#pride is a riot

[cassie-is-trans]

#pride is a riot #trans #transgender #lgbtq #transisbeautiful #mtf #mtf trans #trans pride #trans rights #trans woman #fuck corporate pride

[surkeart]

Allies, ''love is love'' and rainbow frames around your pfp ain't enough.  If you really are an ally, you need to act accordingly. Earn that title. Support us, every day, not just for this month.

#surkeart #pride #lgbtq #lgbtqia #pride is a riot #pridemonth #do not repost thanks

[loveisinthebat]

PRIDE REMINDERS

Bats are the Gayest Animals on Earth! It's true, look it up

Cops are NOT allowed at Pride. Take your bootlicking elsewhere.

Terfs are Also Not Allowed at Pride. If you Support Rowling, You're in that Group. Supporting a TERF Financially = Being A Terf. Particularly and ESPECIALLY when You're well aware of the harm she causes And have Dozens of Better-written Universes to Pick from for your magical indulgences

Support Your Local LGBTQIA+ People. Give them Compliments, Help them through Rough times, And if you're financially stable and capable of it : Send 'em some cash. Our Human rights are Literally Under attack in Half of America. So we'll need all the help we can get. No empty Bullshit like just putting on a Pin or having a Gay Air Freshener in the car. We'll need more than Symbolism.

#Pride #Pride Month #Pride Is a riot #Pride 2023 #Fuck Corporate #Fuck Cops #ACAB #Fuck Rowling too #No Terfs at Pride #No Cops at Pride

[radicalrascal]

Pride is Politcal Button 🌈

Check it out here ✨

#pride #trans pride #gay pride #lgbt pride #pride flags #lgbtq #pinback button #buttons #pins #pride is a protest #pride is a riot #queer pride #etsyfinds #etsy #artists on tumblr #equality #human rights #social justice #activism

[agaycabbage]

ally is more than just a label

Ally is a task, a role, an assignment that one chooses to accept. 

Ally is a title earned, not taken. 

An ally creates and holds space. Quietly. 

An ally needs no thanks, no special attention, no place in the acronym. 

And more importantly now than in recent history...an ally is prepared to hold our bricks. 

#pride is a riot #pride was a riot #pride month #trans pride #queer pride

[dmmeeble]

I don't know if "q-slur" discourse is still a thing but I hope that the past few months of virulent transphobia, "Don't Say Gay", Proud Boys attacks on drag shows and the normalization of calling LGBTQIA+ people "groomers" have dispelled any notion that allocisheteronormative society will *ever* see as anything but "weird, strange, or unusual." It should be blatantly obvious by now that no matter how nice we play, or how much we try to fit in with them, any rights or "normalcy" we attain are only a single election from being stripped away. Not since its inception has "not Gay as in happy, but Queer as in fuck you" been more relevant.

#queer pride #gay pride #trans pride #ace pride #aro pride #bi pride #lesbian pride #intersex pride #lgbtqia+ #stronger together #obviously anyone who doesn't want to be called queer shouldn't be #but it's a banner I will proudly wave #stonewall was a riot #pride is a riot #bisexual pride

[drfrankensteinvsthequeerborgs]

the first Pride celebrated in Purgatory was held in 2012 by the River when a parade of three fruits (an angel, a vampire, and a Winchester) met up and marched their gay asses to the Portal killing everyone in their path

#dfvq liveblog #dfv queue #dfvq spn #spn8x2 #pride is a riot #get in losers we’re unionizing superhell #dean winchester #castiel winchester #benny lafitte #know your herstory #nothing but respect for my patron gayngel #nothing but respect for my canonically bisexual protagonist #cw mass murder #rarepair demon #gaslight gatekeep girlboss

[gobblelynn]

I love my stream community so damn much

#queer #genderfluid #pride month #pride #pride is a riot #meme queen #discord shenanigans

[vizthedatum]

Pittsburgh Pride thoughts

So, my life has been a constant juggle of serious/emotionally exhausting life stuff and A LOT of fun hangs and activities with friends... that I didn't realize Pride month in the US is creeping up on us again.

I haven't done a Pride celebration since 2019 due to pandemic and abusive relationship reasons.

I love Pride and the concept. Obviously it's powerful to celebrate human life and expression, as much as we can, as often as we can.

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but I always get into this dilemma... do I go to corporate Pride (https://lgbtqpittsburgh.com/) this upcoming weekend (where some of the top sponsors include UPMC, U.S. Steel, Walmart, xfinity, McDonalds...) where many queer people are going to celebrate and where there may be cops present?

I get that people just want to have fun and this Pride is very accessible and advertised in the city. I get that the very concept of big organizations that are anti-people in essence supporting Pride may be considered a win for some.

But it feels wildly disorienting to me to participate in the capitalization and bastardization of queerness when trans people are dying all over the world and when anti-trans (and anti-neurodivergent) bills are being actively discussed, debated, and passed in this country.

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or do I simply go to People's Pride on June 25th (definitely planning on attending) where they at least embrace the gravity of *why* Pride is so important in the first place?

#pride #corporate pride #pride is a riot #queer #lgbtq #TLGBQIA #love #pittsburgh #pittsburgh pride #sisters pgh #trans rights are human rights #trans rights

[gender-sexuality-happiness-rage]

Why we owe Pride to black transgender women who threw bricks at cops

David Oliver Rasha Ali

USA TODAY

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/06/24/pride-month-black-transgender-women-stonewall-marsha-p-johnson/1478200001/

#stonewall #pride is a riot #pride is a protest #pride month #pride

[crisisoninfinitenerds]

New Merch alert! The next time one of your friends complains that Pride has become “too political”, you’ll want to show up in one of these!

#pridemonth #pride #pride is a riot #pride is a protest #queer #queer artist #lgbt

[gildeddlily]

there's something about pride that makes me so happy. like no idc that half my family and friends are homophobic as fuck and that I have to constantly hide who I am all these little ppl on the internet that are happy like me are making me feel so silly like

#pride is a riot #ill get to go to a parade just watch me #itll never happen #hope is a cheap thing a wise guy said #BUT SHUT UP PRIDE IS HEREEE #i realised it after like a week

[simplestoryteller]

Happy Pride Everyone!

I know that we still have a lot to fight for especially with the recent discriminatory laws that have passed/are trying to be passed, but I just wanted to celebrate our community and say that I’m super happy for those of us who are getting to live the dream because hopefully one day we all will be able to live our best lives without having to worry about hate and unprovoked violence against us

#happy Pride #pride is a riot #one day we all will be safe and happy #Pride #pride 2023 #closeted Pride #out Pride

[ivygorgon]

"No Pride for some of us without liberation for all of us." -Marsha P. Johnson

#the first pride was a riot #remember your roots #marsha p johnson #other #black #women #and other #humans #opened the door #stonewall riots #paved the way #blm #black lives matter #black women #trans rights #intersectional social justice #intersectional feminism #us history #queer history #BIPOC history #queer bipoc #lgbtq+ history #1980s #queer #lgbtq #lgbtq history #ivy speaks #gnc #drag #transgender

[drfrankensteinvsthequeerborgs]

so I get that Dean completely giving up is because he’s lost all hope of getting through to Cas, but also he’s sitting pretty: he knows damn well if he stays out of the way he’s dead last on the smiting list, plus Cas is mostly taking out a bunch of homophobes and white supremacists, honestly, why would he try to stop him, his boyfriend’s doing amazing, they’re all dead anyway might as well let him have a gay old time as he destroys the world

#dfvq liveblog #dfv queue #dfvq spn #spn7x1 #cw religious imagery #what’s ​the plural of apocalypse #it's get better #godstiel #you gotta die sometime #unbury your gays #dean studies #but he's MY war criminal #pride is a riot #cw white supremacism

[vizthedatum]

Pride is about existence and the right to persist in existence

As Pride celebrations kick off in my city, I am once again left to the devices of my own mind and body about what it all means.

Earlier, I talked about how I'm so ambivalent about going to the "corporate" Pride celebration in my city. It seems so performative... it seems like a spectacle in the name of acceptance and raising awareness. It feels like a slap in the face to know that U.S. Steel is one of the largest sponsors in a city where they have systematically busted unions and deprived people of their rights.

But isn't gender and our expression to love also performative? And there are so many folks who benefit from mingling with their community, sharing their creations, and simply having fun. It promotes visibility and the humanity of who we are.

Isn't the inclusion of people-centric ideals into the cogs of capitalism a good thing? So that despite how they try to control us, they must acknowledge that we exist? And that they will have to conform to our existence instead of the other way around?

I mean, it's also a spectacle for me to get my nails done - is that Pride?

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What is Pride?

In my own opinion based on my life experience of being closeted, mocked, torn down, accepted, fluid, a "great ally" *girlish giggle*, abused, confused, traumatized, loved, and out:

It's about our right to exist whoever we are regardless of the regimes and constructs that exist in our society. It's about hating and revolting against cops and authorities who seek to tear us down while still acknowledging that there are very few tools in our society to use when we do need help... and being mad about it.

It's about seeing a person shake their head while I'm holding hands with my girlfriend and she's just mundanely talking to me about life stuff - and knowing that despite their disapproval, they know that we exist. They know we exist, and they don't like it, and it's not our problem, but we are also allowed to protect ourselves when they make it our problem.

Tangent: we have very few tools in our society to protect ourselves (I will be the first to admit that I'm ACAB but I still had a police escort come with me to rightfully enter my home where my queer, black spouse was barring me from entry and accusing me of abuse despite me putting them on a fucking pedestal for the entirety of our relationship (they turned on me because of not who I was (a person who will always love them and see the good in them - even though I am also angry about how they treated me (what an ableist asshole)) but because of who they were - they are so unhealed that they assumed that I would act like them)). Secondary tangent: Pride is about trying to do better in our society to come up with more tools that can not only make things equitable but provide justice for all populations. Tertiary tangent: Pride is not just for and about queer people. It's about everyone!

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So what would serve me this Pride month?

I am going into hermit mode today until Sunday evening to intentionally take space for myself and to make my new home beautiful. It is a far better use of my time than to go to a Pride celebration. I do not judge anyone for going.

I am going to flaunt my existence as loudly as I can for not just this month, but as long as I live. I heal loudly now, and it's beautiful. It's beautiful even when I cry or rage or smile or anything.

I am assigning pronouns to my vulva - his pronouns are he/him/his. Please take note.

I am gonna practice chest-binding more and going out. I love my boobs more knowing that one day (hopefully) they will feed my child and that I will get a reduction or mastectomy in the future. I also love the attention they get, and I love to flaunt them. I enjoy the sensations of the environment and other people around them. All of it can be true. It is true to me, and that is what matters.

I am going to go into public spaces while holding my partner's or lover's hands.

I am going to celebrate friendship and community while being firm in my personal boundaries, even as they evolve. I will be kind to myself by resting in whatever form that may be, and I will understand and not take it personally if other people need space/rest too.

I want to practice NOT using JADE (justifying, arguing, defending, explaining) - My body still feels uncomfortable not doing this. Especially when people misunderstand me (they always will). "No." is always a complete sentence, and your reaction to my personal boundary is YOUR issue. I can still be compassionate and kind if the situation warrants it. I can still work for mutual understanding and repair if that relationship is important and valuable to all parties. I have learned this over and over from multiple sides (of course I've had ugly reactions to other people's boundaries - I'm human, and I've made mistakes).

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Thank you for witnessing. I'm grateful to witness you.

#witness #pride #existence #pride is a riot #healing #love #neurodivergence #queer #self love #prose #trans #trans pride #lesbian pride #lgbtqia #pride month #lgbt pride #lgbt #femboy #femboy thoughts #non binary #enby #laughing or ridiculing me is fine and only adds to my power #i love you #do you love you?