#mainely gay

[genderoutlaws]

A hanky code parody featured in Vol. 5 Issue 2 of Mainely Gay — the official newsletter of the Maine Gay Task Force that ran from 1974 through 1980 — by Kevin Mohr | 1978

[chek-apiece-died]

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[Image ID: A passage from mainely gay. A small newsletter based out of Portland maine that not only shared queer news from around the country but also showcased art, poetry, and letters sent in by local queer people. It also at points shared advertisements of businesses who were willing to serve the queer community. If I’m not mistaken, the newsletter released a new volume monthly from 1977 - 1980

The passage reads as follows:

What they are saying in some pulpits. By Wendy Ashley.

Tony and I went to the utilitarian universalist church on Allen avenue in Portland last Sunday, October 9th. We had an appointment to be there. Actually I was under the impression that I had forced us upon them. When we had called the minister, Robert E. Wolf, about his advertised sermon, “Is it ok to be gay!?”, he said, when asked if he wanted our presence, that of course anyone was welcome at his church, but that he would be the speaker. After a while in our discussion he correctly perceived me to be an irate justifiably paranoid lesbian on a high horse, and he invited us to come and participate in the discussion following the sermon. “Hey! That’s all it takes with me!” From there on, it was “rapport.”

As I was saying, we went there and listened to the sermon and reading and even sang a hymn! Well, I gotta tell you, the sermon was all right! No, it’s true! It wasn’t radical, mind you, but I hadn’t expected such rational understanding of the human rights issues, certainly not with the depth and conviction with which they were presented. We buttonwore and spoke up to individual members of the congregation at the coffee-serving after the service. Some said that they were surprised that so many had come. Those who spoke with us were all polite. Nobody, however, gathered in the designated area for the discussion. I kept wondering down the hall and standing in front of the door, but nobody followed. Ah, well. It’s good to know that here and there across the face of our land, liberal people are aware their necks are in a noose, too, and that it can be - and maybe is - happening here.

We include a reading from the service for you to see, too.

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[queerism1969]

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i vote that next year instead of reading Dracula we do a Jeeves & Wooster Book Club. those two never got the rabid tumblr shipping fandom they deserved (disqualified for the sheer technicality of being published a century too soon). we must correct this injustice

[plaguedocboi]

I still think about the time months ago I was advertised a book that was being marketed as a “queer horror retelling of Moby Dick” like. Girl. I don’t think you have any business “retelling” a story if you clearly don’t even know what the original story was about.

[a-foggy-maggy]

part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

[fishing-lesbian-catgirl]

Trans elf girl who gets bullied by all the cis elf girls because her penis is smaller than theirs. She pretends to hate it so that they keep doing it

[nightthinker-08]

I couldn't sleep so I drew some Pomnies shes surprisingly fun to draw lol Oh and some doomed yuri too I guess xD buttonblossom is cute n all but calling them doomed yuri or digital yuri is a lot funnier to me

[littleliterarylesbian]

love the whole "Remus is gryffindor's casanova" most of you have going on but that is not me AT ALL.

He's a weird, lanky, scar covered book nerd loser who seemingly gets sick at least once a month and is the dude who's weirdly close with the nurse of all faculty. he is absolutely NOT getting bitches. he is getting ZERO play. his game is NON EXISTENT.

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

[vypridae]

everyone shut up right now and look at them

[derpwithit]

FiddleStantober2024- Day 11, Suits!

[araneapeixes]

My dragons have aged again and I'm replaying Origins. here's my warden Ailea, and also a comparison doodle of my first warden from 8 years ago

[brainrotcharacters]

You know what would devastate me? Professor X or Magneto seeing current poolverine and losing their shit.

That said, do it.

[all-too-unwell-13]

i'm going to war (looking through the rosekiller tag for an actual rosekiller fic)

[viceandmature]

The Orochi Hakkesshu in KOF XV

Bonus: