a diamond deal with some Israeli brokers, but his horniness takes him to The Other Side. I think about this episode almost everyday, it's unlike anything I've ever seen.

Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis. A book of interviews and essays conducted by Angela Davis on how systems of racism and colonial violence are all connected, and how solidarity between communities of colour are vital, using the long-standing allyship between Palestinians, Aboriginal peoples and Black Americans as case studies.

As fine and good as it is to call out Zionism in media, rmr to also support Palestinians, their work and their art. Feel free to suggest more ❤️

[childofsardior]

🏳️‍🌈HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! (pt.3) 🏳️‍🌈

Our beloved pirate joins the Pride at last!

Ahhhhh last drawing of the Pride series for this year!! Like I had a lot in mind but literally I AM TOO SLOW

Btw, here my fist attempt for a punky version of Foxy from my restaurant anthro AU.

He's gonna be a bad boy in every universe, not gonna lie.

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🏳️‍🌈HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! (pt.2) 🏳️‍🌈

This time from our old, main pals ✨

Sooo here we go with another round of HC to celebrate the Pride Month!

This is time for Bernard (OG Bonnie), Frederick (OG Freddy) & Chica (OG Chica) straight (pftt) from my Anthro Restaurant AU u.u

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[genderqueerdykes]

i love you so much i love the way u talk abt trans men and our struggles i makes me feel so seen especially bc youre older than me, i want to be understood , keep posting please

THANK YOU !!

i appreciate that. i feel like nobody (aside from some very cool bloggers on here) is advocating for trans men anymore. like unless its a trans man talking about these issues, it just doesn't happen. nobody advocates on our behalf for the most part. everyone just leaves us to the weeds. we have to help each other because most people just don't even understand what trans men and mascs want. like it's absolutely positively insanity inducing

when i was in college, at my pride group, there were just. no conversations about trans men. at all. in fact. at the time i was beginning to realize i was a trans man but i couldn't find support or acknowledgement of transmasculinity anywhere. whenever i would participate in the conferences, and large group meetings for LGBTQ communities in our part of the country... I was forced into queer women's groups. i did not identify as a woman or bigender at that time. i asked them where a female-to-male genderqueer person should go, and they put me in every queer women's group. i was not being considered trans. i was being viewed as a cis butch lesbian.

i was fucking pissed.

i learned the word transgender and what it meant and the example that was given was male to female, which was informative. i heard a lot of things about feminine transition, drag queens, cis gay male culture, bisexuality, pansexuality, and even asexuality. i want you to know that my college's pride group in 2011 - 2012 was more accepting of asexual people than trans men, which is insane for that time frame. i was actually allowed to help with a presentation on asexuality

i had to go online and research trans men, though. there were none to be found in the group that were at least out and able to talk to each other. we were all very stealth and nervous. my long term friends there ended up being gay men, lesbians, and a transfem agender person. i never met a single trans man there. it was heartbreaking.

i am tired of participating in transmasculine silence. i will not participate in self-erasure. trans men are trans. we're men. we're mascs. we NEED support, community, and care. we need to learn how to access transition resources, to comfort each other, to laugh with each other, to help each other find what clothes make us feel like ourselves, to say each other's names and pronouns, to see one's self in the other.

we need people who will protect us from misgendering. we need to be able to talk about our unique issues. we need to be able to talk about how yes, we experience misogyny, but also that transandrophobia is literally a thing. we need people who will stand up for femme trans men and gay trans men. we need people who understand that it's not okay to call every single trans man a confused butch lesbian and assume that they're a queer cis woman. trans men can be butch lesbians and that's okay. but you can't rip away a trans man's manhood for the sake of being a catty asshole. it's misgendering. it's transphobia. care about being transphobic. transphobia hurts all trans people no matter where it's directed. we all lose when you opt to deny trans men and mascs the right to community.

i am transmasculine. i am a trans man. i love being a trans man. i'm not ashamed. i'm not going back in the closet. i love my transmasculine brothers and siblings. i will not silence them. silencing them is a disservice to us all. i refuse to do that to us.

thank you for sending this ask. stay safe, take care of yourself, you're an important part of the LGBTQ community, don't let anyone take that from you.