queer power!

Pride was always a protest.

Here is a list of Black-led LGBTQ community organizations you can donate to, compiled by pfpicardi and RaquelWillis_:

Snapco - Builds power of Black trans and queer people to force systemic divestment from the prison industrial complex and invest in community support.

Black AIDS Institute - Working to end the Black HIV epidemic through policy, advocacy, and high-quality direct HIV services.

Trans Cultural District - The world’s first-ever legally recognized trans district, which aims to stabilize and economically empower the trans community.

LGBTQ+ Freedom Fund - Posts bail for LGBTQ+ people held in jail or immigrant detention and raises awareness of the epidemic of LGBTQ overincarceration.

House of GG - Creating safe and transformative spaces for community to heal, and nurturing them into tomorrow’s leaders, focusing on trans women of color in the South.

Trans Justice Funding Project - Community-led funding initiative to support grassroots trans justice groups run by and for trans people.

The Okra Project - Collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black trans people by bringing home-cooked meals and resources to the community.

Youth Breakout - Works to end the criminalization of LGBTQ youth in New Orleans to build a safer and more just community.

[id= digital art of hands of various skin tones holding up protest signs. One protest sign is white text on a black background that says “Black Lives Matter”, another sign is white text on a dark purple background that says “Black LGBTQ lives matter” with “LGBTQ” in rainbow and a more color more pride pride flag on the bottom, and the last sign is colored like the trans pride flag in the background and says “Black Trans Lives Matter” in black text /end id]

If you’ve discovered you’re pregnant and, after weighing your options, decided that abortion is the right choice for you, that is 100% okay.

But, depending on where you live (be that the U.S, Canada, Mexico, Thailand, or anywhere else), there may be barriers to accessing the abortion care that you need. This new guide is here to help you navigate those barriers safely.

there is absolutely nothing wrong with being bi. you don’t have to apologize or hide any part of your attraction to multiple genders. it’s not a shameful thing, it’s not “half” of a different orientation, it’s not a fad. your orientation is real, and it’s a beautiful thing. you deserve respect and support.

“…Another tricky thing about researching queer history is that our ideas about gender and sexuality have continually changed over the last 150 years, leading to a nearly endless string of forgotten terms such as tribade, urning, gynander, and invert. Other words have stayed in usage, but their meanings have radically changed, such as bisexual, which once meant roughly what we mean by transgender today. When you add in all the euphemisms, slang words, and legal categories, it becomes easy to miss (or misunderstand) queer history, even when it seems obvious.”

Ryan, Hugh, When Brooklyn Was Queer, (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2019), 7.

(Image description: turquoise block text that reads “polyamorous queers are amazing” on a pastel pink background.)

you can now get the liquid-y flag designs on basically anything redbubble offers!

find them here!!

happy International Nonbinary Day, y’all!

Today is national nonbinary day and I would like to remind everyone enbies who use he/him or she/her pronouns instead of they/them exist!! You’re valid and loved!!! 💛💜🖤

“Diné Pride coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, when patrons at a historic gay bar in New York City fought back against violent police raids in 1969. The protests are widely credited with springboarding the modern gay civil rights movement in the U.S.

This year’s Diné Pride is infused with that history, themed Sacredness Before Stonewall — focusing attention on honoring transgender women of color and their history in indigenous culture. 

“Since our creation, the Diné people have acknowledged and revered LGBTQ and especially the trans community in our leadership,” said Alray Nelson, founder of Diné Equality and board member for Diné Pride. “Our theme, Sacredness Before Stonewall, is just a way that we are decolonizing and indigenizing Pride for us.”

Read the full piece and see the photos here

Photo: Ophelia Shondee (left) and Bonnie Gillespie kiss during their marriage ceremony at Diné Pride. Same-sex marriage is illegal through Navajo courts, so the couple, who have been together for 13 years, had to get their marriage license through an Arizona court, outside the reservation. [Cayla Nimmo for NPR]

Fact #939: No matter the pitch of your voice, your gender is always valid.

Helsinki Pride 2019

Queer Heart by ExtremeLargeness

support trans people.