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Pride Primer History: Pride started as The Stonewall Riots, which began on June 28, 1969 when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City. This served as a catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world. (from History.com) Purpose: Pride is a protest against those that oppose the rights and freedoms of the LGBTQIA+ community Pride is a statement LGBTQIA+ people have always existed and always will Pride is a reminder to never take our rights for granted Pride is an opportunity to educate and liberateALT
LGBTQIA+ Definition Lesbian: Women who are exclusively attracted, sexually or romantically, to other women. Gay: Umbrella term for homosexuality and/or men who are exclusively attracted, sexually or romantically, to other men. Bi: A person who is attracted, romantically or sexually, to two or more genders. Trans: A person whose gender identity does not match with the gender assigned at birth. Queer: Umbrella term for anyone whose sexual or gender identity does not match established heterosexual norms. Intersex: A person born with a combination of male and female biological traits. Ace: Umbrella term for a person who does not experience sexual and/or romantic attraction to anyone. Plus: A catch-all for all other related identities in the community.ALT
Sex and Gender Biology: Sex is generally defined as male, female, or intersex, dependent on chromosomes, hormones, and reproductive organs. As complex, biological organisms, humans can and do exist anywhere within these metrics. Intersex individuals are as common as being a natural red head. For example, PCOS is a genetic condition that is considered intersex, as it affects a person’s hormones in development. Sex is biological, gender is a social construct, and varies from culture to culture. Identity: CIS: A person whose identity matches their assigned gender at birth Non-Binary: An umbrella term for someone whose identity does not fit in the male/female gender binary Trans: A person whose identity does not match their assigned gender at birth; they may or may not take steps to physically match said identity Everyone has pronouns. Some common ones are: he/him, she/her, and they/them.ALT
Attraction Sexual and Romantic Attraction has two components, sexual and romantic. A person can be any combination, and some of the most common types are: Heterosexual/Heteromantic exclusively attracted to the opposite gender Homosexual/Homoromantic exlusively attracted to the same gender Bisexual/Biromantic exclusively attracted to two or more genders Pansexual/Panromantic attraction without regard to gender Demisexual/Demiromantic attraction ONLY with a strong emotional bond Asexual/Aromantic no attraction for any gender no interest in a romantic relationship For example, a person may be asexual/heteromantic, meaning that they have little to no desire for sex, but are interested/open to a romantic relationship with someone of the opposite gender.ALT

I made this Pride Month primer for work, and thought y’all might enjoy it, too. It’s meant to be just the VERY BASICS, and does not cover everything. Feel free to ask questions, though I’m not an authority. There are lots of other great resources out there!

Transcript below:

Pride Primer

History:

Pride started as The Stonewall Riots, which began on June 28, 1969 when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City. This served as a catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world. (from History.com)

Purpose:

  • Pride is a protest against those that oppose the rights and freedoms of the LGBTQIA+ community
  • Pride is a statement: LGBTQIA+ people have always existed and always will
  • Pride is a reminder to never take our rights for granted
  • Pride is an opportunity to educate and liberate

LGBTQIA+ Definition

  • Lesbian: Women who are exclusively attracted, sexually or romantically, to other women.
  • Gay: Umbrella term for homosexuality and/or
  • men who are exclusively attracted, sexually or romantically, to other men.
  • Bi: A person who is attracted, romantically or sexually, to two or more genders.
  • Trans: A person whose gender identity does not match with the gender assigned at birth.
  • Queer: Umbrella term for anyone whose sexual or gender identity does not match established heterosexual norms.
  • Intersex: A person born with a combination of male and female biological traits.
  • Ace: Umbrella term for a person who does not experience sexual and/or romantic attraction to anyone.
  • Plus: A catch-all for all other related identities in the community.

Sex and Gender

Biology:

Sex is generally defined as male, female, or intersex, dependent on chromosomes, hormones, and reproductive organs. As complex, biological organisms, humans can and do exist anywhere within these metrics. Intersex individuals are as common as being a natural red head. For example, PCOS is a genetic condition that is considered intersex, as it affects a person’s hormones in development. Sex is biological, gender is a social construct, and varies from culture to culture.

Identity:

  • CIS: A person whose identity matches their assigned gender at birth
  • Non-Binary: An umbrella term for someone whose identity does not fit in the male/female gender binary
  • Trans: A person whose identity does not match their assigned gender at birth; they may or may not take steps to physically match said identity

Everyone has pronouns. Some common ones are: he/him, she/her, and they/them.

Attraction

Sexual and Romantic

Attraction has two components, sexual and romantic. A person can be any combination, and some of the most common types are:

  • Heterosexual/Heteromantic: exclusively attracted to the opposite gender
  • Homosexual/Homoromantic: exclusively attracted to the same gender
  • Bisexual/Biromantic: exclusively attracted to two or more genders
  • Pansexual/Panromantic: attraction without regard to gender
  • Demisexual/Demiromantic: attraction ONLY with a strong emotional bond
  • Asexual/Aromantic: no attraction for any gender, no interest in a romantic relationship

For example, a person may be asexual/heteromantic, meaning that they have little to no desire for sex, but are interested/open to a romantic relationship with someone of the opposite gender.

Pokemon request from the stream tonight. Thanks for coming! 8)

Vashwood brainrot from a HS AU that we have hohoho

roach-works:

limpurtikles:

crazy-pages:

biohammer:

elidyce:

balaclava-trismegistus:

Sun Tzu is so fucking funny to me because for his time he was legitimately a brilliant tactician but a bunch of his insight is shit like “if you think you might lose, avoid doing that”, “being outnumbered is bad generally”, and “consider lying.”

My personal favourite is his lengthy lecture on the subject of Supplies Being Very Important I Cannot Stress Enough The Importance Of Protecting Your Supply Lines But Also Supply Lines Are Expensive As Shit So Steal The Enemy’s Supplies At Every Opportunity. 

via- @elidyce

One of the more important things to consider about any historical work is the audience it was published for. The Art Of War was aimed at fancy nobles high on philosophy with little practical military experience who were nonetheless leading armies.

Sun Tzu, after desperatly trying to explain extremely basic logic to a bunch of upper-class twits, basically sat down and wrote the most elaborate “As per my last email” ever

the art of war is tedious and irritating when you read it as like, immortal prose by the most brilliant man ever to kick ass. but it’s incredibly fucking funny when you realize that sun tzu had to write every single one of those entries because someone somewhere did not know this ahead of time and made a really, really expensive oopsie doodles.

This is so timely that I’m rebageling it on main.