"Neopronouns Are Made Up!!!" Ah Yes, Made Up Pronouns, As Opposed To The Organic, 100% Natural She/he/they

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a beaded curtain, but instead of beads they’re worms on strings

nothing has been more important to my being queer than when i went to my first pride parade, got seperated from my group, had a panic attack about it and was sitting on the side of the road holding a tiny genderfluid flag and freaking out. then this six foot five drag queen in four inch heels appeared from literally nowhere and sat down next to me. i, this scared-shitless trans bi kid at pride for the first time, very nervously told her she looked pretty and i told her my name and that i got lost and didn't feel like i should be at pride and she held my hand and said "oh, honey, everybody deserves to be here, especially you. pride is for everybody who's ever gotten lost, who's been scared of who they are or where they are. you think we never been scared before? pride's for you, honey, because you're scared. you don't have to be proud right now, but you're gonna be one day, honey, i'm sure of it."

i found my group soon after that and i never saw that queen again but to this day i am convinced i met an angel.

so yeah. pride is for you. pride is for all of us.

something has gone deeply wrong when "focusing pragmatically on issues you can influence and working to make life better for yourself and your community" is considered an unserious distraction while "endlessly exposing yourself to media about distressing situations you can't control" is considered political engagement

why must a fic be "finished" is it not enough for it to be lovingly daydreamed over a period of 6 months.

happy pride month from your queer knight <3

[image description: a pencil sketch of a knight with long hair on a rearing horse. the knight holds aloft a rainbow pride flag. end image description.]

I JUST SAW SOMEONE CALL THE GAY FLAG THE SEA AND THE LESBIAN FLAG THE SUNSET AND IM GONNA CRY THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL I LOVE THAT SM

SHUT UP ABT FLAG DISCOURSE THIS HAS SOLVED IT GAY/LESBIAN SOLIDARITY FOREVER

ok. so if people, regardless of their gender, using whatever pronouns they feel comfortable in (lesbians using he/him, gay men using she/her, non binary people using he/she) invalidates trans people who get gender euphoria from people using the proper pronouns because of the way they are gendered for THEM personally, why is this argument not used for the concept of unisex names? if a womans name is henry (for example), are you gonna say she’s invalidating trans men for having a masculine name? are you gonna tell her its HER fault that people will dead name trans men now? are you gonna hold up the same standards you have for pronouns (which were INVENTED to replace peoples names back when only two genders were recognized in eurocentric cultures) for peoples names?  

pronouns are like names. unisex, changeable, and purely exist to refer to someone in the third person. and if you dont use someones name and pronouns properly, youre transphobic. its as simple as that. 

less “if you see a man and woman together at pride be nice! they could be bi/pan/trans/ace/aro” and more “stop gendering strangers to harass them anywhere, but especially at pride holy shit”

Conservatives accidentally doing this never gets old

hello!! when someone lists their pronouns as having multiple different ones (i.e. he/they, she/they, he/she), it tends to mean that you should switch up the pronouns you use when referring to them, NOT just pick one. 

example: “I gave Theo their gift. He said to tell you thanks." 

you can also do this by varying the pronouns in separate sentences/phrases, if it feels forced trying to use them both at once.  

"Theo loved the gift you gave him!" 

later: "I’ll ask Theo if they want to join us on Zoom tonight for Christmas movies.”

congrats, elliot page, i’m so honored to be sharing in this journey with you 💘