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Jul 18, 2021
We Stand Tall
Queer people won't allow the constraints of straight society to suppress us. We can't be contained.
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Jul 13, 2021
It's the Money, Honey
The lie of straightness was invented to preserve the patriarchy and prevent queer people from attaining or accumulating power and wealth.
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Jul 8, 2021
They're Social Constructs
Some men lack Y chromosomes. Maleness and masculinity have never been about body parts.
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Jun 30, 2021
We Are Who We Are
Let's love how we like, and not become beholden to straight grievances or fragility.
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Jun 27, 2021
What the World Needs to See
In a society steeped in straight supremacy, public displays of queer love are beautiful, brave, and essential.
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Jun 25, 2021
We Do Gender
Gender expression is a performative, culturally-constituted, social construct.
That's just a fancy way of saying anyone can perform any...
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Jun 18, 2021
We Won't Be Silenced
When people complain about gay pride, what they really fear is our agency and empowerment. Silencing us is just part of the oppression.
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Jun 12, 2021
You Can't Put Us in the Corner
When people call us "flamboyant," what they're really trying to do is silence our pride.
And 👏We 👏 Won't 👏Let 👏 Them 👏
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britteast
Jun 9, 2021
Out of the Bars, and Into the Streets
Our silence makes us complicit in our oppression.
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Jun 6, 2021
What They Really Want to Know
When people wonder why we broadcast our sexual orientation, what they're really asking is why we're not more grateful for our oppression.
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Jun 4, 2021
The Origins of Gay Pride
Never forget: the roots of gay pride lie in afflicting the comfortable.
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Jun 3, 2021
Avoid the Energy of Convincing
Gay pride does not suffer debates about our dignity. Our role is to live and thrive as fully-fledged members of the global community...
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Jun 2, 2021
True Pride Cannot Be Stolen
Gay pride cannot be diminished by the fickle whims of an unbothered majority.
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May 18, 2021
The Power of PDAs
There's nothing so healing to queer shame as sweet public displays of affection.
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