you are not alone.

“When you’re gay, you monitor everything you do. How...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:04:00 -0800

“When you’re gay, you monitor everything you do. How you dress, how you talk, how you act. ‘Do they see me? What do they think of me?’”

To be able to blend. That’s what realness is.

If you can pass the untrained eye, or even the trained eye, and not give away the fact that you’re gay, that’s when it’s real.

The idea of realness is to look as much as possible like your straight counterpart.

The realer you look means you look like a real woman. Or you look like a real man. A straight man.

It’s not a takeoff, or a satire. No. It’s actually being able to be this.

- Pepper LaBeija, “Paris is Burning”

This is not a clip, this is the full documentary. If you want to know what it means to be a gay person in this world, you should watch it. If you want to know that what you are feeling right now is universal and timeless, you should watch it.

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it will not be simple. it will take all your heart.

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it will not be simple. it will take all your heart.

"Two women together is a work nothing in civilization has made simple."

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:06:29 -0800

“Two women together is a work nothing in civilization has made simple.”

- Adrienne Rich (via ashleyinguanta)

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Your character on the show is openly gay, you’re openly gay in...

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:32:12 -0700

Your character on the show is openly gay, you’re openly gay in real life. You’ve always been kind of comfortable in your own skin. How is that? (x)

themaskedgorilla2: Frank Ocean Discusses Coming Out Of The...

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:32:00 -0700

themaskedgorilla2:

Frank Ocean Discusses Coming Out Of The Closet

Since Frank Ocean unleashed that jaw dropping letter announcing that he was bi-sexual he has yet to really discuss it with anyone in the public eye. Today, that changed with a new article in ‘The Guardian’ where Frankie leaves no stone unturned. Check out what he had to say below.

“A lot of people have said that since that news came out. I suppose a percentage of that act was because of altruism; because I was thinking of how I wished at 13 or 14 there was somebody I looked up to who would have said something like that, who would have been transparent in that way. But there’s another side of it that’s just about my own sanity and my ability to feel like I’m living a life where I’m not just successful on paper, but sure that I’m happy when I wake up in the morning, and not with this freakin’ boulder on my chest.

I knew that I was writing in a way that people would ask questions. I knew that my star was rising, and I knew that if I waited I would always have somebody that I respected be able to encourage me to wait longer, to not say it till who knows when. It was important for me to know that when I go out on the road and I do these things, that I’m looking at people who are applauding because of an appreciation for me. I don’t have many secrets, so if you know that, and you’re still applauding … it may be some sort of sick validation but it was important to me. When I heard people talking about certain, you know, ‘pronouns’ in the writing of the record, I just wanted to – like I said on the post – offer some clarity; clarify, before the fire got too wild and the conversation became too unfocused and murky.

When you write a song like Forrest Gump, the subject can’t be androgynous. It requires an unnecessary amount of effort. I don’t fear anybody. So, to answer your question, yes, I could have easily changed the words. But for what? I just feel like it’s just another time now. I have no interest in contributing to that, especially with my art. It’s the one thing that I know will outlive me and outlive my feelings. It will outlive my depressive seasons.” – Frank Ocean

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"when i found out that jamey rodemeyer killed himself - i felt deeply troubled. but when i found out..."

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:14:44 -0700

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when i found out that jamey rodemeyer killed himself - i felt deeply troubled. but when i found out that jamey rodemeyer had made an it gets better video only months before taking his own life - i felt indescribable despair. i also made an it gets better video last year - in the wake of the senseless and tragic gay teen suicides that were sweeping the nation at the time. but in light of jamey’s death - it became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it - is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality. our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay lesbian bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country. gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying. parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance. we are witnessing an enormous shift of collective consciousness throughout the world. we are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government. i believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. jamey rodemeyer’s life changed mine. and while his death only makes me wish that i had done this sooner - i am eternally grateful to him for being the catalyst for change within me. now i can only hope to serve as the same catalyst for even one other person in this world. that - i believe - is all that we can ask of ourselves and of each other.

zq.

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- zachary quinto, october 16, 2011.