Lesbians I love you more than anything else on this planet and all your little posts are cute but do you all realize how much of a commitment running a small farm is
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Before Europeans invaded the Americas, also known as Turtle Island, in 1492, the land was host to a breathtaking diversity of Indigenous peoples and cultures. These cultures had their own traditions for and conceptions of gender and sexuality. Terms like Two-Spirit are modern linguistic attempts to harken back to a more Indigenous imagining of gender.
European colonization brought with it a hierarchy that placed both Indigenous traditions and LGBTQ+ people outside the acceptable norms of civil society. But Native Americans and queer people endured. To celebrate that resistance, here are eight LGBTQ+ Native Americans who are changing the world for the better.
A lot of gay people don’t date in high school for various possible reasons (they’re not out, others their age aren’t out, possible ridicule, the struggle to find someone who’s not only gay but you genuinely like). Most of us end up that awkward age of our first relationship in the ages 18-21. And yes I think this applies even more so if you’re transgender. This isn’t to say none of us date in high school, but most of us don’t.
To show gay teens in coming of age stories having relationships, or portraying romantic relationships for gay people starting in their teens when telling a gay story, is mostly inaccurate. Our stories of finding love are very different from our straight peers. To portray us in the exact same way you’d portray a gay person’s story when it comes to growing up and finding love, I feel sets unrealistic expectations for young gay people.
I’ve met a lot of LGBT teens who say “I wish I could find a partner and I don’t know why I haven’t yet” who have no idea that’s fairly normal that in this point in their lives haven’t found someone yet. A lot of them end up getting in them their adulthood and finally experiencing those first relationships they’ve been wanting to, entering that awkward learning how to date stage. There’s nothing wrong with this, and I think this needs to be portrayed moreso in fiction as we see other gay people in real life tell their stories that are very similar to this.
“ Girls are rewarded for being ‘tomboys’!” ……..No they fucking aren’t. Please ask any gnc woman what her childhood was like. At best, being a ‘tomboy’ is tolerated up to a certain age but is harshly punished and discouraged after that. Women who aren’t what society deems as ‘acceptably feminine’ are often at risk for violence, social ostracism and rejection from their family, friends and peers. I’m so sick of people acting like gnc women have some kind of privilege for being that way because they really don’t.
gender nonconformance in young girls isn’t rewarded it’s just delegitimized &, exactly, tolerated up to a certain age at which point the girl is expected to come to heel & start acting like a Real Woman
You’re damned if you act like a girl and damned if you don’t.
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