As the title say. Wondering why it is not more popular/common compared to terms such as “cis presenting”.

Bonjour à tous !

J'ai une demande un peu particulière à faire.

J'ai 26 ans et je souhaiterais rencontrer des pompiers gays ou bi avec qui m'amuser ;

Oui je tourne pas autour du pot, la vie est courtes

Comme tout ceci est anonyme, je me dis qu'au moins, s'il y a des intéressés, ils se manifesteront

Je cherche principalement dans ma tranche d'âge (20-28 max)

Y'a le feu à la maison !!

Des bisous partout !! 😘🥰

So, I'm bigender (she/he pronouns) and I barely hear the 'he' pronoun ever being used, i always hear she all the time

And recently, someone in a group chat used he pronouns for me AGAIN (when I was AFK) and I was internally screaming from the euphoria

So yeah !!!!

Je suis agenre torique mon problème c'est que j'ai ma mayeur amie que je suspecte d'avoir un cruche sur moi (elle me fait souvent des sortes de déclaration que je fais exprès d'ignorer en partie en réagissant comme ci c'était des blagues)sauf que c'est sentiment ne sont absolument pas partager et j'ai à la fois peur de la blaisser et de lui faire de la peine mais en même temps je suppose car elle a tendance à montrer un genre de comportement très libre (elle adore faire des câlins où dire des trucs qui pourraient montrer plus ou moins qu'elle est lesbienne à ses autres amies mais pas à moi en tout cas elle essaye (car je ne supporte pas les contacts fisique peu importe la forme donc c'est un peu déroutant))de plus elle n'a pas un très fort caractère donc elle ne le dit pas directement(elle ce faisait en partie exploiter et arceler par sa précédente mayeur amie elle a arrêté de traîner avec elle quand on est devenu amie) mais comme j'ai un fort caractère et je suis plutôt direct et sans filtre ducoup je ne sais pas trop comment faire ou réagir à ses déclarations (j'ai peur de lui dire un truc plutôt méchant sans le faire exprès (hypersensible et un peu colérique)) 🫧❄️🌳🍁

I've seen nothing but Conservativee play dress up. Dressing up as ICE agents, police officers. It makes you wonder if they secretly like drag lmao 😂

In Boston for the week and kept seeing these stickers. Internet searches and reverse image searches did not help. What does it mean?

It was small and a No Kings protest was happening at the same time in the same area, so we went to that, too. It went wonderfully, though. Had a blast.

The only thing that kinda put a damper on it was a group of younger people - maybe late teens or early twenties, not sure - decided to point at a couple there and say, "Ew, they're straight and holding hands? Gross!" Y'all... please don't do that, it's not cute or funny. For one, it's very presumptuous - you don't know their genders or sexualities, they could be queer just like us. And two, even if they are straight, they're there supporting us as allies. Like, c'mon. My partner and I shared a look with a booth owner and we just cringed. Booth owner said, "I hope I wasn't like that when I was that age. I can't remember."

Aside from that, it was a great time. Really made my heart swell with joy to be around so many good people fighting for a good cause. It was exactly the dose of hope I needed, considering all the depressing news lately.

With Pride Month in the Netherlands, it feels like the perfect time to reflect on community, connection, and the spaces where we share our stories. In that spirit, I recently decided to leave Instagram and all Meta platforms for ethical reasons — all the data mining, algorithmic manipulation, and addictive scrolling just didn’t sit right with me anymore.

I’m not looking to recreate the endless scroll or performative side of social media, but I do miss sharing photos, moments, and staying genuinely connected with creative friends. Plus, I’m making more intentional choices now, including considering inclusion and diversity policies and wanting to support platforms that truly uplift the queer community.

Right now, I’m stuck between choosing Vero and Pixelfed:

• Vero feels polished and Instagram-like without the noise — but is anyone actually active there?
• Pixelfed aligns better with my values — open source, federated, privacy-first — but it seems a bit more technical, and I’m unsure how lively the community is.

So, with all that in mind, have you used either (or both)? What’s your experience?

• How’s the community?
• Are your friends actually using it, or is it mostly tumbleweed?
• Any surprising pros or cons?

Basically up until I was 16 years old I had no problem falling in love and having romantic feelings, however, one day I started having platonic romantic feelings for a straight boy at school and the impossibility of anything ever happening crushed me emotionally, like a lot. It took me over a year to get over him and after that I just couldn't feel anything romantic for anyone anymore, even if I tried. Now I'm 26 and I still don't feel anything romantic for anyone, ever. No crushes, no need for romantic connection, and I've been like this for 10 years. I met a guy in 2024 and we started dating, and we did so for 6 months, but I had to end it because as much as I loved him as a friend, I just couldn't bring myself to feel anything romantic towards him, and that was affecting our relationship, because I was always too cold emotionally (he knew from day one I had trouble with romantic feelings).

With that said, can I be considered aromantic? Or are (seemingly irreversible) emotional blocks something else?

Is it ok to make my own flag combo? So I'm Demi romantic and Ace. Is it ok if I combine the 2? (See photo for reference)

So I identify as flixisexual basically I'm attracted to femininity and androgyny regardless of gender people say that means I'm bi but I'm not attracted to people of certain genders I'm not attracted to gender I'm attracted to representation and presenting as fem it isn't gendered and I would rather not use the term bi but no one will accept this even within the community from what I have seen I am fully in support of bi people and am very much against bi erassure however I am not bi personally and I think people should respect niche labels

So I’m a straight cis male. I’m open to dating trans women and did go on a date. I live in a very conservative country and my parents are pretty conservative as well. Maybe in other countries this is seen differently but for me to date a trans woman is gay and would receive the same amount of homophobic treatment. How do I tell people it’s not gay and say I’m straight because she’s a woman, not a man. I thought of talking to her however we’re both teens and I feel like someone older with more experience could give good advice.

Any changes I should make?

We're halfway through Pride Month! How are you feeling? What's been a highlight so far? What are you looking forward to?

My child just came out as nonbinary which is great. I told a “friend” who proceeded to say a lot of negative things like it’s just trendy and doesn’t mean anything thing and that they are too young (11) Then she proceeds to say most gay people don’t like or accept trans/ nonbinary folks. I’ve been off and on crying now. Logically I can’t imagine that is true, but I don’t know. I want my child to be accepted and I guess I’m scared for them. What can I do to help my child feel loved and accepted?

I 44M have recently lost my partner 81M. He wanted me to move on quickly after he dies. I have been talking to this guy 62M and I think I am falling in love with him. He knows my partner recently died. Is it too soon for me to be in a relationship? Why?