need more queer books in your life? mad at all the book bans? wish you could read books about people actually like you?

the Queer Books Database is a free, online searchable database that lists queer rep in over 2,500 fiction and 500 non-fiction books! you can filter by age, genre, year, and specific identity–including race, disability, mental illness, and neurodivergence

here’s some ideas of what you can search for:

• a legal thriller featuring a bisexual transgender woman or a sci-fi with a disabled black gay man
  
• Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Children’s books in both fiction and non-fiction titles
  
• classic queer lit from 1872 to 1956 (Carmilla to Giovanni’s Room)
• biographies of famous historical and modern activists, musicians, athletes, immigrants, and writers
• supportive spiritual texts and guidance from community leaders (filter by fifteen different religions!)
  
• representation for LGBT identities under the “plus,” characters of color, fat rep, neurodivergence, older characters, questioning and closeted characters, religious identity, disabled characters–and more!

orionsbelts:

yesterday I went to a little meeting at my local queer community center and I was admiring their bookshelves and mentioned that I work at the public library and someone said “well I bet they don’t have any [LGBTQ+ books] at our library” and I was like um. yes we do. we have tons of them. half of our employees are queer leftists so they said “oh well I bet they don’t in [nearby rural county]” and I was like uh once again yes they absolutely do. gay people live and work there as well

so here’s a quick reminder that if you don’t think your local library has enough queer centered materials you should actually check before assuming, and if you’re not satisfied with their collection you should submit a request for more such books. I don’t know what the political landscape of libraries looks like outside the us rn, but within the us no matter where you are, I promise you there are employees at your library fighting for inclusion and intellectual freedom and they can’t win without vocal public support

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bisexula:

bisexula:

love is a

liquid

solid

gas

explain ur reasoning in the tags … :)

already emotional over all of your reasonings im excited to see this progress

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smiggles:

When I eat leftovers I

heat them up in the microwave

heat them up in the oven/conventional oven

heat them up in the airfryer

eat that shit cold

it GREATLY depends

I dont eat leftovers

results

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powerbottombrucespringsteen:

Reflection from Mulan was so crazy she literally sang “If I were truly to be myself I would break my family’s heart” and 8 year old proto-gay me was like “I don’t know what you mean but I know what you mean”

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hardboiledoldman:

hardboiledoldman:

people who want more of their favourite media are masochists

it’s gonna be bad. there’s no such thing as a good fourth sequel or 10th season.

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dailyhistoryposts:

dailyhistoryposts:

dailyhistoryposts:

On This Day In History

March 30th, 2023: Donald Trump is indicted by the New York grand jury, making him the first US president (current or former) to face criminal charges.

April 4th, 2023: Donald Trump has been arrested.

August 4th, 2023: Here’s the update!

Former president Donald Trump has three indictments, meaning criminal prosecutions. They are as follows:

• The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump (the Stormy Daniels case). Trump faces 34 state felony charges of falsifying business records. He has pleaded not guilty. The trial is set for March 25th, 2024.
• United States of America v. Donald J. Trump, Waltine Nauta, and Carlos De Oliveira (the classified documents case). Trump faces 40 federal felony charges regarding his handling of classified documents, largely violations of the Espionage Act, as well as making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. He has pleaded not guilty. The trial is set for May 20th, 2024.
• United States of America v. Donald J. Trump (The 2020 election/Jan 6th insurrection case). Trump faces 4 federal charges: conspiracy to defraud the United States; obstructing an official proceeding related to the election; and conspiracy against rights. He has pled not guilty. We expect to find out the trial date on August 28th, 2023.

A fourth investigation has not yet brought charges against Trump, though we expect it to. it refers to Donald Trump’s actions in the 2020 elections in the state of Georgia, particularly concerning his phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger. In this call, he pressures Raffensperger to adjust the collected votes, making Trump win. A grand jury is currently debating whether to bring charges against Donald Trump in this case; we expect the decision to be made sometime in August 2023.

If Donald Trump is found guilty of even a single charge, he will be a felon. From there, it will be up to the judge if he pays a fine or serves jail time. Felony status will not prevent Trump from running for President or becoming President (if he wins). Depending on his registration and the specific crimes and punishment, felony status may prevent Trump from voting in the election he is running in.

(via queergeologist)

fierceawakening:

owlpellet:

i saw some thread on xitter with some dude asking why drag queens “want to be around children so much” re: story hours and all the replies were either predictably disgusting or very defensive but not a single goddamn one of them answered the question so i will help in case anyone ever asks you this incredibly stupid question: they are clowns!! drag queens are just clowns!! they put on extremely silly makeup and huge wigs and bright clothes and do over-the-top performances that make people laugh and smile and sometimes cry. that is the definition of a clown. they like to perform for children because they are a type of clown and children are great audiences and it is not any deeper than that. god damn.

Why shouldn’t adults want to be around children and do fun things like read them stories?

People should be asking themselves that first.

This weird hysterical paranoia we’ve all more or less bought into where it’s WEIRD to get excited when a small human is delightedly happy about something is… it just sucks.

Kids are great. Hanging out with them is great. If you think the only reason a grown human would do so is sexual… what thing in your life went so wrong that you think that?

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tarragonthedragon:

Cyclops gets such a rough deal man. imagine having brain damage that caused you to uncontrollably shoot laser blasts out of your eyeballs destroying everything in sight that you had to worry about literally 24/7 and also you had to supervise teenagers throwing cars at each other because your father figure and his ex are taking leftist infighting to the streets and also on top of that whenever you show any amount of concern over this situation people are like “jeez what a buzzkill. loosen up control freak. why can’t you be all chill and cool like wolverine” meanwhile wolverine is having his amygdala forcibly removed by the us military for the third time this month

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plantyhamchuk:

saxifraga-x-urbium:

Help stop the appalling proposal to wipe out huge area of Kent's ancient woodland

A staggering 50+ hectares of irreplaceable ancient woodland could be in danger if Kent County Council allows the expansion of Hermitage Quar

campaigns.woodlandtrust.org.uk

Overseas folks can sign this! Please consider sharing and/or signing!

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homoqueerjewhobbit:

leohttt:

This is one of my top 10 most quoted/riffed on lines of all time. I say “may God bless and keep _______ far away from us” at least once a week.

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