exist…im not joking, have you ever just sat back and existed, just breathed and thought and felt, its wonderfull
ArtLiars are not afraid of the difference filter
(images: Dean Dempsey behind the lens, Nic Rad on the remix)
omg i love this
Lay here under the copper moon
the old maple casting its boughs behind us
all is safe.
A cold wind rustles the stars themselves,
we cant stay much longer, but still we linger
we see moths dance like children
as the old maple creaks and complains.
We sink back into her roots.
Two lovers have come to steal our meeting place,
even the twin rope burns cannot deprive the loving aura of this place.
their story will become ours,
and we all will remember, this copper moon.
LGBTQ* History You Should Know
When people claim “the homosexual agenda is trying to change laws all over the world,” kindly tell them that attitudes and educational thought have reversed laws criminalizing homosexuals for almost 220 years.
Country Decriminalized Homosexuality in (Year)
Kingdom of Prussia Removes death penalty from sodomy charges (1794)Netherlands Decriminalizes homosexuality (1811)
Indonesia Decriminalizes homosexuality (1811)
Brazil Decriminalizes homosexuality (1830)
Portugal Decriminalizes homosexuality (1852)
Ottoman Empire (Turkey) Decriminalizes homosexuality (1858)
**1869, “Homosexuality” is first used in print. Prior to this everything is referred to as sodomy.**
Empire of Japan Decriminalizes homosexuality (1880)
Italy Legalizes homosexuality (1889)
Poland Moves age of consent to 15y/o for everyone (1932)
Uruguay Decriminalizes homosexuality (1934)
Iceland Decriminalizes homosexuality (1940)
Switzerland Decriminalizes homosexuality (1942)
Sweden Decriminalizes homosexuality (1944)
Greece Decriminalizes homosexuality (1951)
Thailand Decriminalizes homosexuality (1956)
Czechoslovakia Decriminalizes homosexuality (1961)
Hungary Decriminalizes homosexuality (1961)
Illinois, United States Becomes the FIRST state to decriminalize sodomy (1961)
Israel Decriminalizes homosexuality (1963)
England and Wales Decriminalizes homosexuality (1967)
Canada Decriminalizes homosexuality (1969)
West Germany Decriminalizes homosexuality (1969)
Austria Decriminalizes homosexuality (1971)
Costa Rica Decriminalizes homosexuality (1971)
Finland Decriminalizes homosexuality (1971)
Colorado, USA Decriminalizes homosexuality (1971)
Oregon, USA Decriminalizes homosexuality (1971)
Idaho, USA Decriminalizes homosexuality and then reinstates it
due to outspoken anger from Catholics and Mormons (1971)
Sweden Becomes first country to allow gender marker change (1972)
USA DSM removes homosexuality from mental disorder (1973)
Malta Legalizes homosexuality (1973)
California, USA Legalizes homosexuality (1975)
Australian Capitol Territory Legalizes homosexuality (1976)
Slovenia Legalize homosexuality (1977)
Vojvodina Legalize homosexuality (1977)
Croatia Legalize homosexuality (1977)
Montenegro Legalize homosexuality (1977)
Quebec, Canada First major metropolitan city to make sexual orientation
discrimination illegal. Offers job security (1977)
Cuba Decriminalizes homosexuality (1979)
Spain Decriminalizes homosexuality (1979)
Victoria, Australia Decriminalizes homosexuality (1981)
Columbia Decriminalizes homosexuality (1981)
Northern Ireland Decriminalizes homosexuality (1982)
Wisconsin, USA First state to offer sexual orientation protection (1982)
(the last 30 years, part 2, will be posted at a later date)





