I've never been more devastated that I'm going to miss an event in my life. What a fucking icon.

Clothing company Patagonia is currently suing drag queen Pattie Gonia for "irreparable” harm to their brand.

To be clear; Pattie named herself after the region in South America.

So Pattie is asking people to politely ask Patagonia to drop the lawsuit.

I'm extending the invitation to all of you, because suing a drag queen for 'infringement' in the current political cultural landscape is vile. Especially a drag queen who has raised millions of dollars for non-profits, uses her platform to raise awareness for climate activism, and fully aligns with Patagonia's apparent climate-conscious mission statement.

They're claiming they're suing for $1. They're actually asking her to stop using her name, and pay over $1 million in legal fees. They're straight up harassing her.

In contrast, drag queen Jan Sport has a Jansport bag line. It's that easy to just... work with a queen.

Anyway. Be respectful(ish), but feel free to be annoying on Patagnoia's socials, asking them to 'DROP THE LAWSUIT'

we come to your city. we drink all your beer. we steal and repurpose your traffic cones. we make everything weird.

This tool lets you find your MP and send them an email just by putting in your postcode and details.

Asking your MP to join this and support us gives us a chance at walking this back.

It takes less than 5 minutes. The email is pre-written, but you can add you own experiences and concerns.

Made a zine to distribute with info and a link/QR code to the tool. It is aimed primarily at people who aren't trans or trans allies (including latent transphobes).

Please feel free to print this off & distribute it in your area. It can be printed on A4 paper, or you can access versions that have 2 smaller copies to an A4 page here. (smaller copies saves paper, makes them easier to pocket. my distribution technique is finding tactical places in public to leave them; public transport, on tables in cafes, near other leaflets. you can hand them out directly at Prides etc if you feel confident with that).

i am roastin and i am ragin and i am surprised to be on the same side as the daily mail for once

she literally changed the reg number on her plane because a student used to share public flight data highlighting how much she used it

I can't believe Glasgow has fires destroying historical architecture so often that we not only have a grim running joke about it, but there's also a Reddit flare joking about how overdone the joke is;

it was at the Past Shelves exhibition by Lavender Menace at the Museum of Edinburgh

this was a protest flyer against the Section 28 bill that made talking about queer experiences illegal. and I teared up because holy shit we could just change the details up top and still use that line in red to protest the supreme court ruling

This was a youth work project and I had a proper cry because we're a lot better in a lot of ways; but I still meet kids worried about going to youth groups that aren't LGBTQ+ ones in case they'll face discrimination

And finally I had a full blown sob finding this because I was already delicate but going down to see this shrine of people's beloved slash art just. got me.

i genuinely think writing and reading slash on livejournal is part of what kept me tethered here when i was at my lowest as a kid. we've been here for so long. making up queer wee stories and small press zines. putting in effort to connect with people even when that meant typing up your fic in the computer room and printing it out to share with other weird gleeful perverts. making handmade badge to flag to other people you're a fandom weirdo and very proud of it.

got in the lift carrying my new bass and one went, 'you gonnae play us a tune on the way down?' and got chatting about how their family in Shetland used to play instruments, and those who didn't had to learn to tell stories

then i held the door open for them and one went 'aw he's gonnae want a tip now'

the other went, 'here's my tip; play louder!' and walked off laughing