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The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation near Australia.  This is their flag:

The Gay Kingdom (as it is colloquially known) was founded in 2004 in protest against Australia’s legal stance against same-sex marriage.

Here are some of their stamps:

They are currently ruled by Emperor Dale I, and their currency is the Pink Dollar.

they have a declaration of independence that talks a bit about gay rights and then just flat out copies the “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness” part from the american declaration of independence. and here’s the best part: the founding group actually elected their emperor. he was originally going to be called the “administrator” of a republic. their website, however, says that “upon legal advice, his title was changed to that of Sovereign on the grounds that under Australian law a defacto prince trying to claim his crown cannot be charged with treason”. so they made it a kingdom and he now claims to be a descendent of edward ii.

everything about this is glorious and everyone should know about it.

“Is that real?!”

“How do you water it?”

“Where’d you get it?”

And I figured this company could use the advertisement boost it deserves among Tumblr bloggers who seem to adore small plants.

CHECK OUT THESE COOL LITTLE DUDES: 

They would make a super awesome gift!!

They’re surprisingly inexpensive; only $4.99 each!!

You only need to water them around once a month!!

And watering them is super easy; you just submerge them in a shallow layer of water for a minute or two!! You don’t even have to remove the capsule!!

Just look at how adorable they are!!

These are the actual size measurements of the capsules: 

Height - 1.5 in  (4 cm)

Width - 0.23 in  (17 mm)

So you can carry one with you wherever you go!!

They can live within the capsules from 3-18 months depending on the plant and care provided.

Once they grow big enough to leave the capsule, you can move them into these really cute pots sold by the same company (you can find pictures in the link below).

There’s actually no reason why you shouldn’t buy like 5 dozen of these babies.

You can attach them to your bag, or to your phone as a charm

or you could make a necklace out of them like my co-counselor did!

DON’T RESIST THEIR ADORABLENESS AND YOUR TEMPTATION TO PURCHASE ONE (OR TWO OR THREE)!

^I think I might get this one for myself!

TLDR; THEY’RE SUPER INEXPENSIVE, EASY TO CARE FOR, AND THEY MAKE A FABULOUS GIFT FOR ANY OCCASION! 

Brand new today: a fluffy lesbian/bi girl contemporary romance starring two Jewish cuties in South Florida!

Small-batch independent yarn dyer Clara Ziegler is eager to brainstorm new color combinations–if only she could come up with ideas she likes as much as last time! When she sees Danielle Solomon’s paintings of Florida wildlife by chance at a neighborhood gallery, she finds her source of inspiration. Outspoken, passionate, and complicated, Danielle herself soon proves even more captivating than her artwork…

“I am so gay,” she whispered to herself happily.

YES.  YES EXACTLY THIS.  THIS IS ME EVERY FUCKIN DAY I ALREADY IDENTIFIED HARD WITH THIS GIRL OVER MUSICAL THEATER AND YARN BUT NOW I KNOW I WILL FOLLOW HER TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.

The book also shows a lot of the MC’s relationship with her sister, destroying the myth that having a f/f romance, especially one at the center of a story, somehow undervalues platonic relationships between women. 

Also, the characters interact with each other in a way that represents how I interact with my friends. family, and partner as a queer person (and a queer nerd at that) I’ve never seen in fiction. There’s this myth we don’t talk about being queer with each other, or think about it all that much. Even when we’re represented in fiction, we rarely talk to each other at all (there should be some kind of queer Bechdel-Wallace test). When we’re allowed to exist in media, we’re expected to do so quietly. (Seeing fanfiction represented as something that resonates with queer people rather than the myth that it’s just for ‘straight teenage fangirls’ meant so much to me, too!)

And, (vague spoiler ahead!) seeing a character’s struggle after trauma to create something using her chosen medium resonated so much with me as a writer who has struggled to write outside of fanfiction (and even then not feeling ‘into it’ like I used to) for years. 

kids who took off their ties so nobody could clock them, who blended in with the forces

kids who kept their ties on and realised it would be a lonely fight

kids who watched as the other houses recognised them, and stood in silent solidarity with them,

kids who hated slytherin house, but knew anyone who stayed was their ally

Who counted heads and made sure, with the memory for faces and names that makes for a budding politician, that the youngest students were there - not only their own house, but the preteens in yellow and blue and red, too.

Who saw a third year about to sneak off to join the battle and stunned him and carried him out to safety, lying through their teeth - he fell and hit his head in the rush, someone make sure he’s ok - because tonight of all nights no one is going to buy that that attack was for the boy’s own good.

Who, when confronted with a girl in a red and gold scarf who is four months short of her seventeenth birthday and full of fire and steel, demanding why they’re here, why they’re hiding like cowards, why they aren’t fighting, could look down their nose at the bloodthirsty little fool and inform her that people will die tonight, good brave, loyal, intelligent people, but people will live tonight, too. And some of those people will be the generation of young students smuggled out of the castle, who we have seen get away safe, no thanks to your lust for battle. And some of those will be the veterans who limp away as the dust clears, and they will need succor - can you brew a bone knitting potion with the contents of your school bag over a tea light? Because I can. And the world will continue to turn and no matter how important the battle that is raging, the wizarding world is bigger than one castle and wizarding society is more than one institution.

here, have some happy girls and their girlfriends/wives/significant others ♥

The computer said my next patient’s name was Lucifer, and that he was a domestic. Not that an unusual name for a pet, I have to admit.

“Come on in. Do you have Lucifer hiding in that box for me?” I say. A gentleman dressed all in black with a rather spiky aesthetic and a selection of piercings comes into my consult room and opens the box.

He places a perfectly black rabbit on the table.

Honestly, I had been expecting a cat.

Turns out Lucifer is his new rabbit. He’d insisted on taking it from a friend who wasn’t taking care of it a few months ago.

Lucifer, for his part, had decided the table was too scary and that his dad’s leather clad armpit was the best place to be.

To my surprise and delight, our new goth rabbit owner is doing everything right. Perfect diet, read up on rabbit health, vaccinating, enrichment, the works.

Prideful Plant Puns!!!

I’ve been working on these since pride month, and I feel bad they weren’t finished in time but I’m so happy with how they turned out! These basically happened because I called my best friend a lesbean-sprout and she loved it so much I decided to draw the first one, and things kinda,,, escalated. 

I really hope you guys love them as much as I do!

They’re all available on my redbubble!!