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in aotearoa, june isn’t our pride, it’s theirs. marsha p johnson and sylvia rivera are their historical figures, not ours. the phrase that “you owe your rights to Black trans women” is true there, but here we owe our rights to (mostly) Māori historical figures. i have the freedoms i do because of the legacy of an entirely different set of people operating in an entirely different context at entirely different times.

But because of american cultural imperialism, most queer people in Aotearoa don’t even know our own queer history. Carmen Rupe, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, the Dorian Society, Gillian Laundon, Georgina Beyer, and the Wolfenden Association are some of our queer history. We should know their names! we should know what they did for us! but because of the power of the american imperial machine, we don’t.

our national pride month should be july, the month that the Homosexual Law Reform Act passed in 1986. our two largest cities hold their pride festivals in february and march, respectively. american queer history has very little (or nothing, depending on who you ask) to do with our queer history. anecdotally, from my own queries, queer youth in aotearoa know more about american queer history than our own.

my friend: mori you've been in an elevator before. also why are you acting like they're a new thing. elevators have existed for more than half a century

me: Ok well i was trying to be cute. Its called being witty

my friend: you are so lucky there are other people in this elevator

me: Why

my friend: because i want to hurt you sexually

So I'm finally employed but my first paycheck isn't coming until the last Friday of the month and is only gonna be like $500, and the house is broke and running out of food too. Rent is $875 due on June 5 at the very latest. I am also going to get commission information posted as soon as I get the stitches taken out of my knuckle. Please help us make up the difference in the meantime

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0/$600

CA $periwinkleangel