#pride symbols

[tomorrowusa]

Minnesota has had a narrow Democratic trifecta since early 2023. Since then, the legislature has been cranking out progressive legislation with Gov. Tim Walz signing it.

A new measure authored by first-term State Rep. Leigh Finke (DFL-66A) would prevent educational institutions and local governments from removing Pride flags and related symbols.

Minnesota schools, colleges and local governments would be barred from removing rainbow pride flags, banners or posters under a bill moving through the state Legislature. The proposal advanced through the House Local Government Finance and Policy Committee on Tuesday and is set to move to a full floor vote after LGBTQ+ advocates said it would provide support for the community. GOP lawmakers said it was an overstep. “The bill does not require anyone to display rainbows, nor does it supersede policies that prohibit the display of all banners, flags or posters,” said bill author Rep. Leigh Finke, DFL-St. Paul. “It just prohibits rainbows from being singled out and banned in schools, libraries and other government spaces.”  Several states are weighing bills that take the opposite approach and would prohibit pride flags from being flown in classrooms and other settings.  “The rainbow is a sign of hope and affirmation to the 2SLGBTQIA community — my community,” Finke continued. “For those outside of the queer community, it may seem trivial to legislate the definition and presence of rainbows. But in our community, depending on the circumstance, the value of a publicly-visible rainbow on a doorway or window or classroom is literally impossible to overstate.”

Minnesota seems to be competing with Illinois to be the Anti-Florida or Anti-Tennessee of the Midwest. 😎

BTW, in Minnesota the Democrats are known as the DFL for Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party – the result of a party merger in the 1940s.

Minnesota is another example of what can happen when Republicans loose control of a state legislature.

Find out who represents you in your legislature. If it's a MAGA Republican then contact your local or state Democratic Party to ask about helping to flip the district(s) or the entire legislative chamber.

Find Your Legislators Look your legislators up by address or use your current location.

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Suggested Pride symbol for those in the Disabled/Queer Venn Diagram:

(Particularly those in the Disability community who have been fighting to get a diagnosis, or to get their diagnosis respected)

Three Words:

Rainbow Zebra Unicorns.

Rainbow Zebras: Y'see, in Med school, would-be doctors are told: "When you hear hoof beats, look for horses, not zebras." And because of that, doctors often jump to conclusions and diagnose people with conditions they think are more common (i.e. the conditions they were taught about in school). So zebras have become something of a symbol in the Elhers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) community. But the phenomenon of not being taken seriously by your medical care provider is an experience common across the disability community.

And Rainbows: Well, you can color the stripes to match your particular Identity Pride Flag.

Unicorns: They are fierce and stabby-stabby, aren't they? No spoons left, but they come with their own sword.

[fogmoo]

Lamb to the slaughter

[grrlterrier]

Lesbians should start using the battle axe, or “Labrys” as a symbol of empowerment again

[raycatzdraws]

A Linked Universe meets The Dark Crystal AU! I don't even remember what started it at this point. I remembered that the Dark Crystal and Age of Resistance are things I like, blinked, and woke up three days later with an AU and a bunch of art.

The designs and the story are a wip and for fun so expect a lot of variation! (I have a few different beginnings, ideas for different designs, etc)! :D

In addition to #linked universe I'll be using the tags #the dark crystal lu au and #courage of the dark crystal!

[ducktalk]

[journey-to-the-attic]

one thing about ik is that she will always reach out

[winecovered]

　⟢　Selective Mutism　𓃉

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[ingravinoveritas]

David holding his Celebrity Ally of the Year award at the 2024 British LGBT Awards today.

[llitchilitchi]

happy pride! no matter your gender or sexual orientation, I hope you can find happiness in your life, even if it seems impossible right now

i really wanted to paint this since about march, but haven't really found the time to do so. at last, i finished it before the end of pride month.

the two girls are dressed in traditional Slovak folk dress, or kroj (traditional folk formalwear) from Piešťany region. Piešťany and the nearby village of Krakovany have one of the most gorgeous forms of kroj in the entire country and for a long time, dolls dressed in this style of dress were gifted to foreign delegations to represent my country. the same country that won't represent people like me

it is a form of reclamation, in a way, to depict sapphic love in this dress. we're here, and have always been here, even if the rest of the people will deny us our existence. this is for all my fellow queers living through being a hot point of debate during elections. you are seen and you are loved. you are part of this country, and you are part of our culture, and the culture belongs to you just as much as to everyone else

i love you, and stay safe

[hanitos]

ֵ⃜✟̸̴̢̣͘͜ ༻༾ I LOvE Y0U VIC7OR

𑣿 ᭄ᬽ BUT YOU'Re NO7 MiNE ♡_♡

[littlepuddiwn]

hello lgbtq community !!11!1!!!!! :00

[revvethasmythh]

can I just say, I'm still deeply haunted by the fact that the vanguard at the malleus key laid out around their perimeter symbols of worship that were trophies from the fallen. they were put there as "a warning, and a sign of pride." can i just bring that up again because that was so, so haunting

[angelicalitas]

₉ ₆ ⁶ ₆ ( ᴓ˟⁘ ᶻᶻᶻ ¸𓏲࣪ ˚.꒷ 𖤐⤸₊˚ ִֶָ ❜ ✧ ᵎ ⊹ ִֶָ ╱ ᨳ᭬ ⸝⸝ 🕷◞ ◜₉ 𖤐 𖤐 ¹ ៹ キ 𓍯 ꞋꞌꞋ 精神。ꜛ𓏲♡̸ 𓏲 ࣪₊♡𓂃 ִֶָ ִֶָ 𓏲࣪𖤐🕷⋮ ଡ଼ ꉂ 𓉳 𖤐 ˖ ࣪ . 𑁍ࠬ ⊹ ࣪˖⁩ ₁ ❟ 𖠅 ١ 𖡼 ִֶָ ̽𖧧 ָ࣪ 𖧵ֹֺֽ໋໋݊ 𓄹𓈒 𓏲 ๋࣭ ꕤ ۰⸼ ۫𓂅 ᐢ⸼⸼ᐢ ࣪✦𓂃 ᭥ ̗̀ ̖́𓏲 ❟♡ : 交 響 ₍⑅ᐢฅ́˘ฅ̀ᐢ₎𖧧 ָ࣪ ⊹ ִֶָ𓏲࣪ . ❜ ﹫𝘰𝘤 ⊹ ִֶָ✧ 𝘧𝘤 ᵎ ִֶ 𓆦 𓏲 ˖ ♡̷̸⁩◞／❥ 𓆷 ᤴ ⸒ ۰ 旗᭟ ；♡̷◞⃕ ⸼ ₉ 𖥶 𖤣 ࣪ ˖ ꜜ ٪ ࣪ ִֶָ 𖥧 𖤥＇、˖ ָ࣪➹ ❛ ᭣֤ࣨ 𑁍֤ ┉┈ 𖣠 ⠀ོ⁩⠀𖥽 ⊮ 𖣽 ⵢ 𑁍. 𓂅 ꜜ ଓ ♡̷̷۫۫ ꕀ 。♡𖤐 𓃠 ◞ 🕷𝘖𝘖 ִֶָ✧ : ᕱ ᕱ ❛ ♡ 𓂅 𖧷 ꜜ ᩠ ❥ 𓏧 ◟ ༉‧₊˚ ❜ 𑁍✧ 。ꉂ ៹ % 。⸗ ꕤ ˖ ⸼ ❛ ⌗ ↺ ❛ ⤹ ꞋꞌꞋ ִֶָ ꙳໋͙ ⌑ 𓆫 𓌖 ⊹ ࣪˖⁩ 𑁍 ོ⁩❟ 𓏲 𑁍 �� ݃ ﹔𓂅 ˑ ִֶָ 𑁍 . ﹙٫﹚ ૂ ࣪�� 𒀭࣪⋆ ✵ ٬٬ ،، · ࣪𐇵 ❟ 𓄹 ࣪˖ ˖ ࣪ 𖧷 𖡎 ◞ 𓏲 ࣪˖ 𑁍 ࣪˖ 𓂃 . ࣪ ˖ ∿ 𑁍 ˓ ⊹ ָ࣪ ˓˓ ˒˒ ، ˖ ࣪𑁍 ˖ ՚༹ ˙˖ 𖥔 ،،̲ ﹕ ، ݃˓ ༨ ༢ ༣ ◜｡◞ さ˖ ࣪⊹ ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟ‪‪༘༘ ˖࣪ ✦ ଘ ◡̈ ❛❜ ٫ ʾ ִֶָ%˓ ᵎ ✦.˚ ࣪.`⌁ ◜◞ さ˖ ࣪⊹ ִֶָ ᯽.ﾟ‪‪༘༘ ˖࣪ ✦ ଘ ◡̈ ❛❜ ٫ ʾ ִֶָ%˓ ᵎ ✦. ࣪.`⌁ 𑁍 ࣪ ˖ 𓂅 ゲムꜜ ´ ִֶָָ࣪ 𖥔՞˖࣪ ٪ ˖ ݁ . 𔘓 ؛ ៹ ָ࣪❟ ⎙ ⊹ ꓹ ─ ๑ ⨟ 𓂃⁩ᵎᵎ 𖤐 ҂ ╱ ♯ ⸝⸝⸼ ،،﹫♡ ❜ ꒷ ₉ 𓄰 ˖ ࣪ ִֶָ ャ ヽִֶָ𑁍⌕ ʾ ✦᭟𓈒 ᤳ⊹ 𓄼 𓏲𓏸˙˖𓏲 ִֶָ 𓄼𓈒๋ ⊹ ִֶָ ꓹ 𐂂鬼 𓃨 𖥊❟៹ꜥ ﹆⊱𓆇՞.𖥨 ℋ𖧦𔘓𖥔•͈ ┈─❟ʾ 𔘓 〞⸒﹗˖ ࣪ ˓༅ꪳ𖧧 :hearts: ¸࣪ ꩜ⴰ ࣪˖𓂅⁩ ᪥㌐ ₀₀ ♡ ៸៸ ｡

𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎 + 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚓𝚒𝚜

˚ 𓈒 ⨾ ˖ ݁ . 𔘓 ؛ 𓆸﹫ ˖࣪ 𖥨• ꒷ ࣪.𖤣𖥧˚.𓂅 ˓ 𓏲ᵎ ٬ ᤷ ៶𖥨 𑁍ࠬ ˖࣪𖧧 ָ࣪᪥ ˖᯽ ⊹ .꠶❥ 𖥔 ،، 𑁍 ࣪˖ :ribbon: ʕ•̫͡•ʔ𓏲࣪ ˖࣪ ✶ ๋࣭ ◜ :postbox: ◞ ִֶָ𓄹 ˖࣪ :tulip: 𓏲࣪ ִֶָ﹫៹ 生𔗫 ִ ֗ :hocho: 🕷 ؛. ָ ֺ 𔘓 ꒷꒦ 𓄹 ࣪ ˖ 🏴‍☠ ٬ . ִ ֗ ៵ʾ ◗ ⊹ ᳝ ࣪🛢🧇◌ ִ ໋.ˑ ִ ᥐʾ ֛ 𖥻 ࣪ ᳝ ◌ ̸ᵎᵎ ˖. ࣪ 𖦆 ִ ་ 𖦹𓏲 ˖╲ ࣪ ! : 𖥔࣪ ˖ :rabbit: :ribbon: ¡ ℒ ִֶָ ⊹𓂅⁩ ૮₍ ˃̵͈᷄ . ˂̵͈᷅ ₎ა 𓂃𑁍 ࣪˖ 𖦹 :rabbit: 🩰⋆ Ꮺ ָ࣪ ۰ . ¡! ⋆ ࣪. 🧠. › ᐢ • ˕ • ᐢ ˖ ݁ ˓ 𖣠 ! › :ribbon: ๑・ꈊ ⍝ ʔ 𓏲·˚🦴🧠 𖦆 ͙ ₍⑅ᐢ..ᐢ⑅₎ ⊹ 𖡼 ָ࣪ ˖ 𓏲࣪ 🥛🩰 𓄹𓈒 ˖ ࣪ ꒷ ꐑꐑ ! ‣ 𒀭 ˓ 𖣠 ، :tulip: :rabbit: 🦷˖ ▹ . › 𖦹 ! ✦ ˖ ٠ :bathtub: › ✸ 🧠🥛˖ ۫ ،،̲ ˖ ࣪ 𒀭◞ ฅ ࣪ ˖ :rabbit: :bathtub: 🩰 ∘ ، :rabbit: :tulip: :trolleybus: ࣪ . · 𖣠 ˖ 𖥨៹ ─╌ ˖ ࣪ ٬ :ribbon: :thought_balloon: ࣪ . ` ✸ ⌁ ▹ 🧠🦷🥛 ꞌꞋꞌ ₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎ ˖ ࣪⭑ ❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙❙❚ 〃𒄬 🜲 ❜ ࣪ :electric_plug: ִֶָ ،،̲ ✶ :newspaper: ◗. ` 🏴 ⌁ ⚔ 𖥔 🏳 ࣪ ˖ ⁽⁾𖥻𝆬 :love_hotel: :grey_exclamation: 𝅄᠂ ⭒ ֢ ꜥ 🥛 ⋅ 🧠 ⩇ ʿ 𓄹 𖠗 :ribbon: ۫ 𔓘

𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚜 (𝚟𝚎𝚛. 𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚗)

. ૮(ˊ ᵔ ˋ)ა . 𖣯 ⋆ ˖ ࣪ ! 𓈈𓂃⬫ ׂ ׅ :birthday: 𓂃 ૮₍ ៸៸ ᵜ ก ₎ა ֶָ ׁ ᘒ ˖˙‹𝟯

૮₍⇀‸↼‶₎ა ૮₍꜆꜄ ˃ ³ ˂ ₎ა ꒰ ૮₍ ⑅ ᐢ..ᐢ ₎ა ꒱

𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 + 𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚘

ִ ּ ۪ ⊹ ִ ۫ ּ ⭑ 𓈒 .ִֶָ . ָ࣪ ⊹ ᨘˑ ִ 𖦹 ִ ˑ 𖥔 ּ ִ 𖦹 ִ ˑ ּ 𖥔 𓄼 ࣪⠀ ִ ۫ ּ ֗ ִ ۪ ⊹ ˑ ֗ ִ ۫ ˑ ᳝ 𝟶:𝟶𝟶 ──◍───── 𝟷:𝟹𝟶 ➪⊹ ˑ ֗ ִ ۫ ˑ

𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚜 (𝚟𝚎𝚛. 𝙴𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚗/𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚛)

꒰ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ꒱⠀ ς꒰ ˊ˘ ˁ ⑅ ꒱ა⠀ ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭

໒꒰⑅´͈ ꇴ  `͈⑅꒱ა ꒰ ´ ` ⑅ ꒱ა ૮꒰っ˃̵///˂̵c꒱ა

૮꒰˵ ˘> ̫ <。˵꒱ა ૮Ꮚ ´͈ ⁄⁄`͈꒱ა ໒꒰ ´ ` ♡ ꒱ა

𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚜 (𝚟𝚎𝚛. 𝚂𝚘𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚘)

꒰ ๑ › ‹ ๑ ꒱ ૮꒰៸៸ ◞ ◟ ៸៸꒱ა... ◟꒰◍ ´꒳` ◍꒱◞

૮₍´˶• . • ⑅ ₎ა ⑅◞ ꞈ ◟ა ⊹ ꠋ ⋅ ପ(∩´͈ ᐜ `͈∩)ଓ

ִֶָ︶꒷꒦︶ ꒦꒷꒷꒦ ︶꒷꒦꒷︶ ︶꒷꒦︶ ꒦꒷꒷꒦ ︶꒷꒦꒷︶

[acerunaway]

pining in the shampoo isle

[aroworlds]

This Aro Week, I've made cross-stitched card designs perfect for gifting to your favourite slightly-snarky aromantic.

The free tutorial includes patterns, card and fabric dimensions and a materials run-down as well as instructions on attaching an aida swatch to cardstock and other border techniques.