hot take but transphobia and homophobia are inexorably linked and saying “this thing is transphobic, not homophobic!” or “this thing is homophobic, not transphobic!” is absolutely useless in most contexts. jokes about how ugly and weird “men in dresses”, jokes about someone breaking gender roles, jokes about someone looking like the “opposite” gender… legislation saying that two people of the same legal sex cannot get married or adopt… trans people of every orientation and cis gay people face so many of the same problems!
that’s WHY it’s LGBT! it’s why gay people and straight trans people work together! because homophobia and transphobia and intertwined and linked and you cannot dismantle one without dismantling the other! ignoring either homophobia or transphobia in favor of the other is missing the point!
my second picture for a russian sailor moon fanzine : ) this is actually my first harumichi fanart, even though it was the otp of my childhood and i love it to bits
lesbians and bi/pan women are so drawn to the cottagecore/naturecore/grandmacore aesthetic because in a society where women are expected to perform for men constantly and make themselves available to men, the fantasy of living with another woman in a home away from the patriarchal expectations and demands of normal society and a long break from the eyes of men who they’ve felt as slaves to their entire lives. in this essay i will
It’s also a way to take the nurturing we were expected to give to a man, and subvert it. No man will receive my culinary affection, unless I specifically invite him over for a single meal. No man will spend the night in my warm nest. All of the expected performances will be heaped on, instead, a person who is also expected to conform to the same expectations. I take what was supposed to belong to a man, and give it instead to another woman.
I won’t not reblog this. Mateo is a personal friend of mine and this needs more attention than it’s been getting. He was dragged out of the room by his collar, the police wouldn’t let him use his wheelchair.
Mateo will not be silenced, and he will not be erased.
love galore 