Hey, y’all. I’m a Black, queer woman living in the south — Kentucky, specifically. I just wanna say to my fam in the south: you’re not alone. We out here.

Living in the south as a Black person is hard enough. Living in the south as an LGBTQ+ person is hard, too. Living in the South as a woman is tough. Living in the south as a Black, LGBTQ+ woman? Shiiiiiiiid 😫😫😫😫

Especially with the new president and administration, it’s rough in these streets. But remember that we out here. You’re not alone. We’re here, and we exist, and we’ve got each other.

We got this. We got each other. You’re not alone. ♥️

Christynne knew she was a woman from a very young age, but for most of her life was unable to transition. For decades, she lived a different life - graduating school, moving around from job to job, serving in the military, even becoming a parent–and grandparent! The life she was living all changed one morning in 2016 when she had a vivid dream in which she saw her true self staring back at her in the mirror. Realizing the time to transition was now, she used a routine appointment with her physician that very same day to kick off her gender journey. 

Moving at “transwarp speed”, Christynne began the transition process, which included the final frontier - coming out to her family. Fortunately, she was welcomed with love and open arms, including her adorably inquisitive 8-year-old granddaughter who since then “walked with me in Pride and she's been my biggest Valkyrie.”

“I’ve been elated since. I’ve never smiled so much in my life, never had this much optimism and joy in my life. Don’t you ever give up your dreams, especially when you know it’s the right thing. It’s not just a phase, honey. It’s the truth of your heart and soul, and I’m begging you, please follow it.”

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I'm researching a long list of places to relocate to by next year, with my grown son, his partner, and my furbaby. Things I'm prioritizing:

1. Somewhere Black or Brown dominant without too much political instability and a clear path to dual citizenship (Im considering Ghana or Cabo Verde in Africa, Bali in Indonesia, Santiago in Chile, Salvador in Brazil...or somewhere similar)

2. Universal healthcare with focus on holistic care and wellness because that is my field of work and I also have disabilities to manage (I'm hoping getting out of the US will improve my health)

3. Rural farming and homesteading is possible and the food is organic and plentiful (I'm a minimalist and seeking to live offgrid but close enough to a city center for supplies)

4. Of course somewhere SAFE for LGBTQIA+ and religious freedom, where spirituality won't be demonized

I welcome ideas or if you're familiar with the places I'm considering going maybe you can share resources to make it easier to relocate on a very tight budget. THANK YOU 🙏🏽❤️

I wish you could read a person’s mind because that would help me understand why people act the way they do. There’s a woman who I was interested in. I told her and she said she didn’t like me like that. I was like cool. Things seemed fine between us. Later (weeks and weeks later), she starts acting funny with me. Only speaking to me in private, but ignoring and distancing herself from me in public and around mutuals we have. I’m getting confused because for someone who claims to be my friend this is very odd behavior. I chalked it up to the fact that I had told her I was crushing on her in the past and maybe initially she didn’t care but now randomly she feels awkward. At this point I’m trying not to feed into my delusions that maybe she does like me and now it’s difficult for her to talk to me like how things were before. Anywho, she never says anything so I end up addressing it with her and she acts like we’re good and like she’s not acting any different. She continues to behave this way. At one point SHE asks if I want to grab a bite to eat with her. I’m thinking okay cool friends go out to eat all the time whatever. She continues to act weird with me though. Avoids eye contact when we’re around other people but has all the words in the world when it’s the two of us. We go out to eat and she pays for the both of us. There’s no flirting or odd behavior. At this point I want to address her behavior again but I’m not sure where to start or what to say. Other people know I’m queer so I’m not sure if that’s why she acts “embarrassed” to be around me or if she possibly did have feelings and she’s afraid of coming across as flirting or acting queer too around these other people. Like she’s afraid of it slipping out so she avoids me completely around others. I can sit and analyze all day but at the end of the day I don’t know what to do or say.

How should I address this with her? I already tried to talk with her about it in the past and she kind of blew it off. Something about the whole situation just wreaks of insecurity, whether it’s in her own sexuality or just the validators of our friendship. Friends don’t treat each other this way.

Hi everyone! I'm a Counseling Psychology PhD student working on my PhD dissertation exploring Black LGBT+ women's experiences! If you fit the criteria I would really appreciate if you'd take the time to do this 10 min survey: https://akron.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b7TyvF72GDGVD5I

Disclaimer : I’m not saying I’m against marching but I believe it’s ineffective today in 2025.

I’m seeing posts online about Black people saying they’re not marching and we need to go out in the streets and protest but in my honest opinion marching today in 2025 is not going to do anything . The laws won’t change in the White House . They’re still going to be who they are. At this point all we can do is just fight back ,advocate for ourselves , and stop putting our 💴 and energy in places that don’t want or accept us .

Today I called a car to take me home from Work and the man in the car decides to ask me what race I am. I ignore him and then he taps me on my knee to get my attention.

He proceeds to me how I'm not “black” because black is a construct (completely ignoring that it is not us who created or enforced that construct, and how there is a culture of blackness that is not solely about skin color but is a byproduct of it .) and how come black people are so mad about the n word but it's them holding up racism. His ridiculousness aside, the main annoyance isn't his ignorance (I'm from the South, so I'm used to micro-aggressive bigotry) but more his arrogance and gall in trying to “inform” us about our existence in a world where we didn't make up the rules.

The urge to not understand why the reclamation of a word is used but more so the anger of why he feels the need to want to use it.

The episode with Keke Palmer and Janelle Monae is pure gold, offering great discussions on identifying outside the box: https://youtu.be/QAsmGYeAQLw?si=jSMBIOedltiM-Xjq

If you dunno what I'm talking about, don't comment! lol. To me, A4A was like Grindr and BGC was kinda like Jackd, but BGC was fun and not as sex heavy with all the forums, the chat and "sexiest man" on the front page with ratings etc.

I met some cool people on BGC and still keep in touch with a few of them. How about y'all?

These last two months sucked 1st my supportive mom died unexpectedly my family is also supportive of me . But she was the closest to me . Then Trump became president again which sucks because he might take away the program that helping find me a job for me that wouldn't be too stressful for me because I have adhd and on the the low end of the spectrum. and this job program is me and my mom unfinished business that we was doing together and I was also gonna try going on dates with dudes when I got a job. But that can't happen now because I live in Maryland so I have a chance to get hatecrimed , even though I been working out more and I saved up money and bought a knife and pepper spray. But it really sucks I really wanted to actually try dating rather then having fwb with other seniors when I in high school .any advice how to deal with the next 4 years?

Hey friends with everything that is going on, its important that we actually start coming together and putting our dollars back into our communities. I don't want to fearmonger but this are looking bleak and its only been a week.

I found this website that tells us where to shop black. I am not affiliated with them at all, but I thought it was important to pass this information along. Idk about you, but I've been looking for a comprehensive list of black owned business. I know we still might have to use Walmart, Target or Amazon and no one will judge you, but I am making it an effort to put a majority back into us and I hope you join me.

If you don't want to please share the link, Its more important for us to get the information out. I might be late to the game- late is better than never.

https://shoppeblack.us/

Seeing women gush and fawn over Aaron Pierre seems to have brought the worst kind of detractors and trolls online these past few weeks. It also hasn't escaped my notice that there are plenty of men who are starting to question his sexual orientation and accuse of him of being gay because he seems to have basic hygiene and takes care of his appearance. It's an eerie sense of De Ja Vu because I recall being in highschool during the peak of Justin Bieber and One Direction's popularity. The insane level of ire and animosity their image induced in straight teen boys (and grown men) was something to be studied because it was always associated with gayness. A decade or so later, the same cycle of thinking still permeates strongly and it really goes to show how enduring this type of ignorance is. The funny thing is, the type of rough, gruff and sweaty masculinity that straight men assume women are into are qualities that appeal strongly to gay men. The popularity of medias like Yaoi, Fanfic pairings, Male KPop idols etc shows women gravitate more towards the pretty boy/androgynous look a lot more.

Hey not too new here but first time posting here cuz I’m shy asf lol.

Any one on ps5 and play marvel rivals? I need a solid team pls😭 im lowkey kinda noob lol but shii let’s rank up together 🥹

If you play or down to make a team lemme know in the comments:))

We play on PC and PlayStation, group of four (30-34 y/o) looking for one or two more black or brown homosexshaas to play with preferably around the same age. We've been obsessed with Marvel Rivals lately but we play almost everything. Send me a message if interested.