Knowing that trans women of color started the movement in the united states and were literally immediately erased and excluded from what they started is the most deeply jading knowledge.
It is the original sin of the so-called queer community and it damns it from the cradle.
no white gay boy will ever reblog this, watch:
no white gay will reblog this
no white lgb person will reblog this
Without Stonewall, without the efforts of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, the LGBTQ Community wouldn’t be where it is today. Don’t forget the roots, don’t forget the catalyst.
and then TERFs wanna be like, “hmm well the LGBT community existed before Stonewall!”
but like…Becky, of course LGBTQ+ people existed before Stonewall. We’ve all existed since the beginning of time. But the movement got a shock to its senses, a jump-start, a rocket-into-space when that glass shattered via Marsha P. Johnson, and when Sylvia Rivera was up on-stage protesting guess who was on the sidelines heckling her?
The same fuckers who won’t ever reblog or acknowledge this
My apologies to the original poster as I photo captured this post to add to the thread-I reposted this last year for pride and expect to repost it every year I have left-it’s our history people.
Marsha P. Johnson allegedly died of suicide in 1992, and her death was never investigated. Even I, a mere prole, could catch the “she was murdered” vibes from the circumstances surrounding the discovery of her body.
Without a trans black woman, LGBT+ rights would not exist. Never forget. Never “pay it no mind”.
R E M E M B E R
And whatever you do, don’t watch that awful movie Stonewall. Go watch a documentary on Marsha P. Johnson instead.
there’s a wonderful documentary on netflix called the death and life of marsha p. johnson! very powerful watch.
AI engagement bots on twitter are fascinating because they tweet exactly like some 2008 buzzfeed exec’s idea of what tweeting is
as opposed to the way actual human beings behave on social media:
I still say that tumblr pornbots would have a better hit rate if they read the room and did something like say “I’m a werewolf and I’m looking for someone to call me a good boy and pet me…”
=Tim’s greatest daily struggle is to trying not to burst out in laughter, especially unprompted. Drake and him have the same sense of weird humor, so they often end up making each other laugh. Problem is, only Tim can hear Drake, so this just ends up making Tim look insane when he just starts giggling to himself for what looks like no reason.
=After a year of living in one body, Tim and Drake start sharing each other’s major scars. It’s one reason why Tim starts to grow out his hair to help cover the burn scar on the back of his neck that originated from Drake.
=Tim develops a habit of finding small, hidden spaces to take naps in, both at the manor and Mount Justice. The only people that usually can find him are Alfred or Kon. Dick to his credit keeps trying, but he’s still never found Tim once.
=After awhile, Raven actually offers to teach Tim soul magic, the very same magic she uses to project her Soul-Self.
It’s like; a highly visible way to indicate you’re trans, you could have taken steps to try and hide that to pass better BUT YOU DIDN’T, and if anyone gives you any shit you can kill them with your antlers.
what’s not to love?
nearly 800 reblogs and only 1 person has reblogged it with their fursona.
There have been so many posts that have circulated over the months and years regarding the experience of Working With The Public as a science/nature educator and the “dumb” things The Public asks or believes about nature and animals and plants
The general vibe is often “look how stupid people are,” in a similar vein as posts about customer service and the “dumb” things customers demand.
This must stop. Many people don’t know the most basic things about nature—this is not a personal failing to be mocked online, this is a symptom of a huge problem with our world.
All of those people once were children, curious and driven to incessantly ask Why and What and How and What If.
What happened?
If an adult says to you, “Wait…aren’t dolphins fish?” and you make them feel like an idiot for thinking that, you’re teaching them not to ask questions and not to learn
Humans don’t learn because of fear of shame and punishment, they learn because of curiosity and wonder
Our most critical periods for learning are the same periods where we have yet to develop a sense of shame associated with not knowing something
Most adults’ curiosity is very battered and damaged and it’s important to be kind to that delicate and essential instinct
When I encounter this, my thought isn’t that the person is stupid, but that someone else failed them, usually school. People that are otherwise well educated don’t know that narwhals are real, or that wasps and mosquitos are important to the function of the ecosystem.
Even with that perspective though, the correct response is still to give the requested information, not pity.
