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My dear fellow Pride Knights, I wish every single one of you the best. None of us know what 2019 is going to bring, but what I do know, is that no matter what life throws at you, no matter the challenge, you will make it through. Even though life might seem like a fire raging inside your very core, it’s your mind, the hammer, that decides how to react to things and so forges your spirit.

I wish you health, peace, and happiness. But above all, I wish you the desire to keep going no matter what. So that one day you will rise up and tell the world ‘I am here. I have arrived.‘  

Stay proud!

~ Roderick, a fellow Pride Knight

so, this is our house. we’re on the corner, this is the most visible side. there are six of us, all variously queer, and shortly after we moved in my housemate julian put up the gay pride flag. not to let my dumb trans ass be outdone, i put up the trans pride flag a little while later*. today, julian found this note on our door

being visibly queer fuckin matters. don’t let anyone, esp. any straight people, but especially any queer ppl, tell you that you’re too visible, making a scene, that you shouldn’t wear your pride on your sleeve. this stuff matters; just about all of us are hurt one way or another, and you never know when your flag or your shirt or your pin is gonna be someone else’s lifeline. 

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Goodbye 20gayteen (2018)

What a year the LGBTQ+ community has had this year. Here’s a couple highlights

(Some) Celebs who came out:

Janelle Monae

Brigette Lundy-Paine

Joey Pollari

Sasha Lane

Cassandra Bankson

Abraham DeVine

Jessie Paege

Zander Hodgson

Abbi Jacobson

Reece King

Tessa Thompson

Collin Martin

Alyson Stoner

Brendon Urie

Felix Jaehn

Kevin McHale

Rebecca Sugar

Bex Taylor-Klaus

Film & TV

Ru Paul’s drag - winning 2x emmies

Queer Eye - reboot

Wynonna Earp - people’s choice Syfy

Pose - multiple Queer actors/actresses

Peppermint - first main lead trans drag in Broadway

Daniela Vega - first trans to present academy award

Love Simon - need I say more?

The Miseducation of Cameron Post - again need I say more?

Boy Erased - again a great queer film

Music & Media

Hayley Kiyoko - the creator of 20gayteen

Troye Sivan - release of Bloom

Angela Ponce - first trans woman to compete in Miss Universe

Bubbline - Canon (finally)

Steven Universe - Ruby & Sapphire getting hitched!

Courtney Act - winning celeb big brother

Kim Petras - broke into the top 40

Lana waithe - wearing pride flag at the met Gala (some big dick energy)

King Princess - beautiful gay bops

SOPHIE - nominated for a Grammy

Teddy Geiger - also nominated for a Grammy

Lord Ivar Mountbatten - a royal gay wedding

Sports & Politics

India - decriminalisation of gay sex

L.A - first ever bi parade

Israel - reforms of surrogacy laws

Colin Martin - first openly gay international pro soccer player

Addam Rippon - first openly gay figure skater to qualify for the Olympics

Pat Manuel - first trans man to fight and win at a pro level

Sonya Deville - first openly lesbian WWE fighter

Candidates - USA saw a high of over 400 LGBTQ+ running for office

Trans identity - no longer classified as a mental disorder

A LOT happened this great gay year that I may have missed plenty of other great achievements.

But I just want to say I’m so proud of this community and the growth we’re currently experiencing.

Thank you all the politicians who have fought for us.

Thank you to all the celebrities to represented us and were comfortable enough to come out this year.

And last of all thank YOU for being apart of this community, closeted or non - closeted or an Ally THANK YOU for being here and helping each other out being support systems to each other online when we might not get it offline.

YOU DON’T NEED TO BE FAMOUS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Just being you and helping others in this community is enough and thank you for doing just that.

Hey, gays?

Listen to me.

This movie here, is going to be the FIRST MAINSTREAM LESBIAN LOVE STORY of INDIA, ever.

  • The ban on homosexuality was lifted in India just last year, in September and now we’re going to have this hopefully fabulous movie here which revolves around a small-town girl who falls in love with a girl and eventually comes out to her family.

Watch it if you can, spread the word.

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga

Releasing on 1st February, 2019.