Soz for the long post. For those who don't know, I've not been well alot the last year and so when asked to go for coffee with a mate I hadn't seen in ages I leapt at the opportunity (both to see them and to gtfo of my living room). Because I've managed to ruin my hair with bleaching, dying and not conditioning properly I've been trying to grow out the colour while off ill so I can return to work with a new colour and less fried hair. Usually this means borrowing my flatmate's bandanas in various colours (next one is purple - yay ^-^) but the last one was in the wash. I don't have hairbands and the closest thing were these @official_rspca ears I got at @lgbtpridecymru last year. They kept my fringe out of my face - jobs a goodun. My friend appreciated them but it really didn't matter when I walked through all of the parks in my area (a good two hour walk). We nattered about stuff and I forgot I had them on. It was only when I got to the doctor's for a checkup I realised that I was getting odd looks. The guy in front of me in the queue did what can only be described as a triple-take and stare; most of the people who walked in took a moment; and, even the guy who sat next to me looked uncomfy but I put it down to the fact I was in a doctor's waiting room and he had haemorrhoids. Appointment done (hopefully only a couple more weeks of this bs and I can get on with my life) and I walked home. Took a different route coz I wanted to do a @pokemongoapp raid. It was only when I was five minutes from home, which is a very odd area demographically speaking, that a guy smiled at me after checking the ears out. I smiled back and carried on heading home. Sometimes visibility matters. Sometimes that is a simple as wearing a badge, a pin or a tie. Sometimes to remind people that you exist requires dealing with someone staring (although my hair was windswept and lion mane esque at the time). Why this still shocks me I don't know but I will be taking the lesson into pride season this year coz I'm sick of seeing the shitty homophobic, transphobic and bigoted bs in the world, online and in the media. </rant> #lgbtq #pride #rainbow #catears #rspca #cymru #wales https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxco9NIldT2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uwx0u470j5gf
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