That's All I Got In The End

this photo set gets me every single time. The absolute chaotic narrative of if all. The feral expression of sheer blissful abandon. How much did they already EAT to get so much gooey crumb mess on their face. What even is the PHYSIQUE of this cat?? Spindly slenderman of a creature must, can, and WILL have pink frosting at all costs

so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

The LGB part is generally widely accepted. We have plenty of out politicians, and at one point the majority of the big Scottish parties were lead by queer folk. It's not uncommon or particularly unsafe to be openly gay in public, unless you're on a night out in the same place as some angry homophobic drunks who are thankfully a minority (albeit a vocal and violent one). There's still hate crimes and targeted abuse though and to speak quite frankly the way that trans folk are treated is not good enough for a country that's supposedly so proud of being progressive. Wait times for gender clinics are abysmal. Official recognition of your real gender is a needlessly convoluted process that can take years. A lot of people are self medicating out of necessity meanwhile we have terfy cunts in even the left leaning parties stopping reforms that would improve the situation. Being visibly gay is safe but being visibly trans is less so, at least according to every Scottish trans person I've spoken to so far. We're not a conservative nation but we can't get complacent about this stuff, there's still work to be done and the way the political climate is right now it's going to be extremely easy for them to take back every victory we've earned if we let them.

I didn't want to make it seem like all small towns are backwards, but this is true. I'm from the Highlands and whenever I go back folk still ask me if I have a husband yet. I have a wife! But we don't talk about it. If you're in a city you're pretty much free to exist however you want with little to no pushback, but it's a different vibe in the smaller communities. Not usually outwardly hostile, just... Not as welcoming. Be gay but do it quietly. That said, no matter where you are, it's still pretty bad in high schools. Kids are wee shites. Quality of life for queer folk all over Scotland improves drastically after you leave school and I while I think it's definitely better than when I was there at least with what the teachers will let folk get away with, the culture of homophobia and transphobia in schools is pretty solidly engrained. :/

The LGB part is generally widely accepted. We have plenty of out politicians, and at one point the majority of the big Scottish parties were lead by queer folk. It's not uncommon or particularly unsafe to be openly gay in public, unless you're on a night out in the same place as some angry homophobic drunks who are thankfully a minority (albeit a vocal and violent one). There's still hate crimes and targeted abuse though and to speak quite frankly the way that trans folk are treated is not good enough for a country that's supposedly so proud of being progressive. Wait times for gender clinics are abysmal. Official recognition of your real gender is a needlessly convoluted process that can take years. A lot of people are self medicating out of necessity meanwhile we have terfy cunts in even the left leaning parties stopping reforms that would improve the situation. Being visibly gay is safe but being visibly trans is less so, at least according to every Scottish trans person I've spoken to so far. We're not a conservative nation but we can't get complacent about this stuff, there's still work to be done and the way the political climate is right now it's going to be extremely easy for them to take back every victory we've earned if we let them.

Now THESE are CATS.