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Sometimes i feel like younger queer kids are getting a bit to bold with openly talking to people they donโ€™t know In The Context Of:

More than once i have had a younger/same age queer person come up to me in public settings and say something about โ€œfinding other gaysโ€ or clearly clocking me as nonbinary and Iโ€™m like :)))))))) hey buddy Iโ€™m here with my conservative parents can you fucking not out me :))))))))

Just say you like my outfit or hair and move on, fuck even tell me you like my shoelaces. Donโ€™t call me gay and limp your wrist at me when you donโ€™t even know me? Especially when thereโ€™s a bunch of ppl around?

i was out with my ex once when three *very* young queer kids, like thirteen years old, came up to us and asked us โ€œare you guys, you knowโ€ฆโ€ and did the limp wrist thing at us. one of them loudly exclaimed that it was so cool to meet other queer people in real life. this was in public in an unbelievably conservative area - we didnโ€™t even feel safe holding hands because we were surrounded by Mormons. we got lucky that day, but Iโ€™m begging yโ€™all to remember that the world doesnโ€™t work like the internet. other queers are real fuckin people. donโ€™t do this shit. OP is right; tell me you like my jacket, or my patches, or the rainbow spokes on my wheelchair, but donโ€™t out either of us!

This used to be standard operating procedure not even ten years ago: NEVER OUT OTHER QUEERS, even if theyโ€™re supposedly already out. Never assume that itโ€™s okay to let third parties know that so-and-so is queer. Ever. You never know when youโ€™ve found the one uncle with the heart condition that they canโ€™t bear to risk telling, or the one neighbor whoโ€™s just threatening enough that they donโ€™t mention it around, or even the grandma that they havenโ€™t gotten around to mentioning it to yet. You might have just ruined a very important milestone for someone, or you could have put them at actual risk of harm.

Alsoโ€ฆ stop freaking assuming. If you donโ€™t see a pride flag on them, please donโ€™t just assume. You canโ€™t tell ANYTHING about a personโ€™s gender or partner preferences by what theyโ€™re wearing on any given day, what their hair looks like, or whether or not theyโ€™re using makeup. You legit cannot, and you look like a jerk when you try.

this is even more important now that Trump is in power.

some people will be choosing to live in the closet and it is not your job to pressure them one way or the other.

protect your lgbtq siblings - honor their choices - and never talk to cops, collaborators, and snitches.

Younger queer people have grown up in a better world, but weโ€™re in a time of backsliding right now. Do NOT out other queer people. Also, Iโ€™m not gonna tell you how to present yourselves in publicโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ..but please, I am begging you to re-evaluate HOW safe you are in the current climate.

incredibly obsessed with ivan pokidyshevโ€™s work. i believe these are all from his shining man series

say what you will about california but i love that we have an official state slug (banana slug). more states should have official state slugs.

BEHOLD the majesty of california

Fun fact! These little guys have one of the broadest vertical natural habitat ranges because they snooch snooch snooch up to the top of very tall redwood trees and they dig dig dig dig down into the ground

At the risk of sounding anti-intellectual, I think that college should be free and also not a requirement for employment outside of highly specialized career fields

At the risk of sounding like an effete intellectual, I do actually think you should be allowed to just take college courses indefinitely

thank you da vinkis

I lowkey fw these guys. They're just the right amount of silly to make me go "heh that was kinda funny" before scrolling

although. they do give me the uncanny valley

They do upload free movies on their YouTube channel

i did not think this would actually be true wtf

i love you voros twins

not having the courtesy to send rejection letters should count against your reputation as a company and iโ€™m so serious about that

itโ€™s the rock-bottom bare minimum. โ€œyou didnโ€™t get the job, sorry, donโ€™t expect any more correspondence from us.โ€ jobhunting is already so user-hostile and companies are getting way too comfortable showing that they donโ€™t give a fuck

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