natasha watson. they/them

We need happy and wholesome nice queer representation to remind us that being queer doesn't doom you to a short life of loneliness and misery and we need fucked up and toxic queer representation to remind us that queer people are human beings who are messy and complicated and are not required to be beacons of moral goodness

James T. Kirk would solve the Ai issue by talking ChatGPT into killing itself

Image Description: A black and white photograph of two marchers on a street, lined with observers. One carries a sign that reads, “A gay landlord is still a landlord,” interspersed with stars. End ID.

honey this was an anti landlord statement, in 1977 and today. the roots of this community are far more radical than you’re giving credit

the only reason cops are at pride now is to intimidate gay people into not making it a riot again and i will stand by that fact until the day i die

If the occasion should arise and I attend a pride festival, I would also like it to not become a riot.

imagine being this guy

arent they there? to stop any attacks from the anti lgbt groups?? yknow the ones that ALWAYS gather there???

contrary to what this newer generation of lgbt people think, cops are a new addition to prides. only within the past 10/20 years have they actually started “protecting” pride. aka standing around and intimidating the general public. historically, lgbt people have protected ourselves and eachother during pride events. from police in a lot of cases actually. ive been to pride events where the anti lgbt protesters were the ones being “protected” from the pride crowd… the cops arent there for us. theyre there to boost the image of the police force and make us think they care. the only people who feel safe around cops are the classes that they are meant to protect and people who are uneducated about police. (theres a heavy overlap as well.)  you may feel safe around cops but many people do not. theyre literally dogs to the upper class. 

2018 Baltimore pride was crashed by terfs who marched with the cops. pigs protected them.

In hamilton ontario the cops let neo nazis attack people and said they didnt help because people didnt want them there

I was at NYC Pride a couple of years ago and a massive section of the main route was completely dedicated to cops. The sight of a prison bus driving by with rainbow flags on it made me sick. That was the year that Toronto Pride asked the police not to bring guns to pride. And so the NYPD invited them to our parade, marching through and proudly brandishing their guns. Back at the Stonewall Inn, people who were protesting the commercialization of Pride were beaten by police. I used to buy some of what the commenters above are saying about protection, but after seeing all of that Pride needs to be anti cop.

my town in CT has an annual, family-friendly Pride In The Park event where theres stuff like drag queen story time, stalls for lgbtq artists to sell their art, face painting, etc. and it’s all very chill and friendly. literally the most tame, relaxed event ever. two years ago the banner at the front of the event was vandalized with homophobic slurs the night before the event, and the organizers decided to independently check the security cam footage before calling the cops…and guess who vandalized the banner! take a wild goddamn guess who sprayed the f slur directly over the words “kids welcome” on this community-funded sign at this community event. it was an off-duty cop from the same unit that was scheduled to show up the next day “for the event’s protection”.

Never forget the first pride literally happened as a reaction to police brutality. And this is the exactly why it should stay that way.

NOAH CALDWELL GERVAIS CAME OUT AS TRANS WE FUCKING DID IT

no infighting this pride we need to be sucking and fucking each other

also can we talk abt how the anti-queer crowd's blogs are always like. same perfectly curated Cool™ aesthetique and humor and also that these blogs are often like indistinguishable from how terfs curate their blogs. like regardless of identity its that "thin white girl who reblogs the same photosets of 10 thin cishet blonde white women covered in blood whos vaguely pro-trans but has clear radfem vibes that keep you on edge around them, who talk about love and caring for others but also would clearly tell you to jump off a cliff if you did something slightly "cringe" around them" energy. i was around far too many Cool Girls Who Lowkey Bully You For Being Gay and Autistic But Wanna Be Seen As Sweet in public school to not develop an internal alarm system. do yall know what im talking about.

what if I just made my profile picture a male calico cat or something. hurm

Could I suggest a picture of Dawntreader Texas Calboy? He is a beautiful male calico cat who is a chimera. He's also somewhat controversial among some cat fancy associations since he is a male cat with female colors, and some people are strangely transphobic towards him, despite him being a cat? There was even a rule implemented to keep him from competing in a cat show. If you look up his name, he made a few news articles.