Featured this week: Anthony :D

The definition of an Ally: Someone by your side. Supporter. Friend.

 People say they're allies but they aren't. Being an ally doesn't just mean you have a queer friend. 

You stand up for them. Stand by them. Fight for their rights. An Ally takes action.

 If anyone wants to know how to be an Ally, take notes from Anthony.

 He always keeps an open mind and stands up for what is right.

 Like when Mrs.Seddon calls me by my birth name when she takes attendance, Anthony immediately corrects her. "His name is Kyle. Kyle's here."

Anthony is a real and true friend of the lgbtq+ community, and of mine.

(All of this info he sent me word for word)

Name: Anthony Q Adams Jr

Pronouns: he, his, him

Age: 17

School: BLA

Likes: Sailing, helping others, music, Manga, reading, video games (especially MMORPG's and first person shooters), running, boxing, the crunches  of a fresh layer of snow when stepped on, sound of rain, respect, anime, the ocean and the life within the ocean, i LOVE science, being the weird guy, swimming, food (especially seafood), being educated, nature.

Dislikes: prejudices, writing, GOSSIP, when people make comments/jokes about topics they know nothing of, needles, the word "ratchet" (slang definition), ebola jokes (which go into people making comments/jokes about a topic they dont know about), bullying, being bored, ninja looters, when someone touches me without my permission. 

About me: I'm weird and I'm proud! I want to be a marine biologist and an oceanographer when I'm out of school. Im also a sailing instructor for courageous sailing. I've always supported "queer rights" or "gay rights" or however you want to say it. Because I have 4 gay uncles, and a few gay cousins. I believe people should be true to who they are inside, because either way we are all people. We are all the same, but at the same time so, very different. I will accept anyone as a friend as long as they are nice to me, I shall be nice to you. You respect me, and I'll respect you. 

10 Questions It is Never Okay to ask a Transgender person

Here's a link to "10 Questions It is Never Okay to ask a Transgender person"

Just in case y'all were about to approach me, or anyone else, with these questions in mind.


http://www.buzzfeed.com/reggieugwu/which-bathroom-do-you-use

"So, like, you want to be a guy now?"

I was asked this question yesterday at Spirit Day.

A kid I used to have classes with finally called me Kyle,

I didn't bother correcting him before because I don't have classes with him anymore and I don't see him in the hallways, I don't know, 

I just didn't want to waste my breath explaining to someone who probably doesn't care anyways.

Back to what happened, 

The kid was like, 

"So, like, you want to be a guy now?"

My answer:" Lol. No. I don't want to be a guy, I am a guy."

This is the second time I've been asked this in the past week.

People are mistaken if they think I was "born a girl", and now "want to be a boy".

I was born a baby,
 Not a gender.
I was assigned female at birth.

People are mistaken if they think since I identify as male, I have to look a certain way.

I can wear whatever the fuck I want. If I walk around in a thong and I have pink hair down to my ass 

It doesn't matter,

you will call me Kyle and he. 

Its a matter of respect and humanity, so show me some fucking respect.

I am pretty comfortable with myself, but a lot of people aren't comfortable coming to me and asking me questions. 

So I asked the kid, 

"Who told you?"

And he says, 

"It's going around school".

At this point, I'm fucking dumbstruck because it's not like I told anyone who wasn't my friend or acquaintance or teacher.

People are asking my friends,

About me.

I really didn't think people gave a fuck.

I didn't think people noticed.

If y'all have questions,

Can you just ask me?

I get that its awkward for you, 

But don't be putting my friends in awkward positions to spread my business because you,

"Don't get it".

Sorry if I came off hostile. 

I'm just trying to live.

Ps. I won't take it personally if you called me by my birth name and the wrong pronouns before and you didn't know, and I won't be offended if you are talking about me and you mess up because you're getting used to calling me by my new name and pronouns.

But it's a promise that I will fucking ignore you if you call me she and my birth name on purpose and/or if you're mad at me.

What does it mean to be a Man? What does it mean to be a Woman? Part 2

I'm feeling really shitty these days about gender. 

I'm so confused. 

I asked two of my friends "What does it mean to be a man? What does it mean to be a woman?"

I don't know.

Last night I had a break down.

Nothing makes sense to me anymore.

Who am I?

Stephanie 

                                                                        Michael

What does it mean to be Man? What does it mean to be a Woman?

Y'all, I've been thinking lately,
Thinking really hard.
I'm a man, right? Yes.
Okay.
But what does it mean?
I'm sitting here defying expectations of what it means to be a man. I don't think any of us perfectly fit into a box labeled: Man/ Woman
What the fuck does it even mean?
To be a gender?
To act like a gender?
What is this?
What are these actions or the way you dress or what you have in between your legs or what you have on your head,
What does any of that mean?
What even is gender?
I'm so confused now.
Man, woman,
Why aren't we just all people?
I mean we are people.
The person who made this idea up is pretty fucking creative because the more I think about it, the more blurred all these lines between us become.
My head hurts now.
Fuck.

Somebody answer me.

Featured this week: Cameron :D

What do I say about Cammy... one of the greatest people I've ever known. They've made me a better person, I know I'll be friends with them forever.

(All this info is what they sent me word for word)

Name: Cameron

Pronouns: They, Them, Theirs

Age: 16

School: BLA

Likes: Freshly sharpened pencils, A good game of Rummy, The crunch of a fresh layer of snow, Being the big spoon, Youtube, Tumblr, MMORPGs, Marvel Comics, Tying a tie right the first time, Being educated, Passionate Conversations, and Tranquility

Dislikes: Apathy, Cold toes, People asking me if I’m a girl or a boy, My cat waking me up in morning, Pressure, People touching me without permission, Assumptions, Meeting lots of new people, Headaches, When I burn dinner, and Gender stereotypes.

About Me:  I’m awesome, but I’m not at all conceited! (lol) So, I like to tell jokes, really I deal with everything with humor. It’s great, you should try it!. But back to the about part, I’m a kid just trying to get through life. I don’t really have any goals I want to obtain or places I want to go. I’d like to be happy, if that’s possible, and maybe someday have a purpose. But for right now I’m doing school, looking for a job and rejecting most labels thrown at me. I don’t really like labels, I mean I know they are convenient but it’s really hard to use other peoples words to define something so individual as me. So, I’m a person, gender-neutral, genderqueer, how ever you want to look at. I’m just trying to feel comfortable in my own skin, so for now ties and t-shirts and sweaters with cargo pants and boots it is!. I want to help make the world a place where everyone can be comfortable, maybe that’s my purpose, I don’t know, we’ll see.

Trans Day Of Remembrance 2014

This evening was Trans Day Of Remembrance, a candle light vigil and memorial. 

I was in charge of the volunteers for TDOR, all my friends came and helped out, it was a beautiful ceremony. 

But, it was really sad, you know? All those people who died--who were killed, just because they were Trans. They wanted to live their lives as they were, and were killed for it. 

I won't live my life in fear, I'm going to continue to be brave. 

The majority of the names we read out, were Trans women from Brazil specifically.

This is a serious problem that the media, that society, that not a lot of people know about or shown. Over 100,000 lives lost to Anti Transgender violence. 

Some of the names, well that's just it, some people didn't even have names, just, 

"Unknown Woman (16 years old) Teresina, Piaui, Brazil"

Seriously???

People are fucking dying!

Their lives lost, but not forgotten.

At least not to me.

To all of those who lost their lives, your light lives on. 

ALLY WALL RESTORATION PROJECT

“BLA’s Rainbow Alliance had all of the posters from all four ally walls taken down without warning before accreditation.  All of the posters are gone.  We need BLA faculty and students to contribute to the development of new BLA Ally Walls!  We recommend creating posters during extended homeroom on 11/26 or on your own time.  (Come to Rm312 for paper or supplies, if needed.)  Please drop them off in the manila folder outside Rm312.”

-Ms.Good, Rainbow Alliance Advisor

So yes friends, this is a call to action for the BLA community to help us. We want to spread our message of love, unity, friendship, safety,  acceptance and pride every where we can! We need words of encouragement and flood our halls and our hearts with sweet sweet words, pictures, messages, anything you can bring! It can be more serious, or light hearted, but over all we want to give hope to everyone at BLA.

HERE ARE SOME IDEAS TO HELP YOU GET STARTED!

Transgender Day Of Remembrance- November 20th, 2014

Today is Transgender Day Of Remembrance.
A day to memorialize the people the people who have lost their lives as a result of Transphobia and anti Transgender violence.

Moment of Silence.

Thank you.

This year, I came out to my friends and teachers and random people on the street sometimes, as Transgender. I was nervous to come to school. I still am sometimes. Because my heart beats a little faster when teachers call me he in front of the class. I smile big when people yell, "Hey Kyle" in the halls. I get nauseous when people call me my birth name. When people call me Miss. No one really pays attention when I'm called he, but when they realize it, I'm honestly so terrified of how they'll react. I'm afraid for my life. Ironic because this is the bravest thing I think I've ever done.

I promised to myself that I'd be the man I want to be: Brave, unselfish, and true.

I challenge you all, to not be afraid to be yourselves.

I'll love you no matter who you are.

I'll protect you.

I'd rather die and be remembered for who I really am,
Than live and be someone I'm not.

Let's just hope I can live and be myself.

Live in love y'all. We don't know when our last day is, and life is too short to hate someone because you don't understand them.

Trans 101 Presentation :)

Today I made a presentation covering the basics of what it means to be Trans, different terms and diagrams and whatnot, super duper helpful,
Also tomorrow after school, I'll be actually presenting it, in room 312...
So...
You should come :D

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12NOVQcwBD5w0TyLNA1zIgDjdjs1JHr0_CiLctRbEVNw/edit#slide=id.p

Featured this week: Jourdan :D

I don't care if I post like 8 times in a week, I want to show you beautiful things and people 

Jourdan is not just one of my best friends, she's family, reading all this stuff about her makes me fall in love with her. Legit. You'll fall in love with her too.

(All this info is what she sent me word for word)

Name: Jourdan

Pronouns: She, Her, Hers

Age: 18

School: BLA

Likes: Open mindedness, Creativity, Music (love), Art, Sex..porn lol, Books, Women, Sushi, Video games, Horseback riding, Horror flicks/Nude chicks, Fire and Ice, and zodiac signs

Dislikes: Close mindedness, Homophobia, Nitpicking-ass mom (love her tho), Uncaring beings, Being Inconsiderate, N****s who keep saying "wait, so you're a lesbian?!" knowing damn well they know the answer, When people don't TRY to understand, Solitude..that shit seems endless though, Others thinking I'm naughty or ignorant for cursing like a sailor, Waking up at 5am by some force other than myself

About Me: Hey everyone, I'm Jourdan. I'm an 18 year old trying to find her way. I'm a cutie patutie ready for duty, (hella cheesy) and trying to keep the positivity. But don't be mistaken by my good intentions, I have a pretty dark soul, quite the pessimist in my opinion, but I'm working on it. I'm weird, boisterous, "ratchet", chubby and sensitive with introvert/extrovert commonalities. I think SZA is amazing, mahhd people sleep on her but I don't want too many people to know her anyway; I'm selfish with my music lol. I'd be ecstatic to be introduced to new music though - all kinds, don't hesitate. I love poetry n shit and this is getting hella long. I'm in love with the idea of love, finding the smallest things about you to fall in love with. I'm a bisexual, black, flower child. Feel free to flood my imagination with sweet nothings in Portuguese. Oh!! I literally have no followers so follow my blog..and then go on like you never seen this lol

wanderingmindofthe3ast.tumblr.com

Trans Day Of Remembrance: November 23, 2014

From 4-7pm
Be there or be square!

Ps. You can sign up with me to volunteer!

"No one should be subjected to violence simply because of their gender identity or expression. No one should be denied the basic rights that enable their safety and security.  No one should consider taking their own life to escape harassment and bullying.  Please join with us on this day to remember our departed friends, loved ones, and community members.

The annual Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) memorializes individuals who have died throughout the world in the previous year because of anti-transgender hatred. Each November, the worldwide transgender community turns its attention to family, friends and loved ones lost to violence and prejudice. A tradition inspired by the Allston, MA vigil for slain transsexual Rita Hester in 1998, this day has become the worldwide rallying point for a community long under siege."- MTPC website

Super Important Chart You should Look At!

Hello Beautiful Unicorn Babies,

I was thinking to myself this morning

1. I'm hungry

2. What's the point of having an LGBTQ+ educational and cute blog if its not educational?

So, here are a couple of terms you might hear me say throughout this blog, I hope it helps :)

Ps. There are so many more genders than this, so don't think this is it!

Bigender: Identifying as two genders

Gender Fluid: Gender Changes

Agender: (genderless) No gender

Androgyne: Having both masculine and feminine qualities

Transgender: Identifying as a gender other than the one assigned at birth

Cisgender: Identifying as the gender you were assigned at birth

Happy Aromantic Awareness Week! November 10-17th

Welcome to 3 Cheers For Queers! Featured this week: Me!!!

Name: Kyle 

Pronouns: He, Him, His

Age:17

School: BLA

About Me: I'm an activist, I love dancing, art, sparkles, fashion, old cartoons, and I'm a Transgender guy

Likes: Dresses, Tattoos, Shoes, the color pink, food, deep conversation, acting like a goofball, feminism, spoken word, theater, oh and fashion!

Dislikes: Misogyny, Homework, the Gender Binary, when people call me by my birth name, other stuff I can't remember right now

So, welcome to 3 Cheers for Queers! A website where you'll get to meet a bunch of my friends, who just happen to be LGBTQ+ and/or allies. I want to expose y'all to a world you may not be familiar with, or if you are, show you new beautiful faces. Maybe if you aren't sure about who you are, you can find someone on this blog who is a little like you. Maybe if you want to educate yourself about this community, and become a better ally (a supporter/friend), you'll find some great diagrams and charts here, or a post that resonates with what you are feeling. 

Enjoy! :D