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Edit: Non Apple News link. Sorry about that - they make it a real pain in the ass to extract the actual link.

Cheers, queers!

I’d like to start posting content and making this a good destination space. I don’t think even reddit, as big as it was, had a really good space for talking about our issues or celebrating our successes. I’m not going to rehash the community fragmentation or other issues there.

I’m going to try to start posting here, focusing on community discussion kinda of articles. As far as I can tell, this is the most active queer community on lemmy, thanks to the singular efforts of stamets. I admire his commitment to the community and want him to know I’m behind him in any way needed.

One note - a lot of my article discovery is through Apple News. Supposedly, the links should just redirect you to the regular website if you’re not a user. I’m hoping this works for you all.

On nights like this When the world's a bit amiss And the lights go down Across the trailer park I get down, I feel had Feel on the verge of going mad Then it's time to punch the clock:

I put on some make-up Turn on the tape deck And put the wig back on my head Suddenly I'm Miss Midwest Midnight Checkout Queen Until I go home, and I put myself to bed

John Cameron Mitchell, you make me feel seen and I will love you forever.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coming_Out_Day

National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an annual LGBT awareness day observed on October 11 to support anyone "coming out of the closet". First celebrated in the United States in 1988, the initial idea was grounded in the feminist and gay liberation spirit of the personal being political, and the emphasis on the most basic form of activism being coming out to family, friends, and colleagues, and living life as an openly lesbian or gay person.

https://www.hrc.org/campaigns/national-coming-out-day

Question for the UK LGBT community: This article makes it sound like the pink vote is significant to the Tories. As an American, I’m having a really hard time imagining how that comes about. I’d accuse it of being slanted, but it quotes a number of Tory MPs who are publicly and strongly criticizing the statement.

In the US, the LGBT vote is pretty overwhelmingly Democratic. There’s a small group that support republicans, but it’s very rare - to the point it’s something worthy of notice and a point of contention.

So, is the portrayal in this article accurate? What are the politics over there? I’ve been active politically since the days of ACT UP, so I know what things are like over here, but I’m completely stunned by what they’re presenting about the political alignment over there.

The article points out that this republican politician and businessman, Cory Tomczyk, is suing a non-profit news site for reporting on his use of the slur towards a 13 year old boy. Although he lost his suit, he is appealing the decision. This suit has already cost the news site $150k.

How do these lawsuits not fall under SLAPP laws?

It could not be more obviously a hate crime. I hope they go after anyone who was shielding him or lying for him as well.