kind of a cute sentiment. i didn't have such terminology in mind back in the day but i would've likely related to it a lot before it finally hit me that literally almost all the disgust and revulsion i had felt throughout my entire life toward myself had actually been gender dysphoria all along ._.
i just really really didn't want to believe that it was what it was
because being trans is hard and scary and i am weak and cowardly
and it could get me murdered by state sponsored domestic terrorists
or just the usual regular stochastic lynch mob...
or even just some random person who might snap and go berserk because they believe i shouldn't exist.
well ... hey, i believed i shouldn't exist for most of my life so ... i guess i get it x.x
Don't forget to look at the bright side. There are people who want, not only that you survive, but that you actually live your life (and one of those people is yourself ;)
Technically not true; the rainbow covers all under the gender, romance, and sexuality spectrum. But it does indeed primarily get used as the catchall queer flag, so I guess!
(I'm joking, I think the flag gets stupider as stuff gets added to it. I understand what it represents, but as a piece of graphic design I hate the chevron addition)
I feel like all the add ons water down the message of unity. Instead of gathering for battle under a single flag we bitch and moan about what colours should be in which order.
*It's not lost on me that I'm bitching and moaning about which colours are in what order. I'm not even gay, I'm just gay for vexillolography.
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Think of OP as not letting you half-mast, but fully erect.
And hard enough to weather a storm!
*shakes your hand in the aisle at the supermarket " "thank you for your stiffness."
You're welcome
kind of a cute sentiment. i didn't have such terminology in mind back in the day but i would've likely related to it a lot before it finally hit me that literally almost all the disgust and revulsion i had felt throughout my entire life toward myself had actually been gender dysphoria all along ._.
i just really really didn't want to believe that it was what it was
because being trans is hard and scary and i am weak and cowardly
and it could get me murdered by state sponsored domestic terrorists
or just the usual regular stochastic lynch mob...
or even just some random person who might snap and go berserk because they believe i shouldn't exist.
well ... hey, i believed i shouldn't exist for most of my life so ... i guess i get it x.x
hugs
Don't forget to look at the bright side. There are people who want, not only that you survive, but that you actually live your life (and one of those people is yourself ;)
Technically not true; the rainbow covers all under the gender, romance, and sexuality spectrum. But it does indeed primarily get used as the catchall queer flag, so I guess!
No, it represents the LGBTQIA+ community. It does not include allies, and saying it does is an invitation for appropriation.
Time for a new flag! Let's add polka dots!
(I'm joking, I think the flag gets stupider as stuff gets added to it. I understand what it represents, but as a piece of graphic design I hate the chevron addition)
I think the cevron works because it follows classic flag conventions, but that doesn't make it pretty.
I just think the OG flag was so simple and good, an awesome design. I find the new one cluttered and it gives me a designed-by-committee vibe.
Honestly i think it's useless the cevron even if it was not a cevron; the old flag was enough IMO
I feel like all the add ons water down the message of unity. Instead of gathering for battle under a single flag we bitch and moan about what colours should be in which order.
*It's not lost on me that I'm bitching and moaning about which colours are in what order. I'm not even gay, I'm just gay for vexillolography.
Which is a more pressing concern for you right now: Appropriation or Annihilation?
Oh so LGBT people should just bend over to live?
I’m a fan of the ally flag.
That's just a desktop wallpaper for Arch Linux
ew you're polish?
Please do not apply me to your nails.
Don't you dare talk shit about the polish.
Think of me as the pole, I'm straight and want you on top.
But you are part the flag. I think of this as the unity flag. We are all on it.
😂 that is kinda savage.
think of me as a pole (i am one)
I love this
I hate that i did not found it before i discovered to be genderfluid lmao
Straight people still aren't part of the flag. We're not supposed to be and thats ok. Getting turned on by only the opposing gender is still straight.
Being tragically cishet and privileged is just the cross some of us must bear 🤷🏻
Cishet is the term? Not cissies?
"cissies" is funny, but maybe we shouldn't give ammo to the "cis is a derogatory term/slur" crowd. Cisgender and heterosexual are just descriptors.
that was very off-topic of you