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i don’t know how to say it but please keep an eye on Hong Kong. it is now illegal for people in hk to speak out or ask for international support/foreign aid under the crime of collusion with foreign forces. a new national security agency is coming to hk to enforce this and they are authorized to surveillance those they suspect. The population of 7.5 million people are all expected to comply esp since they are installing officers to prevent protests in the wake of the bill
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No reason why the next Overwatch character can’t be a Greek Orthodox priest
this post is so important
Tracer:Alright everyone, lets show em what we’re made of
His Holiness Father Stelios:
i think if men want rights they should have to get little earrings
I’m every one in this
MAN 1 (in a high pitched, whiny voice) Look what you’ve done to my peonies!
WOMAN (angrily) They’re marigolds!
MAN 2 God! I think she’s right! They are marigolds!
MAN 1 I may not know my flowers, but I know a (yells in her direction) bitch when I see one!
It’s back!
I looked this up because I had to know what it’s from. It’s a film called The Gay Deceivers (1969), and it’s about two straight men who, seeking to avoid the draft, claim to be gay, but then have to keep up the pretense when the army places them under surveillance.
The man in the red cardigan in the clip was played by Michael Greer, who was openly gay himself - unusual for the time. He actually worked closely with the director and rewrote much of the film’s dialogue to reduce the homophobia and make it more realistic. As a result it’s quite progressive for its time, having a gay character, played by a gay man, living in a happy same-sex relationship, which is more than a lot of media offers us today.
Plus the clip is delightful.
I just looked it up on wikipedia and fucking
The twist is that even after the pair is caught, they are not inducted into the military. The Army investigators assigned to watch them are themselves gay and are trying to keep straight people out of the Army.
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Just looked it up- it specifically ends with one of the army investigators saying “we don’t want their kind in the army” before laughing and caressing the other investigator, which is genuinely so fucking funny
If anyone is wondering where to find a queer SEAsian movie, they should watch Song Lang, directed by Leon Le. It’s queer in the same way that Good Omens is, but inextricably intertwined with Vietnamese culture. It’s so beautifully acted, directed, and edited. I will state up front that we don’t get a happy ending, but I like to pretend that the last 15 minutes of the movie are just a nightmare. Don’t expect any kisses, but it’ll tug your heartstrings all the same.
You want tragedy? Got you covered. Bad boy with a heart of gold? Beautifully executed. Enemies to friends to something so much more? GOD.
If you need incentive to watch this movie.
Bonus: this is one of the movie posters:
YALL!
Here’s your fucking chance to watch this with english subtitles: https://watch.eventive.org/damntheseheels2020/play/5ee9aad914d45100a87364c7
Yes, it costs $10, but a) you’ll be supporting a queer film festival, and b) Netflix VN now owns the rights and all of the pirated versions (including un-subbed ones) have been taken down, so these film festivals will be your only chance until Netflix buys the rights to stream it outside of Vietnam.
holy shit tm is almost 3 years old
happy 3rd birthday twilight mirage
Bows are spears change my mind.
Video Transcription from user @/lelegenevieve on TikTok: “If you’ve been supporting the Black Lives Matter movement or are looking for ways to support, please stop scrolling and signal boost this video. I’ve been coding—pretty tirelessly—everyday for my website pb-resources.com. It’s an education tool and resource I’ve been using to compile information to fight police brutality and white supremacy. There are calls to action, educational tools, and different places to donate. Today I added this section that allows you to input your information and send automated emails; and everything is filled out for you. It was also really important that for me to adds way to support the Black trans community. And in a few days, the website will be generating ad revenue and 100% of the proceeds will be donated; so all you have to do is visit the site to support BLM. Lastly, I’ve been asking you guys to follow me on Instagram (@/alexisdenisew) so I can hit 10k and get the swipe up update and I’m almost there. So if you haven’t already, go follow.”
If anyone with experience with audio transcription formatting would like to repost this with a better transcript, please do, my experience is limited.
As of today, June 16th, 2020, Alexis is at 11K followers on Instagram and has the swipe up feature, but please continue to share this website!
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Just used to send some emails and it was BY FAR the most user friendly way I’ve found to send emails to city councils. And it changes the email up so that it doesn’t get bypassed by the system as spam!
hi waiter could I get the spaghetti I promise I’ll behave this time
Black ASL is a legitimate dialect! Pls don’t appropriate Black Deaf culture!! Index finger for BLACK is the standard sign for BLACK and should be used by the general population.
A sport where the goal is for the players to give each other brain damage and whoever has the most damaged brain loses.
All right answers
this canada day, put your time and energy into supporting and donating to indigenous communities instead of celebrating colonialism
