an unyielding wish

Jonathan Joss was an Indigenous, gay man who was murdered on the first day of Pride month as well as Indigenous History Month. He died protecting his trans husband. Homophobia and racism aren’t marks of the past, and this is a heart breaking reminder of that.

Nigerian Pride 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇬

Originally, I went in worried the opposite would happen. Growing up, I've been taught that Nigeria, the country, is homophobic. (I was born in America.) But over time, I learned that there's tons of other queer Nigerians; some are out, and some are in the closet 😭.

I'm also not used to this much attention, lol

All of these are by @mattxiv on Instagram.

Responding to conservative backlash over a large selection of offerings for the month of June, Target announced Friday that they would scale back their gay pride section to a single t-shirt, saying they’d do a threesome with a girl for their boyfriend’s birthday. “It’s a one-night-only thing, and we’ll both do stuff to him—nothing to each other,” reads the bright, graphic t-shirt in large rainbow block letters, the detailed rules of the encounter continuing in smaller letters onto the back, which Target representatives called “the perfect compromise to make everyone happy.”

I was taking out the trash and suddenly the three kiddo foxes emerged and were playing in the yard. They were much more aggressive with their wrestling matches when their parents weren't supervising. One did a total Mortal Kombat finishing move and their sibling was motionless for over a minute. I started to worry until they popped up and resumed a high speed chase.

Latch key fox kids, what are you gonna do?

I was very far away, but they spotted me and got spooked.

But I learned 2 new things.

First, I know where their den is located.

All three of them just disappeared into that wooded area.

Second... they bark!

It's not like a dog, though. It's a very short, high-pitched bark.

If you can imagine what it would sound like if a cat barked, that is the noise they make.

I've pointed one of my security cameras at the opening to their den. So I should get an alert when they appear.

I haven't figured out how to get better pictures yet. I sold my telephoto lens to pay for one of my mom's medical bills.

I'm wondering if they will feel less spooked if I stay on my deck.

Even if I don't get better photos, they are fun to just watch from the window. I've been having such a miserable time recovering. Every day is just boring and long and lonely. This little fox family brought me some much needed joy.

They really do act like a human family.

The mom stays very far back near the entrance of the den. She is very still and just seems to be observing from afar. Like a human mom sitting on a bench at the playground.

The dad is following the kids around, almost instigating their pounces and wrestling.

Two of the kids wrestled and chased as their main activity. But the third kid is an explorer. Very curious. That's the one I got the close up of.

He likes to sneak through the fence and under the deck. I'm guessing he wanted some alone time.