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First Time He Kissed a Boy
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Fawny
I have so many moles on my tummy ^-^' pic.twitter.com/0w4ZfYj03n
— Fawny
(@fawnykid) June 25, 2020
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Wet Wednesday *108
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The rebirth of Holland, k-pop’s Next Rising Star
In the music video for his 2019 single “Loved You Better,” the K-pop idol Holland gazes at himself in the mirror and curls his left hand into the shape of a gun. He stares at it sullenly as he brings it up to his face and places his slender fingers into his mouth. But after his hand bucks up, as if he’d “pulled the trigger,” a spray of glitter and confetti explodes from his head.
Holland then emerges from the darkness with a newfound assuredness, strutting through a fairground now donning a fabulous, sweeping coat, black lipstick, and fiery red hair. “Ignite your wounds, let them burst like sparks/Keep on howling and shouting that you’re different,” he belts in Korean over a triumphant house-pop beat, singing the words to his fans as much as he’s saying them to himself.
“[That scene] wasn’t supposed to represent suicide,” the 24-year-old rising star tells them. through an interpreter, calling from his Seoul apartment one morning in mid-June. “It was a scene that I used to symbolize how the old Holland has died, and how a new Holland was reborn. The main message of ‘Loved You Better’ is to convey the transformation that occurs when you love yourself.”
For Holland, the idea of rebirth is connected to openly embracing himself and coming out in one of the most public spheres possible: K-pop. In 2018, he debuted as what he calls the first openly gay K-pop idol ever, with a single called “Neverland,” a melancholy indie R&B track whose music video features the singer kissing another Korean man. Instead of being met by shame and vitriol, like he was when he was initially outed by a classmate in middle school, he was celebrated by viewers for his unabashed, beautiful expression of queerness.
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Danny Diaz
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Leap of Desire
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New York Pride was canceled, but queer liberation marched on
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Harvey Petito
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Femboy Friday *37
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Remembering Alan Turing
Alan Turing was a war hero, a giant of computer science, and a gay man who simply wanted to be able to live freely.
History should remember Turing as the innovative mathematician and codebreaker who played a pivotal role in ending the Second World War, and laid the foundations for personal computing and artificial intelligence.
“Alan Turing was an outstanding mathematician whose work has had an enormous impact on how we live today,” Mark Carney, then governor of the Bank of England, said while announcing a new £50 note bearing the scientist’s likeness in July 2019. Turing is a giant on whose shoulders so many now stand.”
However, it is impossible to speak of Turing’s achievements without also mentioning the brutal, institutionalised homophobia that ultimately cut his life short.
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Wave of Despair
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Skyclad Saturday *60
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Breakfast
be patient my friend, soon you get something to eat
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— Marcel Boyle (@twisted_star_) June 26, 2020
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Sporty Sunday *87
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Tucking 101
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Ben Cameron
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Mirror Monday *72
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Coming Out is an adorable short about… Little Godzilla
An animator has seen her most recent work go viral last week. In the video, Godzilla’s kid comes out to the iconic monster as trans. The film’s creator, Cressa Maeve Beer, who is also trans, posted the short film to Instagram and Twitter.
On the latter platform, it got over 20k retweets and prompted thousands of comments. Even Toho, the creators of Godzilla, officially put their stamp of approval on the film by posting it on their Twitter to an overwhelmingly positive response from fans.
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SevenGrox
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Tummy Tuesday *77
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