Celebrate Our Differences
Think about it: regardless of what you intend, when you tell queer people to "stop shoving" our "sexual orientation in your face," what...
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Jul 28, 2021
Stop Fetishizing Queer Meekness
We speak up and stand tall, because we learned long ago that "silence = death."
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Jul 24, 2021
Let's Celebrate Our Diversity
Punitive conformity within gay liberation movements is just another way for us to stay safe and play it small.
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Jul 20, 2021
We Deserve Equality
Pride flags alone will not pacify us. We demand equity and equality under the law.
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Jul 19, 2021
Focus on What Works
It's a waste of time and energy to try to prove our intrinsic worth and win the extrinsic esteem of those who meet us in bad faith.
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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 15, 2021
Reclaim Your Time
When we realize that bigotry is just an excuse for the violent plunder of wealth, it's easier to opt out of all those bogus philosophical...
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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 6, 2021
We Are Necessary
Let's set down our adolescent approach to life, so that we might ripen and mature sufficiently, and be of our highest service.
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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 29, 2021
The Real Snowflakes
Queer people have long been at the mercy of men unable to afford the full range of their attractions and desires.
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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 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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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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