Study your #queer #history. Recognize who came before you and everyone that has fought to get us to where we are today, because that is the foundation for the fights we have now and tomorrow.
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Day 30 - 1978 Pride
The first rainbow flags commissioned by the fledgling #pride committee were produced by a team that included artist Lynn Segerblom. Segerblom was then known as Faerie Argyle Rainbow; according to her, she created the original dyeing process for the flags.
Read up more to understand #HIV and #AIDS. One to read - And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts
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Day 29 - Pink Triangle
A pink triangle has been a symbol for various #LGBTQ identities, initially intended as a badge of shame, but later reclaimed as a positive symbol of self-identity.
The bear subculture is not a furry subculture.
(This is a basic definition and you should read up more to understand it and your bear friends.)
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Day 28 - Bear
#Bear is a subcultural term used primarily by gay men, referring to a subset of men who embrace and subvert traditional masculinity and defy the stereotypes typically applied to gay men, who are usually seen as feminine due to their attraction to men.
(This is a basic definition and you should read up more to better understand it and your friends that participate.)
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Day 27 - Rubber
This symbol of the flag is for members of the #rubber and #latex fetish community and is similar to its predecessor, the #leather Pride flag (day 26).
(This is a basic definition and you should read up more to understand it and your #leather friends.)
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Day 26 - Leather
Leather? Yes, #Leather. The next couple of days will be focused on some of the subcultures that have helped greatly, and are still helping, in the push for #LGBTQ+ rights. Leather is a huge one.
(This is a basic definition and you should read up more to understand it and your #twospirited friends.)
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Day Day 25 - Two Spirit
Two Spirit or #Twospirited is an exclusive gender for Indigenous North Americans. Typically two spirit people fulfill one of many third gender or mixed gender roles found traditionally among many Native American and other indigenous groups.
The updated flag is meant to be inclusive of a much wide range of gay men, including but not limited to transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming men.
(This is a basic definition and you should read up more to understand it and your gay friends.)
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Day 24 - Gay Men
#Gay means that it is, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to people of one's same sex —often used to refer to men only. However, it is the term typically associated with anyone in the community, (cont)
Some of you may have noticed that I posted day 23 on day 24. I was sick yesterday, so everything is off by 1 day until I can get caught up. I appreciate all of you that are following along with my #30ShadesOfGay project.
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Although personal preferences exist, no design has been accepted by the community as the official lesbian flag.
(This is a basic definition and you should read up more to understand it and your #lesbian friends.)
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Day 23 - Lesbian
#Lesbian is the term for a gay woman, meaning a woman, woman-aligned or feminine-aligned person who is attracted to women, woman-aligned or feminine-aligned people.
Many lesbians throughout history are overlooked and that's often the case with Stormé DeLarverie.
(This is a basic definition and you should read up more to understand it and your #ceterosexual friends.)
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Day 22 - Ceterosexual
#Ceterosexual (also known as Allotroposexual, Enbysexual, or Idemosexual), previously known as the outdated and controversial term Skoliosexual (see below), is an orientation referring to someone who is exclusively attracted to non-binary & genderqueer people.
(This is a basic definition and you should read up more to understand it and your polyamorous friends)
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(This is a basic definition and you should read up more to understand it and your #bigender friends.)
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Day 20 - Bigender
#Bigender is a non-binary gender identity in which someone has two distinct gender identities. They could feel both genders at the same time or be fluid between them, in which case they may also identify as #genderfluid.
(This is a basic definition and you should read up more to understand it and your neutrois friends.)
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Day 19 - Neutrois
#Neutrois is a non-binary gender identity which is often associated with a "neutral" or "null" gender. It may also be associated with genderlessness, and shares many similarities with agender - (cont.)
It shows that there is a difference between one's assigned gender at birth and one's actual gender.
The opposite of transgender is cisgender.
(This is a basic definition & you should read up more to understand it and your transgender friends.)
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Day 18 - Transgender
#Transgender (often shortened to #trans) is a term referring to people who do not identify as the gender assigned to them at birth.
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Day 17 - Polysexual
#Polysexual, also spelled #plysexual or #polisexual, is the sexual attraction to many, but not necessarily all, genders. For example, a polysexual person could be attracted to all genders except men.
(This is a basic definition and you should read up more to understand it and your #demiromantic friends.)
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Day 16 - Demiromantic
#Demiromantic is a romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum defined as someone who does not experience romantic attraction until they have formed a deep emotional connection with someone.
The female equivalent to demiboy is demigirl (day 14), the non-binary equivalent is deminonbinary, and the neutral equivalent is demineutrois.
(This is a basic definition and you should read up more to understand it and your demiboy friends.)
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