Ned

Audio (1992)

This happened at Trader Joes.

Fleur de Lion in a pink/yellow colourway. 28″x22″. Photo by Cathy Calahan

Fleur de Lion in a yellow/blue colourway. 20″x16″. Stitched by Jennifer of twinfibers

Made with Studio Twelve's Instant Stitchery Kits from 1972. Found on knitting-and, documented by Sarah Bradberry

Ian Mckellen

Y'know that quote about "if you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room"

Also applies to queerness and neurodivergency

idk how to compare those lol

The original quote's purpose is to say that you should always seek out people smarter than you for your own intellectual development.

If I'm the gayest and most mentally ill person in the room, I need to find a room with more gay and mentally ill people for my own gay and mentally ill development.

And thats why you are on Tumblr

You get it

been in such a bunny mood latey you have no idea

A variety of interiors from 1986 issues of Contract Interiors Magazine

1 & 4: Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel - Virginia Beach, VA - designed by American Contract Designers

2: Hyatt Corporate Offices - Atlanta, GA - designed by Hirsch/Bedner

3: The Shops at National Place - Washington, D.C. - designed by Walker Group/CNI

5: Schering-Plough Headquarters - Madison, NJ - designed by HLW

6: Dance floor at Oliver's restaurant/club - Downers Grove, IL - designed by Zakaspace

7: Monday's at Printers Square - Chicago, IL - designed by Zakaspace

8: Cottonwood Hospital Medical Center - Murray, UT - designer not listed

9: Lakeside Delicatessen - Oakland, CA - designed by Ace Architects

In ~these times~ it is important for queer people to be reminded of what "coming out" originally meant. "Coming out" did not mean telling all of your co-workers something super stigmatized and vulnerable about you, wearing your queer status on your sleeve in public, informing the police or government institutions about your sexuality, or even telling your parents. "Coming out" meant venturing out into the queer community; being among other queers as a queer yourself.

Coming out isn't about telling the entire world when doing so is not safe for you, it's not about arming your enemies with information they could use against you. No, coming out is about making a fulfilling queer life possible for yourself through participation in the queer community. It is about escaping the restrictions and dangers of the cisgender heterosexual world by rooting oneself more deeply into the queer one.

And you can always do that. No matter how oppressed we are. No matter how much the culture shifts and policies are enacted to terrorize us. We are always able to be ourselves when we are amongst each other. And living our queerness has always been a collective social project, not just a matter of personal exposure.