02/14/19

13 Same-Sex Couples In Japan Sue For Equal Marital Rights On Valentine’s Day

Val + Kelli Engagement Session 💖

@pianokeysandpeonies @sparkinglot

CONGRATULATIONS :-)))))))

when you have to pretend to be straight but then someone asks you what you think of girls

the only unifying post between mlm and wlw

im here for these two pika boyfriends

or someone just forgot to make a heart tail lol. STILL CUTE :V

this is the part in the episode where all the female pikachus are off greeting ash’s. all the pikachus in the background are males including these two lil guys

Reblog if your happy for these

If you’ve heard about the pika boyfriends, you should also hear about…

“Becoming Visible: The First Black Lesbian Conference” poster (1980). Oakland Museum of California.

“The purpose of the conference is to create a national network for black women, to reach black lesbians who live in isolated areas, to educate ourselves, and to affirm our individuality … We’ve run into black lesbians who live in areas where they don’t meet other black lesbians, or if they do there might be one or two and they’re not politically active. Women need to know that there are other black lesbians out there; we’re not visible in the communities at all. We’re not visible as black lesbians in the gay community, and we’re not visible as lesbians in the black community … We would like to communicate with each other, help each other to be stronger in the communities, become more visible politically and socially, and the only way to do that is for us to know how to reach each other. Our theme is ‘Becoming Visible,’ and what it means is we would like to become visible to each other. If we become visible to ourselves, then that’s the beginning of becoming visible in the community.“

— Marie Renfro, conference organizer, in an interview on The Gay Life radio series (October 11, 1980).

“Nearly 200 Black women from across the country attended the historic event. The conference was an outgrowth of the first National Third World Lesbian and Gay Conference held in Washington, D.C. in October of last year. One of the stated goals was to address the varied needs of Black Lesbians and, ‘to provide the courage and strength necessary to make those needs felt in places where it becomes necessary.’ Two days of workshops addressed basic issues and problems relevant to Black Lesbians including, ‘Black women and Imperialism,’ ‘Interracial Relationships,’ and ‘Black Women and Feminism.’ There was also a workshop aimed at teenage Lesbians. Noted activist Angela Davis delivered the keynote address and called the conference ‘a turning point in the women’s movement and an historic event for all Black people.’”

— “Making History in SF: The First Black Lesbian Conference,” Chi Hughes, Blacklight, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1981).

I hate when people use that as an argument to justify their homophobia. Being gay or lesbian at a young age does not mean they are thinking about sex!

Lesbian film Rafiki shatters box office records in Kenya despite ban for ‘promoting homosexuality’

Lesbian film Rafiki has shattered box office records in Kenya – after a government ban was lifted for one week only.

The lesbian love story from director Wanuri Kahiu debuted to international acclaim at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, but the film was banned in its home country after state censors took exception to the “homosexual” themes.

It was permitted to screen in the country for exactly one week in September, after a court ordered it should be permitted to meet the requirements for Oscars eligibility.

Under Academy Awards rules, submissions to the Best Foreign Language Film category “must be first released in the country submitting it… and be first publicly exhibited for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial motion picture theater.”

From the first night of the film’s release on September 23, cinemas in Nairobi were surprised by an influx of fans, who queued around the block to snap up tickets and get a chance to see Rafiki. Extra screenings were rapidly added and promoted by the film’s accounts on social media, as cinemas struggled to keep up with demand.

The film is now again banned in the country, following the end of the seven-day exemption – but in a final humiliation for state media censors, it was revealed that the film dominated the country’s box office in the period it was released.

Rafiki was the top performing film in Kenya for the week it was unbanned, edging out major Hollywood blockbusters The Nun and Night School.

The film grossed more than $33,000 in its week of release, with more than 6,500 tickets sold.

The start of the film was greeted by raucous applause at screenings, while the crowds “laughed and booed” at the logo of the Kenya Film Classification Board—the body that suppressed its release.

The re-imposed ban makes it an offence to even own a copy of the film in the country.

Homosexuality is illegal in Kenya.

Perfectly gay ❤️

Two fair men lie in water warm and slow,

As brothers are they joinēd heart to heart;

But Cupid hath not struck them with his bow;

Lest that be thought, they sit five feet apart.

some lesbian couple sketches from twitter :)

Beautiful faces kisses and energy at Soweto Pride

Part of being lgbt is unlearning toxic beliefs about ourselves, and about other lgbt people. It is something we have to consciously work towards. Realizing that we’re gay or bi doesn’t immediately undo those years of resentment that were conditioned into us, and just because we can’t oppress each other on the axis of sexuality doesn’t mean we aren’t still capable of maintaining hurtful beliefs about each other, which does actually impede our ability to heal.

“I am a strong, black, lesbian woman. Every single time I say it, I feel so much better.” - Brittney Griner, out and proud WNBA star.  

Coercion is not consent!

Maya Newell in 1993 with her two mothers, Liz Newell and Donna Ross. This was part of the Lovely Mothers series by Elisa Halland and Catherine Fargher, photographed by Marion Moore.

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