transcoranic:

transcoranic:

1. yes, there is such thing as ‘too explicit for a pride parade’ and 

2. there should absolutely be non-sexual pride events and spaces for people who don’t want to see sexual stuff and/or naked bodies for any reason but

3. don’t let your opinions about what is or isn’t too explicit cross over into “what about the children we can’t expose children to evil degenerate sex” because that, my friend, is dangerous territory

This got more notes than I expected so I’d like to reiterate that I emphatically support the sexuality of Pride and that Pride has always been in part a celebration of queer sexuality. Removing the celebration of queer sex and sexuality from Pride is exactly what homophobes want. 

That doesn’t mean that there shouldn’t be sex-free nudity-free whatever-free spaces, just that for every space that’s designed for people who don’t want to see it there should be a space for people who do, a demographic that does and should include teens. “What about the children” is homophobic rhetoric, even if you’re using the word ‘minors’ as your buzzword substitution. 

Not to mention that removing the sexuality from pride, yes including the kink people (who keep it much classier than any het anyway), is straight-up dangerous for anyone who doesn’t have other access to models of healthy queer sexuality and might end up using porn or fetishy depictions of sexuality as their model instead (because god knows a lot of people work very hard to hide and age-restrict any depiction of healthy queer relationships and sexuality) 

Are there boundaries that should exist? Definitely. Stuff like “no sexual harassment” comes to mind. Should safe spaces for people who Don’t Want To See It exist? Of course. Should those boundaries and safe spaces entail removing the sexuality from Pride and “what about the children minors” scaremongering? Hell fucking no.

I’m not going to tell you what to think. You have every right to form your own opinion on this issue. I do want to say that this is the person who you’re reblogging this post from and if that bothers you you can choose to not reblog it. 

Oh, and if you want sex-free or ‘I don’t consent to see your naked body’ spaces to exist? Advocate for them! Get in touch with your local Pride organization! Take your tumblr post and copy-paste it into an email if you have to but translate that passion into real world action and you can make a big difference in the world

nbtomcatcultureis:

kirbbian:

the things that a lot of y’all assume are “lesbian only” feelings and experiences and tag with “non-lesbians don’t touch” rlly reveals a lot of assumptions u have abt what bi women feel and experience. i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again, lesbians and bi women have far more in common with each other than not, and the differences should not be defined without input from bi women themselves

this includes, among others: not wanting to be with men, wanting to reclaim your body and identity from men, wanting to exist entirely without the male gaze, feeling alienated by m/w relationships and heterosexuality, being repulsed by men, being ostracized for rejecting a specific man or group of men or men in general, being pressured to prioritize men, feeling outcasted and alienated by other women and the rest of the lgbt community, wanting to center your life around women, and wanting to define your gender and how it intersects with your sexuality in a way that specifies rejection of men and your lack of desire to act on attraction to men. These experiences all heavily affect bi women, especially bi women with girlfriends/wives, who are gnc and/or non-cis, who don’t date men, who have trauma surrounding men, or who strongly prefer women.

scotchtapeofficial:

hyenas are just butch cats

retroactivebakeries:

19th century person seeming a cartoon depicting a politician or country as an evil octopus for the first time: Holy shit! Holy fucking shit!!!