The Rainbow Connection [LGBTS Club] Page 174

Started by Shining Raichu May 22nd, 2011 5:52 AM
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Alice

(>^.(>0.0)>

Age 31
Female
Oregon
Seen April 30th, 2015
Posted April 29th, 2015
3,077 posts
14.2 Years
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/19/oregon-gay-marriage_n_5352809.html
Gay marriage just became legal in my state. :D Having lived in Portland for awhile, I'm sorta surprised that we weren't the first state... then I remember that the other 3/4ths of the state are pure redneck wilderness. Still, finally made it.

Now I just have to find someone to marry...

Taemin

MOVE

he / they
USA
Seen January 6th, 2023
Posted December 9th, 2022
11,196 posts
17.8 Years
First off, hello! c:

and secondly
but I don't like the jerky acttitude most guys have. Many guys that I know where so sweet when younger but most turned into jerks as they grew up because, you know, be a man = be a dick.
That sucks, and that's exactly why my best friend who's bi won't date guys. He tries for girls pretty often, but he refuses to date guys because most of the ones he ever meets are jerks and repel friendship, let alone anything else. v o v

Though, I guess it's a bit like how a lot of girls I tend to meet are prissy and don't leave the best impression on people.


I can't leave this spot that's empty without you
It's an area that no one else can fill
The night's never gonna be the same.

SHINee - Area

paired to Palamon

Arylett Charnoa

No one in particular.

Age 31
Female
Seen January 5th, 2023
Posted October 18th, 2017
1,130 posts
9.2 Years
I will join your club as well.

My sexuality is weird. I call it bisexual for simplicity because I don't like to confuse people with overcomplicated explanations. My capabilities include both genders, though I prefer females. Yet I am not really all that attracted to humans in general, so I don't look at a girl for the most part and think: "Whoa, hawtz." And not for a man either. Rare cases I will display appreciation for a male or a female's physical appearance, and be attracted to them in a weird way, but it is not really a thing for the most part.

To be honest, what I AM consistently attracted to is something I'd rather not detail too heavily. I suppose I can say I like furries.

Still, I am in a romantic relationship with a man currently, because I am still capable of having that deep connection with people that you may call romance. (And that I just consider to be a more exalted form of friendship with a mixture of physical attraction, because that's what it feels like for me) So you can say I am biromantic as well? But I'm certainly not asexual. Though I prefer females, I have to say that this man's probably one of my perfect matches due to similarity in many things. So as of now, I'm being boringly heterosexual. XD

But I still support the LGBT community! Well, not really support so much as just think of it as things that should be considered everyday. Because of the way I've grown up, I don't think of it as being all that weird to not be heterosexual. It's just so normal to me that others can be that way that I don't even think: "Oh, this person's gay/bi/whatever!" It just seems like a thing that happens. And I think that is how it should be thought of in the future so that we can all have true equality.

Phantom

Uh, I didn't do it

Age 32
Female
Minnesota
Seen September 18th, 2017
Posted September 18th, 2017
1,182 posts
11.8 Years
Welcome new folks! Howdy again Arylett.

Soooo coffee date went well. I think it went really well actually because we've seen each other every day after that, and I totally stole a goodnight kiss last night, so I'm feeling pretty okay.

I never thought after what happened that I could just... jump right in. Actually... I'm really quite over the crazy ex that was engaged the entire time.

This woman is very sweet, and a nerd like me. Last night we cuddled and watched Doctor Who... there is nothing better, methinks. It might be a bit different, apparently I'm the first woman she's dated. But still. Her friends are all ridiculously happy we're dating. I'm hoping this lasts. We'll see. :D

Demon Wolf

American Wolf

Male
in hell
Seen December 6th, 2022
Posted January 19th, 2018
490 posts
9.4 Years
Welcome new folks! Howdy again Arylett.

Soooo coffee date went well. I think it went really well actually because we've seen each other every day after that, and I totally stole a goodnight kiss last night, so I'm feeling pretty okay.

I never thought after what happened that I could just... jump right in. Actually... I'm really quite over the crazy ex that was engaged the entire time.

This woman is very sweet, and a nerd like me. Last night we cuddled and watched Doctor Who... there is nothing better, methinks. It might be a bit different, apparently I'm the first woman she's dated. But still. Her friends are all ridiculously happy we're dating. I'm hoping this lasts. We'll see. :D
It will dont worry last 1 just lust this one might b the winner never know she could b ur fiance only time will tell ^^
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Welcome to the hoenn region I am professor birch the creepy old man with creepy questions ;)

FaeRose

"You'll see more with your eyes closed"

Female
Virginia
Seen December 8th, 2014
Posted June 7th, 2014
20 posts
9 Years
Hello there!
My name is Rose, well the name I wish for everyone to call me is Rose. Yes, my current icon is of a character named Rose, but she has no reason behind it~

I'm Trans*, but don't know how far I dwell into it, but I do know I like fem pronouns and to be called Rose.

Anyways hello~

FaeRose

"You'll see more with your eyes closed"

Female
Virginia
Seen December 8th, 2014
Posted June 7th, 2014
20 posts
9 Years
Hello there!
My name is Rose, well the name I wish for everyone to call me is Rose. Yes, my current icon is of a character named Rose, but she has no reason behind it~

I'm Trans*, but don't know how far I dwell into it, but I do know I like fem pronouns and to be called Rose.

Anyways hello~

Taemin

MOVE

he / they
USA
Seen January 6th, 2023
Posted December 9th, 2022
11,196 posts
17.8 Years
Hello there!
My name is Rose, well the name I wish for everyone to call me is Rose. Yes, my current icon is of a character named Rose, but she has no reason behind it~

I'm Trans*, but don't know how far I dwell into it, but I do know I like fem pronouns and to be called Rose.

Anyways hello~
Reminds me of how I used to go by Jake when I used a male name for a few years, and everyone thought I took it from the series.

Though, even if you had used that name because of Homestuck's Rose, there's nothing really wrong with that. xD

Welcome to the group, or the forums too for that matter. c:


I can't leave this spot that's empty without you
It's an area that no one else can fill
The night's never gonna be the same.

SHINee - Area

paired to Palamon

Treecko

the princess without voice

Age 31
He/Him
St.Louis,Missouri
Seen November 30th, 2021
Posted November 29th, 2021
6,311 posts
11.2 Years
I'm gonna join finally. I used to be pretty neutral on homosexuality and same-sex marriage but now I've decided to just support it fully. I was mostly neutral though cause I had friends who support gay marriage and gays and friends who were against it and didn't want to take a side. Though now I'm realizing I shouldn't worry about their opinions and that equal marriage rights for all people is really the better option. And that gay people should be able to do what the hell they want with no discrimination. It makes me happy knowing that more states and countries are supporting gay rights and making same-sex marriage legal or giving same-sex couple similar privilege as straight couples.

So I guess I'm joining as an Ally. Though sometimes I've questioned myself, but honestly I've really never felt the need to be in a relationship with any sex or gender though I've had sexual thoughts before. I don't know I'm complicated, but I feel like I just want friends right now.
I'm weird. *shrugs*

I don't know how often I will post here, but I kind just wanted to be included and show my support for the LGBT of PC. :)
"Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For You are everywhere"

Flushed

never eat raspberries

Seen November 4th, 2017
Posted May 18th, 2017
2,301 posts
9.7 Years
I'd like to join (although no one posted anything this week).
I came out three months ago and it was pretty exciting!!! I feel refreshed! hahaha
Well sad that no one's welcomed you yet, so welcome haha. And congrats, that's always a good thing to get off your chest (or so I'd imagine lol).

Treecko

the princess without voice

Age 31
He/Him
St.Louis,Missouri
Seen November 30th, 2021
Posted November 29th, 2021
6,311 posts
11.2 Years
Welcome Reddo!

Anyway, I thought I share this and see what others here thought of it. There's a video currently making it's rounds on the internet of a lesbian woman being beaten and arrested by a cop at the Pittsburgh PrideFest. Her being beaten and arrested happens around the 3 minute mark if you rather not watch the full 4 minutes.


More details.
Spoiler:
A video showing a Pittsburgh Police officer using what appears to be excessive force on a 19-year-old Pittsburgh PrideFest attendee, has sparked outrage online after it was shared on Facebook late Sunday afternoon.



According to eyewitness Autumn Huntera, the incident occurred around 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Huntera explains that the teen engaged in a heated debate with a group of anti-gay protesters attending the Pride festival: “She was saying that being gay is not a sin and that she was a lesbian and proud of it, and that she wasn’t going to hell for it.”

Huntera detailed her account of the incident for us:



The girl was debating with one of the protesters, and she stepped closer without even realizing it and the officer ran over to her. He grabbed her by the back of her neck, pulled her over, dropped her on the ground, pulled her up by her hair, and said “Do you want me to hit you.” When she didn’t respond, he hit her in stomach area about 4 or 5 times repeatedly. After everyone yelled at him, he hand cuffed her, put her against a wall. She was crying against a wall next to her ‘attacker’ while her fiancee was panicking trying to find someone who recorded it.
Huntera adds that the protester and teen were about a foot apart when the officer grabbed her without prior warning.



Channel 11’s Rick Earle reported that sources say the woman involved was arrested and is facing several charges, including resisting arrest.
According to the criminal complaint, Ariel Lawther was fighting with a man named Eric Moore. The officer involved said when he went to break the fight up, he got pushed and kicked. The complaint stated that the officer, “pulled the woman out and grabbed her hair and punched her in the stomach a few times.”

Lawther posted $5,000 bail and has since been released from the Allegheny County Jail.

At a news conference late Monday morning, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he wants “fairness” and is launching an investigation into the video to determine if excessive force was used.

The Delta Foundation issued a statement saying:

Following an extremely successful Pittsburgh Pride 2014 which included record crowds all weekend, the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh was concerned to learn about a video of an incident between a city of Pittsburgh police officer and an attendee. We are working closely with Mayor Bill Peduto’s office, public safety director Stephen Bucar, acting chief Regina McDonald, the office of municipal investigations, and the Citizens Police Review Board to review the incident and take appropriate action.”
Multiple eyewitnesses dispute the officers claims that Lawther physically assaulted him and that he is lying. “No, she never laid her hands on anybody,” Huntera tells us.
A second eyewitness who was attending the pride event with her young son, also denies the officers accusations. “The officer was not kicked and punched,” Lawanda Pearson recounts. “The girl just stood her ground as the officer got in her face, and then he grabbed her and threw her on the ground. When she did not get back up, the cop grabbed her by her hair and pulled her up saying, ‘Do you want me to hit you then he just repeatedly punch her on her side.’”

Source: http://www.thegailygrind.com/2014/06/16/video-shows-pittsburgh-cop-punching-teen-gay-pride-apparent-use-excessive-force/#.U57unHVlIh0.facebook


Any thoughts?

I feel really bad for the girl. I know that the cop was just doing his duty as an officer, but the amount of violence he put into arresting her was too much in my opinion. I know she resisted arrest, but all she was doing was having a simple debate with a clearly ignorant person and standing up for her rights to be a gay woman. She wasn't being physically violent at all. I think the amount of brutality the officer used was too much.

There is just no excuse for it in my opinion, but I thought I'd post this for discussion.
"Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For You are everywhere"

Alice

(>^.(>0.0)>

Age 31
Female
Oregon
Seen April 30th, 2015
Posted April 29th, 2015
3,077 posts
14.2 Years
No cop's duty involves punching an unarmed, non-violent civilian. On top of that, I would personally consider someone telling you that you're going to go to hell for any reason to be verbal abuse/harassment. If anyone should have been arrested, it's the guy with the megaphone.

Alexander Nicholi

work hard, play hard

Age 25
Male
Research Triangle / Jakarta
Seen February 15th, 2023
Posted March 5th, 2021
5,498 posts
13.5 Years
Let's do this, then, eh?

Some of you may know but for those of you who don't I'm an openly pansexual male who's madly in love with a cute little transgender girl who's also a pansexual. When I was coming to this I started thinking that it would be dissatisfactory only having one gender, and I will admit that at points I had fears of being confused and only really being either gay or straight because I'd shift rather polarically between genders. But yeah in all reason Khilia and I are quite the little LGBT treasure, aren't we? It's something I never would've expected :p

When I decided to open up about this to my mother a while ago, she's like "I had a feeling," and I laughed. It's cool that she's bisexual since now I have personal proof of it being genetic, and I have a hunch that the gay gene is carried through bisexuals and that's how they didn't breed themselves out which is really fun to think about. :3

Discrimination against LGBT people really confuses me tbh. I never really had a problem "coming out" at all ever, though I don't know if that's just me or something as I felt uncomfortable with myself being just homosexual at a point (as mentioned above). :/
Seen August 6th, 2022
Posted May 30th, 2017
276 posts
9.8 Years
Good to hear things are good with you Alex. ^^


Also I don't care what anybody says, I don't believe that secuality is genetic even in the slightest. Its not a choice either though. The way I see it, its one of those things that can't and won't have any concrete cause or source, sorta like a person's personality I guess. I mean maybe sexuality could be influenced by something else(interactions, for example) but I'm not sure.
I'm not gonna say I'm right here but you can't really say outright that I'm wrong. lol All we can do is wait and see I guess.(that's just my thoughts--don't take them too seriously I guess? I don't always do well at putting things into words haha)


@QualavaKing: I completely agree. *sigh* Some people are just horrible like that.


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In other news, apparently my parents figured out about my wanting to crossdress. I explained to my mom that I wasn't transsexual/transgendered or anything, but all I could really put into words was that it was a bit more than just curiosity. Apparently she's pretty much alright with it, but I haven't heard anything from my dad on the matter though. Chances are he doesn't care either since he's acting like he always has and hasn't really treated me any different.


So yep I might just get to crossdress. Eventually. Maybe. Depends on if my anxiety/shyness allows it and if I can work on my appearance. :P

Shiro

Dad! Or should I say... Big cheese of Hoshido?

Age 27
Female
Texas
Seen January 15th, 2017
Posted October 24th, 2016
151 posts
12.8 Years
I joined a few years back and kind of just... disappeared! But I have made a lot of progress the past few years! I came out to my dad as trans (particularly nonbinary gender but eh I feel kind of boysih) about a year ago and it went surprisingly well. Unfortunately my mom found out, which is a long story, but I guess it's been somewhat smooth sailing. My story isn't amazingly typical though since my father is actually bisexual himself so while I was anxious to talk to him about it, I knew he'd been involved in the LGBTQIAP community. So while obviously he can't understand my issues with gender in particular, I think he understands a little? And I'm definitely not straight and have known that for years and he's supported me with that for over 5 years.

And I hope everyone else is doing okay and is having a great day!

Treecko

the princess without voice

Age 31
He/Him
St.Louis,Missouri
Seen November 30th, 2021
Posted November 29th, 2021
6,311 posts
11.2 Years
Let's do this, then, eh?

Some of you may know but for those of you who don't I'm an openly pansexual male who's madly in love with a cute little transgender girl who's also a pansexual. When I was coming to this I started thinking that it would be dissatisfactory only having one gender, and I will admit that at points I had fears of being confused and only really being either gay or straight because I'd shift rather polarically between genders. But yeah in all reason Khilia and I are quite the little LGBT treasure, aren't we? It's something I never would've expected :p

When I decided to open up about this to my mother a while ago, she's like "I had a feeling," and I laughed. It's cool that she's bisexual since now I have personal proof of it being genetic, and I have a hunch that the gay gene is carried through bisexuals and that's how they didn't breed themselves out which is really fun to think about. :3

Discrimination against LGBT people really confuses me tbh. I never really had a problem "coming out" at all ever, though I don't know if that's just me or something as I felt uncomfortable with myself being just homosexual at a point (as mentioned above). :/
Yay good for you Alex! Personally I still never really know what I'm attracted to. I've found attractions to both sexes , but usually find males more attractive and kind of like to think I'm just sexually flexible. Personally though, I just want friendships at this point instead of a relationship.
"Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For You are everywhere"

Alexander Nicholi

work hard, play hard

Age 25
Male
Research Triangle / Jakarta
Seen February 15th, 2023
Posted March 5th, 2021
5,498 posts
13.5 Years
Yay good for you Alex! Personally I still never really know what I'm attracted to. I've found attractions to both sexes , but usually find males more attractive and kind of like to think I'm just sexually flexible. Personally though, I just want friendships at this point instead of a relationship.
With relationships I've been a lot more comfortable in interacting with women romantically, however I still like all genders and assignments and such on a base level. I guess a gay relationship is just a big array of unknowns for me, and I know a bit more about women as a man than the contrary. I will also say that I have an attraction to Khilia as both genders (male and female), which I imagine is mildly frustrating for her being she wants to be a woman and a woman only. :P

Treecko

the princess without voice

Age 31
He/Him
St.Louis,Missouri
Seen November 30th, 2021
Posted November 29th, 2021
6,311 posts
11.2 Years
With relationships I've been a lot more comfortable in interacting with women romantically, however I still like all genders and assignments and such on a base level. I guess a gay relationship is just a big array of unknowns for me, and I know a bit more about women as a man than the contrary. I will also say that I have an attraction to Khilia as both genders (male and female), which I imagine is mildly frustrating for her being she wants to be a woman and a woman only. :P
Honestly I've never had any desire to date anyone, just lustful feeling. So I really don't want to say "I'm gay" or "I'm straight." I'm just me I guess and I just want friends and I'm fine with that. I've had attractions to female friends and male friends in the past , though.
"Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For You are everywhere"
Age 31
Female
DETROIT
Seen April 5th, 2015
Posted March 6th, 2015
287 posts
10.3 Years
Honestly I've never had any desire to date anyone, just lustful feeling. So I really don't want to say "I'm gay" or "I'm straight." I'm just me I guess and I just want friends and I'm fine with that. I've had attractions to female friends and male friends in the past , though.
That sounds a little bit like aromanticism.

Treecko

the princess without voice

Age 31
He/Him
St.Louis,Missouri
Seen November 30th, 2021
Posted November 29th, 2021
6,311 posts
11.2 Years
That sounds a little bit like aromanticism.
It may be that exactly. There's a lot about sexuality that I don't quite get personally. Joining this club probably helped. :3
"Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For You are everywhere"