So I was texting my gf and today I learned that my phone autocorrects ‘yay’ to ‘gay’ and it brings me great joy to know this.

galpalsincorporated:

The fact of the matter is that sometimes staying closeted for your own safety isn’t just about fear of physical violence. Sometimes it’s because you don’t think that you could handle the rejection, judgement, and/or emotional abuse that could come with coming out. Sometimes it’s because you don’t know what coming out would entail and you’re scared to find out. Staying closeted (with everyone or with some people) is your choice. Put your wellbeing above all else. I love you, stay safe.

THIS. When coming out, I knew for relative certainty that I would not be physically harmed or kicked out of the house. However, the emotional fallout of coming out was crushing, to say the least. The culmination of it all lead to several suicide attempts. I would not wish how I felt or what happened to me onto ANYONE. In the end, I don’t think I regret coming out. However, I understand those who choose not to because the consequences may lead to something like I experienced.

(Source: businessofgals)

@people outside the LGBT+ community

In regards to my previous post about the general public being unsafe for LGBT+ folk, here’s some receipts that I cross-referenced with different sites to affirm credibility.

And here’s something important to consider: YOU contribute to this even if you’re not stabbing and shooting LGBT+ people. YOU contribute to this every time you ignore someone’s preferred name and pronouns, every time you complain about how LGBT+ people are so overly sensitive and need to “not make everything about their sexual orientation”, every time you roll your eyes about pride parades or protests for more LGBT+ rights. YOUR complacency contributes to all of the fatalities and hate crimes detailed below. YOUR complacency allows this violence to continue. YOUR complacency makes the world an unsafe space for LGBT+ people to simply exist.

This article is the basis, describing a lot of the history and current events of LGBT+ hate crimes. If you only read one of these resources, let it be this one.
https://www.nytimes.com/…/…/us/hate-crimes-against-lgbt.html

And here is the FBI’s hate crime statistics for 2015. Hate crimes against LGBT+ folk comprise about 20% of all hate crimes from 2015. I checked 2014 out of curiosity, and it was about the same, give or take a percent.
https://www.fbi.gov/…/s…/2015-hate-crime-statistics-released

This is a detailed breakdown of the Orlando shooting that occurred last June- the largest mass shooting in American history that took the lives of over 50 people.
https://www.nytimes.com/…/what-happened-at-the-orlando-nigh…

It’s quite lengthy, but this document details several case studies and narratives of transgender people who were murdered in acts of hate in recent years. The information presented includes up to 2015 accounts.
http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/…/HRC-…

And, finally, as a little visual tidbit, this source is a map illustrating which states have laws against hate crimes, which states have laws against hate crimes that include sexual orientation, and states that have laws against hate crimes that include sexual orientation AND gender identity.
http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/hate_crime_laws

The Straights™ were right all along. There IS a Gay Agenda™.

It’s being treated like a human being with the same damn rights as everyone else. How scandalous.

#nodaysoff from respecting someone’s gender identity and name/pronouns. 💪💪💪

Realk Talk: When cisgender people get upset about being called cisgender, they’re really upset because having to be called SOMETHING implies they are no longer the “normal” or the “default”- something they thought they were immune from.

Cause, like, cisgender is not a bad word. Yet some cis people get upset when called cis because they are no longer just “people”. It puts them on the same level as gay people, bi people, trans people… people that have never gotten to just be “people”. Calling cis people cisgender is forcing them to think about their identity and acknowledging it’s not the only or the best or the default.

tour guide: now if you look carefully to your left, you can observe the concept of nothingness in that tired gay boy’s eyes

you’ve heard of “gals being pals”… now get ready for

queers being peers

The next time someone tries to tell me I can’t use singular they, I’m just going to tell that they’re right. I’m not a singular entity. I’m 10,000 bees, controlling this flesh vessel as a hive mind.

justaprinceofthegalaxy:

justaprinceofthegalaxy:

I’m watching a movie about a trans woman!!! Who doesn’t hate her penis!!!

THE ACTRESS IS TRANS!!! THE ACTRESS IS TRANS!!!! OH MY GOSH!!!

It’s called “Boy Meets Girl” from 2014, and it’s on Netflix!!!

ALSO- it takes place in the South, where her best friend is a cis dude that totally defends her and doesn’t act weird about her!!!

And the father is accepting as hell!!!

And the little brother clearly explores his gender!!!

I’m just so excited this is BEAUTIFUL.

I’m watching a movie about a trans woman!!! Who doesn’t hate her penis!!!

I’m watching an amazing movie about a lesbian woman coming out to her family when she wants to marry her girlfriend of five years. It shows that homophobia doesn’t always manifest in blatant way. The mother is shocked and makes it about her and she feels, while the dad is surprised, but quickly absorbs this and accepts what makes her happy. These are refreshing takes on what often happens with parents. It’s not always belligerent homophobia. It’s “Jenny’s Wedding”, and it’s on Netflix!