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.... the dinosaurs literally changed sexes!

Dinosaur Pride Month

The bigots really underestimated queer nerdiness, huh?

Here are some of my favourites that I've seen:

I find this last one funny, because evolutionarily speaking, dinosaurs are mostly famous for having been replaced as the dominant life form on the planet:

Anyway, go on and rock your queer, nerdy self. Bigots gotta big or whatever, I guess.

Charles Hermans (Belgian, 1839-1924)

The Masked Ball, 1880

Okay, quick rant about Von Steuben.

I'm not too sure about everyone going "wOwIE!!!oPenLy gAy gEnEraL?!" (I definitely think he should be known for more than his orientation, but that isn't today's topic.)

I don't really think anyone was, like, OPENLY gay at the time. He didn't just go around town saying "HEY GOVERNMENT!1!1!1 I KISS DUDES!!" as far as I'm concerned. It's more like, he went around kissing dudes and then the government found out and was anky. (DW mom it's only kissing this is a SFW blog pls don't kill mehh). Although a large number of people knew about his reputation, that doesn't make him openly gay. I think it's more that he was outed, and then just kind of learned to live with it.

Idk if this is completely uncalled for and stupid, but I felt like it👍

Mm, must be exhausting being the most savory man on this whole dang Earth.

Nothing special, just felt like drawing Von Steuben today. 😃👍

(im sorry y'all I still can't draw. ANYWAYs, since no one else will claim him, I will. This is my hubby. John-Laurens gets Laurens, I get Steuben. Fair, right? Hubby.)

I freaking love him.

So do, like, 3 Frenchmen, but still.

Every now again I just randomly upgrade my art style by 100.

So, uh, appreciate Von Steuben, but drawn well.

Low quality picture, but you get the point.

I swear it looks nicer in person, I'll upload a good pic LATER❤️❤️❤️❤️

We love procrastinating around here. That's why I'm failing math.

Just saw someone on Quora saying that there weren't any queer figures in the American Revolution, and oh mah GAWD I yapped on for so long that my phone gained 67% more battery in that time.

Me and mah lil ol' yassified Steuben pfp yapped about lams and all the other ga-*GUYS for so, so so long😭

Anyways, tags go brr.

*burr

(amrev) Book pile got a new addition today AYYY

(thx Hannah :33)

I say I wanna meet Von Steuben but in reality with how broken my French and German are, I'd probably just freak out and since I basically only learn these languages to write fanfiction I'd know only the most inconvenient words so I'd probably just be like "uh...embrasse les garçons oui?" And he'd probably either be like hell yeah or like wtf and Du Ponceau would be there BC ofc he'd be and then either way I'd just start crying after a while and uh ruh roh that would suck, do your French lessons kids.

Maybe I'd show him some art that he'd either love, or that would make him cry, too.

Anyways, tags go (Aaron) Brrrrrrrr and save me from this post

Just saw a source saying that Baron Von Steuben showed up all bedazzled as we know with his doggo and "secretary"...

"SECRETARY"?!

The QUOTATIONS!?

Oh damn you better tell me about this "SECRETARY" he had...wowwwwww

😭😭😭😭

Anygays, woohoo! Tags.

"Give me more trashy Von Steuben sketches!!!" - No one ever

(uhhh in case you can't tell I FATALLY messed up the mouth and just gave up. Also, I SWEAR TO GOD IT LOOKS OKAY IN PERSON BUT MY HANDS ARE WAY TOO SHAKY. DW I know you all wanted MOAR crusty deleterious art anygays.)

ANygaySSSS, TAGS!!!

So I was researching Marie Antoinette's sexual orientation, since I had heard some previous claims stating she was sapphic, and I was DISGUSTED with what I found. The pornographic propaganda is just outrageous. I know I'm supposed to be like "WOWIE!! WOAH!! GAY GAY GAY!!" But NO!? That is horrible to make of an actual person. A child, almost. She was, what, 18? 19? Whether she actually did any of that or not, (I don't think she did, however) that content is horrible. I have had smut written about me and sent to the school, and I don't want it to happen to anyone else. Especially not if I was the QUEEN and that stuff was spreading around the country. Ew, Ew, Ew.

I was just horrified. Honestly, wtf y'all.

Wtf was up with 18th century mad french people!? JESUS.

I won't show any images here to protect my account, go find them yourself if it interest you. Blech.

Not cool man.

Random: Is there a woman waiting for you back at home?

Von Steuben: HAH! Bold of you to assume I have a home in the first place.

IMPORTANT!!!!

TOMORROW, JUNE 3RD, IS THE BIRTHDAY OF PIERRE-ETIÉNNE/PETER-STEPHEN DU PONCEAU!!!!

DU PONCEAU WAS A FRENCH-AMERICAN LINGUIST AND LAWYER, AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY!!! HE WAS THE FIRST MAJOR WESTERN LINGUIST TO STUDY ASIAN AND INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, AND EVEN COINED TWO MAJOR LINGUISTIC TERMS STILL USED TODAY!!! DU PONCEAU WAS ALSO HEAVILY SPECULATED TO HAVE BEEN BISEXUAL, AND TOMORROW IS BISEXUAL PRIDE DAY!!! EVERYONE TOLD HIM TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BUT HE DIDNT, BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WASNT WORTH REMEMBERING!!! LETS SHOW HIM THAT HE WAS!!!!

Reblog this to show pretty boy that he was so worth remembering.

POV: babe won't stop flattering you at work

(crying bc why it look like dat damn you Tumblr always making my images low quality)

I know people have already talked about Von Steuben's letters and this might just be a personal thing but I don't think you all understand just how sickening, how gut-wrenching, how tear bringing, how absolutely depressing they are because oh my god oh my god how I wish I could have helped that god damn old decaying man because no one else did and nobody was there and his gaggle of 20yro boyfriends practically abandoned him and his last year was without his dog so he was left with nothing ABSOLUTELY nothing worth anything in his life, and he was desperate for company and desperate for all his friends to reach out to him, yet when Hamilton finally did, he denied?? All his post-war letters basically either say "oh North how can you even love me I'm horrible...do you even love me?" OR "hey old buddy I'm financially struggling can I pls get some money to feed my family of 14 who visit sometimes" like???? OMFG this man. I am crying. I will fight for this man. And I would say "why didn't anyone just reach out and help him" but like Hamilton tried but I'm still absolutely depressed for him I love him so much I wish he was doing okay because I can't mentally bare him being sad even though he died like 200 years ago and I swear I was actually gonna ramble about important stuff but I'm rereading this post and it actually looks really stupid and I don't know what point I was trying to make in the first place okay bye

Chevalier d'Eon: Yeah my name is Charlotte Mademoiselle d'Eon, I am a woman, I present myself as a biological woman, and I present myself with she/her

Historians: Well... Well... That means we'll just call him Charles! He was such a cool man woman.

He [Baron Von Steuben] had friendly nicknames for all of them , as , for instance , " Le Petit Walker , et sa grande femme , " " Le paresseux North , " and the " Parson Adams " ( Duponceau ) , which he used when he wanted them to be particularly active .

-Friedrich Kapp, The Life of Frederick William Von Steuben