#protect gay rights

[like-it-or-not-i-am-alive]

Sitting and thinking about how we have absolutely no idea of what is to come.

This could be a stressful four years of financial difficulties. They could literally take away our human rights. Or both.

People are either in the streets celebrating or crying in their beds. There are people playing optimist saying it couldn't possibly be that bad. There are people saying it's WWIII coming.

I don't know what to expect. I want to be realistic. I don't care about cutting corners and sparing feelings. I want everyone to be prepared. I just... I don't know what to prepare for except for the worst. It's so much better to be prepared for doom and meet nothing than it is to realize too little too late that doom has come to your door.

I have witnessed how quickly things can change when they want to. Florida was once a very queer friendly state. At least in major areas. I used to pride myself in Ybor's strong drag history. Our large pride parades and our ample youth support. There were bad patches, of course, it's always going to be rough outside of the cities... and lets be honest, safe for queer people didn't mean the same thing fifteen years ago that it does now. Safe for queer people fifteen years ago was facing less harassment and leading somewhat normal lives.

When I was in high school, gay marriage was legalized across the country. Most states, including Florida, had discrimination protection. Things were getting better.

It took only a year for things to hit the fan. So quickly, Desantis was able to rip my safety away. It took no effort. None. People STILL struggle to get gender affirming care. They tried to ban it even for COUNSELLING.

I wasn't yet on HRT when that happened. It was one of my big motivations to start. I had the privilege and luck to start HRT because I am on my parent's health insurance plan. Plus, I was able to pay out of pocket for the prescription so that if something like this happened I wouldn't get dinged.

Even with my privileged access to insurance and ability to drive a long distance, it took me a long time to start. I wanted to start months before I was able to.

They then tried to criminalize trans people with updated gender markers. They attempted to target trans people by enforcing all Florida IDs to have their AGAB gender marker. Those with updated licences could face a fine or even jail time.

That was VOTED IN. THEY VOTED IT IN.

The only reason it did not fly was because a (very merciful and kind) judge shot the fucking bird as it flew. Stating it was CLEARLY targetting and therefore against the state constitution.

Did you know I didn't even know about it until it was voted in? They snuck it in. They could do it because they wanted to.

When we entered 2024, one of the first deaths of a transgender person was in Florida.

It took only a year for Florida to go from a safer state for queer people to being marked UNSAFE for queer travel.

It took only one year.

I don't trust the "it won't happen" anymore. I was told that so many times, and then it DID. It DID happen.

I don't know what to expect from this. Like I said, I want to be realistic. I just don't know where to look for direction anymore.

I'll be working on some resources.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I may be able to answer them. If not, I'll at least post it so someone else might be able to.

Keep your heads up, kids. Keep your ears sharp and your eyes focused. We will be ready to face this. Whether that means facing rising grocery bills or facing a militia, we will be ready. Together.

[fangirlhehe]

Friendly reminder that finding joy in times of hardship IS a form of protest.

Stay joyful and laughing even in these hard times, they want to tear you down. Don’t let them

[edankest]

HRT SAVES LIVES ❤ I LOVE U

Bisexual Boot [10/15]

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[int3rn3tslim3]

So although I am not a person to bring up real life issues on any of my platforms because personally I would like to keep stress as far away from my casual online life as possible I do feel like it's very important to talk about the current climate of what's happening right now if you Sit and repeatedly make excuses for the current officials we have in power as of now I will be blocking you I will not stand for my rights being taken away and I will not support anybody who believes they should be

I don't Care what anybody says the words identity and politics should never be in the same breath

I no longer feel safe In my own country which is absolutely fucking devastating I can't wait for these 4 years to be over And until then I will be doing everything in my power to keep my rights and make sure your rights are kept as well

protest, sign positions, advocate, FIGHT BACK

I don't talk politics out of the common decency of Giving people a space where they don't have to stress out But sadly in this current climate it doesn't even feel like I can't do that I can't be silent about the injustice that's happening in America right now that's absolutely devastating

Freedoms of speech Is being stripped from Americans on all social platforms Ran by Meta

WE WILL NOT BE SHEEP!! HUNT THE WOLFS!!!

FUCK YOUR POLITICAL AGENDA

[poetrypals]

Love Is Dead

We murdered love the day people decided,

That only one kind was allowed. 

We murdered love when we decided that not everyone

Gets a chance to be happy. 

We murdered love the day we decide a 2000 year old book 

Would declare how our society would be run. 

We murdered love the day the people of the rainbow

Were shot and beat forced to hide in a world of dark. 

We murdered love, but thankfuly

Love is immortal,

And there is still a chance to save it. 

[nothinginlifebutmist]

Reblog if you're part of the LGBTQIA+ community, a supporter of the LGBTQIA+ community, or want to punch Ron DeSantis in the dick.

Update 6/21/23: Gonna add Greg Abbot on the "punch in the dick" list 😊

[mollyjimbly]

🚨🚨The Senate vote on KOSA is either taking place today or tomorow.🚨🚨

We need all the noises possible to make it clear that this bill should either be fixed or stopped.

There's still the House next if it passes, do not give up. ❤️

Use this to call your reps :

What you need to write/say is right here.

You can also send faxes using this if you wish

We were able to push against KOSA for so long and its all thanks to our combined efforts. Let's keep it up ! ❤️❤️❤️

[villain-crown]

Regulus, after watching Sirius and James beat the shit out of Snape for insulting him: can you two just control some of your urges?

James:

Sirius:

James: the urge to punch people who are mean to you is most of our urges.

[existingingrey]

백공죽 Expanded Version.

[linkspersonalhell]

Trans people have existed for centuries and we won’t stop existing

[mlmshark]

So I just saw a post from a trans creator that I really looked up to for the past few years saying “As a trans man, misandry is the answer” and it pushed me to make this post saying that man hating does not hurt who you think it does.

The one I feel should be obvious that it’s the basic point of a lot of transmisogyny. “Men are bad” is the biggest talking points that terfs have that harm trans women and be transphobic. This rhetoric literally gets trans women killed because they’re seen as “dangerous men”. It’s terf rhetoric.

It hurts closeted trans women, who often have a lot of self hatred because of this rhetoric, that because they haven’t transitioned that they’re “gross, evil, dangerous men” and that they won’t be loved by the queer community if they’re “not woman enough” for them

It hurts trans men. We’re constantly put down for wanting to be men, and often told to be quiet on our own conversations about transphobia towards us because we’re men. Trans men get shamed for their transition, being told their “switching to the wrong side” or getting shamed for “mutilating their perfect female body”

It hurts closeted trans men, as they’re constantly having the “men are bad and gross” idea pushed on them from people in the queer community, making them scared to come out or ashamed for wanting to be a man. I’ve literally had younger trans men tell me that they were scared to come out and transition because of it.

It hurts queer people attracted to men. Bisexuals are shamed for liking men and are often told that it’s such a shame that they’re attracted to men. The same thing happened to gay men, shamed for their attraction to men. I remember when I realized I was gay and not pansexual that I was so ashamed and scared to come out because only being attracted to men was just “such and awful thing”, getting told by people that they were sorry for me, because being attracted to men was just the worst possible thing that could happen, right?/sar

But you know who it doesn’t really affect? Homophobic cishet men. It doesn’t affect them at all. They leave this conversation with no harm done to them.

It hurts queer people. You are hurting queer people with this rhetoric. Believing “man bad” is giving into the terf ideals you claim to hate. Kill the terf in your brain.

[d4nnyartss]

First post - made this account because after all this political stuff now is the time more than ever to be weird and queer and as gay as I can be.

Nobody is gonna change who I am inside and I refuse to let them try and silence me.

I'm also on Instagram under the same user! working on a bluesky account.

[she-is-ovarit]

It's concerning that this is now an LGB and women's issue now, but I really encourage people to begin purchasing USB drives or external hard drives and saving digital research on things such as gay & lesbian history, screenshots of tweets that might be important, homosexual and bisexual research, women's history, radical feminist books or PDFs, and really just anything that is at risk of being "corrected" by gender ideology or made inaccessible by academic publishers.

We need to save these things in a hard copy format as opposed to just using internet archive or taking Sci-hub for granted, because these organizations are experiencing heavy lawsuits. Additionally, it's becoming common for LGB and gender nonconformity history and research to be "rewritten" by gender ideologists. Actually, this is even true for past research and history on transvestism and transsexualism, too, in addition to things such as sex dysphoria, etc.

I bought three 64GB USBs for just $25. If you can't afford an external hardrive, buy some different colored USBs and start building your own library. We need to preserve this information and decentralize it as much as possible. It's worrisome enough that we rely on digital archives this much just generally, especially with the advent of AI and government and corporate attempts to eliminate data privacy and control.

This is a women's rights issue and an LGB issue now.

[monchy-cronchy]

Exist unapologetically‼️♿️🏳️‍⚧️

It’s a hard time for a lot of communities right now, in the US because of the election. It’s not yet over, but it’s not looking very good. Remember to be yourself, but safely! They don’t want us to exist. They don’t LIKE us existing, so EXIST. Do not disappear. Do not lay silent. Do not fall, we have each other.

Be safe, be proud, be you. 💙

and if for some god awful reason you follow any of my socials and voted red, get the hell out

[hayaku14]

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