Goooooooooooooooooooooood morning! I’m currently sitting in the library with a cutie surrounded by families and puppies (it’s hot and the library is a cooling station for ALL Austinites, not just humans) and it’s beautiful. Community is a beautiful thing y’all. If I’m being honest with you, this week was not my best week. I felt overwhelmed by every single emotion and useless and it was just…hard. Have you ever felt like that?
Luckily, date nights exist. And Alamo Drafthouse. And ridiculously silly Fast & Furious movies. There’s something about sitting in the dark for three hours unable to use your phone that reminds you that you’re a real person, who laughs earnestly and feels things and not just a weird internet personality who too often says “lol” in real life without actually laughing at anything. I hope you had a moment this week that helped you remember that you, too, are a whole, real, person. Because you are! You’re real! The fact that your nose does not grow when you lie is proof!
Ok, now the news.
+ This twitter account really wants a girlfriend. Please help her.
— want a gf (@plsfindmeagf) July 29, 2019
+ Why Hayley Kiyoko calls herself a lesbian.
I didn’t want a label at all, but once I released my music, there was this outpour of support for the fact that I did like girls. I learned that by embracing my label as a lesbian, I was helping normalise that for so many other people.
+ How having a doula made this Black nonbinary femme’s pregnancy a positive experience.
+ Trans and nonbinary lives take center stage in Transom, a play written/created by my friends!!! Transom runs in Austin until the end of the month.
+ Nonbinary teen fashion is beyond androgyny.
+ Eight queer music milestones you may not know about.
+ Church in a gay bar: how some queer Christians are reconciling their sexuality and faith.
+ The North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Festival is now the OutSouth Queer Film Festival.
+ Mercedes-Benz Canada has a new ad highlighting diversity!!!
Join us in celebrating the values that unite us all. Today and every day. #DrivenByDiversity 🏳️🌈
To see more, visit: https://t.co/SDd7Lotkgs#LGBTQ #LGBT #Pride #LGBTQcommunity #LGBTpride #PrideCanada #PrideFlag #LGBTflag #loveislove #lovewins #diversity pic.twitter.com/ej6hj3uqlm— Mercedes-Benz Canada (@MercedesBenzCDN) August 12, 2019
+ Remember these two QT pies???
"Loving a Black woman feels like a privilege." pic.twitter.com/ylzVpvbjWB
— Refinery29 (@Refinery29) April 8, 2019
They’re engaged!!
+ Let’s compare 1994 Little Women to 2019 Little Women, shall we?
+ Some Angelenos were lucky enough to experience 1930s prices during Maisel Day.
+ “In 1776, a 24-year-old Quaker woman named Jemima Wilkinson died of fever, and came back to life as a prophet known as the Publick Universal Friend.” She was also genderless.
+ Sportswriter Nicky Bandini has come out as trans!
Okay buds, please stay cool, it’s a fucking scorcher out there. Love yourself harder than you think you deserve, tell your friends they’re amazing, forgive someone who hurt you (if you can), and don’t forget to do your skincare routine!!! I love you, we’re gonna survive this hot girl/boi/them/planet summer and before we know it, we’ll be wearing sweaters and pants and drinking iced coffee (because we’re gay). Have a good Sunday and a better week! Kiss a baby!
