#lesbian politicians

[yourdailyqueer]

Stormie Forte

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: N/A 

Ethnicity: African American

Occupation: Lawyer, radio presenter, politician (Democrat)

Note: First African-American woman, and the first openly LGBTQ woman, to serve on the Raleigh City Council

[sunderwight]

It's actually kind of hilarious to contemplate the prospect that the genre shift in SV means that Luo Binghe's harem go the queer route as well and start largely pairing off into lesbian ships with one another.

Mostly because of the sheer scale of Bingge's harem, and the fact that a lot of it was comprised of the members of politically influential families.

Can you imagine the freak-outs that various lords and kings are probably having over the fact that their daughters keep eloping with one another? The practical ones are probably going to be like, well, a political alliance is an alliance, welcome to the family Random Demon Princess! But a lot of them are probably going to be pissed that their bloodline's liable to die out, and that the perfectly suitable match (read: asshole cannon fodder Bingge did away with in PIDW) they arranged for their daughter got interrupted by some lady cultivator kidnapping her from her wedding instead. Imagining several prominent nobles in various realms furrowing their brows together and just being like, is it something in the water? Did some plant do this? Is it like it a cultural ripple effect, the Demon King is gay so now all the youngsters are too?

[beangirl73047]

Btw, “love your enemies” applies to the people you dislike too

[queerism1969]

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

I kinda love not knowing anything about Arcane because one minute I'm watching everyone squeal and post long deep dives about the kiss and the next I'm staring at a screenshot that looks like this

[blackqueernotables]

Erin Maye Quade: the first LGBTQ person to be endorsed on a major Minnesota political party's ticket.

[vintagevibessketch]

I just realised I never properly introduced her so I'm doing this rn

✨️✨️Star wars original trilogy/comics oc ✨️✨️

Karyita is a togruta diplomat with questionable loyality.

Her backstory under the cut:

She is the only child of an upper class togruta family that became popular thanks to their great political skills. Unfortunately, her parents died in an "accident" that was most likely caused by someone affiliated with the Empire. Soon she became as good as her parents, but unlike them she made sure to stay on the Empire's good side. She meets Zaya (while Zaya was still the imperial seer) and they quickly became friends. Later, after Zaya joins the rebelion they meet again and the rebel is not sure if she could trust her friend, but Karyita helps her and offers to provide support for the rebelion in the future. Karyita starts developing feelings for Zaya, but it's not mutual, the rebel seeing her as a friend (and because Zaya is attracted to Luke). The togruta notices and easily accepts it, remaining Zaya's friend and occasionally playing matchmaker.

Personalitywise she comes off as a little flirty and shallow but she is actually cunning and quite funny if you get to know her better. She is also a lesbian and she finds it amusing when men find her attractive and try to flirt with her. :))))

[ookaookaooka]

i'm seeing a lot of posts along the lines of "make men miserable" and like sure, conservative men in power, whatever. i'm not saying don't demand your rights and i'm not saying don't fight back. what i am saying is now is a time to build bridges, not burn them. we live in a society where what it means to be a man has an extremely narrow definition which is violently enforced by peers and authorities, and there is a concerted effort by conservatives to radicalize young men. deradicalization doesn't come from hostility, it comes from kindness, acceptance, and support. again, i'm not saying you have to accept being treated as less than. i'm saying that "all men" are not the enemy here. this is a class and race war first, a gender war second. men and women are more alike than we are different, and all of us have more in common with each other than we do with the conservative motherfuckers who want to keep us in our place. let's not play their games.

[artinvain]

Do u like mel from Arcane? nsjsj i wanna see how many ppl like her

I’m kind of indifferent. I feel like she really cares about piltover but I don’t think she realises the real repercussions of her being inactive about the issues with zaun? like she wanted everything to make piltover better and use jayce’s work for “protection” but didn’t want war? she’s playing subliminal offence. to me she’s just another counsellor.

[yourdailyqueer]

Elizabeth Kerekere

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: Born 1965

Ethnicity: Māori, Irish

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Politician (Independent/Green), activist, artist

Note: In Māori language Elizabeth identifies herself as someone who is Takatāpui.

[emilyjunk]

Lesbians will see a non conventionally attractive celebrity man acting weird and question their entire life and it's me I'm lesbians

[morg-among-the-stars]

long-winded rambling about The Politician that intersects with me talking sappily about my partner: a random, very neurodivergent and gay post

It's no surprise that The Politician means a lot to me.

I mean, "the politician netflix" is one of my most used tags, and my The Politician t-shirt is stretched out and well-loved because it's my favorite shirt (I have a long-sleeved version for the cold months that I wear sparingly because I want it to last longer that the short-sleeved version).

In the depths of my tumblr (or maybe not, I think I might've deleted the post for one reason or another), there's a post I made in 2021 or 2022, where I made the simple statement: "I want a girlfriend but like River Barkley / Yeah / Girl River." What I meant by this, in my own neurodivergent, connecting-my-special-interests-to-my-real-life-to-make-sense-of-how-I-feel-about-things/emotions way, is that I wanted a partner who could see me, who thought deeply, who had a big heart.

And, low and behold, I got what I wanted! (Thank you, Universe)

Besides talking about my fandoms, I talk about my partner a lot.

I talk about her a lot, because you have to imagine what it's like to not be understood for a long time and then someone comes along and pretty much say, "I like you, I want to understand you, or at least try." Does my partner "get it right" every time? No. Do they always know what to say? Also no, but who does? Not many people have all the answers but my partner at least tries. The trying is what means the most to me, trying to understand the deep, twisty layers of why I am the way I am.

I like to help people and do good things, but I push people away and give a million, "I'm okay / I'll be okay / It's just how things are, don't worry"'s, and that is quite the complex contradiction.

Why do you think I like the character of Payton so much? He's the same way. That's his big problem that affects his story.

Which is what makes his story with River so interesting.

He is faced with exactly what he pushes away: being seen, someone cutting through (or breaking down, whatever visual you'd like to use) his big walls and wanting to help him.

Now, I know that by the end of their relationship, things are a little more than rocky. Pretty cut-throat on Payton's part. But I'm focusing on the non-political aspects of their time together which is the heart of their dynamic; things get rocky when they have to go up against each other.

River is gentle in his nature and patient, which are the very important aspects when helping those walls come down with time. (Or within literally five minutes, in Payton's specific case. Poor guy really needed someone to ask him if he's okay.)

When I think of my own relationship, I think of the patience that I am given; "I'm here / You can talk to me about anything." Never pushy, never "You have to tell me what's wrong." but an offer that's there for when I need it. I can go to my partner when I'm unwell or upset or frustrated and I know I'll be listened to.

You want to know the beautiful thing?

It works the same way when flipped around.

When my partner is in a hard time, they can come to me and I try my best to listen and to offer my support, or advice when it is wanted. (I have a knee-jerk reaction to help, though I'm learning that people need to be listened to or sometimes, just need to feel their feelings. My partner is additionally patient with me as I'm learning this fact of life.)

My partner and I are similar in the way that we don't really know how to feel when someone tries to see us. Despite that, we both push through each other's walls and show patience and give the offer of a person to talk to.

We know that there will be times where one of us needs more support than the other, knowing that it fluctuates, or knowing that there will be times where we need support at the same time, and we go about it with patience and understanding, the best we can. We always try.

For a long time, I've loved the interesting dynamic between Payton and River (and wished that Ryan Murphy and Co. would give the people what they want and give us more of it—).

Their story and characters have taken on a new meaning since being loved like I am by my partner.

The show’s theme song, “Chicago” by Sufjan Stevens, is my ringtone for them: “I fell in love again, all things go, all things go.”

“Heir to My Heart” from the score of The Politician often plays in the back of my head when I talk to her, or just quietly sit on call with her.

To be loved is to be seen. To be seen and loved by her is the best thing I could have ever hoped for.

Also, shoutout to this tweet screenshot that I sent her as a means of flirting a few days before I asked her to be my girlfriend. Did she understand it? Of course not! She's not a nerd! (That's a joke, they are a huge nerd, just not for obscure Netflix shows that only about ten total people care about. Ask them about the current book they're reading and you will see a nerd! Which is beautiful to behold. I love seeing them nerd out and get excited about things! <3):

[aceredshirt13]

instead of fighting with fellow queers on social media for dumb and petty reasons I think the queer community should instead all agree to direct our hatred at history’s worst queers and spare each other. you want to start pointless infighting in the queer community? redirect your anger at the ghosts of Lord Alfred Douglas and Mishima. we can all come together and agree that James Buchanan needed his fellow queers to beat his ass

[walterdecourceys]

i don't have the energy for it right now but imagine me doing the "i want to study at a british univeristy" bit but with any large state school

[warningsine]

[jaggedwolf]

wanted to read some f/f romance novels set in college while I let the longfic draft rest. already fucked up with the first book I started on because one of them is in grad school (wrong type of college!) and the other is running for congress. there's also a fictional mayor of new york who does not have something deeply wrong with him, which is a requirement for the office imo.

and yet, all of that said, I cackled out loud at how the main two women meet in-person because I got one page of anticipation of how ridiculously it was going to go down. that was good.