we wrote our names on each other in permanent ink

Donna Schuster (American, 1883-1953): O’er Waiting Harp Strings (1921) (via Laguna Art Museum)

It’s not more inclusive, and if your excuse of using a slur as a blanket term is “it’s faster to say”, GENUINELY what is wrong with you

Like yeah if you’re talking specifically about gay or trans people you can just say gay or transgender, but if you’re talking about more than one identity or someone who doesn’t conform to our perceptions of ‘LGBT,’ or a person or people whose identity you don’t know, queer is just the better word.

I’m here, I’m queer, go fuck yourself.

I did not get my degree in queer literature for you all to keep pulling this bullshit.

we’re here, we’re queer, get used to it.

The reason people are upset about the word queer is that it’s a unifying term. You can say you’re queer and all people will know is that you’re part of the community. But you can’t say you’re LGBT, you have to say you’re gay or trans or ace. They don’t want you to be ambiguously queer. They want you to say which kind of queer you are so they can decide whether you’re undesirable.

Elise has legs for ballet but her hands are all jazz.

dreaming that your teeth are falling out

heartening saga honestly

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Harrisburg Telegraph, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1881

The duality of emotions

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