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Today in the combination of #LGBThistorymonth and #BlackHistoryMonth, let's talk about how Louis Farrakhan Sr (wiki: formerly known as Louis X, an American religious leader and political activist who heads the Nation of Islam) also wrote and performed "Is she is, or is she ain't"
A song "about" or inspired by Christine Jorgensen.
Commentary from Black on Both Sides.
The song is also featured in this (classic) Tom and Jerry sketch. Tom and Jerry, like other cartoons, were constantly cross dressing and gendered/ungendered (and also quite rightly often come with a racism warning).

I don't have a conclusion to this thread, but its absolutely fascinating

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15 Feb
This is the book (and speaker) recommended by the church I was looking at joining after the Pandam.

Hands up if you think it's going to be a well thought out, helpful, harm-reduction focused education.

Hands up if you think it'll be sex jokes and Purity Culture 🖐️ Image
If the Evangelical Alliance recommended my book I would need to flush myself down the toilet. Image
The author says he felt guilty about looking at boobs AGED FIVE.

I'm sorry but growing up in a shame-filled Purity Culture world like that from such an early age probably DIDN'T help create a balanced world view on sex at all. I feel sorry for that five year old.
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14 Feb
These photos of the love, care and attention given to Georgia Black shortly befit her death in June 1951. The woman combing her hair is the sister of her husband. ♥ A church leader (and of Women's Missionary Society), her story as a trans woman was protected
by her Pastor, of a Methodist Church.

Her funeral was attended by Black and white mourners, described in Black on Both Sides as, "a remarkable gesture of desegregation" at the time.
The care and dignity shown to this woman in 1951 touched me deeply.

#LGBThistorymonth #BlackHistoryMonth #queerhistory

(Source: Black on Both Sides - C Riley Snorton)
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14 Feb
Had a dream that I had to come out to my parents in a different way, and it was one of those ten my stressful building up dreams that keep getting more intense till it all comes out, and yet, it went well in the dream!
My mom *in my dream*: But I thought you were attracted to the girls on Bake Off
Me: Did you not see the way I looked at Andrew every time he was on screen???

Okay dream Drappa calm down 😂
Me: and I have a boyfriend, you've met him, my friend Pete
My dad *in the dream*: You mean 'dearest Peaches'?

Apparently in my dream that was my affectionate nickname for him 😂
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26 Jun 19
Zoomed over to Philippians (I'm reading the Bible again, wish me luck), and here's a lush verse,

"The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is being preached. And because of this, I rejoice."
Contrast with modern extremist Christians who can only cope with Christ being preached by THEIR preapproved, male, straight, denominational preachers.

I'm gay, and when I talk about Jesus, it's using that language.

Whether you see that as false, or not, it's happening. Rejoice.
TW. For this whole thread, as Bible references and references to death
Read 11 tweets
25 Jun 19
I'm reading The Bible again folks. Wish me luck.
Why are extreme Christians so often like, 'God designed it specifically that men should work and women would stay at home to look after the children', but, my darlings, isn't that the CURSE?

#hashtagbible
"Your desire will be to your husband and he will rule over you," says God, and the extremist Christians are nodding like, "AMEN!"

But, sweetpeas, thazz THE CURSE.

#gen3 #hashtagbible
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30 May 19
TW. Abuse, child abuse, not being believed

Mute thread if that will be helpful to you. I will be talking a little about Mary Pride's utterly messed up book The Child Abuse Industry

#ExposeChristianAbuse
What
And I do mean what.
The fuck.
Is this book.
I have physically crossed it out in red pen so that no one who happens across my copy, or sees me reading it, or notes it on the table when I'm writing in a coffee shop could ever think it is a book I subscribe to.
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