We’re closing out pride month and i just wanna say that each and every one of us has the responsibility 2 hold the same energy for men in dresses as we do for ladies in suits
smh i cant believe nobody did this for me and now i have 2 do it myself.
billy porter
Keiynan Lonsdale
Michael Urie
Robert Sheehan
Eugene Lee Yang
Chester Lockhart
Jaden Smith
Olly Alexander
Marc Jacobs
I knew I was gay when I was thirteen, but I hid it for years. I folded it and slipped it under the rest of my emotional clutter. Not worth the hassle. No one will care anyway. If I can just keep making it smaller, smaller, smaller…. My shame took the form of a shrug, but it was shame. I’m a white, cis man from an upper-middle class liberal family. Acceptance was never a question. But still, suspended in all this privilege, I balked. It took me years. It’s ongoing. I’m saying this now because I have conspicuously not said it before. I’ve been out for years in my private life, but never quite publicly. I’ve played that tedious game. Most painfully, I’ve talked about the gay characters I’ve played from a neutral, almost anthropological distance, as if they were separate from me. These evasions are bizarre and embarrassing to me now, but at the time they were natural. Discretion was default, and it seemed benign. It would be presumptuous to assume anyone would care, yeah? And anyway, why should I have to say anything? What right do strangers have to the intimate details of my life? These and other background whispers––new, softer forms of the same voices from when I was thirteen, fourteen, fifteen…. Shame can come heavy and loud, but it can come quiet too; it can take cover behind comfort and convenience. But it’s always violent. For me, this discretion has become airless. I don’t want to censor––consciously or not––the ways I talk, sit, laugh, or dress, the stories I tell, the jokes I make, my points of reference and connection. I don’t want to be complicit, even peripherally, in the idea that being gay is a problem to be solved or hushed. I’m grateful to be gay. Queerness is a solution. It’s a promise against cliche and solipsism and blandness; it’s a tilted head and an open window. I value more everyday the people, movies, books, and music that open me to it. If you’re gay, bi, trans, two-spirit or questioning, if you’re confused, if you’re in pain or you feel you’re alone, if you aren’t or you don’t: You make the world more surprising and bearable. To all the queers, deviants, misfits, and lovers in my life: I love you. I love you. Happy Pride!
White Cindy: Twentieth Century Klamath Tw!inna'ek medicine woman, who was respected for her power after having demonstrated her ability to conjure lightning
We’Wha: Famous Zuni Ihamana, who was a prominent cultural ambassador for Native Americans in general, and the Zuni in particular. Their cultural work and interactions with anthropologists allowed for multiple publications of Zuni culture.
Osh-Tisch: A Crow Badé, who earned her name “Finds-them-and-kills-them” after rescuing a man named Bull-Snake and shooting a Lakota warrior during her participation in the 1876 Battle of Rosebud, alongside her friend and fellow female warrior The-Other-Magpie.
Thunder-Woman: a powerful Cree doctor and medicine Ayakwew, who was the sibling of Chief Fine-Day. They are the namesake of Chief Thunderchild, who received his name after being saved from death and doctored back to health by Thunder-Woman.
Ozawwendib: Ojibwe niizh-manidoowag who encountered multiple fur traders, such as Alexander Henry and John Tanner. She was noted as being an excellent guide in her assistance to trappers and fur traders.
Hosteen Klah: a Navajo artist, medicine man, master weaver and Nádleeh. He co-founded the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa-Fe, New Mexico alongside Mary Calbot Wheelwright, and his anti-assimilation efforts led to documentation of Navajo religion to be made available to future generations.
Bíawacheeitchish: A Gros-Ventres two-spirit who was orphaned and taken in by the Crow after being raided, and took up traditionally male activities, and was encouraged in her pursuit by her foster father. She gained renown during a raid, fighting off multiple attackers and turning the tide of fortune, earning her name “Woman-Chief”. She married four wives and gained leadership after her foster father’s death.
Kauholanuimahu: a King of Hawaii and Māhū, born circa early 15th century to nobles Laʻakapu and Kahoukapu. He succeeded his father as High-Chief, and Kauholanuimahu was then succeeded by his own son Kihanuilulumoku at his death.
Happy Pride, and Happy National Indigenous Peoples History Month <33 Homophobes/biphobes/transphobes/etc are not welcome on my posts and need not reblog.
Lani Ka'ahumanu, co-founder of BiPol (the first bisexual political organization), marches in the San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Day, June 24, 1984.
The history of bi activism is bad puns. It’s good to know we’re keeping up the tradition.
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Anonymous asked:
My dear lgbt+ kid,
I kept this message in my drafts for a long time because it’s so kind - and also because it reminds me that I am doing my best to support people.
I tend to feel guilty for not doing more, for just writing silly little letters on tumblr. Your message really provides a different perspective: I took time to make a whole blog just to share love and comfort! Yay, me!
Seriously, thankyou <3
With all my love,
Your Tumblr Dad
