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If you're new here: This is a blog series giving LGBTQIA+ people's perspectives on the Tarot cards. Tarot is a set of symbols added on to a deck of playing cards, depicting a spiritual journey, to be used for meditation or fortune telling. Catch up with the characters we've met on the journey so far by clicking on these links for the Fool, the Magician, the High Priestess, the Empress, the Emperor, the Hierophant, the Lovers, the Chariot, Strength, the Hermit, the Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, and the Devil. The particular version that's thought of today as the basic traditional Tarot, from which the myriad of decks are influenced and inspired, was drawn by mixed race bisexual lady Pamela "Pixie" Colman Smith, whose insights I'm sure made it into this art commission given her by straight white men, whatever their expectations of her might have been. So I've asked LGBTQIA+ Tarot users in online groups to give me their viewpoints on the cards, and the result is this series of blogs.
By Mx. Stevie (or Stephen) Cole2 years ago in Pride
Pronoun Badges: Supporting Gender Identity in the Workplace
However, according to Totaljobs, 60% of transgender employees have suffered workplace discrimination. The same study revealed over half of trans workers felt they had to hide the fact they are trans from their co-workers.
By Adam Johnson2 years ago in Pride
Bearded (Demi) Lady
If you try to picture someone who has a beard, would you automatically imagine a man? It wouldn’t be surprising or even wrong if you did. Facial hair, however, is just one of the numerous things that are unnecessarily gendered and labeled as something that is masculine and can only be masculine. By society’s standards, a beard is something that is exclusively for men while biological women do not have hair on their face or chest.
By Sarah Rhoden2 years ago in Pride
We Shouldn't Care If Someone's "Faking" Being Queer For Attention
There is this odd narrative that gay, bi, and trans people are just being queer for attention. For the past couple of years, there has been a lot of discourse around the concept of "transtrenders" (i.e., people who allegedly aren't "real" trans individuals and are just identifying as such for attention). Before this, countless straight people claimed this same thing for gay and bi people. We were "just being dramatic" or "going through a phase."
By Alex Mell-Taylor2 years ago in Pride
Marrow
Friday 5th August ★★★★★ The Edinburgh Fringe (part of the Edinburgh International Festival) in Scotland is one of the biggest celebrations of the arts that takes place every August (with the exception of 2020, and a scaled back version in 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic).
By Callum Wareing-Smith2 years ago in Pride
A Good Citizen
The Great Qualities of a Good Citizen There is an abundance of good qualities that are necessary for a person to be a responsible, respectful, and resourceful citizen. An individual who possesses these qualities, means to be a caring and giving citizen in the community, nation, and world. However, being a good citizen goes beyond the three R’s, a person must also be honest and helpful. The two virtues that should be followed religiously without a second thought. These are qualities that I feel are imperative in being a good citizen and doing what you believe is right
By Kylecovey Smith2 years ago in Pride