i am nooooot locked the fuck in. im locked the fuck out. call the locksmith
in the course of watching various assorted older documentaries about being gay and coming out and homophobia and conversion therapy etc it strikes me that there's a way that people talk about the relief and joy of coming out properly and accepting yourself and feeling a sense of unconditional love without shame that's very similar to the way christians love to harp on about the joys of the gospel etc. and that's not surprising bc many of these people in documentaries are (raised) christian, obviously they're steeped in that language. but it is frustrating to think that cishet christians will rant on for days about how wonderful it is that Jesus takes away shame and guilt and sin and reminds people of their value and worth with unconditional love - and then recoil at actually seeing this happen in contexts where they dont want it to. ohno. we didnt actually mean what we said. we meant taking away shame and self-hatred spiritually. get back in the closet.
such a beautiful sign of what it is to feel fully known and accepted and the goodness that emerges in people's lives when they know that they're unconditionally loved - and what greater unconditional love than the love of God? - and cishet christians would rather throw it into the trash
Men couldn't care less about male victims of SA, rape or any form of abuse. They only say "Men also go through this" when a woman is talking about a tough situation she's facing. All men want to do is invalidate women's feelings and hardships. When was the last time they mentioned men going through mental/emotional/physical abuse without it being a response to a woman being the victim of an injustice ?
artwork from the Game Freak website, 2004
rereading htn right now
“The process of opening up is essential to any notion of a spiritual life. You open and open again. And then you open again. To love. To friendship. To teachers and learning. To safety. To new experience. To growth and to change. To the reality of your life and your place in the world. To changing the story of your life, if necessary. To trust. To faith. To intimacy. To responsibility. Opening of the hearts, juman and animal.” -Jon Katz . . . . . . #mylifeinbaja #getoutside #rewild #rewildyourlife #adventure #horse #horsesbyjose #bajacalifornia #beherenow (at La Mision, Baja California, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoAigfpPs1P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I’m a lesbian and a Catholic which means the only man I’ll ever marry is Jesus Christ the Son of God Bridegroom to the Church and I eat his literal flesh and drink his actual blood every week through the transubstantiated Eucharist in remembrance of when he was here on earth and looking forward to when he will come back
“You just need the right man” I found him. It’s Jesus. We’re one flesh now. Yeah he died for my sins and in doing so united me to the creator God Almighty. He was dressed up for the occasion and everything. He kissed me on the forehead and led me to my girlfriend and said go love her as I loved you be happy. My husband is seated at the right hand of God from which he will come to judge the living and the dead if you care. Yeah I tried to pray the gay away but he cupped my face in his hands and said “there is nothing about you that needs to be fixed. You are holy as I am holy.” He had me nail my internalized homophobia to the cross and he carried it for me. The Holy Spirit gave me the rizz to flirt with my girlfriend when we met well enough that she fell in love with me and when we get married and she’s my wife I’m going to thank my husband Jesus Christ.
justin, i will find you