To my uk trans people and allies out there.
Hey guys, so I feel weird making one of these, but my dad gave me the okay, so I’m doing so.
The above picture is of my sister, Raven, at her swearing in ceremony when she became a citizen, something she is very proud of and worked very hard towards. Raven is autistic, trans, and an immigrant. Unfortunately, since the election, Raven has been assaulted on two separate occasions, purely based on her appearance and what body parts bigoted people think she may have. They have called her horrible things and threatened her with even worse physical violence than they actually did. My dad is hoping to move from Texas to California, where she will be safer and much less likely to be attacked again. This move will cost a lot of money that sadly went to my dad’s cancer treatment a few years ago, as well as a more recent hospital stay. If you are in a position to help, please consider donating here to get my sister to a safer place.
i cant really fully describe how disrespectful the netflix adaptation for the picture of dorian gray is, as i am not the secretly repressed homosexual man who wrote the novel and said all the characters represented him, nor am i a gay man who lived in the 1800’s, but i am queer and i do adore oscar wilde and i have studied his life.
not only is the book one of the first popular and honest representations of homosexuality, but the book is written by a man who said the book represented him. oscar wilde was a homosexual man. and after being arrested for indecency (doing gay things in simple words) wilde lost all his reputation and was pretty much exiled in british society (even beyond) - majority of his plays were phased out of the public and his name was silenced. oscar describes the picture of dorian gray’s three main characters as parts of him. Basil: his trueself, romantic, full of emotion, artistic and finds beauty extremely valuable. Henry: his public persona, the way the public perceive him and finally, Dorian: the man he wants to be - youthful and beautiful. Changing the main emotional plot in this novel, that happens to be romantic and queer, is not only disrespectful to the way Oscar wanted to represent himself, but also disrespectful towards the fact that Oscar himself was convicted for homosexuality and had a passage from the novel, where Basil confesses to Dorian, read in court as evidence against him.
leave queer historical figures alone. you do enough by just denying their identity.
Utterson: I incline to Cain’s heresy; I let my brother go to the devil in his own way.
Jekyll: *leaves all his earthly goods to Hyde in the case of his disappearance*
Utterson: ...Nevermind I'm gonna hunt down this devil and tear Henry Jekyll out of its grasp with my own bare hands
when did "bullying" come to mean "facing social consequences for behaving in an objectively harmful way"? when I was little it meant kids put me in the trash can at school
Dorian gray
me creating scenes in my head about my gf at 3 am
it’s pouring down outside rn … oh how i wish that i was cuddled up with a butch as we watch the rain pour down their window. listening to the sounds of thunder making us move closer to each other under the comfort of the blankets. laying my head on their chest with their arms snug around me. (p.s, i’m too shy to post anything nsfw rn so i’ll end it here AGHFH)
rlly funny to me when some adaptations of j&h make utterson a woman and make her jekyll’s love interest like . are you saying that utterson and jekyll are in love
Basil Hallward, at a demonstration: Gay marriage rights!
Henry Wotton next to him, holding a poster with crossed-out rings: No gay marriage! Forget marriage! We are better than this! We-*looks at Basil* *sighs* Gay marriage rights. We want them.
they ⊹ lgbtq+ 🧸ྀི british-mexican 🕰️ literature - smosh - kpop 📜i love: basil hallward, justin lazarus, grabriel john utterson, etc! 🏹 kinda just post whatever i want when i feel like it
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