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ThePhoenix2HisSloth
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Um what?
Choochiiiiii
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U just post them here in the comment section
)No, lol. There’s constantly 3-4 “new” pan flags floating around, but the one they have is the most accurate and long term one. Most of us do not want a new one, at all.
There’s a song by Calum Scott called “No Matter What”.
With the following lyrics in the song;
Felt like I had to choose but it was outta my control
I needed to be saved, I was going crazy on my own
My interpretation of the above lyrics is that of course the obvious portion where the artist felt like he was always forced to choose to pretend to be straight as it would be what the society deem was normal, however it was slowly getting out of control and he was getting tired of the facade that he was putting up. That being said the artist had longed for someone to come save him from this misery or just someone he could turn to as it was getting over whelming for him to handle it himself.
I feel a strong relation towards this song and especially that part of the song because for one I am still in the closet, well half. I’ve already came out to several people mostly my friends and my one and only older sister. For the longest time since I found out I was into men, it started when I was 14
, suddenly noticing myself looking more at guys than the girls. I went on with my life and was forced to laugh it off whenever anyone would ask me if I have a crush on any of the girls. But it didn’t feel good because I had to lie every single time and pretend that I didn’t have interest in the girls only in our school. I carried on the show all the way until I was 19 when I felt so much pressure from hiding and nearly broke down most nights in the middle of the night because I felt so alone and lost. And then I finally came out to my friends and a year after, to my sister.
Who knew some of my friends in turn came out to me as well, and I was beyond relieved. But what I’m trying to get here it that you have to remember that you’re not alone and that you have your friends or family members (maybe if family members are too scary then just friends). It will be so much easier if you let someone in on the journey with you. Remember that there’s always people out there who cares.
Happy Pride 
Month y’all 
With the following lyrics in the song;
Felt like I had to choose but it was outta my control
I needed to be saved, I was going crazy on my own
My interpretation of the above lyrics is that of course the obvious portion where the artist felt like he was always forced to choose to pretend to be straight as it would be what the society deem was normal, however it was slowly getting out of control and he was getting tired of the facade that he was putting up. That being said the artist had longed for someone to come save him from this misery or just someone he could turn to as it was getting over whelming for him to handle it himself.
I feel a strong relation towards this song and especially that part of the song because for one I am still in the closet, well half. I’ve already came out to several people mostly my friends and my one and only older sister. For the longest time since I found out I was into men, it started when I was 14
, suddenly noticing myself looking more at guys than the girls. I went on with my life and was forced to laugh it off whenever anyone would ask me if I have a crush on any of the girls. But it didn’t feel good because I had to lie every single time and pretend that I didn’t have interest in the girls only in our school. I carried on the show all the way until I was 19 when I felt so much pressure from hiding and nearly broke down most nights in the middle of the night because I felt so alone and lost. And then I finally came out to my friends and a year after, to my sister.Who knew some of my friends in turn came out to me as well, and I was beyond relieved. But what I’m trying to get here it that you have to remember that you’re not alone and that you have your friends or family members (maybe if family members are too scary then just friends). It will be so much easier if you let someone in on the journey with you. Remember that there’s always people out there who cares.
Happy Pride Month y’all Choochiiiiii
Well-Known Member
Well said! There’s always light at the end of the tunnel, just keep walking and eventually you’ll get there. I’m happy you found people who stood with you, happy pride!There’s a song by Calum Scott called “No Matter What”.
With the following lyrics in the song;
Felt like I had to choose but it was outta my control
I needed to be saved, I was going crazy on my own
My interpretation of the above lyrics is that of course the obvious portion where the artist felt like he was always forced to choose to pretend to be straight as it would be what the society deem was normal, however it was slowly getting out of control and he was getting tired of the facade that he was putting up. That being said the artist had longed for someone to come save him from this misery or just someone he could turn to as it was getting over whelming for him to handle it himself.
I feel a strong relation towards this song and especially that part of the song because for one I am still in the closet, well half. I’ve already came out to several people mostly my friends and my one and only older sister. For the longest time since I found out I was into men, it started when I was 14
Who knew some of my friends in turn came out to me as well, and I was beyond relieved. But what I’m trying to get here it that you have to remember that you’re not alone and that you have your friends or family members (maybe if family members are too scary then just friends). It will be so much easier if you let someone in on the journey with you. Remember that there’s always people out there who cares.
i’m not to confident in the painting above however it’s an original painting done by me recently as a way of me coming out to the people surrounding me in my everyday life. ☻︎ so let’s get to story time now(long story)—going back to being a freshmen in high school...for years prior i had struggled with the idea of me liking women, due to the thought of what people might think, including my family, my friends and society as a whole.(side note- I suppose my family already knew before i came out because they would make comments to me like “it’s okay if you are interested in girls” or “nothing can change our love for you we support you no matter what you choose to do or who you choose to love”) so after hearing that for years and feeling like i would be accepted i had finally decided i was ready to allow myself to attempt to let myself finally be happy and be with who i wanted so i started dating a girl my freshman year,(without telling my family at this point because i was still kind of ashamed in a way) but anyway she was hands down one of the sweetest and most genuine people i’ve met to this day, however when we would walk around in the hallways holding hands or kissing in front of our classrooms to say goodbye(haha typical high school relationship) people in the hallways would laugh at us, make rude jokes and call us cruel names “fa**ots, lesbos, etc.” mind you this was the first time in my life i had felt like i was starting to accept myself, however due to those high school students my fear at the time had come true, (judgement and care as to what people thought of me) so me being the person i was ended it with the girl and acted as if it never happened and hid the fact i was interested in females by dating a man(which i shortly ended) after that i suppose people just thought i was confused and stopped talking about it so from there on out i continued to talk to men and dated a few men afterwards trying to convince myself i was wrong about liking women, but my attraction to women couldn’t get out of my head no matter how many times i tried to push them away, to my shock towards the end of my senior year in high school i found myself dating a man; we were together for almost two years and truthfully i did fall deeply in love with him just not as much sexually and for that reason i always felt like a piece of me was still missing, until recently when i decided if im going to live my life i am going to do it for me, and for my happiness without care of what people would think of me. of course with the knowledge society is a lot more opened to the idea of same sex relationships. —going back to the painting when i was painting this my thoughts were just go with the flow without realizing until after i was done i was painting myself looking quite scared and afraid of the truth surrounding me. and it was at that point i had decided it was time to allow my truth to be told and start finding my true happiness. and i can happily say all the people who really mattered in my life have accepted me from the beginning and were not shocked at all.
happy pride everyoneAnie_Babii23
New Member
You are so brave, and I am happy you are now living for yourself
i’m not to confident in the painting above however it’s an original painting done by me recently as a way of me coming out to the people surrounding me in my everyday life. ☻︎ so let’s get to story time now(long story)—going back to being a freshmen in high school...for years prior i had struggled with the idea of me liking women, due to the thought of what people might think, including my family, my friends and society as a whole.(side note- I suppose my family already knew before i came out because they would make comments to me like “it’s okay if you are interested in girls” or “nothing can change our love for you we support you no matter what you choose to do or who you choose to love”) so after hearing that for years and feeling like i would be accepted i had finally decided i was ready to allow myself to attempt to let myself finally be happy and be with who i wanted so i started dating a girl my freshman year,(without telling my family at this point because i was still kind of ashamed in a way) but anyway she was hands down one of the sweetest and most genuine people i’ve met to this day, however when we would walk around in the hallways holding hands or kissing in front of our classrooms to say goodbye(haha typical high school relationship) people in the hallways would laugh at us, make rude jokes and call us cruel names “fa**ots, lesbos, etc.” mind you this was the first time in my life i had felt like i was starting to accept myself, however due to those high school students my fear at the time had come true, (judgement and care as to what people thought of me) so me being the person i was ended it with the girl and acted as if it never happened and hid the fact i was interested in females by dating a man(which i shortly ended) after that i suppose people just thought i was confused and stopped talking about it so from there on out i continued to talk to men and dated a few men afterwards trying to convince myself i was wrong about liking women, but my attraction to women couldn’t get out of my head no matter how many times i tried to push them away, to my shock towards the end of my senior year in high school i found myself dating a man; we were together for almost two years and truthfully i did fall deeply in love with him just not as much sexually and for that reason i always felt like a piece of me was still missing, until recently when i decided if im going to live my life i am going to do it for me, and for my happiness without care of what people would think of me. of course with the knowledge society is a lot more opened to the idea of same sex relationships. —going back to the painting when i was painting this my thoughts were just go with the flow without realizing until after i was done i was painting myself looking quite scared and afraid of the truth surrounding me. and it was at that point i had decided it was time to allow my truth to be told and start finding my true happiness. and i can happily say all the people who really mattered in my life have accepted me from the beginning and were not shocked at all.
I was very hesitant on whether it's okay for me to participate since I'm not a part of the LGBTQ+ community (and I'm a socially anxious person). But I decided to go through with it because I want to openly show my support to them with love. And I want to encourage people outside the LGBTQ+ community as decent human beings to also show their support, or if not, at least respect them. One's sexual identity does not define whether one is a good person or not. The people of the LGBTQ+ community are as human as the rest of us and they have the right to love and bodily autonomy.
Let love spread and eliminate the social stigma against them. Happy Pride Month, everyone!
p.s. for those who didn't get the "pride no prejudice", it's a reference to the Pride & Prejudice book/film, one of my favorite movies of all time. <3 But it's not necessarily about lgbtq+, I just thought it'd be cute.
Txpsybrewer
Active Member
I was very hesitant on whether it's okay for me to participate since I'm not a part of the LGBTQ+ community (and I'm a socially anxious person). But I decided to go through with it because I want to openly show my support to them with love. And I want to encourage people outside the LGBTQ+ community as decent human beings to also show their support, or if not, at least respect them. One's sexual identity does not define whether one is a good person or not. The people of the LGBTQ+ community are as human as the rest of us and they have the right to love and bodily autonomy.
Let love spread and eliminate the social stigma against them. Happy Pride Month, everyone!
p.s. for those who didn't get the "pride no prejudice", it's a reference to the Pride & Prejudice book/film, one of my favorite movies of all time. <3 But it's not necessarily about lgbtq+, I just thought it'd be cute.
I was very hesitant on whether it's okay for me to participate since I'm not a part of the LGBTQ+ community (and I'm a socially anxious person). But I decided to go through with it because I want to openly show my support to them with love. And I want to encourage people outside the LGBTQ+ community as decent human beings to also show their support, or if not, at least respect them. One's sexual identity does not define whether one is a good person or not. The people of the LGBTQ+ community are as human as the rest of us and they have the right to love and bodily autonomy.
Let love spread and eliminate the social stigma against them. Happy Pride Month, everyone!
p.s. for those who didn't get the "pride no prejudice", it's a reference to the Pride & Prejudice book/film, one of my favorite movies of all time. <3 But it's not necessarily about lgbtq+, I just thought it'd be cute.
I'm still new to the community and figuring out labels for myself, but I did want to say a little something.
Pride to me means feeling like I'm not broken or alone. A ton of other people out there feel the same way, and it's perfectly okay to be who we are. There's no reason to be ashamed of something other people can't understand. It can also be hard for us to understand ourselves, but that's okay too. Labels can be very helpful for many, but they can also be a little limiting to others who may be discovering themselves. Just know that if you find a label that fits who you are, perfect! And you can always change it later. But if you don't, you shouldn't have to struggle to put yourself into one. At the end of the day, you're just you. And there's nothin better than that.
I'm art challenged so I did one of the line art avis with Ace flag colors. Thank you, devs.
I also did a version where I combined the finished avi art with my coloring job and recolored a few bits, because I envy the detail.
Pride to me means feeling like I'm not broken or alone. A ton of other people out there feel the same way, and it's perfectly okay to be who we are. There's no reason to be ashamed of something other people can't understand. It can also be hard for us to understand ourselves, but that's okay too. Labels can be very helpful for many, but they can also be a little limiting to others who may be discovering themselves. Just know that if you find a label that fits who you are, perfect! And you can always change it later. But if you don't, you shouldn't have to struggle to put yourself into one. At the end of the day, you're just you. And there's nothin better than that.
I'm art challenged so I did one of the line art avis with Ace flag colors. Thank you, devs.
I also did a version where I combined the finished avi art with my coloring job and recolored a few bits, because I envy the detail.
Happy Pride to all
of the time. Anyways I decided to color in the one that felt the most like me and I absolutely love how she came out looking like sherbet ice cream LMAO. In the spoiler is the same thing Scott did lol. I asked if he could do it for me because I just knew she’d look cute with all her tats and her sherbet suit 
happy pride everyone 
QueenTeaTime
New Member
omg i love these, they are everything
Choochiiiiii
Well-Known Member
You know how when someone says family you’d immediately think about people who accept you and support whatever decision it is you decide to make, I know this seems like a too generic answer, but to me the pride community is family. It’s only with the pride community that I’ve felt accepted and it’s only with them that I’ve felt that I didn’t need to hide anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I love my biological family but them being very conservative and very religious has prevented me from ever speaking out because my family and I have very different beliefs and views. So with the pride community, I’ve found refuge and freedom, it’s where they supported me because I decided to be my true self.
I’m not artistically inclined so I have no art to show lmao sorry but here’s a poem I made
Freedom by Fetish
Breathe, I can finally breathe,
the suffocation gone,
I’ve been freed.
All is quiet and yet all is loud,
im finally free,
different from the crowd.
Outside, where the rivers flow,
I can feel everything,
from the ends of my fingers, to the tips of my toes.
All is quiet and yet all is loud,
can the people see?
Dear self, we’re proud.
The closet was quite dusty,
it was hard to breathe,
but im outside now, im free.
All is quiet and yet all is loud,
finally free, weightless.
I’m now amongst the clouds.
I’m not artistically inclined so I have no art to show lmao sorry but here’s a poem I made
Freedom by Fetish
Breathe, I can finally breathe,
the suffocation gone,
I’ve been freed.
All is quiet and yet all is loud,
im finally free,
different from the crowd.
Outside, where the rivers flow,
I can feel everything,
from the ends of my fingers, to the tips of my toes.
All is quiet and yet all is loud,
can the people see?
Dear self, we’re proud.
The closet was quite dusty,
it was hard to breathe,
but im outside now, im free.
All is quiet and yet all is loud,
finally free, weightless.
I’m now amongst the clouds.