thoughts/inspirations

“You don’t experience romantic attraction. You don’t experience sexual attraction. But you DO experience very big emotions about the people and things you love. A lot of the time that seems to be because they hold a part of you. I think that you’re panicking over what it means to love yourself”

There was also a second set of paintings where both wear traditional clothes also painted by Monvel in 1934!

[Update feb 17, 2026]: here is the sample the manufacturer made!

All 16 embroidery patches are now available for pre-order! Limited edition. Shop closes March 7, 2026!

Patches for the following pride flags: asexual, aromantic, rainbow, bisexual, lesbian, gay, non-binary, transgender, demisexual, and genderfluid!

In the year 2000, there was not a single country in the world where they could have gotten married.

The first country to legalize same sex marriage was the Netherlands in 2001.

Now, in 2026, there are thirty-eight countries with same-sex marriage, with another two on average being added every year (x). Including three of the most populous countries in the world (the US, Brazil, and Mexico, x).

Altogether, over a billion people now live somewhere that same-sex marriage is legal. Twenty-five years ago, that number was zero.

Things are hard right now, but in so many ways they are so much better than they have been for a very, very long time.

Anyway, here’s the original image from the California Trans March in 2004 without that transandrophobic caption that always gets shared alongside it.

Trans experiences: wearing a hijab as a trans man.

TT post by @ starboy.cherie (he/him).