The welcome table outside the main sanctuary at the Midwest Buddhist Temple
#buddhism #buddhist #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #engagedbuddhism #lgbtq #queer #pride

boosts help me survive~

Come listen to another cozy Elder Scrolls reading~

This story is about the mystery of the two assassin brotherhoods, the Dark Brotherhood and the Morag Tong, their religious foundations, and changes over their evolution which led to a bloody yet shadowy war between them.

Succubard Gently Reads [Fire and Darkness]
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQLmilbcfOk)

I think everyone is familiar with the Dark Brotherhood, but the Morag Tong may be a bit less known, especially to those who haven't played Morrowind. Though this isn't a whole book dedicated to that, it is one of a few readings I've done that touch on the topic, and hopefully, over time, people can get a more complete picture of this oft-looked-over group of assassins that has left its mark on Tamrielic history

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If you'd like to help me survive and keep doing what I do, ko-fi and patreon are most of my income and members help my cats and me eat. I also have audio files in standard and voice-only available for monthly supporters as a bonus
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I also do live readings a few times a week over on Twitch (alongside Youtube) if that's more your thing
[Twitch] https://www.twitch.tv/octaviaconamore

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Whenever anyone describes gender as a spectrum, or suggests that non-binary exists somewhere "in-between" between man and woman, we think of this video by non-binary trans fem content creator, author, and influencer Elle Deran

https://www.tiktok.com/@elle.deran/video/7443177846874328362

The transcript is as follows:

So gender isn't binary?
It's not.
It's a spectrum.
Not really.
Wait, I'm confused. I was taught that there was man and woman, and non-binary people fall somewhere in-between.
Well, you see how a spectrum still has two ends? So seeing gender in this linear fashion relies on binary thinking and positions man and woman as these sort of opposing opposites. Which they're not.
Well, then how am I supposed to see it?
Think of it like this. We culturally see the sun and the moon as these opposite entities, representing the light in the dark. And when we look at the sky, they might be all we can see. But the truth is that there are billions of other stars and moons in the universe. Our sun and moon aren't opposing opposite. They exist together at all times, along with billions and billions of planets and galaxies and other universal entities, all of which have overlapping similarities and differences. And as we evolve as humans, we learn more and more about the universe. So when we discover a new planet, we didn't just make it up. It didn't just come out of thin air or thin space.
Nah, haha.
It has been there all along. We have only brought it to light.
Right.
There are infinite ways to be a moon, infinite ways to be a star. And there is so much more to our universe than what we can see in the sky. There are infinite ways to be a woman, to be a man. To be non binary. Infinite ways to be a human. And at the end of the day, we are all just different expressions made up of the same stardust. So, you see, gender isn't binary. It's infinite.
Cool.
Yeah.

Thought some of y'all might find this interesting, whatever form your own gender has taken from the stardust

#ElleDeran #trans #transgender #enby #NonBinary #TransFem #WeAreAllJustDifferentExpressionsOfTheSameStardust #SoGenderIsntBinary #transition #queer #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+

#Crowdfunding für schwulen #Vampir #Animationsfilm von #darkvictory gestartet!

#Sukkerz - Queer Vamps Bite Back

He was ready to die - now he’s fighting to keep our legacy alive.

Das Fundingziel von 15.000 € für den Pre-Production Concept-Trailer ist bereits erreicht, mit aktuell 21.782 €

Kurzpräsentation in 4,5 Minuten:
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=t_h5X0Er2qI

Alternativ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_h5X0Er2qI

Zum #Kickstarter-Projekt:
https://sukk.me

es geht nicht einfach um eine flagge.
es geht auch nicht einfach nur um repräsentanz und solidarität.

es geht darum, das #merz damit als 'kanzler für alle' geschätzt 11% der bevölkerung ein 'fick dich' ins gesicht geschleudert hat.

wir reden längst nicht mehr von #minderheit, auch wenn das nicht komplett falsch ist.
aber #queer e menschen sind ein bevölkerungsteil, der durch die bezeichnung minderheit irgendwie kleiner wirkt, als er tatsächlich ist.

zur erinnerung an die die #cdu direkt: der bevölkerungsanteil derer, die sich als queer oder nicht-hetero identifizieren liegt nur bei den boomern bei ca 5% - bei den millenials und genx sind es schon 10% - 22% sinds bei genz

vielleicht nicht jedesmal alles dafür tun, das mensch eurer wählerschaft und euch nur die pest wünschen kann.

ihr seid eine pest für diesen planeten geworden und es wird zeit das ihr geht.

insert the name of a m/billionaire #CEO of your desire

trickle down economics #WIP

Another day for me to share this, any support towards my leaving is greatly appreciated. I am grateful to be seen. Thank you.

#lgbtq #fundraising #gofundme #queer #mutualaid
https://gofund.me/1f6a8f8f

Anthropology of the Middle East
Volume 20 (2025): Issue 1 (Jun 2025): Trans, Queer and “Third Gender” in Muslim Countries. Guest Editor: Corinne Fortier

https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/ame/20/1/ame.20.issue-1.xml

Table of Contents
Introduction
From Third Gender to Trans and Queer People in Muslim Societies
By: Corinne Fortier

Epistemic Injustice against Trans* Citizens in Iran
By: Zara Saeidzadeh

Marriage Among Trans People in Iran
Exploring Experiences and Cultural Significance
By: Bahar Azadi

Transpuan Communities in Indonesia
Ethnographic Case Studies on Precarity, (Mis)recognition, and Resistance in Bali
By: Jón Ingvar Kjaran and Mohammad Naeimi

Enderunlu Fâzıl
Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender in Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Poetry
By: Esra Egüz

Mukhannath, Khunthā, or Mutaḥawwil?
Third Gender in Arabic Literary Works from the Gulf
By: Noemi Linardi

Queering the Narratives, Queering the Revolution
An Exploration of Two Post-2011 Syrian Novels
By: Greta Sala

Transsexual Surgery in Egypt or the Suspicion of Homosexuality
By: Corinne Fortier

»Berlin beschließt Bundesratsinitiative zur Erweiterung von Art3GG um sexuelle Identität, tin* Personen bleiben außen vor« #trans #queer #nichtbinar #inter #lgbtq
https://dgti.org/2025/07/02/pressemitteilung-berlin-art3gg/

What have you done for your own wellbeing today? Moments of self-care don't have to be big things, they can be little things like taking a 5 minute break for a cup of tea.

However, it's important to have a range of strategies and tools for different situations.

Go to https://transactual.org.uk/wellbeing/ for links to resources and information and for the details of organisations that can support you when times are tough.

Alison Bechdelin sarjakuva äitisuhteesta lisätty. Aika raskas lukukokemus, mielestäni toimii vain psykologian opiskelijoille? Oletko lukenut jo, mitä mieltä olit?

#QueerSarjakuva #wlw #Queer #AlisonBechdel #Sateenkaarisarjakuva

http://wlwmedia.com/2025/07/03/aideista-parhain/

Der traurigste Clown in der Manege heißt Friedrich Merz.

My book has a cover! A pretty one, too. I guess that means it's actually happening.

WHAT WE ARE SEEKING, coming April 7, 2026

Join the wave of #TTRPGRising!
Celebrate creativity and uplift small #Punk, #TTRPG, and #Queer creators.
Share your promos and hype. Just remember to boost others too. Bonus for supportive comments!

All We Have Is Each Other, We All Rise Together

We want to hear about experiences of discrimination, harassment, or challenges faced in single-sex spaces in the UK since the Supreme Court judgment on 16 April 2025 and EHRC guidance. We especially welcome responses from Black people and people of colour, recognising the distinct forms of gender policing they face.

The survey takes just 10–15 mins to complete. Complete the survey at: https://tinyurl.com/SingleSexSpacesSurvey

"Visitors to the Stonewall Inn in 1969 were greeted by a bouncer who inspected them through a peephole in the door. The legal drinking age was 18 and to avoid unwittingly letting in undercover police (who were called "Lily Law", "Alice Blue Gown", or "Betty Badge"), visitors would have to be known by the doorman or 'look gay'."

Look gay?

"[M]ost people don’t know what Pride is about. The anguish, and the hurt, and the reason why Pride started in the first place—it was an anti-cop event. Look, yes—I know there are trans police officers. You have Black people who are police officers, and women police officers. All that’s cute, but guess what: It’s blue first, your other allegiances second. Once you get on that blue, child, it goes straight through to your brain, dyes your brain blue, and you’re no longer whoever the fuck you were before. So no, they don’t need to be there. That’s where their loyalty lies. So stay the fuck away from me."

—Miss Major

["Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary" by Toshio Meronek]

Lots of people make arguments from and about "nature". For example, some argue that homosexuality is "perversion" because of an appeal to a "nature" they imagine does not contain any homosexuality.

This only shows the problems with such arguments though because if you actually look in nature (such people almost uniformly haven't) you find myriad examples of homosexual sexual behaviour until you realise "nature" has no prescription regarding it.

Always best to observe before you speak!

Für kommende Freakshows unterm Zirkuszelt zuhause: Der Aids-Hilfe-Teddy 2025 zum Weltaidstag (01.12.).

Hach ... ich bin mit Leib und Seele Freak. Diese Adelung vom Bundeskanzler hat was. Unter uns: in seiner Einöde wollte ich nicht abgemalt sein. Einmal Punk, immer Punk.

Die #queer #community ist zu schützen. Ich kann nicht nachvollziehen, warum sich gegen das Aufhängen der #Fahne entschieden wurde. #cducsu #klöckner
Wir waren schon einmal weiter. Gegen solche Entscheidungen u. #Rückschritte muss sich die #Gesellschaft entgegen setzen, da sonst falsche Signale an #Gruppierungen gesendet werden, es den #rechten in die Karten spielt. #gegenhass #gegenrechts #zusammenhalt