Waving a different flag: how motor sport is welcoming LGBTQ+ drivers - Motor Sport Magazine

This is a very interesting read. It's quite long, so please stick with it.

#lgbtqpositivity #TransgenderAcceptance #transgenderawareness #LGBTQRoleModels

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/waving-a-different-flag-how-lgbtq-drivers-are-gaining-ground-in-motor-sport/

I've also written a longer post on Tumblr, here is a screenshot.

Remember to make time to do what you love.

It's another form of expression just like gender and sexuality labels, which all lead to supportive and dynamic communities of people.

It's important to nurture every good aspect of yourself, and share your strengths and joys with others.

#queerpositivity #lgbtqpositivity #labels #hobbies #positivity

You must live in the present, not the future.

There's no guarantee that the world will become a safer or a more dangerous place to be and express yourself openly.

In some small way and within reason, try to live now.

#nonbinarypositivity #nonbinaypride #lgbtqpositivity #queerpositivity

The time you're forced to spend with bigoted relatives is likely temporary.

Soon, you'll have some room to breath again, and a break from their painful comments and actions.

You'll be ok.

#nonbinarypositivity #lgbtqpositivity #bigotry #exorsexism #homophobia

The family that you built from friends, loves, and neighbors, is every bit as valuable as one formed of genetic relations.

Love is all that makes a family, and love transcends all blood happenstance.

#queerpositivity #family #lgbtqpositivity #nonbinarypositivity

Maybe you lost relationships, a job, even housing, after coming out. Or, life might've just gotten much harder for you once you've decided to be more open about yourself.

But, even if life doesn't look like it'll unfold as you originally hoped, you can build something new in the future.

Remember that there will be other chances.

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You don't have to come out about every aspect of yourself all at once if you don't want to.

You can come out about your gender first and then later on disclose your orientation, or vise versa.

There's no rulebook or law that you must follow except what you decide for yourself.

#nonbinarypositivity #lgbtqpositivity #queerpositivity #comingout #labels ..

Discover labels for yourself. Create new terms. Life your life free of definitions. Change the labels you've identified with for so long!

This universe is too strange and incredible to hold yourself back.

Follow suit and give no f*cks!

#nonbinary #nonbinarypositivity #queerpositivity #lgbtqpositivity #labels ..

You are not just a product of your family.

You are your experiences, your hopes, the battles you've won and lost, and all the decisions you've made up to this point.

You build yourself every moment.

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The family that raised you will always be relevant to you in some way.

But, they're also just a collection of people like any other. Sometimes you have to break away from a group for your own health.

You might not be able to completely erase a bad family from your life, but there are ways to take control of your relationship with them.

Taking control can be more powerful than simply forgetting.

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The fact is, labels don't have profound, unchanging meanings that apply equally in every time and place. Like every aspect of language, our terms for ourselves change and adapt with us as individuals and as peoples.

What matters is not whether someone in the past (or future) would be "xyz," but rather that you can see something of yourself in another person across time.

Solidarity and community can exist beyond words.

#lgbtqpositivity #queerpositivity #labels

Bigots feel less like insecure if they can see that there are others with fewer rights and resources than themselves.

There's no reason to make it easy for them.

#oppression #nonbinarypositivity #exorsexism #queerphobia #queerpositivity #lgbtqpositivity #lgbtqphobia

Other people don't get to decide, which of your identities are "progressive" or "backwards."

It doesn't matter how "useful" somebody thinks your identities are. It's not up for debate.

This is who you are, and that's all.

#queerpositivity #lgbtqpositivity #labels

Someone paying more attention to one aspect of your identity doesn't make that part of you more important than the rest of you.

What other people care about is their buisness, and has no real bearing on who you are.

#lgbtqpositivity #queerpositivity

Sometimes it seems like there's nowhere in the world, where people will let you live in peace. Unfortunately, it's probably true.

But, that is only within the scope of human society, and the planet (even the universe) is a greater and more welcoming place than anything bigots can create out of it.

So, you might not find comfort in people, but you can find rest in the coolness of night, and find clarity in starlight.

#nonbinarypositivity #queerpositivity #lgbtqpositivity #exorsexism #queerphobia #lgbtqphobia #oppression

Those who raised you aren't completely responsible for who you are.

Identity is in large part a creative act, and you are the artist of yourself.

#nonbinary #nonbinarypositivity #nonbinaypride #lgbtqpositivity ..

It's important to take some time to reconnect with yourself regardless of labels.

Take a moment to simply observe the way you are without judgment. Let yourself exist, while all the discourse, identity politics, etc. fade into the background.

Labels are very important modes of communication and identity. Labels can help you, but they arent everything.

Relax.

#queerpositivity #lgbtqpositivity #labels ..

Just because a certain label/identity you have is especially important to someone else, doesn't make that label the most important to you.

Focusing on one of your labels to the exclusion of the others is like praising the color of a bird's plumage more than it's flight. It's like enjoying the summer green, while hating the rain that helped it grow.

Celebrating only part of you is ignoring all of you.

#nonbinary #nonbinarypositivity #lgbtqpositivity #queerpositivity #labels #rain #bird #summer ..

There’s no hurry to settle on a label. Take your time adjusting to it.

Set it aside for now if you’re not sure, or you’re just tired.

There’s plenty of time to figure it all out.

#lgbtqpositivity #queerpositivity #labels ..

Tough times get easier. It doesn't seem like it right now (and that's ok), but it will be easier eventually. You will adapt to it and learn how to incorporate it into your life.

Coming to terms with being nonbinary (or queer/lgbtq in general) was extremely painful, terrifying, and is still dangerous. Nevertheless, here you remain.

You will find some form of peace again. And, you will be stronger and more experienced, when life is hard again.

You're more powerful than you think.

#nonbinary #nonbinarypositivity #nonbinaypride #queer #lgbtqpositivity #queerpositivity