going stealth means choosing between your safety and your community--a decision i never want to make. i fear the time to make that decision is drawing closer and closer. facial hair and muscle growth, a deep voice and adam's apple, blending in and keeping quiet. stifling excitement when i see someone like me. unable to speak up. hiding a pivotal part of who i am. fear. fear is on all sides of being trans. the side that holds most love is with my brothers and sisters, protesting and speaking out.
leith ross knows all of my feelings
1974: a group of college students embark on a road tip to discover themselves, two of them especially
The smell of his sweat lingered on my pillow last night and I found myself breathing it in until I could no longer find his scent.
my boy by csh was specifically made for boyfriends that went home for winter break and are now long-distance for a month
Vintage pins made by Bruce Eakin | c. 1990
rb this if you're gay and you wanna give your boyfriend a lil smooch. a lil kissy kiss
yearn
Books with LGBT Themes // Call Me By Your Name
“Most of us can’t help but live as though we’ve got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between. But there’s only one, and before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it. Right now there’s sorrow. I don’t envy the pain. But I envy you the pain.”
what if we sat together on the cool grass and looked up at the sunset i'm wearing your sweater to keep me warm, we both feel alive with the buzz of tension and the heat of something new, our hands edge closer and closer throughout the night but we dare not touch it would be too much