#LGBTQ elder

[robynochs]

For the beginning of #BiWeek, consider checking out the Outwords Archive, which features video interviews of dozens of #LGBTQ movement elders, including 13 bi folks.

#LGBTQ elder #LGBTQ senior #LGBT History #bi history #BiVisibilityMonth #BiVisibilityWeek #bi visibility month #bi week

[genderqueerdykes]

just talked to a 65 year old genderfluid person on an internet forum whose topic was completely unrelated to queerness. people love to tell young genderfluid people that we're "confused" or that it's "just a phase" but that just ain't the truth. we're out here, and we make it to old age, just the same as we were all those years ago, unchanging in knowing who we are on the inside. my heart is full, my skin is clear, and my crops are flourishing

#genderfluid #transgender #trans #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbt #queer #nonbinary #non binary #multigender #our writing #queer elders

[stormysapphic]

lesbians over 60, photographs by elana freedom, published in common lives/lesbian lives no. 15/16, june 1985

#personal #wlw #sapphic #lesbian history #sapphic history #wlw history #ofos #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #elder queers #elder lesbians #queer pets

[gentlemanbutch]

Hey fellow queer people, with pride month underway and more posts popping up about how we lost so many queer elders to AIDS, are you aware of the studies that show COVID impacts the immune system similarly to AIDS? And if so, are you masking? And if not, why?

(Not to mention how COVID and long COVID disproportionately impact trans people, Black people, and low income people, or how the spread of disease is a tool of colonizers and is actively being used as a way to kill Palestinians right now, all of which are points I encourage you to consider. Our struggles are all interconnected.)

The next generation deserves queer elders.

#masking is community care #mask up #act up is literally advocating for this so. idk. perhaps look into it. #COVID #COVID 19 #COVID-19 #long covid #the pandemic isn’t over #wear a mask #wear your mask #lgbt #lgbtq #pride month #queer elders #aids #aids crisis #free palestine #disability justice #disability rights #queer #gay #lesbian #trans #transgender #transmasc #transfemme #bisexual #pansexual #asexual #aromantic

[shapelytimber]

Hello stranger and welcome, to my lesbian art master post

Tumblr gifted me a blaze, and I had no idea what to do with it for the longest time. But then it hit me... I could just repost every sapphic art I did in 2023. So enjoy !

Sith Milfs

Ikkons magazine cover illustration

My 50yo comic teacher doesn't know what lesbians are

Y2K Star wars with mean lesbian Maul

A taste of faith

Pussy adventure

A visit from the moth lady

Third animation of the vampire ladies

Girls night out !!

Wine wives

Bull cowgirl and magical cowboy

Butch Colombo having a divorce with a typewriter

Stand high lesbians

[PRINTS] - [COMMISSIONS]

Hey thank you for taking the time to scroll to the end ! It means a lot to me <3

#it's always good to remember the fundamentals so #fuck terfs #now that I have everything in one place I must say... lots of vampires huh- #lesbian #sapphic #lgbtq+ #art #artists on tumblr #my art #original art #fanart #comic page #illustration #animation #star wars #the elder scrolls #cw smoking #cw blood #cw alcohol #censored nudity #cw divorce #cw french

[spookyspeks]

Sorry to mention this again but I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH how important it is to have intergenerational friendships in the queer community please PLEASE go make friends with elder queers I am holding your face gently in my hands you won't regret it I promise

#queer #queer community #lgbtq community #lgbtqia #the last thing the governments want is for us to be friends with elder queers and unite with each other so show them whos boss #this also goes for outside the queer community but thats another conversation

[she-is-ovarit]

Identifying as.

This is Rachel Dolezal, who legally changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo. Dolezal is a white woman who identifies as black and insists that she is transracial. Growing up, her religious white parents adopted four black babies, claiming that they "saved them from being aborted", and routinely delivered strict punishments to their kids including Dolezal. Dolezal does not seem to have a good relationship with her parents and, based on interviews, wanted to distance herself from them and distance herself from rural white culture.

"I've never questioned being a girl or woman, for example, but whiteness has always felt foreign to me, for as long as I can remember. I didn't choose to feel this way or be this way, I just am. What other choice is there than to be exactly who we are?"

She apparently "passed as black" for several years before her parents came out and said that she was white and is identifying as a black woman, and she was asked in a TV interview if she was African American and responded with "I don't understand the question". She taught Africana Studies at Eastern Washington University. She crafted a fake story in growing up as black and has argued that she experiences race-based related hate crimes. She darkens her skin and gets perms and started using hair products she observed her adopted black sibling to use. She lied about her father being black and lied that her black adopted brother was her son.

I hope that as details of Dolezal's story are read about, we are able to understand that tanning white skin does not make someone a black person, that blackface is wrong and racist. I hope we recognize that what makes someone black isn't a collection of racial stereotypes, isn't based on feeling a kinship with black people more than with white people, and that being black isn't based on not feeling a connection with white culture. I hope we understand that a black person cannot identify out of racial oppression, and that a white person cannot identify out of white privilege.

Jewel Shuping, age 38 now, was born healthy but dreamed of being blind since age 13. She stated her mother would tell stories about finding her walking down dark hallways at age 3, and mentioned that by age 6 the thought of being blind comforted her. When she was a teenager, Shuping bought a white cane and learned to read braille, becoming fluent in it by age 20.

She claims to have asked a psychologist to pour bleach in her eyes so she could fulfill her lifelong dream of being blind, and that the psychologist "understood her" and agreed to do so after giving her numbing eye drops to help with the pain (which was not ultimately helpful). She deliberately waited to seek medical attention so doctors were unable to save her eyesight. Gradually, over the course of six months, she became blind.

What Shuping has is considered a real mental health condition called Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID), a rare condition in which people who are born without disabilities believe with conviction that the should be disabled. There is another name for this in political activist circles, termed "transableism".

"I went blind on purpose, but I don't feel it was a choice."

Several other people with BIID are pretending to be paralyzed to use wheelchairs, with many not being driven to the point of causing harm to themselves to become disabled but instead living full lives faking being disabled.

I hope that as details of the stories of people pretending to be disabled are read about, we are able to understand that feeling like oneself should be disabled is an incredibly serious mental health condition and does not really mean that a person is "disabled inside". I hope we recognize that identifying as disabled does not make someone disabled, and that feeling a kinship with disabled people or a comfort in the thought of being disabled does not mean a person truly is or should become disabled. I hope we understand how people with mental health disorders claiming to be disabled can place further strain on resources and accommodations provided to disabled people. I hope we understand that inflicting pain, disfigurement, or physical altercations on healthy people to "help them physically match how they feel" is an inhumane way to treat a mental health condition.

Paul Wolscht, who changed his name to Stefonknee Wolscht, was married to a woman for over 20 years and fathered 7 children before deciding to live life identifying as a six year old little girl. Living as a six year old little girl allows Wolscht to escape depression and suicidal thoughts because Wolscht gets to now play - even when in jail in solitary confinement for nine days for an undisclosed reason.

“If I’m six-years-old, I don’t have to think about adult stuff.”

Wolscht still drives and drinks coffee, but does so feeling and identifying as a six year old.

Emile Ratelband, age 69, petitioned the courts to allow him to change his age to 20 years younger because he "does not feel" 69 years old. Ratelband has argued that he did not feel comfortable with his date of birth, that age 69 did not accurately reflect his mental state, and that at age 69 he experiences limits.

“When I’m 69, I am limited. If I’m 49, then I can buy a new house, drive a different car,” he said. “I can take up more work. When I’m on Tinder and it says I’m 69, I don’t get an answer. When I’m 49, with the face I have, I will be in a luxurious position.”

Ratelband even asserted that doctors have told him he has the body of a man 20 years younger, and he said that he was willing to renounce his right to a pension. He argues that if people are able to legally change their sex on documents, there is no reason why he should not be able to change his age.

I hope that as we read these stories of people identifying as a different age, we are able to understand that feeling like you are 20 years younger or 40 years younger does not really make you that age. I hope that we understand that even though identifying as a different age might help avoid suicidal thoughts, being discriminated against on dating apps, or denied resources, it does not really change biologically what is. I hope we understand that there are also broader societal and legal consequences to being able to legally change one's age. That an adult might identify as a certain age to trick kids into trusting them so they can sexually abuse them, and/or that allowing an adult to legally consider themselves a different age would make it easier for adult predators to gain legal access to kids in environments in which they would normally be socially and legally discouraged from being in.

#trans #trans identity #transgender #trans pride #trans people #LGBTQ #lgbtq community #gender #transage #transabled #transracial #racism #ageism #sexism #ableism #disability rights #gay rights #LGB #women's rights #elder rights #mental health

[nerdykeppie]

#lgbtq #queer pride #trans pride #queer elders

[batwynn]

Listen. The moment you get an older than 45 queer romance going in media I’m thrilled and I just don’t gaf if it’s sad, ‘Bad Rep’, light and happy, plot B, not ‘serious enough’, ‘too serious’, Can’t Happen Because One of Them Only is in Love With the Other Inside a Mind Split Work Place, Not Safe For Work, etc. I don’t care. I want it to exist and I will thoroughly enjoy it.

I grew up hearing about all the friends my mom lost in the queer community. I grew up knowing that those people would never have a romance that aged with their bodies. That they’d never have these kinds of stories. That the people who did survive still face hatred and violence just for holding hands in public even after living through this shit for so many years. So, yeah. I want to see the older queer couples in love, ok? I don’t care if it’s not the Young People Aesthetic or ‘Good Representation’ or wtfever. I just don’t care. They deserve to age, and love, and be messy, and be real people, and have stories told about it.

#lgbtq+ #queer community #SAGE #queer elders #severance #mention #anyway support your queer elders and their stories #we are lucky to have those stories #we are so lucky they can be shown and shared #we are LUCKY #shout out to #fellow travelers #Our Flag Means Death #as well #just you know #people. existing. aging. being queer #tw: death #aids crisis #my brain farted out and I can’t think of the others I wanted to tag #but hey tag your favorite not 20 something queer couple #any media #go for it

[ghostfoolish]

I really don’t know how to feel about some lgbtq+ people my age and older being like “these teeny boppy tik tok gays don’t know their queer history!” when the topic of community infighting comes up and I’m like…that has always been a thing in this community?? Yes..even in the 70s, 80s and 90s era that a lot of queer people online love to romanticize. Infighting and community division has been a thing and pretending like it’s this new trend amongst gen z when younger millennials literally just got over bi, pan, ace and non-binary discourse is silly.

#also saw someone the same age as me call themselves a “’queer elder’ like… #chill out lol #lgbtq+ #queer #lgbt #lgbtqia+

[genderfluid-culture-iss]

Felt like a fraud when I newly came out because I didn't shift genders really fast..

Btw I'm a YouTube migrator so yeah Tumblr was really freeing for me. :')

YOURE NOT A FRAUD. THE BRAIN LIES

#genderfluid #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtq+ #genderfluid culture is #genderfluid culture #elder-sister

[fragrant-stars]

Ok so I'm tired of misinformation and the erasure / rewriting of queer history. Running a poll to test something out:

Please reblog so more people can put in their votes, thank you!

#asexual #ace #aromantic #aro #aroace #agender #aspec #lgbtqia #lgbt #queer #queer history #ace pride #aro pride #agender pride #poll #a is for ally #a is not for ally #queer elders #lgbtq+ #closeted #closeted queer

[farmerlesbian]

I just heard about this website called TransRural Lives which just went live! Go check it out! You can also find them on Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube.

"A digital storytelling project exploring and celebrating the lives of transgender older adults who live in or have strong ties to rural areas and small towns in the Pacific Northwest."

The stories are audio recordings from the trans elders themselves, and I find it incredible to listen to their stories and literally hear their voices. This is definitely worth checking out and maybe even getting connected and sharing your story. You will also find a variety of resources and archives on the website. Check it out!

If you want to get involved, they're taking volunteers, donations, help to spread the word, and stories from rural trans people. Here's some info from the website on who they are looking to hear stories from:

Who is eligible to participate in the project? 

Transgender* adults 50 years of age and older who live in or have strong ties to rural areas and smaller cities/towns in Washington State (outside the Sea-Tac metro). In 2024, we will be expanding the project to include transgender older adults who live in Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, and British Columbia.  

* We include and welcome anyone and any identity that falls outside the gender binary, including nonbinary, genderqueer, gender-diverse, gender non-conforming, and Two-Spirit folks. 

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Edit to add: I am in no way associated or affiliated with this project. I simply came across it while surfin' the web and thought yall would be into it and wanted to share it with tumblr! If you have thoughts or feedback or want to get involved or just want to talk to the project, I encourage you to reach out to them. Check out the website! I have zero affiliation with it.

#trans #pnw #trans stories #queer #rural queer #rural trans #Trans Rural Lives #washington state #pacific northwest #trans elders #links #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQ+ #transgender #transsexual #mod alfalfa #TransRural Lives

[bisexualgengar]

"she may love you, but not as much as i do."

#me #selfie #self #my face #new pics???? #alt gf #alternative girl #alt model #alt girl #alternative #kawaii #elder emo #emo gf #emo girl #emo #lgbt #lgbtq #bisexual #cute girl

[everyoneisgayandtrans]

#every character is gay and trans #gay #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq+ #trans #transgender #skyrim #vampire #elder scrolls

[uncanny-tranny]

Shout-out to queer people who use "outdated" language, for whatever reason. It is okay to reclaim and use language that feels best for your experiences. I promise, the people who matter don't mind.

#lesbian #gay #bi #bisexual #trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #YES some of the people who use 'outdated' language are elder queer people and that's beautiful tbh #but also? we don't need to be 'old' to be allowed to use words that empower us #you don't need to wait to prove yourself worthy to use a queer label. you're already worthy #i've found so much power in being a transsexual no matter how others feel about it #because this is MY label and nobody should be forced to use labels they don't want/like/whatever else