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You sit on my lap as they stare. These are the moments when I have lost you, in the bottles of liquor and the cigarette smoke that kiss your face. Not even our drunkenness can make us brave. buff.ly/Hp0C5WT #LGBTQ #Fiction #QueerFiction #Erotica

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As with many LGBTQIA+ community members, the next generation for me are nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews, if only because we have no children of our own. buff.ly/uCDhxwZ #LGBTQ #Aging #Family #Death

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It should come as no surprise that, since its premiere international celebration of sexual diversity in 2000, WorldPride has frequently been fraught with controversy and opposition. buff.ly/wWbLOXg #LGBTQ #USPolitics #Pride

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She said that she was certain the jeweler could do the work, so “just leave it with me and I’ll have him take a look at it.” My instant reaction was to recoil and say, “Oh, I could never do that!” buff.ly/8eN7dQ4 #LGBTQ #Marriage #WeddingRings #Love

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I have found that as I approach My 80th birthday; A white, cis, gay, male, Jewish, Buddhist, retired, privileged, And now add advocate and ally to others; It is OK and also necessary To graciously accept And acknowledge... buff.ly/3qLqy3I #LGBTQ #Poetry #Aging #Gay

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Revenge of the Nerds depicts a group of socially awkward nerds who endure persistent harassment from a fraternity of jocks. The nerds persevered and gained respect and a place in campus society. buff.ly/yC71Fae #LGBTQ #Movies #Film #FilmHistory #Queer

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It’s not a celebration. It’s a lament. "Born in the U.S.A." isn’t about national pride — it’s about betrayal. It’s about the people America uses and then throws away. buff.ly/JvC4j9Z #LGBTQ #Transgender #Springsteen #USMilitary #USPolitics

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I wasn’t at all concerned about traveling while being gay. I had concerns about being someone who was planning to be in many pubs, but not drinking alcohol. How would a bartender in a pub react to me asking for a club soda? buff.ly/HBwVuQs #LGBTQ #Gay #QueerTravel #Ireland #Travel

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She wouldn’t die, no not yet. No place to dwell, no dimension, except only one. She found her home in the masculine realm. Not where she wanted, ... buff.ly/6sZAQNs #LGBTQ #Poetry #QueerPoetry #Transgender #ComingOut

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#Celebrity #death is such a strange phenomenon. Strange as it might sound, sometimes when a particularly well-known or beloved star or famous person passes away, you almost feel as if you’ve lost someone who’s a member of your family. buff.ly/kgHgq9t #LGBTQ #TimKruger #PornStar

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What’s defeating me this time? Is it the dreaded comma? Too many expletives? Metric versus Imperial? What kind of dash to use?! No, it’s one simple yet very important thing: pronouns. buff.ly/S660NM6 #LGBTQ #Writing #WritingTips #Nonbinary #QueerCharacters #QueerWriting

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Our church is proud to be part of a conference led by the UMC’s first Black and gay bishop, who recently visited us with his husband — something I was very proud to write about. buff.ly/xS6RvSN #LGBTQ #Queer #Religion #Church #MentalHealth

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I raised my hand gently and then touched your face No, you said loudly and turned well away This can’t happen again, I know I’m not gay. buff.ly/4vl1J3J #LGBTQ #Poetry #Gay #Love #Identity

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We must cultivate curiosity about one another and explore the diverse narratives of the #LGBTQ+ landscape. It raises the question: why do the diverse factions within LGBTQ+ organisations not unite to present a cohesive voice? buff.ly/2k9dtSJ #Diversity #Community #Unity

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I am exhausted. Body, heart and soul. For being #transgender. For being a member of the #LGBTQ community. For being an American during the shame of the current presidency. I know that most of us feel the same way. buff.ly/LUdfhE9 #USPolitics #Self #Identity

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To be fair, my mother did tell me that she still loved me after I came out to her — but that was it. Every other reply to any message I sent her was curt, laced with an aura of disdain. buff.ly/3hbMt50 #LGBTQ #ComingOut #Bisexual #Family #Identity

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It’s easy to resist outwardly — to rally, to yell, to fight, to scream. These acts have power, even if they provoke more #resistance from our enemies, the cowards. But inner resistance? That’s harder. buff.ly/JGTk9wr #LGBTQ #Queer #SelfWorth

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Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to bring awareness and visibility to a difficult subject. Twenty years ago if you asked me about the #LGBTQ community, I probably would have said, “Oh, you mean the gay community, right?” buff.ly/MxoKe8u #Resistance #Politics #Transgender

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Three cheers, maybe more with closet doors open, or was it prison doors? Freedom for him, freedom for her... buff.ly/2UtBeP9 #LGBTQ #Poetry #Transgender #ComingOut

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Recent polling revealed that the majority of folks who gather under the greater #LGBTQ+ umbrella identify most with the third letter in the acronym… yes, that would be “B” for #bisexual. buff.ly/xwKWIwz #Bisexuality #Statistics

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So Why Did Trump Ban Trans People? A more common way for a servicemember to rack up healthcare costs, which the government pays, is to have a spouse or child. The military provides healthcare for the whole family. buff.ly/InTZob1 #LGBTQ #TransgenderMilitaryBan #USPolitics

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The Crocus not seen as my identity. Before spring, transition begins, a sign of hope. My struggle, against the surface, to rise above, a still cold world... buff.ly/ETeXh0G #LGBTQ #Poetry #QueerPoetry

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#Democracy survives when it is defended. It isn’t an automated system that runs itself — it’s a fight, a movement, and, most importantly, a choice we make again and again. But that choice is being tested. Hard. buff.ly/c83E5L7 #LGBTQ #USPolitics #Resistance #Capitalism

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I was nine years old when U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher gave her infamous speech on family values in 1987, expressing outrage that children were being taught that they had “an inalienable right to be gay.” buff.ly/5XhVUqq #LGBTQ #UKPolitics #Section28 #QueerHistory

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How many need to be persecuted for who they are or what they believe before you will speak up? First they came for the “Illegal” Immigrants, Demanding a wall be built, And I did not speak out Because I was not an Immigrant... buff.ly/ciGLnt7 #LGBTQ #USPolitics #Resistance

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I work at a public university in New York City, and this past Monday, our #LGBTQ+ website mysteriously vanished from Google search results. buff.ly/dpCWpbn #Education #University #Fascism #Resistance

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My name is Nick and this is (finally) the last chapter of Demons Are Coming Out! When we first started, I was an insecure, closeted high schooler who got outed by my friend and thought the world had ended... buff.ly/7HJdT09 #LGBTQ #QueerFiction #SerialFiction

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The masculine stereotype — tough, confident, aggressive, anti-intellectual, emotionally remote — has sustained through human history by being passed down from generation to generation. buff.ly/PrLtttT #LGBTQ #Masculinity #DanielCraig #ChrisKluwe

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At 25, I thought I had everything figured out. The “normal” life. The carefully curated image of conventional happiness that fooled everyone around me. I was living the dream — or at least, that’s what everyone kept telling me. buff.ly/41mSWCc #LGBTQ #Gay #SelfLove #MentalHealth #SelfImprovement

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Beyond the book choices, there’s also the fact that there’s something enlivening, invigorating, and even life-giving about getting together with other queer folk to talk about queer things. buff.ly/43kHkCn #LGBTQ #Books #QueerSpaces #Politics #BookStores

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I’m lost at sea, in storm so fierce The breakers threaten to immerse My soul beneath their bitter curse. buff.ly/3F0MsBF #LGBTQ #Poetry #Pride #Love #QueerPoetry

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5.9% of Gen Z women identify as lesbian (compared to just 1.4% in the general population), and 7.7% of Gen Z men identify as bisexual. These numbers are notably higher than those of any previous generation. Why is that? buff.ly/3XplLwD #LGBTQ #Queer #ComingOut #GenZ #Demographics

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My name is Nick, and I just saved the world. In the last chapter, I beheaded the final demon and sent him back to hell. But my boyfriend got hurt in the chaos, and now he’s not moving. https://buff.ly/4hVqpLg #LGBTQ #Fiction #QueerFiction #YAFiction #SerialFiction

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When I began my transition almost sixteen years ago, my focus was entirely on the external—how I looked and presented myself to the world. And while that was important, I eventually realized something deeper: internal #transition matters just as much. https://buff.ly/4iiE8eU #LGBTQ #Transgender

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Not too long ago, mainstream media painted every #gay man as a swishy, limp-wristed, fashion-forward sass machine. https://buff.ly/4ijcjmw #LGBTQ #ToxicFemininity #Masculinity #Men

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People are often complicit with cruelty and injustice, especially when empathy and love come with a price tag. Will I still have the right to marry in the future? That’s unclear. https://buff.ly/3CWl3QM #LGBTQ #USPolitics #Transgender #SSM #Michigan

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Times are difficult and frightening right now, who thought we would ever be at this point again. But we must hold on to hope and to stand up and fight again. We must be strong in our support of each other in the LGBTQIA+ community. https://buff.ly/3ESLXcJ #LGBTQ #Resistance #Hope #Joy

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Has anyone ever walked toward you while slow-clapping? Eyes locked on your face, mouth smiling deviously, hands thudding together in a steady rhythm? https://buff.ly/4bcrqMt #LGBTQ #Fiction #QueerFiction #YAFiction #SerialFiction

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For years, I didn’t have the words to describe what I felt—I had to find them myself. I grew up in a world where trans people were either punchlines or villains—and that shaped my silence for decades. https://buff.ly/3XdIfk4 #LGBTQ #Transgender #Representation #Identity

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“Elon Musk’s team will be feeding a virus into our nation’s computer systems that will seek out and destroy all vestiges of Trans ideology!” Immediately, all operations of the Federal Department of Transportation crashed. https://buff.ly/4163WUu #LGBTQ #USPolitics #Satire

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I am a cis-het male. Neither I nor my wife have ever been hassled by homophobes or transphobes. So we should only be able to relate to a safe place for #LGBTQ+ folx in the abstract, right? And yet… https://buff.ly/3QwhTWN #Disney #Equality #Family #Marriage

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I’d never heard of Chris Kluwe until this morning. After reading about him in Daily Kos, the ex-NFL kicker has become one of my heroes. https://buff.ly/438P7Db #LGBTQ #NFL #Allies #ChrisKluwe

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Todd and I watched Ned walk through the crowd, talking to anyone who would listen, warning them about demons. He got a lot of raised eyebrows and cold shoulders. https://buff.ly/4gSwerl #LGBTQ #Fiction #QueerFiction #YAFiction #SerialFiction

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I am disabled and immunocompromised, so I still have to observe Covid-level precautions. And I am #queer. Thus, I wondered — How in the world does a person in my situation go about #dating? https://buff.ly/41t1skD #LGBTQ #LifeLessons

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As a therapist working with #gay men, I’ve always been interested in understanding what contributes to this kind of #confidence. The answer isn’t what you might expect. https://buff.ly/4gOfFwV #LGBTQ #MentalHealth #PersonalDevelopment

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After reading about the blocking of #LGBTQIA+ people’s #Instagram content by Zuckerberg, I learned that #Meta uses our content to train its AI without compensation. I’m an #artist, and that’s some top-notch crap. https://buff.ly/3ERrKUM #LGBTQ #SocialMedia

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I’m not sure how I am permitted to describe myself and who I am attracted to given the various language restrictions now being policed. https://buff.ly/3CYZ63q #LGBTQ #Transgender #Lesbian #LanguagePolicing #USPolitics #Identity

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Doesn’t it just feel like we’re trapped in season 15 of The Apprentice — a show that should’ve been canceled, but somehow keeps going? https://buff.ly/3QtFrM0 #LGBTQ #USPolitics #DonaldTrump #Transgender #Satire #Fascism

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Perhaps it was simply something in the air between us — not an attraction, but an aura. I wondered if she thought the same about me, and then I worried that my vibe didn’t scream “bi” at all. https://buff.ly/41dcKrN #LGBTQ #Visibility #Teachers #Queer #Schools

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Todd held my hand as we watched my parents drive away from the park. They had a tiny demon bodyguard with them, so I guess that was a good thing. I don’t know. https://buff.ly/41qLKq9 #LGBTQ #Fiction #QueerFiction #YAFiction #SerialFiction

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