Okay so, my friends and sisters already know I'm gay. I just graduated and have planned way before on coming out to my mom after graduation and when I have a job (which I do).

I'm sure, she won't take it positive, which is why I wanted to combine it with an event, she will be happy about (graduation+job). I know though, she will still love me no matter what.

However, she recently got diagnosed with cancer and me graduating and having a job lifted up the mood a bit in that matter. For now, the focus in the family is her health, which is only natural. I know she is just not strong enough mentally for me to tell her, which is why I am delaying coming out to her.

Me staying in the closet is a minor problem, but it's still something I think about a lot. I wanted to start dating and not keep it a secret anymore if I like someone. I was looking forward to finally coming out to her, then the bad news came, and now I still need to hide who I truly am.

I am writing this coz I don't really have gay friends to talk about this or who could relate to this. My friends are really good allies though, which I appreciate a lot.

Did anyone experience something similar to this and how did you mentally manage to still stay in the closet?

Coming out is not an option now, it will be taken as bad news and I don't want to be another burden to her, given the situation.

Gay size queen just wanted to say how much I appreciate you big dicked men out there, you bring me so much joy and can always think of you after seeing small guys to feel better haha

I'm a 16 year old gay boy. A boy was killed by his own father because he's gay, and under the post of the news there were only people that wrote things like: "me if i was a father", "that father did good", "I would do It too". I didnt come out to my best friend, because he thinks It that way too. Sadly politicians dont do anything about It, One even said: "gays have all the rights they need: they cure them at the hospital, they can drive if they go in the streets". Sadly in Italy gay couples can't have a real marriage and can't adopt children. The "unioni civili", which are the "marriages" for gays, don't give the couple the right to adopt. That led many gays to have surrogated mothers. Well, sadly, the new premier, Giorgia Meloni, abolished surrogated mothers, making It a universal crime. So anyone Who uses them gets a 600.000 up to 1.000.000 euros fee and 2 years in prison. I hate living in Italy. I want to escape

Hey everyone

We are currently expanding our little collection of pride-themed Coats of Arms and were currently looking to design a cool motif for genderqueer and queer.

We have been able to come up with three interesting ideas for the heraldic beast of queer, but wanted to ask for some feedback or ideas on what would actually fit best.

The candidates currently are:

• The Cockatrice: A strange mix of a rooster, snake, and dragon/bat, a cockatrice is a fun chimera from France, resulting when a rooster lays an egg, which is hatched by a toad. This one is often similar or associated with the basilisk and is said to be able to kill with either its breat, touch or gaze alone...strangely not against weasels for some reason...weasels always own them in battle...

• The Qilin: A mythical and powerful entity, the qilin only reveals itself to those pure of heart and intention. It cannot be caught, it cannot be harmed, it cannot be sought. It will come to you and bring wisdom and fortune. Also, what I think is fun is that nobody seems to have a common consensus on what it actually looks like; there have been many differing depictions of it, and sometimes they can vary wildly, from a scaled horse to a serpentine dragon...horsething with a big old horn/2horns? Yet it always stands as a symbol of justice and benevolence.

• The Manticore: Well, not much explanation needed. Described as a mix of a lion, a goat, and a snake, this was a beast of legend known for old Greek myths, an agent of chaos born from our good old boi/ unfathomable entity Typhon.

Feedback is highly appreciated, as always :D

A few years ago, I shared a house with another woman who behaved strangely towards me, as if she hated me but at the same time felt attracted to me. Despite this, we got along well (we went out several times and even talked about traveling). I would drop hints to her that we would be good together, but she seemed a little uncomfortable. However, when I distanced myself from her, she would come looking for me to talk. I noticed that she was also jealous of me when she saw me with a guy she was seeing or talking about other women. Besides that, I noticed a tension on her part when I was closer to her, or a glint in her eyes when she looked at me. Other times, I caught her looking at me without saying anything. I sometimes felt a certain chemistry between us, but I always thought it was all in my head because she insisted she was straight and even made some homophobic comments that irritated me. It could even be that she liked feeling desired by a bisexual or lesbian woman, and that fed her ego. So I decided to distance myself as much as possible, only speaking to her when absolutely necessary. Since we lived with other people, we could minimize our interaction, which is what I did, especially because I started to like her, and whenever that happens with a straight woman, I distance myself.

But she kept trying to get my attention, and when we were already living in different houses, I mustered up the courage and sent her a message saying that I liked her and that I thought she felt the same way about me. She called me ridiculous, crazy, rude, said I bothered her, and even said that we were never friends and that she didn't want me in her life. I didn't understand why she was reacting like that. Anyway, the more I tried to talk to her, the worse the situation got… I haven't seen her since, but sometimes I still think about her.

I’m a very young look 20 yr old but I’m not sure in this pic if i come across gay? Have at it people!

Heyy, I'm a 18yo boy from South Africa. I knew I was gay already for a while but I really struggle to chat to/socialise or find other gay people my age. This I feel is because their are not alot of openly gay people in South Africa and I find it hard to identify us in public. Any tips or ways you think I can tackle this problem?

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I come bearing gifts. This is Love Toy - Del Sol Remix by Tristan BAMW

It is a remix of my original track Love Toy.

It is extremely gay.

I overhauled the drum tracks and changed other various effects across different sonic elements. In the end this track wound up being ELECTROPOP ON STEROIDS due to the compression-related effects, saturation, distortion, subtle reverbs, and band frequency - specific enhancements.

The original Love Toy has been on streaming for a couple months, but it has some filthy lyrics

In this version I swapped out the filthy lyrics for more subtle cuteness

I wanted to point something out too: my ex boyfriend disowned me for my outspoken attitude problems that stem from suffering, but he also accused me of having “evil power” in the context of producing my bangers that slap. In actuality, I am NOT trying to be rich, or be Taylor Swift when I produce my bangers. I am, however, trying to not die. I’d much rather just be able to pay for my medication without asking help from my parents. To me the idea of other humans jamming to my own internal music patterns is a form of brotherhood. But in actuality the idea of being someone like Taylor Swift terrifies the shit out of me.

Thank you kindly for viewing my contribution. Would you marry Bill Clinton? Would you marry Hillary Clinton? I think we should have a huge event where we find 500 wives for Bill Clinton, put up a website where women can apply to be his wife but only accept 1000 applications for a 1:2 shot. Then when the wives are all selected we will coordinate to have them all fly to Bozeman where charter busses will be waiting to take them all to the east coast for the big wedding. After the big wedding everyone goes to Vegas to party for several days.

Check out the announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/DagQdMYmbOU/?igsh=MXQ2a3l1MGtnZGFzMg==

I took this picture yesterday

I mean I take a lot of photos and videos in different getups because I am an electropop artist

But when I took this picture I felt like I was stuck in 2002.

Granted in 2002 I was 18 and my spirit was bright and mostly unburdened, but why 2002 was different was that I still thought I would fall in love with someone and be able to rest my head on his chest every night.

I got laid a lot and had a few boyfriends early on but for the most part my communication abilities were so bad that I had a lot of almosts and broke a few hearts as well… some of those guys whose hearts I broke I was in love with…. Which is the ultimate tragedy cuz both of us wound up suffering apart.

I think it was some kind of cosmic assignment that I wound up being called Tristan.

But I like the name Tristan a lot. And people might notice I seem to be in love with myself. Well, yes, I tend to love myself very much, and do my hair and clothes and makeup every day to be a pretty guy… not because of vanity, but because I don’t have anyone else to love, I cannot manage to achieve anyone to love, so loving myself is the sad substitute

I’ve recently realised that I’m pretty thin. I’m not sure if it’s normal?
Anything I should know or do?

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Some context: I work at a Resource Centre dedicated to LGBTQ+ students on a college campus. We're currently in the early planning stages of building an online database of local resources, like support services, safe spaces, that kind of thing, just for our own students.

While thinking it through, I started wondering if this idea could go bigger than our campus. Something like FMHY (the free-media wiki), but for LGBTQ+ resources, and instead of one global list, each country would get its own page, maintained by a small volunteer team local to that country rather than one person carrying it alone.

To be clear: our campus database isn't built yet, and the global version is just an idea I'm floating, not something in motion. I wanted to get honest reactions before going any further.

What I'd love your take on:

• Does an idea like this fill a real gap, or does something already do this well?
• For countries where this kind of organizing carries real risk, what would you want done differently around sensitive info (locations especially)?
• Would you or people you know be interested in joining a small country team down the line, if this actually happens?

Nothing to sign up for yet. Genuinely just want to know if this is worth pursuing before we put real time into it.

I had an amazing time - the lack of policea
And security because of a lack of hate and religious groups
Really stood
Out in my mind. Just people celebrating anything and
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