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do you ever look at the stars and wonder if you should’ve been born a thousand light years from where you are today..

but some great old played a cruel trick on ya?

Let's be real; sometimes the flags and labels get confusing. This can be true for anyone, queer, or cishet, new to it, or a rainbow-veteran. And that's okay. I as a queer person am not obligated to know everything about gay subculture, it's imagery and language. More than that, no queer person should be expected to educate others about these matters. When they choose to do so, however, I advise you listen, even, no, especially where your views may differ. There is no absolute truth to these things in our quickly changing world. It is up to people themselves to choose the words they describe themselves with, and the imagery they feel best represents them. These things exist FOR them. For all of us, to communicate easier and feel safer, and more comfortable in our communities & our own skins. Not knowing the meaning of each slang word and color combination does not make anyone less valid. Using labels, and possibly changing them along the way to better fit, is good. Using a label that you feel describes you, even if someone disagrees, is okay. Choosing not to use labels at all is okay. These words are tools and you may use them however they best serve you. THAT IS THEIR PURPOSE.

Onks kukaan nähny hetkeen sitä ketjua, missä ihmiset liimailee pro-maahanmuuttotarroja natsiroskan päälle? Oon koittanu ettiä sitä, mut miun luovuus tagien suhteen loppu ilmeisesti kesken, enkä onnistunu selaamaan niin pitkälle tykkäyksissäkään :/

I can't take the pain

It's driving me insane

This feeling inside,

That I can not hide

I can't take the pain,

But telling the truth

Could hurt someone way way more

Than the silence

Life is too short to be anything but happy It’s my life, so let me waste it the way I like That’s the good kind of madness..

✨Milestones, baby

The queer community includes🏳️‍🌈

Homosexuals (gay & lesbian) Bi- & pansexuals

Asexuals Aromantics

Demisexuals & demiromantics

Folks whose romantic attraction ≠ sexual attraction

Cis queers Trans folks

Genderfluid folks Gender neutral/agender folks

She/her, he/him & they/them pronouns Neo pronouns

Monogamous queers Polyamorous queers

Folks who changed labels along the way Queers who made their own labels

Excludes⛔

Pedophiles & all minor-attracted people Zoophiles Any and all arguably unethical paraphilias in general

Queers, who discriminate against other queers Those who give us a bad name by being abusive or ignorant

Cis-gender, monogamous heterosexuals (allies are welcome to where they're welcomed & it's great to support your friends & family, but some spaces should be left exclusively queer & that should be respected)

♥️ So next time I write 'LGBT+',  'LGBTQ', or just 'queer', I'm not being uninclusive, my dyslexic ass just can't memorize any more letters

2024 highlights

Kummat (Oddity, Eli Brown, 2021) Illuusion pysyvyys (Jesse Heikkinen, 2016) Varastetaan pandoja (Juhani Karila, 2022) A Series of Unfortunate Events (Lemony Snicket, 1999-2006) The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School (Sonora Reyes, 2022) Poromafia (Mikko-Pekka Heikkinen, 2016)

Unusual year for me -I continued with Austen, but otherwise read mostly new-ish books for younger readers. Easy access to a good library is something I'll miss about city living..