#queer communities

[fanhackers]

How do fans engage with the source material when there’s already canonical queer representation?

Rachel Marks looks at the fandoms for the DC Comics TV shows (like Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow), which have been including queer characters since 2014 when the characters Sara Lance and Nyssa al Ghul shared a kiss in Arrow. Read the whole article for free, which is in the newest issue of the open access journal, Transformative Works and Cultures: “Fan perspectives of queer representation in DC's Legends of Tomorrow on Tumblr and AO3.”

Marks finds:

Fans generally appreciate and care about queer representation in Legends, but they often overlook representation of people of color. For instance, pairings with characters of color get less attention.

Canon queer pairings get the most attention, but noncanonical pairings are still common.

“In sum, Legends fans show their appreciation for canon queer representation in television by frequently featuring canonically queer characters in their posts, highlighting the positive qualities of those characters and their relationships. Fans appreciate seeing multiple LGBT characters represented on television and get enjoyment out of seeing same-sex couples being couples on screen. However, this is not all they focus on when blogging or writing fic about their favorite characters or ships. Fans want to enjoy viewing canonically queer couples and queer characters on television, but they also want to enjoy alternative interpretations in which noncanonical ships are read for their subtextual elements. Fans simultaneously enjoy watching and creating content about a show that has canonical queer representation, while continuing the queer fan tradition of forming their own interpretations of queer characters and relationships.”

-Lianne, Fanhackers volunteer

#fan studies #fandom #queer communities #race and fandom #fanhackers #author: lianne

[gwydionmisha]

#Queer Communities #Rural Queer Communities #LGBTQIA+

[obsidian-hollow-archives]

"homosexuality is unnatural! there's only two genders! it's a sin-"

I'm sorry, have you seen NATURE???

ALSO THE ARTIST IS HUMON, FIND THEM AT HUMONCOMICS.COM!! was so sure I had included that but apparently I forgot, so sorry!

and there's so many more species than this that exhibit homosexuality, varying genders, etc. SO! MANY!

it's very much a natural thing. it always has been. unfortunately, while homosexuality is found in many species, homophobia is only found in one

EDIT: added a keep reading cause this is a long post lol

EDIT: everyone in the comments needs to shut up or I will turn comments off, stop arguing, jeez

#lgbtqia #gay #lesbian #bisexual #pansexual #transgender #acesexual #nonbinary #genderfluid #genderqueer #queer #lgbtqia community #homosexuality

[gorkaya-trava]

so, today we, russian queers, may become "extremists" by decision of russian supreme court and thus our existence will be silenced and erased. any queer activism will be impossible for us. I don't know what to do anymore. I was heartbroken when they passed the laws about "gay propaganda" and transgender people, now I'm just numb. I don't want to escape. I just want to live safely in my own country.

please hear us.

#lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #lgbtqia rights #lgbtq rights #lgbt+ #lgbt rights #russia #russian lgbtq #lesbian #gay #bisexual #trans #transgender #queer #queer rights #russian queers

[amisscreant]

With @staff 's recent post saying 1/4 of this site is LGBTQ going around, I'd like to see what the actual demographic is

So!

Please reblog for bigger sample size!

#queer community #LGBTQ #lesbian #gay #transgender #aroace #nonbinary #genderqueer #reposted to increase the voting time #tumblr staff #heterosexual #cisgender

[queer-is-future]

so when straight people ask me why I say I’m “queer” or “gay” instead of sharing my actual identity as a panromantic demisexual non-binary sapphic queer I just tell them “ok look, when you’re talking to someone who isn’t local and they ask you where you’re from and you either say the name of the largest city nearby or ‘town name, suburb of large nearby city’ so they can get some geographical context of where you’re located right, bc they’re probably not going to know the name of the little town you actually live in.”

but if you’re talking to a local you can say the name of your actual town bc they have a greater chance of knowing where/what that is.

ok well when I’m talking to a straight person I start with queer bc chances are they aren’t as familiar with the context of all the little towns in that big queer city and need gps (gay positioning system) to find me.

if I’m talking to another queer person and I say I live in a suburb of gay city in a town called panromantic on the demisexual side of the tracks which is in the county of queer and I live off the intersection of non-binary and sapphic, they’d probably be able to find me with little to no problems, make sense?

#personal rant lol #like saying queer or gay is so much easier sometimes #if I say anything else sometimes I get the confused dog head tilt and I’m just like ok ok I’m gay #lgbtq community #lgbtqia #demisexual #non binary #sapphic #lgbtqia+ #queer #panromantic

[shutinthenutouse]

#lgbtq+ #gay #lesbian #bisexual #trans #queer #trans men #trans women #non binary #pansexual #asexual #pride #pride month #transgender #transfem #nonbinary #trans joy #trans community #trans beauty

[queerism1969]

#trans timeline #queer #lgbtq #lgbt pride #sapphic #lesbian #nonbinary #nonbinary lesbian #lgbtq community #gay girls #lgbtqia #trans woman #trans man #trans rights #trans nsft #transgender #transfem #trans pride #trans joy #transition timeline #trans femme #trans

[punk-pangolins]

no "other/see results" option bc JUST CHOOSE ONE

YOU TOO, GENDER-CONFORMERS,

EVERYONE!

#hyperspecific poll #polls #shitpost #lgbt #lgbtq #r196 #rule #ruleposting #queer #nonbinary #genderqueer #enby #tumblr polls #genderfluid #trans #lgbtqia #gender nonconforming #lgbtq community #poll time #my polls #tumblr poll

[a-gay-poptart]

I have found the best ally

Straight and cis people will say that they are allies, but you will NEVER measure up to my dentist.

Me: "Hey, is it ok if I can change my name on my info from [DEADNAME] to Sai?"

Random woman that I wasn't even talking to in the chair next to me: "Honey, if that's the name you had at birth, [DEADNAME] is your only name."

My dentist, very slowly turning her rolley chair towards the woman: "Shush."

Random woman: "Excuse me?"

Destist: *closes privacy curtain while staring bullets at the lady*

Me: *pissing myself laughing*

My dentist while changing my name in my info (reminder that English is not her first language, she immigrated from Russia): "There, Sai, you have pretty boy teeth. Smile and make all girls swoon."

Me not having the heart to tell her I'm not transmasc but I'm Agender, and still pissing myself laughing: "Thank you [DENTIST NAME]."

#trans pride #queer #nonbinary #lgbtqia #queer pride #queer community #lgbtq #lgbtq community #queer joy #queer jokes #queer journey #fuck transphobes #transgender #anti capitalism #anti zionisim #anti trans violence #trans ally #lbgtqia #gender is a social construct #Why are all Russians such good allies I stfg

[papier-ciseaux]

Happy ASAW 2024, here's something about community !

#aromantic #aro #asaw #asaw 2024 #aromantic spectrum #aromantic spectrum awareness week #aro spec awareness week #arospec #queer community #polyamory #bi #pan #asexual #ace #lgbtq #lgbtqia #LBArt #i simplified things a lot

[artemis-pendragon]

Queering the Map in Gaza and the West Bank

#these screenshots are all from queering the map #absolutely fucking heartbreaking #free palestine #palestine #queer rights #pinkwashing #gaza #genocide #lgbtq community

[queer-ecopunk]

So, I'm trans. And several years ago, I was at my great grandfather's funeral. 17, newly on T, barely out to anyone other than my close friends and family. And I'm standing there at the refreshment's table, surrounded by strangers and members of my family's church, when George walks up to me.

This man is ancient, bent like a finger and frail. Tufts of white hair surround his wrinkled face. Like always, he's wearing thick glasses, massive hearing aids, and his veteran's hat. George was my first introduction to the concept of war, when he told me as a child why he was missing two fingers on his hand. He's been a fixture at church since I can remember. I've only ever seen him at there or in uniform at parades, the rest of his time spent in a nursing home somewhere. He picks up a deviled egg and says, in his quiet voice,

"You know, before your grandfather died, he told me that now he had 3 grandsons."

I'm frozen in place. I don't know what to say to that, if I should say anything at all. This is not a conversation I expected to have, especially not with this man. But he continues.

"I didn't know what he meant! So he explained it to me."

And I can imagine it. My great grandfather, uninformed and opinionated but supportive, explaining to his friend the news he barely understood himself over after-service coffee and cookies. His eldest grandchild was now a boy.

"And, you know, I didn't know what to think."

Here, George looks me up and down. This 90-something year old war veteran, who knew me mostly as the little girl playing in the church kitchen with his wife, processing what my great grandfather had really meant. It feels like a long pause, even thought it probably passed in a second.

"But you look good. So, eh!"

And then he smiled, shrugged, and walked away without another word. If I was fine, if I was happier, then that's all that mattered.

George passed away this week, at the age of 99. This memory has been bouncing around in my head for a while, but I wasn't sure if or how I should share it. It was a conversation that meant very little, but also meant the world. It was scary, and funny, and the moment when I realized that sometimes the people you least expect will accept you. Sometimes, even if they don't fully understand, even if they barely know you, someone will choose to support you. And that will always matter.

#experiences #mine #trans positivity #community #queer

[fella-lovin-fella]

"there are only two sexes, it's literally third grade biology!" and pronouns are taught in kindergarten and you dont seem to understand those either

#lgbt #lgbtq #queer #queer pride #pride #lgbt pride #gay rights #lgbt rights #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #trans #transgender #trans pride #nonbinary #nonbinary pride #intersex #intersex rights #dantes talking again

[legendarycollectiveflower]

Two types of people on Queering the map:

#and i love them both #queering the map #chaotic academia #queer community #queer

[bizarreaizen]

real homies respect trans people!

#transgender #transgender rights #trans community #trans people #trans ally #trans joy #trans lives matter #trans positivity #trans pride #trans rights #trans support #trans solidarity #transgender positivity #transgender pride #trans stuff #trans #pride #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #lgbtq+ community #lgbt community #lgbt pride #lgbtq rights #lgbt #lgbt positivity #lgbt representation #lgbt rights #lgbt+ #tw cursing