baetheinsider :

AUTUMN AFFIRMATIONS 🍂

- I embrace the comfort of the new season.

- I embrace the softness that comes with the rest that Autumn represents.

- I will use the season to slow down, and revisit the things that bring comfort, joy, and meaning to my life.

- I will allow the cool air to refresh my parched spirit.

- I find peace and contentment in the things that are meant for me.

davef85 :

knight-sapphic :

Different love languages:

Knowing someone's coffee/food order

"Saw this and thought of you" texts

Falling asleep on their shoulder

"Drive safe" and "text me when you get home"

Having nicknames for eachother

Pizza Slice Sweatshirt

$45.00

The only way to wear pizza.

100% cotton. Ready to ship in mid-March.

carina-skull :

Pride special! Historical figures who were LGTB (edited with pride flags)

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) - A famous Irish poet and playwright best known from his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Homoerotic subtext was featured in some of his works. He was very flamboyant and had multiple affairs with other men. One of these affairs was with his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas while being married with two sons. This relationship ultimately lead Wilde to be arrested and put in trial for sodomy which he was found guilty. In 1895 he was sentenced in two years of hard labour. After his release from prison, he moved to France and lived in mid-1897 with Ronald Ross. Later that year he met with Douglass and they lived in Naples but separated because of the financial pressure from their families (who didn’t accept their meeting) and personal reasons.

Alan Turin (1912-1954) - British logician, computer scientist, and mathematician. His most influential work is Turing Machine which can be seen as a model of a modern computer. In 1952 he was charged with gross indecency after admitting his sexual relationship with Arnold Murray. Homosexual acts were illegal during that time in the United Kindom. He was given a choice to either go to prison or parole including his agreement to undergo hormonal physical changes designed to reduce libido. He chose the later and the treatment caused impotent and gynecomastia.

Pjotr Tšaikovski (1840-1893) - Classic Russian composer. He composed many masterpieces such as Swanlake and The Nutcracker. He suffered from bad mental health and was reclusive and shy. It is under debate that Tšaikovski might have had a hard time accepting his own sexuality. Sergey Kireyev was his first, and according to his brother’s diary his “strongest, longest and purest love”.

Frida Kahlo (1907-1953) - Mexican painter who is known from her colourful, yet dark-themes paintings. Based on her own experience, women’s harsh life and pain are expressed in her art, making her almost a feminist cult person in the 90s. She was openly bisexual and was friends with Pablo Picasso.

Joséphine Baker (1903-1975) - American-French dancer, singer and stage artist. She was openly bisexual and very famous in her time for her revealing costumes, dance performances and exotic beauty. She was also an activist against racism and worked as an honourable correspondent for France during World War II, gathering information about German troop locations. Baker was openly bisexual.

Anne Lister (1791-1840) - Considered to be the first modern lesbian for her openly gay lifestyle, Lister was an English landowner and diarist, who wrote about her life in detail, including her lesbian relationships containing intimate details about them (these parts written in code) to her diaries that are over 4 million words long. She took care of business and travelled a lot during her life. Lister was in a relationship with Ann Walker and in 1834 they took communion together in Holy Trinity Church and thereafter considered themselves married. A Historical drama series Gentleman Jack was released this year and it tells her story based on her diaries.

Chevalier d’Éon (1728-1810) - A French diplomat and spy who was also a soldier in the Seven Years’ War. While working in London as a spy, d’Èon was rumoured to be a woman despite wearing dragoon’s uniform and serving the king as a man. People started betting on d'Éon true sex. D'Éon declined the invitation to be examined for it would have been dishonouring whatever the result. Later on, d'Éon was in political exile in London (after a series of events), unable to return to France but after the death of Louis XV d'Éon tried to negotiate on his return to France. D'Éon was allowed to return but with the condition that he would turn over the correspondence regarding the secret du roi (King Louis XV’s secret channel of diplomats d'Éon worked in) D'Éon returned but claimed to be born as a woman and raised as a boy. D'Éon demanded to be recognized as a woman by the government. The government accepted this but demanded d'Éon to wear appropriately female clothing. D'Éon agreed and returned to France and lived as a woman until death. D'Éon’s dead body was examined and confirmed to have had male organs yet having feminine characteristics. This might be evidence to d'Éon being intersex.

Dr. Alan L. Hart (1890-1962) - An American physician, tuberculosis researcher, radiologist, writer and novelist who was one of the first trans men to undergo hysterectomy and gonadectomy in the USA (1917-18). He pioneered x-ray photography which was used to detect tuberculosis. Dr Hart also wrote short stories and four novels during his career. Gay men and gender dysphoria are portrayed in his writing.

Roberta Cowell (1918-2011) - A British racing driver and a fighter pilot in World War II. Cowell was the first known trans woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery. In 1940 she was commissioned in Royal army service corps. While serving as a pilot officer in Germany Cowell attacked enemy targets on the ground but crash-landed and was captured by German troops. Her too escape attempts failed and she was eventually taken to Stalag Luft I where she remained as a prisoner for five months until the camp was abandoned because of the pressure from Red Army. After the war, Cowell began her transition and became friends with Michael Dillon.

Queen Christina (1626-1698) - Queen of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. One of the most educated women in the 17th century, who was interested in books, painting, sculptures and manuscripts. She even called great philosopher Rene Descartes to teach her. Christina never married which was considered scandalous. She also felt strong loath towards actives that were considered feminine during her life time and preferred hunting, fencing and riding instead. Her sexuality is under debate, but some historians consider her to have been lesbian.

(fun fact, I’ve seen this portrait life recently)

BONUS: Leonardo Da Vinci in pride colours

These are only few amazing people I have mentioned and there is plenty of many others so don’t be afraid to add people who are not mentioned or correct me if I have errors

boykeats :

Keaton! I was wondering if you knew any good books/films etc that are good to learn about queer history? any and all time period is perfect.

AIDS SPECIFIC

Angels in America (1991 play, 2003 miniseries)

Borrowed Time (1988 memoir)

Closer to the Knives (1991 memoir)

How to Survive a Plague (2012 documentary)

The Normal Heart (1985 play, 2014 film)

Unending Dialogue: Voices from an AIDS Poetry Workshop (1991 anthology)

POC EXPERIENCES

Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memories (2016 book)

Gay Voices of the Harlem Renaissance (2003 book)

Paris is Burning (1990 documentary)

Queer Asian American Historiography (2016 essay)

Queer Brown Voices: Personal Narratives of Latina/o LGBT Activism (2015 book)

Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists (2003 book)

HISTORICAL FIGURES

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003 documentary)

Chris and Don: A Love Story (2007 documentary, about Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy)

Frida (2002 film, about Frida Kahlo)

Pride (2014 film, about Mark Ashton and LGSM)

Wilde (1997 film, about Oscar Wilde)

Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale (2007 documentary)

BOOKS

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community (1993)

Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two (1990)

Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940 (1994)

Homosexuality and Civilization (2003)

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America (1991)

Queer London: Perils and Pleasures of the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957 (2005)

Transgender History (2008)

Transgender Warriors (1996)

MISC

Making Gay History (podcast)

Making Queer History (online article series)

The Celluloid Closet (1995 documentary)

The Mattachine Podcast

makingqueerhistory :

Queer kids are not allowed to be kids.

They aren’t allowed to get angry when people bully them because by reacting people believe they justify the abuse. They are forced to deal with adult situations often without support from any of the actual adults around them. When they look for leaders in their community they often find no one who is like them and are left with only scraps of representation in media to look to. And they don’t have the support system they deserve, the support system heterosexual/romantic cisgender kids are given without question. They are forced to hide parts of themselves from their family members and we pretend that it is normal. And if they decide to discuss that particular part of their identity it is picked apart and examined often before the kid even knows how to process it themselves. Their own identities is branded as “too adult” for them when it is not their identities that is too adult, but how we treat them once we are informed of these parts of their identities.

Queer kids deserve so much better than they are given. 

appalachian-appreciation :

In honor of International Women’s Day, I want to make sure you all are familiar with the name and story of Eula Hall. 

Eula is a self-described “hillbilly activist” from Greasy Creek, Kentucky. After finishing her 8th grade education, Eula moved to New York briefly, but was sent home for 'inciting a labor riot’ over poor working conditions. 

Eula then moved to Floyd County, Kentucky, where she once again became concerned with workers’ rights, especially for coal miners. Eula was part of the East Kentucky Worker’s Rights Organization, created the Mud Creek Water District and served as president of the Kentucky Black Lung Association. During President Johnson’s War on Poverty she joined the VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program and later became one of two local Appalachian Volunteers working in the area. In response to the failed War on Poverty health program in Floyd County, in 1973, she established the Mud Creek Clinic in Grethel, Kentucky. 

The Mud Creek Clinic was opened in 1973 to serve the uninsured and the underinsured in Appalachia. She believes that healthcare is a right – not a privilege.

Eula began with a $1,400 donation and the commitment of two local doctors who volunteered from Our Lady of the Way hospital in Martin, Kentucky. The clinic began in a rented trailer, but it soon outgrew the facility and Eula decided to use her own house as the new location for the clinic. She converted the three bedrooms into six exam rooms and the rest of the house into waiting rooms and offices. At the time, medications had to be delivered from the local hospital after the clinic had closed, so Eula would spend half the night delivering medication to patients who had been at the clinic that day.

The clinic underwent a great deal of changes, following an arson and a merger with Big Sandy Health Care, but still operates today under Eula’s charge at 88 years old. As social director, she counsels patients on disability claims and Social Security benefits, arranges financial aid for food and drugs, answers questions about food stamps and housing opportunities, and attends civic board meetings and hearings. When patients can’t afford lawyers, she often represents them in court.

There have been a few books published on or including Eula Hall and the Mud Creek Clinic, as well as a documentary involving Eula from Appalshop. Her biography, Mud Creek Medicine, was published in 2013 and is widely available. 

broccolisunn :

“It takes no compromise to give people their rights…it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression”

“All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential”

“All men are created equal. Now matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words. That is what America is about”

“Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight”

“I know you can’t live on hope alone; but without hope, life is not worth living. So you, and you and you: you got to give them hope; you got to give them hope”

“You’ve gotta give them hope. If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door”

“Hope is never silent”

― Harvey Milk

Howdy, Y'all!

Hey there Tumblr! It's been a while since I've used this site for anything other than random scrolling. However, I think that being more active on here can be a great way to get to know folx with similar interests.

If you are interested in all things Appalachia, traditional/country music, herbalism, farming, baking, reproductive rights, sex education, LGBTQ+ Activism, cooking, and adventuring, let's be friends!

shitiunderline :

“The trees you planted in childhood have grown too heavy. You cannot bring them along. Give yourselves to the air, to what you cannot hold.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke, “Part One IV,” from Sonnets to Orpheus

gregorygalloway :

Dolly Parton (born 19 January 1946)

thashanamcqueen :

twixnmix :

Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris during a recording session in February 1978.

Photos by Ed Thrasher

abiwatsonillustration :

‘Jolene’ by Dolly Parton but its gay

partonnews :

Dolly Parton posing in front of her bus in 1977

partonnews :

Dolly Parton posing in front of her bus in 1977

twixnmix :

Dolly Parton cover session for her album “Heartbreaker” on February 15, 1978 in Los Angeles, California.

(Photos by Ed Caraeff)