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Local Dog said:
Did you go to brunch recently? That's one of these activities that turns ya gay. Just a mimosa or two and a brezel or something and boom, you gay
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no I stick in my home on showdown like a slug. I sometimes feel the gay when I’m out to eat but it’s never brunch. I don’t exactly have brunch basically. (I am a homosexual).
 
yo, im bt89, and i think i am bisexual. i've always been kinda confused with my sexuality. i was an ace for a while but then i finally dived into my personality, and yea - i am bi. i've always been followed by rumors abt my sexuality (ppl calling me gay because i was involved with the theater community, online harrassment, etc.) and they had been making me question for a while. and then idk, i guess i just... found out i was bi?

i guess that's all really. hoping i'm accepted into the community with open arms
 
BT89 said:
yo, im bt89, and i think i am bisexual. i've always been kinda confused with my sexuality. i was an ace for a while but then i finally dived into my personality, and yea - i am bi. i've always been followed by rumors abt my sexuality (ppl calling me gay because i was involved with the theater community, online harrassment, etc.) and they had been making me question for a while. and then idk, i guess i just... found out i was bi?

i guess that's all really. hoping i'm accepted into the community with open arms
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Welcome to the land of the gays and the theys, double-team player. We hope your stay is pleasant :-)
 
Equally as important to arming yourself is joining LGBTQ+ friendly/organized community aid groups near you. Being armed might save you if, humanity forbid, you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to defend yourself, but being part of an armed and organized community aid group WILL make fascists think twice, and it WILL make the world a better and safer place for the LGBTQ+ community.

The Socialist Rifle Association, John Brown Gun Club/Redneck Revolt, Pink Pistols, Huey P. Newton Gun Club, Armed Equality, Operation Blazing Sword, and Latino Rifle Association are all LGBTQ+ friendly organizations that can provide valuable resources to members of the LGBTQ+ community who are newly armed, looking to arm themselves, or looking to get involved in community aid even without carrying a firearm.

If you don't wish to carry a firearm, at least carry a non-lethal means of self-defense. OC/pepper spray, cable whips, and, where legal, tasers and drive-capable stun guns are great, and you should carry one even if you also carry a firearm. Make sure to look into local laws when choosing a means of self-defense as some things may not be legal in certain areas or may require specific licensing. Avoid relying on knives, kubatons, spikes, etc., as a form of self-defense. These are not effective tools without considerable training in specialized martial arts and are likely to only escalate a confrontation. Try to attend a basic trauma care (FAST or Stop-The-Bleed) class and keep a tourniquet and chest seal handy, if not a full trauma care kit. If you frequent places like bars or clubs, ask the owners if they have an active shooter response plan ready and if staff have access to a first aid/trauma care kit.

I hate that this is the rules we've got to play by, but the game is getting played regardless of whether or not we like it. The good news is, the fascists aren't nearly as tough as they like to act in a group when they're the only ones with guns. All it takes is a few armed people in black clothes and pride flags and they scuttle away like the cockroaches they are. Stay strong, and be who you are.
 
Empress said:
Case in point. If you're trans and not armed to the teeth, you're doing it wrong.
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Case in point: I think your generalization is poorly timed and heinously disrespectful of the lives lost after another senseless act of violence.

Consider posting replies that don’t center your own sanctimonious choices at the expense of everyone that wouldn’t dare make the same ones.
 
that isnt a sanctimonious post there are no morals involved its just sayin hey if you dont carry a gun youre defenseless against a loser with a gun and there are a lot of losers with guns so this is a generally unadvisable idea

it also isnt disrespectful of anyone who died any more than saying "trying to pet a tiger is a really bad idea" is disrespectful to people who previously died from trying to pet a tiger

anyway i was gonna put my own thoughts on this here but i realized that they probably are too extreme for this forum. censored by mods again alas
 
So um...hi.

I'm posting here mainly with regards to a few things about my own gender identity. I already currently identify as bi and on the ace spectrum, for the record, so there's that. I'm having trouble articulating what I want to say here, so bear with me here.

But I've been questioning my gender identity a lot over the past several months. At some points I wonder if I'm just lying to myself and that I'm not really genderqueer in any way but the thoughts have continually come up and never stopped, and every time I look stuff up on the Internet about possible "signs" that I might be trans or genderfluid or anything among those lines they just end up making me feel more and more conflicted.

For the record, I'm AMAB and I have conformed to identifying as a man for most of my life. I don't hate being male, and I don't feel that I've had any explicit showing of gender dysphoria, but at the same time in recent times I've also...really frequently thought of the idea that I might be at least some form of transfemme. Maybe genderfluid, maybe full on trans girl, maybe nonbinary with a femme lean...I don't know.

But it's really not easy to come to a conclusion. It's a constant loop of self-doubt and so forth. Every time I think I might be a girl I end up doubting myself in some way or another. Like is this just a weird fantasy that I want to be and I'm not actually trans? Am I "good enough" to really be a trans girl? Am I faking being trans? And so forth.

I've also thought of the idea that I might be genderfluid in some form, though that said...that's to a lesser extent than I have entertained the thought of outright being a girl. I have mostly thought that because I don't really hate being a man and have been okay with it...at least I believe I have.

And if I do come to the conclusion that I'm trans (girl)...it honestly scares me. I have a nagging fear that if I stay "closeted" and only present as a trans girl online here and around my online friend groups and not IRL that it would make me inherently less "trans" than other trans people. Like at some point in the scenario that I do come to the conclusion that I am in fact a girl, I might be able to muster the courage to go all the way with it and transition IRL, like growing out my hair (which would take months for me to get to a point where I'd have long hair), getting into feminine ways of presenting myself, and possibly HRT but for now there's no way I'd be able to do all that. Maybe in several years from now when my life circumstances change. I don't really know how to explore that IRL yet. I'm also not super enthusiastic about wearing feminine clothing or such...but maybe that's something other people can know about. But that doesn't change that I do feel like I'm at least in part a girl.

Anyway that's a bit of a rant...but yeah I'm going through a lot of questioning about my gender identity rn. As for updates, for now as of a few days ago, I've come out to some of my online friend circles as wanting to test the waters by also having she/her pronouns to address me by (still use he/him but I also want to be referred to by she/her and see how I vibe with it). Not fully going trans/genderfluid rn but have decided to test out feminine pronouns to see how much I vibe with she/her. So um...yeah there's that and a bit of a venting of thoughts that I've been having about my own gender questioning for the past year or so.

So um...yeah, that's just some stuff I felt I wanted to get off my chest, still on a journey with figuring out stuff but there's that.
 
https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/12/10/metzger-bar-and-butchery-refuses-service-to-christian-group/

This restaurant is based af for this and i really love to see this christian anti-lgbtq+ & abortion hate group crying and embarass themselves. They really just compared this refusal of service because of their own actions to the situation of Black people and racial minorities who were denied Services cause of their skin colour, what a bunch of bigoted clowns. These "christian" groups really do a great job at more people becoming hateful towards religion and radical atheists (and no, i don't like radical atheism either).
 
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ScraftyIsTheBest said:
For the record, I'm AMAB and I have conformed to identifying as a man for most of my life. I don't hate being male, and I don't feel that I've had any explicit showing of gender dysphoria, but at the same time in recent times I've also...really frequently thought of the idea that I might be at least some form of transfemme. Maybe genderfluid, maybe full on trans girl, maybe nonbinary with a femme lean...I don't know.

But it's really not easy to come to a conclusion. It's a constant loop of self-doubt and so forth. Every time I think I might be a girl I end up doubting myself in some way or another. Like is this just a weird fantasy that I want to be and I'm not actually trans? Am I "good enough" to really be a trans girl? Am I faking being trans? And so forth.

I've also thought of the idea that I might be genderfluid in some form, though that said...that's to a lesser extent than I have entertained the thought of outright being a girl. I have mostly thought that because I don't really hate being a man and have been okay with it...at least I believe I have.
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I am a bit late but hi, wanted to reply to this one as a trans woman bc I remember having similar doubts and talking to a trans woman back then helped me a lot, so I hope it helps you too, at least a little:

There is no quota to meet to be trans. No minimum requirement of transition, of "feminine" things, of feelings. I am a trans woman that still uses he and they pronouns (and the equivalent in portuguese), who still participates in masculine roles (I am butch, and tend to play with masc indentities a lot), who still dresses with masculine clothes, etc. Despite it all, I truly am a trans woman. I love being trans, I love being a woman. Sure, most people don't get it, they think it's weird, but why care? Gender isn't a performance that people are there to judge you on, it's personal and yours. If you feel like a trans girl, well, why not experiment?

You don't have to go all in. Dip your toes in, do what you like, but felt inadequate about. You don't have to have a conclusion now, or ever. You can change your mind, you can create something new for yourself. The most important thing is to find a version of yourself you love, you're comfortable with, you can tolerate. Whatever your goal is.

Whatever you do, however you transition (if you do. You can be trans and not change anything about yourself), people will be there for you. If you need help, advice, or whatever, even if you decide you're not a trans girl, do lmk. I've been there, it can be scary but it's so worth it, no matter the result
 
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