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Golem
PT: Golem /end PT
ID: a flag with five uneven horizontal lines. The two first are bigger while the fourth one is smaller. Their colours are from top to bottom, dark brown, brown, beige, soft red and dark soft red. On the upper left corner there is a symbol, a brown circle with inside a small black circle on top and two black triangles underneath the circle, forming a golem's head. END ID
Golem: a queer Jewish individual who defines themselves as protective, defensive, supportive, helpful and/or have a tall, chubby, fat, an imposant body type/shape in any other way.
Everything in the design are in reference to the clay that golems are composed of.
Wanted to make a Jewish exclusive presentation label because I haven't seen any yet. I want to do more of those, inspired from creatures of the Jewish folklore! I don't have any idea yet, feel free to suggest anything. :)
Under cut separated parts of flag.
ID: the golem symbol isolated, on a transparent background. END ID
ID: the flag without the symbol on it. END ID
Hey remember when they found over 200 bodies of native children buried behind a residential school and the world cared for... what, a week?
They've counted about 6,000-7,000 now, for those of you who do still care
OKAY PEOPLE LISTEN UP
THIS:
Is the petition to save Craig of the Creek from having its fifth season and spin-off being cut in half by Cartoon Network.
This show celebrates diversity in a way that hasn't been done since Steven Universe. It has incredible rep in the form of queer, BIPOC, and disabled characters, and more. Don't let CN give it the short end of the stick.
This- this is SO true
important!!!
transcript:
A person with a somewhat masculine voice says in a higher pitched tone, “Blue hair is weird!” They then change their voice to their regular tone, and say, “I’m gonna teach you this how I would teach a child. I don’t know your life story, but for the sake of making this an educational video, I’m gonna use stereotypes, so only take what resonates with you.
One child is born in a seemingly functional, to their awareness, loving family, while the other is getting quite the opposite. You can’t choose that you’re born with it, so you’re put out in this world and the majority of your peers are like you, and the majority of your teachers, parents and authority are like you, and the majority of the media out there is showing people like you. So all of the kids that are not depicted by this media feel erased and different immediately from the time they’re born, how they are born. You may feel too feminine as a boy, too masculine as a girl, like you’re in the wrong body, like you don’t think exactly neurotypically as everyone else, you’re too thin, you’re too thick, you’re too dark, you’re not dark enough. Kids like this immediately understand the struggle of not being accepted by the majority, and if it’s not the peers doing it, keep in mind they have the same authority and media only depicting the majority of one type of person.
So both the outcasts and the masses are gonna ask the same question of how do I fit into society, and the majority of the authority and media is gonna be saying things like “God is the answer,” “man marries woman,” “girls are this way, boys this way.” You have a set amount of rules that if you have no reason to question, you’re not gonna disagree with. But when this world has taught you it’s not for people like you, you’re gonna ask, “why is it that way?” which brings us to, “who is teaching us this?” Oh, people from this era or earlier, who’s making this stuff, people in this era or earlier, “Let me do my research on who taught them that stuff.”
A common flaw with human beings is that they accept societal norms that are only in place for a little bit over their lifetime because they never lived to see a reason to question it. When you are born in a world that’s seemingly against you, you have reason to research why these traditions are in place, and you say, “Wow, if I happened to be born in the 1900s, pink was for boys and blue was for girls, and cheerleading is for boys and heels are for men, and the bible was changed to be anti-gay”. It’s almost like what we are taught is unreliable and not inherently factual, and in the time this was being taught, no one in the masses was disagreeing.
Everyone’s born in a box, but we weren’t all born with default settings, so we learned that humans can express themselves however they want. The way you think that only natural hair colors is normal, or how you dress is the right way, or blue hair automatically makes you weird, or pronouns equals liberal, that is taught to you. If this existed in the 1900s, this would be awesome [he points at blue hair], and this would just be english language [he points at pronouns]. When you’re wildly accepted by the masses, I see why you wouldn’t want to step down, you’re at the top of the pyramid. But the reason that we dye our hair blue is that the only people that wildly accepted us are other people who weren’t afraid of being different.
Now listen, maybe you just like authentically being a part of the masses, maybe your true self likes this stuff, that’s fine. But you also have to acknowledge that you were taught to avoid anything that would get you bullied or a negative reaction by the masses. So therefore, who’s really the top of the pyramid? [He flips the pyramid drawing upside-down].”
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Pride, Awareness, Acceptance, Remembrance, and Visibility Events Calendar
(This is an incomplete list and will be updated as needed.)
January:
Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Thyroid Awareness Month
World Braille Day (Jan 4th)
Trans Prisoner Day of Action and Solidarity (Jan 22nd)
International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan 27th)
February:
LGBTQ+ History Month (UK)
Black History Month (USA/Canada)
Polyamory Week (Canada, week of Valentine's Day)
Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (first full week after 14th.)
Chosen Family Day (Feb 22)
Rare Disease Day (February 28th)
March:
Women's History Month
National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Bisexual Health Awareness Month (#BiHealthMonth)
Disability Day of Mourning (March 1st)
Zero Discrimination Day (March 1st)
Dyscalculia Day (March 3rd)
International Women's Day (March 8th)
National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day (March 10th)
World Down Syndrome Day (March 21st)
Neurodiversity Celebration Week (March 21st-27th)
Atheist Day (March 23rd)
World Bipolar Day (March 30th)
Trans Week of Visibility (week of March 31st)
International Transgender Day of Visibility (#TDOV, March 31st).
April:
Autism Acceptance Month
Queer & Trans Kink Month
Arab American Heritage Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
World Autism Acceptance Day (April 2nd)
International Asexuality Day (April 6th, may change yearly)
National Deaf LGBTQ+ Awareness Week (second or third week, alternates yearly)
Day of Silence (date varies)
National Transgender HIV Testing Day (April 18th)
Nonbinary Parents Day (third Sunday)
Anniversary of "Genderqueer" being added to the dictionary (April 20th, 2016)
Lesbian Visibility Day (April 26th)
May:
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
EDS and HSD Awareness Month
National Day of Reason (first Thursday)
International Family Equality Day (first Sunday)
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (third Thursday)
National Honor Our LGBT+ Elders Day (May 16th)
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (May 17th)
Agender Pride Day (May 19th)
Harvey Milk Day (May 22nd)
Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness and Visibility Day (May 24th)
World Thyroid Day (May 25th)
World Multiple Sclerosis Day (May 30th)
June:
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month
Global Day of Parents (June 1st)
National Gun Violence Awareness Day (first Friday)
Pulse Night of Remembrance (June 12th)
Learning Disability Week (third week)
Autistic Pride Day (June 18th)
Anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges (June 26th)
National HIV Testing Day (June 27th)
Stonewall Riots Anniversary (June 28th)
July:
Disability Pride Month
Abrosexual Awareness Day (July 2nd)
International Femme Appreciation Day (First Saturday of July)
Queerplatonic Relationships Day (#QPRDay, third Saturday)
International Nonbinary People's Day (July 14th)
Nonbinary Awareness Week (week of 14th)
International Drag Day (July 16th)
National Parents' Day (USA, fourth Sunday)
International Self Care Day (July 24th)
August:
International Childfree Day (August 1st)
Autistic Dignity Day (August 8th)
Gay Uncles Day (second Sunday)
Polyamorous Awareness Week (third week)
International Butch Appreciation Day (August 18th)
Transgender Flag Day (August 19th)
Wear It Purple Day (Australia, last Friday)
International Day of Protest Against ABA (August 31st)
September:
Bi Pride Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15th-Oct 15th)
Bisexual Awareness Week (week of Sept 23)
Celebrate Bisexuality Day (Sept 23)
International Day of Sign Languages (Sept 23)
International Safe Abortion Day (Sept 28)
National Day For Truth and Reconciliation (Sept 30th, Canada)
October:
LGBTQ+ History Month (USA/Canada)
National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15th-Oct 15th)
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
ADHD Awareness Month
National Kink Month (USA)
Black History Month (UK)
International Lesbian Day (Oct 8th)
World Mental Health Day (Oct 10th)
National Coming Out Day (Oct 11th)
National Freethought Day (Oct 12th)
OCD Awareness Week (second full week of October)
Trans Cake Day/Cake For Trans Friends Day (October 14th)
International Pronouns Day (third Wednesday)
Spirit Day (third Thursday)
Intersex Awareness Day (Oct 26th)
Asexual Awareness Week (last full week of October)
November:
Native American Heritage Month
Autistics Speaking Day (Nov 1st)
Intersex Day of Remembrance/Intersex Solidarity Day (Nov 8th)
Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation (Nov 12th-20th)
Trans Parent Day (first Sunday)
Transgender Awareness Week (Nov 13th-19th)
Nonbinary Children's Day (Nov 13th)
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR, Nov 20th)
National Polyamory Day (Canada, Nov 23rd)
December:
World AIDS Day (Dec 1st)
International Day of People With Disabilities (Dec 3rd)
Bisexual Pride Flag Day (Dec 5th)
Gender Expansive Parents Day (Dec 6th)
Pansexual Pride Day (Dec 8th)
Human Rights Day (Dec 10th)
Here's to Quannah Chasing horse, who yet again has won this year's Met Gala theme. And to everyone who wore pink, showed off curves, and embraced styles antithetical to the racist fatphobic myoginist the event was themed to honor this year. Memes by ennan.
Before I get back to fully posting normally I also want to put this out there,
If you live in the United States,
If you become a member of the Satanic Temple you are legally protected by your First Amendment right for "Freedom Of Religion" to your own bodily autonomy.
The Satanic Temple is legally recognized as a church by the IRS and the Federal Court System. The are in multiple lawsuits against states such as Texas, Idaho, Missouri, and Arkansas that are implementing strict abortion bans.
This Bodily Autonomy also includes LGBTQIA+ members and Transgender individuals seeking medical attention
You can contact them and they will fight for you and your rights to practice your religion
This link brings you to their RRR Campaign page for more information:
Signing up is free and you can easily find a congregation near you, and it's not exclusive to the US, but for what's currently happening in the US following the presidential election, I'm making this post for you. You're also able to purchase a membership card and certificate after you join but joining is completely free.
One's body is inviolable, subject to one's own will alone.
Hail thyself
Please think before you comment on people's physical traits/appearance! There is NO NEED WHATSOEVER to shame, belittle or otherwise mess with someone's feelings because of something as superficial and unimportant than looks!! It's dumb, it's insensitive, it's unnecessary, uncalled for and oftentimes simply cruel.
Care for some examples?
I was walking my dogs once and stopped at a local dogpark where an elder woman started chatting to me. She was nice enough, but all of a sudden she asked why I didn't get my teeth fix. Yeah, I am 100% aware that I have crooked front teeth. I don't really care, I accept them the way they are, back then I also was not generally in a good mental state and such a comment felt downright mean and utterly out of place. Luckily, I was able to tell her as much by coolly stating that this was none of her business and that it's extremely impolite and rude to say something like that...
I've also had several occassions in my life where people told me negative things about my hair which is not only rude, but also plain racist. European, white people telling me, a PoC, that I should get another hairstyle 'cuz it would look "much better"?! I mean, do they even know what they are suggesting?! Yeah, get over it; not everybody needs to have fair, straight hair. I like my hair the way it is naturally: curly, sometimes a little messy, and whenever I dye it, I do it because I enjoy being colorful (I had it pink for quite some time), but that's my decision and no one else's business and maybe these people should take a long hard look at themselves and understand how utterly brainwashed they have been to believe that there is exactly ONE way of being beautiful/handsome/pretty.
Also, do not comment on people's weight!! Seriously?! Why is this even still a thing?! You know NOTHING about a person's history, about their eating habits, their routines, you don't know whether they are struggling with an eating disorder and you certainly don't get to decide what their body has to look like for them to like and celebrate themselves!! It's just not okay to tell someone "Oh, you used to be so thin, what happened?" or "You have lost way too much weight, it doesn't suit you at all!" or "You've grown fat since I last saw you" - CUT THAT SH*T!!
Also, you don't have to comment on other people's fashion preferences; if you don't want to wear skinny jeans or leoprints or bright neon colors or cheap shoes or wheaver, well, you are not obliged to do so, but let other people wear whatever they want and just LEAVE THEM ALONE.
Y’all need to listen to this alternative artist! And follow her Spotify because she deserves the attention
An Open Letter to White Emo Kids
When I was thirteen years old, I googled ‘how to be emo.’ The music, the aesthetics, the darkness of it all captivated me. There was transgression there, with boys in makeup and girls who weren’t ashamed to be bisexual. The online emo community on google plus (anyone else remember google plus? Just me?) took me in with open arms. I was allowed to be depressed, I didn’t have to hide my burgeoning sexuality or the starts of my struggle with depression, something I now know was caused by intense amounts of dysphoria and life in an abusive and queerphobic household.
Only, there was one problem. I wasn’t white.
Certainly, nobody would say they had an issue with me being Latino to my face. Most people in the scene genuinely believed they were not racist. After all, they loved Latino people, they thought the guys in Pierce the Veil were so hot. They appreciated the culture too, sombreros and maracas were the full extent of Mexican culture, right?
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Most Ardently
How can you better the future, if you continue mimicking the past.
Oh, the irony of posting this quote in these times. How can A Pride & Prejudice Remix be so relevant today? I'm deeply concerned for my friends and all the people who are being targeted in the United States at this very moment. Over here, I'm afraid I'm looking at our past and our future at the same time when I see you and what you're facing right now.
More than anything else, this was what he wanted. To be himself, in the open, unabashedly.
That's all we want. How can we be a threat by being ourselves?
And what kind of life could one have with a crushed soul?
I don't know, but it feels like the world is trying really hard to crush our souls at the moment.
[...] you’re a different person when you’re permitted to be yourself. You’re so much more at ease, so much happier. [...] your entire demeanor is more authentic.
Because our souls aren't crushed when we can be who we are.
Novoa, G. C. (2024). Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix. Feiwel & Friends.
shoutout to black age regressors that didn't get to be children bc their parents knew they wouldn't get to make the same mistakes that their white peers made who are now taking back the chance to be kids
you were never dangerous, you were just a kid ❤️
Why I hate gender abolitionism
(Sincerely, a Native)
I FUCKING LOVE HAVING THE HUMANIZED MANE 6 PORTRAYED AS QUEER POC
THEY REMIND ME OF FRIENDS I WISH I HAD
(the mane 6 are already explicitly queer-coded, but you get my point)
Also, librarians are being called groomers and pedophiles for having books about LGBTQ+ people in their collections, and for having books about actual history as it pertains to people who aren’t WASPs. The people who are trying to legislate and scare us out of existence are going after anyone who supports us as well.
Even if you aren’t LGBTQ+ or BIPOC, if you think we deserve to have rights, you need to speak up before the leopards starting eating your face, too.
every time i see discourse about pedohysteria amidst a trans genocide i think about that news article from 2016 about the mexican immigrant who voted for trump because trump said he’d get rid of all the “bad hombres” from mexico, only to be deported himself because it turns out what trump was really saying was that he wanted to deport all mexicans, not just “the bad ones”
not just him, but there were many other examples too, like white conservatives who have mexican immigrant friends and family or people in the community important to them who were mexican immigrants, and they voted for trump because they thought trump was just getting rid of “criminals”, and then they regret it when their families and communities get torn apart by deportations of their spouses, their friends, their favourite restaurant owners, etc.
anyways, i hope young queers, trans people esp, understand that when conservatives talk about “pedophiles” and “groomers”, they’re not talking about actual child abusers, they’re talking about all queer people. they’re talking about all trans people. it’s why in florida, they’re categorizing “drag” as a child sex crime, and making sex crimes against children punishable by death. they’re trying to execute every single trans person, and that’s just the rhetoric they’re using
so stop buying into the pedohysteria. it’s easy to think “well, i’m not a pedophile, so i’ll be safe” when you don’t realize that in the eyes of conservatives, every single queer person is a pedophile and deserves death, and contributing to their rhetoric by trying to figure out which trans woman is a pedophile is just accelerating your own march to the gallows
As someone who has taken college courses on colonialism, can I just say that the idea that colonized groups or groups that were forced into slavery lived in these perfect societies where no one was discriminated against and everyone was happy until the white man came is literally based on racism. Like, it’s LITERALLY the myth of the noble savage. It’s the same concept that led to things like the Disney version of Pocahontas and other offensive misrepresentations of Native Americans and Africans across popular culture. It’s an incredibly harmful stereotype. No race, ethnicity, or group of people was ever perfect. No one had the answers. No one had everything figured out. Colonialism was BAD, but it wasn’t bad because it ruined paradise. It was bad because it killed and hurt people, destroyed culture, and had harmful impacts for generations to come. So can we stop pushing racist stereotypes as some “woke” ideology, please? Thank you.