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musings from a dork

@bugsofjade / bugsofjade.tumblr.com

for the aesthetic™
Buggy/Jay, they/them, 20s
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happy pride and stonewall 50th anniversary! Did you know Miss Major, one of the original Black trans women who made history at Stonewall, is still alive, still doing the work, and still needs your support? Donate to her retirement fund.

She’s disabled, a former sex worker, a mother, and an activist: 

- She founded an organization that gives legal assistance to incarcerated trans, gender variant and intersex people, the TGI Justice Project, and they need your support, too.

- She also created the House of GG, a trans safe house, future compound, and advocacy center and oasis for Southern trans people, and they also need your support (scroll down to the PayPal “donate”).

if you’re queer: donate what you can, or boost if you’re a straight ally: set up a regular donation, and get a friend to do it, too if you’re a corporation: put up or shut up

(this post has been updated with her new fund donation link and info on her second project, please reblog this version)

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bipley

Also popping into remind you that “queer” being a slur is not terf rhetoric if it’s LGBT+ people talking about how the word was and STILL is used derogatorily against them. This misinfo shit happens literally every year and the fact that trans ppl are getting told they’re falling for terf shit because they don’t want to be called a slur is so ridiculous. Reclaim slurs if they’re yours to reclaim but don’t call people them without permission, and avoid grouping the entire community under them if you want to be more considerate. Also, please keep in mind that Queer and terms like it have different connotations in more progressive areas. In red states and rural areas particularly, queer is very much still a slur that bigots use and I dealt with that growing up. Forcing the word on people isnt doing shit to terfs, it’s dismissing other LGBT+ people who don’t want to reclaim something that’s been used to hurt them.

& if the idea of a “queer” being used derogatorily is a foreign concept to you, if you’re arguing that it’s not a slur and never was a slur, then you’re not reclaiming shit because that’s not how reclaimation works.

And pleeeassse don’t come in with “all I see is people yelling at others for calling themselves queer” bc

1. If someone does that to you obviously that’s not cool and it has nothing to do with the point I’m making

2. Not saying it DOESNT happen ever but I legitimately do not know where you guys are finding so many of these fellow LGBT people who are apparently accosting you personally for calling yourself queer. I can only assume a lot of people are seriously misunderstanding those of us who are asking you not to use Queer on others, or as an umbrella term for the entire community.

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tigerjpg

you know what. i’m gonna say it

the whole “younger siblings have it easy” concept doesn’t apply the moment your older sibling is male and you’re not

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firedrake

@mutuals stop and think before you reblog a post that has the word “lgbtia+” in it. advice from your friendly intersex mutual, archy: STOP dragging intersex ppl into the lgbt community. idc if you think aces/aros are lgbt just stop dragging other ppl into this. stop putting a fucking i in the acronym. intersex isn’t a gender OR a sexuality- it’s a medical condition. we have time and time again asked for you guys to recognize this, time and time again asked for you guys to stay out of our issues, but you continue to misgender us and use us as props for your arguments. your “lgbtia+ positivity” isn’t nice, it’s hurtful, it literally makes me so dysphoric because i’m basically being told that my genitals and chromosomes somehow make me inherently nonbinary. i’m not lgbt because i’m intersex, i’m lgbt because i’m trans and gay. y'all aren’t being “inclusive” or “recognizing our issues,” most of the time y'all don’t even know what intersex means and it’s obvious when you group it in with genders and sexualities. by dragging us into the lgbt community you are misgendering so many people and intersexist as fuck.

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kikyozoldyck

hot take: excusing adopted sibling incest in pop culture because the characters aren’t “actually related” is problematic as hell because it perpetuates the idea that adopted kids aren’t part of the families that they’ve been adopted into

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dededemain

Boost if you can

Ok so uhh I’m an autistic nonbinary lesbian in an abusive household and I really need funds to move out ASAP. I’m starting at literal rock bottom and even a dollar will help. My kofi is here if you can help, otherwise please boost! Also to add on anyone who donates $5 and above will get a doodle of their oc!

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oddity-txt

So I found this caterpillar on my way to class

We’re bros

I named him chicken nugget

Aaaa he’s turning a duller color… I hope he’s alright

So apparently chicken nugget is a spicebush swallowtail and they turn yellow before they pupate. He was making little silk things everywhere Bruh this caterpie is going to evolve to metapod today my boy isn’t messing around

update hes entirely yellow now

i made him a tube room

hes crawlin all over the place checking it out

its happening

False alarm he moved a bit This guy

??? caterpie doesnt evolve into kakuna

whats he doing

its happening part 2 For Real This Time

chicken nugget using those advanced tactics balancing my man doesnt do anything halfway

i put on some tunez for him so he can get into the metamorphazone

sorry for keeping you all in suspense but chicken nugget is doing fine and he has a cool hat now

hes been chillin like this for a couple days 

hes been in cocoon for 10 days now 🎉🐛🎉

let me know how he’s doing soon

HES BUSTIN OUT

im going to sleep, chicken nugget is snoozin and ill check up on him as soon as i wake up

hope he doesnt party too hard 

🐛 💤 💤

hes gone goth hes in his emoteen stage

CHICKEN NUGGET IS A CHICKEN WING NOW BABY WE HAVE LIFTOFF!!!!!

hes’s in a bigger container than the one in the pic now but im gonna let my home boy find his way in the world after he gets used to his wings a little bit

this kid doesnt have a bad angle dang

there he goes he’s free and im so proud and a little sad

this was an incredible experience

(thats my family oohing and ahhing in the background)

I’ve seen yall reblog the unfinished ones SO MUCH that I’m getting pissed, anyway here’s the full chicken nugget saga.

Awesome! Hope you’re happy somewhere, Chicken Nugget!

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magical-game

I have missed this post so much! Let’s all celebrate Chicken Nugget!

do you guys realize that,,,, chicken nugget is one of those butterflies that is perfectly half female and half male?? nugget’s left wing is typical of a female spice bush swallowtail and the right wing is typical of a male

a gender role smashing icon

I wondered why the wings looked different

Incredible

intersex icon

He’s a bilateral gnandromorph!!

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Concept: Ducktales 2017 reboot of Gene from the 90s movie where, after waking up from her millennia-long sleep, is taken in by D’jinn as her parental/brother figure post-freedom wish. Not sure if it’s Scrooge who ends up granting her wish or D’jinn himself once Merlock is defeated, but I’ve been sitting on the idea for a while and just *clutches heart* I just love found families man...

 I kept OG Gene’s color scheme with her outfit in mind, but based it on traditional Omani dress for a little more authenticity. ^^ I headcanon that she’s a genie from the Gulf area due to Merlock, in the initial film, targeting his destructive wishes on ancient civilizations from across the world. Makes sense for her to come from somewhere with a lot of maritime history, especially given her former masters’ travels. If anything though, it’s a good thing she has a family to rely on. 🤔

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