Oh, dear… For a few weeks now, I’ve had almost the exact same number of unread emails in my inbox as I have number of liked Tumblr posts!

b-i-s-e-x-u-a-l-teens:

·      Day 1 - Your sexual orientation or gender identity. Be creative in your definition.

·      Day 2 - Did you have any experiences as a child that might have foreshadowed your sexuality? 

·      Day 3 - How old were you when you knew? What was that like for you?

·      Day 4 - The first person you came out to and that story.

·      Day 5 - Thoughts regarding inner turmoil about your sexuality; Did you have any? Did it escalate to self-injury or suicidal thoughts?

·      Day 6 - Did you face any problems regarding religion?

·      Day 7 - How your parents took it or how you think they might take it.

·      Day 8 - What do you think the closet or being closeted means to you?

·      Day 9 - What do you think about LGBT Pride? Is it helpful or hurtful? Encouraged or unnecessary? 

·      Day 10 - What does marriage mean to you?

·      Day 11 - Your favorite LGBT book (or one you’d like to read).

·      Day 12 - Your favorite LGTB movie (or one you’d like to see).

·      Day 13 - Your favorite LGBT role model/celebrity.

·      Day 14 - Your favorite LGBT song or artist.

·      Day 15 - Your favorite LGBT quote.

·      Day 16 - A picture from your first LGBT relationship or of your first LGBT crush.

·      Day 17 - Your first experience with an LGBT organization or event (Day of Silence, Pride, etc).

·      Day 18 - Something about the LGBTQ community you don’t understand or have a question about.

·      Day 19 - Butch or Femme? 

·      Day 20 - Maureen or Joanne? (Or your favorite LGBTQ show or queer-positive show).

·      Day 21 - Political LGBT issue that is closest to you or affects you most.

·      Day 22 - An LGBT image that makes you smile.

·      Day 23 - An LGBT image that makes you cry or makes you angry.

·      Day 24 - The stupidest argument/comment you’ve heard about gay people or an LGBT issue.

·      Day 25 - The LGBT slur you hate most or if you’ve taken back a slur and used it as a definition, ie queer or fag.

·      Day 26 - Your favorite gay joke (we all need to laugh at ourselves).

·      Day 27 - Your favorite LGBT blog/tumblr/site.

·      Day 28 - Write a letter to someone. It can be a coming out letter or a letter regarding how you hate their homophobia or whatnot. You don’t have to send it.

·      Day 29 - SHOUT SOMETHING! IT CAN BE HAPPY AND ABOUT PRIDE OR ABOUT WHY YOU HATE HOMOPHOBIA! 

·      Day 30 - Anything LGBT you’d like to end this on.

(Source: d0minatricks, via confessionsofahalfdyke)

lgbtlaughs:

Today, it came to the fore that a user had been listing the addresses of LGBTQ people with the threat of outing them to their parents/peers. Some people reported them to tumblr, and tumblr sent a standard response saying they can’t remove the content due to “free speech” despite such action breaking their TOS (which they’ve just updated, you’ll note). It was pretty clear they didn’t even read the complaint before deciding it was a “free speech” matter.

The blog in question is now gone, whether by tumblr’s hand or not. But the likelihood that the person who made is has been IP-banned is very slim. If you receive any word that any such blog begins operating again, spread the word so mass-reporting (support@tumblr.com) can take place. It is the only method that seems to make tumblr pay attention.

Tumblr must do more to protect minority communities on tumblr who use this space. It is in the interest of their business, and in the interest of basic human decency to tackle threats of outing, violence, or hate speech. Hate speech is not free speech. Outing people is not free speech.

Please do not ask me to explain the detail of what happened, you can read about it at these links (and follow the reblog strings from there for more commentary): one, two.

It is clear that we have to demand that tumblr support actually supports us.

Related note: signal boost for POCharassed, a new blog that documents racist abuse and harassment that tumblr support isn’t tackling.

spiffytie replied to your post: Jamie Lee Curtis, Sean Astin, and William Russ…

Jamie Lee Curtis on NCIS?! And I missed it. :(

Jamie Lee Curtis, Sean Astin, and William Russ (Alan Matthews, Boy Meets World) are all on NCIS tonight!! Bless their casting department. Unexpected appearances are the best!

So I had plans to go out tonight… but then I walked into the doorjamb/wall corner by my closet—kneecap first!

Hurt like an absolute bitch so much so that I couldn’t move for about a minute after the impact. I’ve been icing and resting my knee all night and watching Psych. Now time to watch SNL! Not too bad of a night, overall. It could always be worse.