REPOST.

— Oscar Wilde (via neckkiss)

HETERO.

fluffy sky

fluffy clouds..

How u let chucky kill u? Just kick the little bitch…

A good thread on whether “queer” is a slur and if it should be used or not.

“If I am unashamed of being queer, you do not get to give that word BACK to the fuckwits who made it a slur.”

you do not get to give that word BACK to the fuckwits who made it a slur

EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT BEFORE YOU HAS TAKEN THE ROCKS AND BOTTLES AND MADE THEM INTO SHIELDS AND WINDCHIMES

Holy motherfucking shit. Don’t fucking come at me about Queer is a slur. I FUCKING KNOW IT IS. It was hurled at me like a fucking spear all through my youth. I know it’s a god damn slur. And it’s mine. You don’t get to take it away from me because you can’t take also away the scars it gave me while I was standing in front of my younger queer siblings in this community. 

always, always reblog this one.

If my enemy swings a sword at me and I take that sword away from them, it’s my sword now. And the person telling me I can’t use it because it belongs to my enemy and I have to give it back to them sounds quite a bit like an enemy themselves.

^^ god that analogy

@deadcatwithaflamethrower

Yesssssssssss.

This came around again, but it’s worth sharing and remembering.  You have the right to only accept certain words be used to describe you, but so does everyone else.

I have this bookmarked to through at people who DM me about using the word Queer.

Black Mirror: San Junipero (2016)

Happy Black History Month!

Let’s celebrate & explore the stories of celebrated Black lesbians from throughout history!

Ma Rainey: The Mother of the Blues 

Angelina Weld Grimké: Premier playwright of the Harlem Renaissance 

Ruth Ellis: “The oldest known lesbian to ever live” 

Mabel Hampton: Dancer, performer, and pioneer of The Lesbian Herstory Archives

Gladys Bentley: Famous blues singer and drag king 

Stormé DeLarverie: Legendary veteran of the Stonewall Riots

Ernestine “Tiny” Davis: The “female Louis Armstrong”  

Edmonia Lewis: An acclaimed Black & Native American sculptor 

Zanele Muholi: Award-winning South African artist and activist 

Fiona Zedde: Jamaican author of  “exquisitely written” lesbian fiction  

Check out our “black lesbian history” tag for more! ❤️

via vsco.co

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Adoption. 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), AdoptUSKids, and the Ad Council today launched a new series of public service advertisements (PSAs) that encourage prospective parents to consider adopting teens from foster care. The new PSAs, created pro bono by advertising agency Barbarian, highlight the importance of adopting teens from foster care and emphasize that the rewards for doing so go both ways.

Now with an impressive 16 years spreading awareness about this important issue, the campaign’s newest work uses anecdotes from real families to reveal the bonds that cement a family together and showcases some of the many moments that make teen adoption so rewarding.

“This campaign has made a lasting impact on so many lives since it first launched in 2004. However, no lives were more greatly impacted than the children who are now with permanent families,” said Michelle Hillman, Chief Campaign Development Officer of the Ad Council. “It’s our hope that this work continues to inspire and show prospective parents the love that can come from adopting a teen from foster care.”

Since 2013 the number of waiting teens to be adopted from foster care has continued to increase each year. No matter their age, all kids need a supportive, loving home, and the teenage years are an especially critical period for parental help and guidance.

“As a case carrying social worker in Alabama, many of the young people I worked with were older teens in the foster care system,” says Jerry Milner, the Associate Commissioner of the Children’s Bureau. “Many of these young people are experiencing foster care through no fault of their own, and I believe we must do a better job of highlighting the importance a forever family has on these older youths’ wellbeing and the impact it plays on their transition to adulthood. Even with our stronger focus on primary prevention, we know that there will still be a need for foster care and furthermore, some of those young people becoming eligible for adoption. I am excited to see and proud to be a proponent of this continued focus on the need to adopt older teens from foster care. We know family, by any definition, is the best resource we have to create an environment for young people to be safe, healthy, and ultimately thrive.”

[ID: Verified tweet by Emily Galvin-Almanza @GalvinAlmanza from December 30, 2020 at 8:06 PM that reads: So… police lit up Breonna Taylor’s house over drug allegations that didn’t involve her, but didn’t enter the Nashville bomber’s property despite being told he was building a bomb… because, like, he didn’t answer the door? End ID]

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#they’re in two different states

#but then again there are pigs in every state