Queer People - Tumblr Posts
Honestly it doesn’t matter what “causes” homosexuality. If it’s caused by being molested as a child or if it’s caused by a thunderstorm on your third birthday, what difference does it make? We still treat gay people with respect. We still try to stop child molestation. We still exist as gay people. Like it really doesn’t matter, at the end of the day
THIS IS MY BOY DANIEL ABRAMS
This is so Pennyfalls Creek coded 👀👀
Me seeing a chubby queer character being a complex and changing person, not being the punchline, having a romantic interest, and being seen as desirable and loved both in it's media and in the fanbase:
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this is why we're still fighting!
also why i won't hear anything about how "the petition won't work" because:
that's what the incels are saying to lower morale
it obviously works or else these incels wouldn't make 6 counter petitions
the sheer number of signatures alone is why the media take notice of the campaign (to renew a supposedly unpopular show) and start calling out disney & LF for not protecting their POC and queer talents
please sign if you haven't and share if you can
there are more ways to be loud about this cancellation/renewal (that's the title of episode 1 of s2; i'm calling it now lol), and i will try to share it soon.
THEM (man i LOVE waterpockets)
theyre having a staring contest
also a version without the heart cuz i didnt know which looked better
i am very tired its 3am
The thing that gets me is that it's still going on. Like OP said, it feels endless... you'd think queer rights wouldn't be debated in this era, and yet you still have people who are hung up on even gay people.
I just hope that, one day, queer people can just... exist. Exist in media, exist in public, just being able to live their authentic lives without the ben shapiros of the world calling us delusional 💀
Fighting for equality seems endless when you have regressive, reactionary Republicans.
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I tried my hand at making banner things, lol. Feel free to use if for some reason you like these janky ass banners that took about five minutes each. /lh
credit is appreciated but not necessarily needed, as these were made for fun.
Someone left a hate comment on one of my posts, so ya know what that means: another positivity post!
m-spec lesbians/gays, lesboys, turigirls, and anyone else that is 'the reason the LGBTQ community gets mocked' are cool ASF and are an important part of the community. Fuck 'being valid' as a queer person; we're all invalid to bigots, and that doesn't mean shit. We're going to be here, we have always been here, and we're not going anywhere.
Nothing a blank 'hater' account says will change that, either.
After days of sh, porn and EDs being on my timeline
Now it's full of trans fems, thank you to whatever goddess is watching over me right now I think i did need a break from it all<3
Anyway this is now a queer people appreciation post
Ily queer people in whatever fashion that may be
Also shout out to trans fems for making me smile rather than hate myself<3
Now go say something nice about yourself everyone I dare you, actually say 10 nice things about yourselves
After days of sh, porn and EDs being on my timeline
Now it's full of trans fems, thank you to whatever goddess is watching over me right now I think i did need a break from it all<3
Anyway this is now a queer people appreciation post
Ily queer people in whatever fashion that may be
Also shout out to trans fems for making me smile rather than hate myself<3
Now go say something nice about yourself everyone I dare you, actually say 10 nice things about yourselves
After days of sh, porn and EDs being on my timeline
Now it's full of trans fems, thank you to whatever goddess is watching over me right now I think i did need a break from it all<3
Anyway this is now a queer people appreciation post
Ily queer people in whatever fashion that may be
Also shout out to trans fems for making me smile rather than hate myself<3
Now go say something nice about yourself everyone I dare you, actually say 10 nice things about yourselves
Super heroes as an allegory for Queer and Trans Narratives
Forgive me if this is a little rambley I have already taken my sleep meds.
I was just thinking about why I like super heroes so much (they have been my special interested for probably around 8 years now) and I think because they can be seen as a queer allegory.
You have a separate life, one that you have to keep separate from your day to day life. That very much feels like being in the closet/mostly in the closet. That secrete life comes with a different name and different clothes. Trans people or Drag Artists anyone? Most of the time super heroes find each other and form a tight community because no civilian will understand their experiences. This mirrors queer people finding and building community. In both Marvel and DC older heroes will take younger ones under their wings to teach them and give them community. Queer people have taken me under their wing and I've done the same for others.
Theres also the isolation. Most heroes are only "out" as heroes to other heroes and maybe a few civilians they really truly trust. Or maybe no one knows. The knowledge that you have a huge secret. You are hiding a big part of your self. Maybe the part that is more you than the you everyone else knows. You know that if you tell or someone finds out, everything will change. Others may or may not except that part of you. You may loose people you love. Maybe the people who are close to you are pro heroes (Ned from Spiderman) or maybe they are not (Foggy from Daredevil) but either way there will always be a possibility of rejection.
The danger of being a hero also lines up. They wear masks, cowls, helmets, disguises etc, to hide their identities because if people knew they and the people they love would be in danger. Heroes who's identities are known (either by their own volition or someone else's) are also in danger. Batman keeps his and his kids identities under lock and key because everything goes wrong when the wrong person finds out. Jessica Jones does not because she's tired of hiding. Queer people weather in or out of the closet are also in danger of being outed. I've been outed before and it ruined one relationship and almost ruined another. I've lost friends and family because of being queer and nonbinary and I'm from a pretty liberal area. Just look up death, houselessness, rape, unemployment, suicide statistic etc. All of them are higher for queer, trans and intersex folks.
The last parallel I can think of is how both super heroes and queer/trans people exist outside of the system/establishment. Heroes and vigilantes work outside of the justice system because in most cases because they see it doesn't work. They are usually at risk of arrest by cops or in danger from the government (the Sokovia accords are a good example of this). Queer people exist outside of many establishments: The gender binary, amatonormativity, heteronormativity, the sex binary, etc. Queer people are also at greater risk of arrest and experiencing police violence.
IDK these are just my thoughts. I hope everything made sense. If you can think of any other ways super hero narratives mirror lgbtq experiences feel free to put them in the notes! (or not its whatever)