*cracks neck* my time has come
my night manager (who is a gay man) and i sometimes sit down and exchange stories and tidbits about our sexuality and our experiences in the queer cultural enclave. and tonight he and i were talking about the AIDS epidemic. he’s about 50 years old. talking to him about it really hit me hard. like, at one point i commented, “yeah, i’ve heard that every gay person who lived through the epidemic knew at least 2 or 3 people who died,” and he was like “2 or 3? if you went to any bar in manhattan from 1980 to 1990, you knew at least two or three dozen. and if you worked at gay men’s health crisis, you knew hundreds.” and he just listed off so many of his friends who died from it, people who he knew personally and for years. and he even said he has no idea how he made it out alive.
it was really interesting because he said before the aids epidemic, being gay was almost cool. like, it was really becoming accepted. but aids forced everyone back in the closet. it destroyed friendships, relationships, so many cultural centers closed down over it. it basically obliterated all of the progress that queer people had made in the past 50 years.
and like, it’s weird to me, and what i brought to the conversation (i really couldn’t say much though, i was speechless mostly) was like, it’s so weird to me that there’s no continuity in our history? like, aids literally destroyed an entire generation of queer people and our culture. and when you think about it, we are really the first generation of queer people after the aids epidemic. but like, when does anyone our age (16-28 i guess?) ever really talk about aids in terms of the history of queer people? like it’s almost totally forgotten. but it was so huge. imagine that. like, dozens of your friends just dropping dead around you, and you had no idea why, no idea how, and no idea if you would be the next person to die. and it wasn’t a quick death. you would waste away for months and become emaciated and then, eventually, die. and i know it’s kinda sophomoric to suggest this, but like, imagine that happening today with blogs and the internet? like people would just disappear off your tumblr, facebook, instagram, etc. and eventually you’d find out from someone “oh yeah, they and four of their friends died from aids.”
so idk. it was really moving to hear it from someone who experienced it firsthand. and that’s the outrageous thing - every queer person you meet over the age of, what, 40? has a story to tell about aids. every time you see a queer person over the age of 40, you know they had friends who died of aids. so idk, i feel like we as the first generation of queer people coming out of the epidemic really have a responsibility to do justice to the history of aids, and we haven’t been doing a very good job of it.
Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up.
Iconic.
That’s lovely.
Think about what these kids learned about appreciating the “invisible” helpers!
70s-early 00s
alix dobkin - lesbian
alix olson - lesbian
ani difranco - bi lady
athens boys choir - pan trans man
bitch and animal - lesbian duo
cris williamson - lesbian
disappear fear - wlw
doria roberts - lesbian
ember swift - wlw
gina young - lesbian
god is my copilot - bi
holly near - wlw
indigo girls - lesbian
jamie anderson - lesbian
janis ian - lesbian
janis joplin - bi lady
jen foster - wlw
judy small - lesbian
k.d lang - lesbian
laura nyro - lesbian
lavender country - gay/lesbian
lesley gore - lesbian
lucie blue tremblay - wlw
melissa etheridge - lesbian
melissa ferrick - lesbian
pansy division - gay
sophie b. hawkins - pan lady
teresa trull - wlw
the butchies - lesbian
tracy chapman - lesbian
tribe 8 - lesbian
two nice girls - lesbian
zoe lewis - wlw
alternative artists
adult mom - nb
ani difranco - bi wlw
courtney barnett - wlw
cyberbully mom club - wlw
ezra furman - bi mlm
frankie cosmos - wlw
girl in red - lesbian
grace petrie - lesbian
jamie anderson - lesbian
jasmine kennedy - lesbian
jay som - wlw
jen cloher - lesbian
jen foster - wlw
k.d lang - lesbian
lowell - bi wlw
mabel ye - wlw
mal blum - pan nb
marika hackman - wlw
melissa etheridge - lesbian
melissa ferrick - lesbian
miki ratsula - wlw
nicole dollanganger - wlw
parker millsap - gay
shamir - nb pan
thao nguyen - wlw
the greeting committee - wlw
woodkid - gay
asian artists
alextbh - malaysian mlm
awkwafina - chinese & korean-american
bif naked - indian-american wlw
doris muramatsu - japanese-american
harisu - korean trans lady
hayley kiyoko - japanese-american wlw
holland - korean mlm
jake zyrus - filipino trans man
japanese breakfast - korean-american
jay som - filipino-american wlw
ki-yo - japanese mlm
klark - chinese mlm
lady - korean trans ladies
leon markcus - singaporean & bi mlm
leslie cheung - chinese mlm
leo kalyan - pakistani-british mlm
mabel ye - wlw
maman - japanese wlw
margaret cho - korean-american wlw
mrshll - korean mlm
of methodist - singaporean mlm
poppy ajudha - indian & st lucian-english
qiao qiao - chinese wlw
rina sawayama - japanese-british wlw
saintraja - malaysian mlm
secret guyz - japanese trans guys
sofya wang - chinese-american wlw
sook-yin lee - chinese wlw
thao nguyen - vietnamese-american wlw
tommy genesis - indian-canadian bi wlw
utada hikaru - japanese-american wlw
vardaan arora - indian mlm
vivek shraya - indian-canadian trans lady
yaeji - korean-american wlw
bands/duos
a great big world - gay
against me! - trans
aye nako
bad bad hats - bi wlw
bikini kill - wlw
bitch and animal - lesbian
black dresses - trans
brockhampton - gay
bronksi beat - mlm
cub sport - mlm
destroy boys - wlw
disappear fear - wlw
dog park dissidents - mlm
dream wife - wlw
dyke drama
fatty cakes & the puff pastries - wlw
fit for rivals - lesbian
girlyman - queer
go! child - trans
god-des & she - lesbian
god is my copilot - bi
gossip - wlw
grace petrie and the pc brigade - lesbian
hercules and love affair
hurray for the riff raff - wlw
hyphen hyphen - wlw
imperial teen
indigo girls - lesbian
it was romance - wlw
joey fourr
kadie elder - mlm
larkin poe - wlw
lavender country
le tigre
lesbians on ectasy
lipstick homicide - wlw
lipstick jodi - wlw
lovers - wlw
muna - wlw
neon trees - mlm
nero’s day at disneyland - trans
of montreal - mlm
palehound - wlw
pansy division - mlm
partner - lesbian
pwr bttm - nb
pvris - wlw
scissor sisters
sequin sally - wlw
sisters
superfruit - gay
t.a.t.u - bi wlw
team dresch - wlw
tegan and sara - lesbian
thao & the get down stay down - wlw
the b-52s
the blow - wlw
the butchies - lesbian
the cliks - trans
the degenerettes - wlw
the ditty bops - wlw
the dollyrots - wlw
the greeting committee - wlw
the hidden cameras
the internet - lesbian
the irrepressibles
the regrettes - wlw
the scary jokes
the sounds
the queers
tribe 8
two nice girls - lesbian
vampire weekend - gay
wyvern lingo - wlw
years and years - mlm
bisexual artists
amanda palmer - wlw
ana carolina - wlw
angie - wlw
ani difranco - wlw
azealia banks - wlw
bella thorne - wlw
billie joe armstrong/green day - mlm
caitlyn scarlett - wlw
clairo - wlw
david bowie - mlm
dodie - wlw
ezra furman - mlm
halsey - wlw
janelle monae - wlw
janis joplin - wlw
kesha - wlw
lady gaga - wlw
lights - wlw
lowell - wlw
lzzy hale/halestorm - wlw
maggie lindemann - wlw
meshell ndgeocello - wlw
missy higgins - wlw
princess nokia - wlw
rita ora - wlw
sara ramirez - wlw
sia - wlw
sir babygirl - nb
sophie b. hawkins - wlw
taylor bennet - mlm
tommy genesis - wlw
tove lo - wlw
black artists
1.8.7/jordana lesesne - trans lady
ah mer ah su - trans lady
amandla stenberg - wlw
anye elite - mlm
azealia banks - wlw
be steadwell - wlw
big freedia - mlm
black cracker - trans man
bre-z - wlw
bronze avery - mlm
cakes da killa - mlm
chynna - wlw
cj run - nb
dizzy fae - wlw
doria roberts - wlw
domo wilson - wlw
drebae - mlm
frank ocean - mlm
halsey - wlw
iamddb - wlw
ilovemakonnen - mlm
janelle monae - wlw
kaytranada - mlm
kehlani - wlw
keiynan lonsdale - mlm
kelela - wlw
kele okereke - mlm
kevin abstract - mlm
kodie shane - wlw
le1f - mlm
melange lavonne - wlw
meshell ndegeocello - wlw
mnek - mlm
mykki blanco - mlm
nitty scott - bi wlw
princess nokia - wlw
quay dash - trans lady
rico dalasaam - mlm
rupaul - mlm
serpentwithfeet - mlm
shamir - nb
shea diamond - trans lady
siya - wlw
starley - wlw
syd/the internet - wlw
tt the artist - wlw
taylor bennet - mlm
temper/aina brei’yon - wlw
theesatisfaction - wlw
tiara thomas - wlw
tiffany gouche - wlw
tinashe - wlw
todrick hall - mlm
toshi reagon - wlw
tracy chapman - wlw
tyler, the creator - mlm
tyra b - wlw
vincint - mlm
young m.a - wlw
zebra katz - mlm
european artists
Ängie - swedish bi wlw
alexander bard - swedish mlm
aurora - norwegian wlw
beatrice eli - swedish lesbian
bright light bright light - welsh mlm
christine and the queens - french wlw
electrosexual - french mlm
girl in red - norwegian lesbian
ji nilson - swedish lesbian
julia volkova/t.a.t.u - russian bi wlw
maja lvarsson - swedish wlw
ola salo - swedish bi mlm
oscar zia - swedish mlm
saara aalto - finnish lesbian
silvana imam - swedish lesbian
sliimy - french mlm
smoothboi ezra - irish nb
soko - french wlw
sophie - scottish trans lady
steve strange - welsh mlm
tender forever - french wlw
the singing nun - belgian wlw
the spook school - scottish trans
tove lo - swedish bi wlw
gay artists
adam lambert
alextbh
andrea di giovanni
anye elite
arca
baths
big freedia
cakes da killa
drebae
geo louis
hercules and love affair
holland
ieuan
ilovemakonnen
jesse saint john
joey graceffa
kaytranada
kele okereke
kevin abstract
ki-yo
le1f
leo kalyan
lil phag
lontalius
m. lamar
matt alber
matt fishel
mika
mnek
mrshll
mykki blanco
of methodist
olly alexander/years and years
parker millsap
perfume genius
rostam batmanglij
rupaul
sakima
saintraja
sam smith
steve grand
superfruit
todrick hall
tom goss
troye sivan
tyler glenn
ty herndon
vardaan arora
who is fancy
zebra katz
genderqueer/nb artists
a.w
adore delano - gay
adult mom
aeon fux
aja
amandla stenberg - lesbian
angel haze - pan
babeo baggins
binary breaker
body betrayal
cayetana/allegra anka
chris pureka
cj run - bi
courtney act - pan
drowned in vomit
falter
imaginary hockey league
imbi the girl
in love with a ghost
jake edwards
jinkx monsoon
kieran strange
king princess - lesbian
le tigre
mal blum - bi/pan
mothpuppy
ness nite - lesbian
openside
pwr bttm
rachel maria cox
rae spoon
recurse
sam smith - gay
schmekel
shamir - pan
she king/shawnee
sir babygirl - bi
smoothboi ezra
sons of an illustrious father
spoonboy
ty greenstein
tylan
worriers
indigenous/native/aboriginal artists
cris derksen - two spirit
dio ghandih - queer two spirit
fay ball - lesbian
iskwe - queer
melody mckiver - two spirit
shawnee/she king - two spirit
tony enos - two spirit
jewish artists
adam lambert - gay
ari gold - gay
athens boys choir - pansexual trans man
babydaddy/scissor sisters - gay
bria & chrissy - lesbian
brooke candy - pan wlw
dana international - trans woman
ezra furman - bi mlm
frankie cosmos - wlw
god-des & she - lesbian
janis ian - lesbian
japanese breakfast - wlw
jinkx monsoon - nb
k.d lang - lesbian
laura nyro - wlw
lesley gore - lesbian
mykki blanco - gay
peaches - bi wlw
troye sivan - gay
woodkid - gay
yeho - gay
lgbt rappers
aja - mlm
angel haze - nb
boyfriend - pan wlw
bre-z - wlw
brooke candy - pan wlw
brockhampton - mlm
cakes da killa - gay
cazwell - gay
chynna - bi wlw
cj run - nb
cupcakke - wlw
dai burger - wlw
domo wilson - lesbian
drebae - gay
frank ocean - mlm
god-des & she - lesbian
iamddb - wlw
ilovemakonnen - mlm
katastrophe - trans man
kaytranada - mlm
kevin abstract - mlm
kodie shane - wlw
lady sovereign - wlw
le1f - mlm
lil phag - mlm
melange lavonne - wlw
meshell ndgeocello - wlw
princess nokia - wlw
rico dalasaam - mlm
silvana imam - wlw
siya - wlw
taylor bennet - mlm
todrick hall - mlm
tommy genesis - bi wlw
tt the artist - wlw
tyler, the creator - mlm
young m.a - wlw
zebra katz - mlm
latinx artists
(me llamo) sebastian - mlm & Chilean
adrianne - wlw
adore delano - nb & mexican-american
ana carolina - wlw & brazilian
arca - gay & venezuelan
banda uo - mlm, trans lady & brazilian
celeste carballow - wlw
dani umpi - mlm & urugauyan
dj keoki - salvadorian mlm
ellen oleria - wlw & brazilian
entropica - wlw
francisco victoria - mlm
frankie simone - wlw & puerto rican-american
ga31 - lesbian & brazilian
hurray for the riff raff - puerto rican
kehlani - black spanish-american wlw
lauren jauregui - cuban-american
linn da quebrada - trans lady
manitas nerviosas - trans lady
mc trans - brazilian trans lady
miss bolivia - argentinian wlw
nina dioz - mexican lesbian
nitty scott - black puerto rican-american
nomi ruiz - trans lady
pabllo vittar - gay brazilian
precolumbian - genderqueer
princess nokia - puerto rican-american
sara ramirez - mexican-american bi wlw
reyna - mexican & lesbian
rico dalasaam - black gay brazilian
rubby - dominican mlm
sailorfag - mexican & gay
siya - black puerto rican-american lesbian
young m.a - jamaican & puerto rican-american
lesbian artists
alix dobkin
alix olson
ally hills
amandla stenberg
beatrice eli
chely wright
cris williamson
courtney barnett
doria roberts
girl in red
gina young
grace petrie
god-des & she
hayley kiyoko
indigo girls
janis ian
jamie anderson
ji nilson
julien baker
kaki king
k.d lang
king princess
lady sovereign
lauren ruth ward
lauren sanderson
lesley gore
lp
lynn gunn/pvris
mary lambert
melange lavonne
melissa etheridge
melissa ferrick
mirah
nakala
ness nite
partner
ria mae
saara alto
sara renberg
sateen
shura
silvana imam
siya
sofya wang
syd/the internet
tegan and sara
tender forever
teresa trull
torres/mackenzie scott
tracy chapman
two nice girls
young m.a
zolita
middle eastern artists
dana international - israeli trans woman
ferras - gay jordanian-american
harel skaat - gay israeli
ivri lider/typ - gay israeli
mashrou leila - gay lebanese-american
mika - gay lesbanese-english
pollyanna frank - israeli lesbian
rona kenan - israeli lesbian
rostam - gay iranian-american
yael deckelbaum - israeli lesbian
yeho - gay israeli
yehuda poliker - gay israeli
yehudit ravitz - israeli lesbian
muslim artists
ajah uk - lesbian
leo kalyan - gay
mashrou leila - gay
shamir - nb (raised muslim)
pansexual artists
angel haze/roes - nb
athens boys choir - trans man
brooke candy - wlw
brendon urie - mlm
boyfriend - wlw
christine and the queens - wlw
courtney act - nb
janelle monae - wlw
kailee morgue - wlw
miley cyrus - wlw
nick monaco - mlm
rina sawayama - wlw
shamir - nb
sophie b. hawkins - wlw
yaysh - wlw
plus sized artists
anohni - trans woman
beth ditto/gossip - wlw
fatty cakes and the puff pastries - wlw
god-des & she - wlw
mary lambert - wlw
pop artists
a great big world - mlm
alextbh - gay
anne-marie - wlw
angie - wlw
aurora - wlw
beatrice eli - lesbian
bec sandridge - lesbian
car astor/see - wlw
cub sport - mlm
christina aguilera - bi wlw
fletcher - wlw
frankie simone - wlw
gia - wlw
girl in red - lesbian
girli - bi wlw
halsey - bi wlw
hayley kiyoko - lesbian
janelle monae - pan wlw
jesse saint john - gay
ji nilson - lesbian
kadie elder - mlm
keiynan lonsdale - mlm
kesha - wlw
king princess - lesbian
lauren jauregui - wlw
leo kalyan - gay
lights - wlw
maddie ross - wlw
mary lambert - lesbian
matt fishel - mlm
mika - mlm
miley cyrus - pan wlw
muna - wlw
of montreal - mlm
perfume genius - gay
rina sawayama - pan wlw
rita ora - bi wlw
sam smith - gay nb
saintraja - gay
sakima - gay
sir babygirl - bi nb
sizzy rocket - bi wlw
sofya wang - lesbian
starley - lesbian
superfruit - gay
tegan and sara - lesbian
todrick hall - gay
tove lo - bi wlw
troye sivan - gay
the veronicas - wlw
vardaan arora - gay
who is fancy - gay
woodkid - mlm
years and years - mlm
zolita - wlw
queer/unlabelled artists
aurora - wlw
charlotte day wilson - wlw
coeur de pirate - wlw
dizzy fae - wlw
ember swift - wlw
frank ocean - mlm
frankie cosmos - wlw
japanese breakfast - wlw
jay som - wlw
kehlani - wlw
keiynan lonsdale - mlm
kelela - wlw
kodie shane - wlw
miki ratsula - wlw
muna - wlw
nicole dollanganger - wlw
st. vincent - wlw
thao nguyen - wlw
tiara thomas - wlw
yaeji - wlw
rock artists
Against me! - trans wlw
bif naked - wlw
bikini kill - wlw
cw/a - lesbian
destroy boys - wlw
dream wife - wlw
dyke drama - wlw
ezra furman - bi mlm
fagatron - mlm
fit for rivals - lesbian
g.l.o.s.s - trans women
gina young - lesbian
god is my copilot
gossip - wlw
grlwood - lesbian
halestorm - bi wlw
it was romance - wlw
kate nash - wlw
larkin poe - wlw
lauren ruth ward - lesbian
life of agony - trans woman
lipstick homicide - wlw
lipstick jodi - wlw
melissa etheridge - lesbian
pansy division - mlm
partner - wlw
pwr bttm - nb
pvris - lesbian
the butchies - wlw
the degenerettes - wlw
the regrettes - wlw
tyler glenn - gay
smaller/indie artists
adult mom - nb
black dresses - trans wlw
caitie inson - wlw
cj run - bi nb
cyberbully mom club - wlw
destroy boys - wlw
fatty cakes and the puff pastries - wlw
fly bye - wlw
frankie simone- wlw
girl in red - lesbian
grlwood - lesbian
lipstick homicide - lesbian
lipstick jodi - lesbian
lovers - wlw
mabel ye - wlw
marika hackman
maddie ross - wlw
miki ratsula - wlw
nakala - wlw
ness nite - genderqueer lesbian
palehound - wlw
phem - bi wlw
saintraja - gay
sapphic lasers - lesbian
sara renberg - lesbian
sequin sally - bi wlw
sir babygirl - bi nb
torrey mercer - bi wlw
whitney lindquist - wlw
trans lady artists
1.8.7/jordana lesesne
against me!/laura jane grace - bi
ah mer ah su
anohni
axis of awesome
black dresses - lesbian
bulldog eyes
dana international
genesis p-orridge
giant kitty
girls rituals - lesbian
g.l.o.s.s
go! child
harisu
hirs
just fern
katey red
kim petras
life of agony/mina caputo
mc trans
miss blanks
miss white
namoli brennet
native cats
nervus
nero’s day at disneyland
peppermint
quay dash
sateen - lesbian
she/her/hers
shea diamond
sophie
steam powered giraffe
the scary jokes
too attached
vivek shraya
trans man artists
athens boys choir - pan
black cracker
coyote grace
jake edwards
jake zyrus
joe stevens
katastrophe
laith ashley
lars randa
lizzy’s husband
lucas silvera/the cliks
ren stedman
ryan cassata
skyler kergil
I feel like fandom generations are both very specific and easily conflated. Like,, you either live through so many they blur together into one hellish mess or you join in on one generation and remain blissfully unaware of the previous ones
Found from the last log of Flagship Captain Aergin:
“Captain, what’s wrong?”
For your eyes only. “Nothing, Admiral. Just a chest spasm. Might be time for another inspection.”
“If you’re sure, Captain.”
“Admiral Solkowałksa, I don’t say things I’m not sure about. You know that.”
“Yes, Captain.”
For your eyes only, Flagship Captain Aergin. Enter biometric triple security to access.
Triple biometric is the highest possible. Nothing good ever comes out of something locked like that.
Enter decrypt code.
They really aren’t messing around to have layered an encryption on top of the biometric.
Decrypt successful. Loading message.
“Captain Aergin,
At 0600 hours four days ago, an alien fleet appeared just outside of our atmosphere. We attempted to communicate, but we received only one phrase back, in the common tongue: ‘Pray to what gods you have.’ Before we could react, their energy spiked and their weapons discharged. America was slag and glass before we were able to do anything. That fleet was destroyed before they could do any more damage, luckily, but your family was killed along with the rest of the American population. We are sorry for your loss. Do nothing rash, this situation will be handled.
Condolences,
Interplanetary Fleet Commander Nurodu
I couldn’t believe it. America, gone. Just like that. In the blink of an eye. My family, friends, children. All gone. My crew was the only family I had left. Nurodu has the indecency to tell me to do “nothing rash,” like I’m just going to accept that my life needs to start over, like my husband and children weren’t just killed without a chance to fight back, like I’m not going to avenge the death of my country. I will have revenge.
—18 Months Later—
“Sir, you asked for updates on the identification of the species that destroyed America. A major data dump has just occurred when the Alien Classification/Dossier database updated. The relevant files are being shunted to your holodesk now, and the species is listed as having been confirmed to destroy your country.”
“Thank you, Lieutenant Commander. Dismissed.”
The Zorax, huh? Home planet Xeron, only 20 parsecs from here. Time for the plan. They have no other worlds colonized according to the database, and if I have my way, they never will. Those bastards will never see me coming.
“Set course for Xeron. We’ve been ordered to give the Zorax a visit to make sure they are on the up-and-up.” The lie didn’t bother me at all. I will say anything to avenge my family.
“Immediately, Captain.”
—3 hours later—
“Captain, coming out of FTL in 3…2…1…”
“Stay on course to the planet, stay in high orbit once we’ve arrived.”
“Yes, Captain.”
Time to enact my plan. I keyed for the computer to send an abandon ship protocol, on my authority. Earth Federation laws requires I make sure everyone else is off the ship first, but that’s the point.
“Abandon ship protocol 00215. All personnel report to your assigned pod as soon as possible for whichever species may be.”
“Everyone go. Admiral Solkowałksa, you have command. Take my personal pod. I don’t intend to make it off this ship. Jettison happens in 8 minutes.”
“Captain, are you sure?!?”
“I don’t say things I’m not sure of, Admiral. Go.”
Everyone is off the ship now. It’s very quiet. Not even the night cycle is this quiet.
“Computer, open communications with planet Xeron main base when in range.”
“Initiating communications.”
“Hello. My name is Flagship Captain Aergin, of the third American Fleet. You may remember glassing a place called America on Earth. I say the same to you now that you said to them: pray to what gods you have.”
“Communication interrupted.”
I punched up FTL for just long enough to come out in their atmosphere and collide with their largest landmass. This is my last log. America is avenged.
(This is my first attempt at something other than lurking this tag! Hope y'all like it!
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Look how many people hate him. I’m pretty damn happy about that 😁😁😁😁😁😁