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Bananas is My Business

This is the boy who was forced to show his abs when he was a minor and he clearly asked against it. Boy spent hours in the gym cause the killing part of their debut song was his body. This is the boy who spent years racking up those muscles and keeping up the “masculine” aura Bighit asked of him.

This is the boy who didn’t let fans put flower crowns on his head at one point in his life. This boy right here, used to wear Snapbacks and carry himself in totally opposite ways of what his personality and essence have been from day one just cause that’s what was expected of him.

This is the boy who is so gentle and so delicate in his essence and in the way he carries himself, that it really baffles me how he had to put up with people and their gender roles and how “masculinity” looks like. The fact that he had to act like a strong “man” for all these years to fit society’s expectations of what a man should be like, talk like, look like. Ugh. He has spent years trying to be a bullshit, overrated conception of masculinity that he so clearly is above.

Jimin by nature, is soft kind caring and delicate; ethereal if I may, and that has nothing to do with masculine or feminine so keep your uneducated ass out of my boy’s life. The fact that he had to cover his oversized sweaters and sweater paws with chains, abs and snapbacks is the very reason that I’m literally crying because of what he has said here. It was a long hard way to self acceptance but hasn’t Jimin always been about taking up challenges?

My love, now that you are proud enough to just be yourself, you should know that you are what you are and what you are will always be way more than enough. You don’t need to be what they want you to be for people to love you. Gender roles ain’t shit when you’ve got a heart of gold, Park Jimin.

You’re the strongest mf I’ve ever seen and the fact that you can take a man down in every sense that there is;

the man you are Jimin, is someone I’ll always be proud of.

His lil’ smile when he says “I can just be myself”. Catch me sobbing at 4am every night thinking about this.

garden angel 💖✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/BvrbqtejSOe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=p8wtoz2tg3dw

something is a f o o t 🦶 https://www.instagram.com/p/BvpXKNqjErl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jq0nxjei6904

❤️ (at Gallery of Modern Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvpW2OYjKeC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16yaz23336y8x

liftoff 🖤✨🚀 https://www.instagram.com/p/BvM1zKUjXul/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i6vfsot97smt

high speed nyom ❤️🍣 (at Yo Sushi Glasgow Silverburn) https://www.instagram.com/p/BujatVdjlRr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=c46l90m4apxm

also I learned about this project called “queering the map.” the idea is that in the past gay neighborhoods and gay spaces were very clearly defined bc it just wasn’t safe to be yourself anywhere else. as lgbt+ people become more visible and accepted many feel that we are losing our connection to those spaces

so every dot on this map is basically someone’s queer experience: coming out, meeting their future wife, seeing another gay man in public for the first time, anything you can think of that truly left a mark on them

it started in Montreal and is primarily English-language with most pins dropped in the US, Canada, and Europe, but there are people all over the world who’ve shared their experiences. it’s great to look at places near you but it’s also great to see that even people in places you thought were the middle of nowhere are happy with themselves and finding community and living their lives

It’s here and it’s SO SWEET?? Just clicking around it’s very personal stories, in first person and a lot of them addressed to a specific “you”, and sooo many in extremely poetic language. It feels like an art installation and it’s so beautiful. ;W; Thanks for sharing!!!

… there’s also a lot of really silly ones (like gay sharks in the middle of the ocean)

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I looked at Jerusalem and immediately found two favorites for entirely different reasons.

Things I found from the queer community of japan:

It’s no secret to the Japanese that Shinjuku nichome is the gay district of Tokyo but about half the pins left there are for the same club in that area named gold finger. Definitely a place to check out if you’re looking to get involved in the Japanese queer community for whatever reason, it seems.

I have a sneaking suspicion this submission is a haiku when written in Japanese…

This guy got the scenic view I guess

Is this how people feel while reading deep romantic poetry because wow I’m moved.

Honestly the best feeling is learning we’re not as alone as we’ve been led to believe

These are all super poetic oml I appreciate every single one of them

There are none in my town. Guess I’ll be the first

I went to my old, STAUNCHLY conservative town and saw “There are a lot more of us here than most would think, past and present” and I nearly cried

It’s Gerard Way’s 41st birthday today. I keep seeing these posts like “wow…he’s getting so old….”

And I’m like….man. I’m proud of him for being 41. Because he could have been dead at 27. In his twenties, he was depressed, suicidal, and struggling with addiction. But, he made it past all that. He got sober. He got treatment for his mental illness. He made it to 30, and then 40, and he’s still going. And to me, that’s inspiring.

And it’s not like his career ended when My Chemical Romance broke up, either. I hate when people treat him like some has-been. He’s composing his second solo album right now. His first graphic novel is being adapted into a television series. He’s writing multiple new series for DC Comics (have y’all been reading them? They’re so good). He has a beautiful wife and daughter. He’s thriving.

Happy Birthday, Gerard. Keep it up. You’re doing amazing.