Pride Month starts today and why it matters to me.

I didn't come out to a soul until I was 51. Not because I didn't know but because it was a part of me I squashed down. I came out as Queer because the label gave me room to breathe after years of telling myself I was bi but never fully embracing it. I'm honestly still unsure whether I was protecting myself because it felt "safer" to believe a lie or if there was a kernel of truth in it. But since coming out, the "gay part" of me has been the loudest by leaps and bounds.

The real me finally getting sunlight or some kind of Queer Rumspringa after years of repression? Possibly both. What I do know is this: I would have figured it out a lot sooner if I’d lived in a world that didn't fear difference.

I'm not great at writing these sorts of personal posts, but I’ve felt especially introspective after just losing a childhood friend. The second in the past year. One was gay, but still neither knew this part of me until the very end. And that’s not enough.

So here’s to Pride, whether you came out at 14 or 94. Love to all of you, and a knowing wink to the ones who didn’t take the direct road to their truth. Not late. Not broken. Not alone.

#PrideMonth #Queer #LGBTQ #Pride #Pride2025

I disengaged with Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling after the first book when she did a Fresh Air interview and her arrogance clearly thought she invented things that LotR and every bit of fantasy had done before her. Much like Elon Musk, she can go fuck off.

A HARRY POTTER FAN'S GUIDE TO NAVIGATING PRIDE MONTH

• STOP reading the books

• STOP watching the movies

• STOP buying the merch

• STOP playing the games

• STOP fucking talking about it

• STOP engaging with this franchise altogether

• PERMANENTLY

every dollar and every moment you spend towards the harry potter fandom gives it and by extension transphobia space in our cultural consciousness and harms trans people directly

KNOCK IT THE FUCK OFF

https://www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowling-anti-trans-organization

#HarryPotter #JKRowling #HogwartsLegacy #PrideMonth #pride #pride2025

Attn: King's Hawaiian and ube lovers.

Ube coconut rolls available exclusively online starting tomorrow, June 2nd at 9am PT. #LiloAndStitch #KingsHawaiian #ube

#HappyPride #PrideMonth #Pride2025

You can't fight your own wallet.🤷🏿‍♂️

That's $10 in Temu flags saying "support trans rights," but $150K in Cybertruck saying "destroy trans people."

(Request: if I have any enemies, please, I'm begging all of you, "oppose" and "resist" me with your words, while shipping me $150K with your wallet! 🤡🙏🏿)

And I didn't notice until I was almost done that the waffle cup included a row of #HiddenMickey at the top. How cute! #ClarabellesHandScoopedIceCream #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure #Disneyland 3/3

It was a very tasty sundae, but I realized that I really wanted the chocolate covered frozen banana that came with it. It was really just half a banana cut in half lengthwise. Frozen banana used to be one of my favorite treats, but I haven't had one in years. I need to remember next time to just buy a frozen banana and not order a whole giant sundae to get half a frozen banana. 😀 2/3

After dinner, we went across the street to #ClarabellesHandScoopedIceCream because I wanted the Oswald Sundae. I could swear the #Disneyland app said it was two scoops of ice cream, but the sign at the location said three. The app isn't currently allowing mobile order from that location, so I can't check. The app also says you get chocolate and vanilla ice cream in the sundae, but you can choose whatever flavors you want. #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure 1/3

Banners celebrating 70 years of the #GoldenHorseshoe at #Disneyland.

Both the aguachile and the hot sauce were spicy, which were nice.

I'm often leery of shrimp, but it was nicely chilled with firm texture. Everything was really good.

From what I could tell, the dish is made there, once you order it, so it takes a minute for your order to be ready. It might also be possible to modify the dish for ingredients you don't want, but I haven't tried that yet. #CozyConeMotel 5 #RadiatorSprings #Carsland #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure #Disneyland /3 end

This turned out to be much bigger than I expected - you can see the size comparison with a regular plastic fork. I did like this dish a lot, though it was a little hard to figure out how to eat it with all the elements, and with trying to figure out how to break off parts of the cracker.

I did really enjoy the wheat cracker, which had a slight approximation to chicharron. There was good seasoning on the rest of the dish, and I loved the flavor of the aguachile. /2

I'd seen someone else post about this and was intrigued so had to seek it out today. It's from the #CozyConeMotel #5, and it's called chicharron preparado con camarones - wheat cracker, lime mayonnaise, avocado, lettuce, jalapeno-onion-cilantro salad, lime cooked shrimp, aguachile salsa and hot sauce. #RadiatorSprings #Carsland #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure #Disneyland /1

Lunch today was the new lomo saltado burrito from #StudioCateringCo - Peruvian-inspired lomo saltado stir fry, shoestring French fries and serrano-lime rice wrapped in a warm flour tortilla, served with serrano hot sauce. The burrito is served whole, which I cut in half to show the inside.

The burrito as a whole had really good seasoning, nice flavor on the meat. The hot sauce has quite the kick and fyi is loaded with cilantro.

Really good burrito. #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure #Disneyland

New Pride popcorn bucket. So cute! You can actually put your hands in the "gloves" to hold the heart. $29.50. #Disneyland #PrideMonth #Pride2025

Ahhh, back when we could still order the Bespin Fizz. I wish they'd bring it back to #OgasCantina at #Disneyland, even without the fizz part.

What the original blue bantha looked like.

#BlackSpireOutpost #Batuu #GalaxysEdge #StarWarsGalaxysEdge #StarWars 2/2

Official opening day of #BlackSpireOutpost 6 years ago today, and it was our second visit to #Batuu ! 🙂

Remember when the Ark of the Covenant was still at #DokOndarsDenOfAntiquities ?

#GalaxysEdge #StarWarsGalaxysEdge #Disneyland #StarWars 1/2

Always good to see #MingNaWen, though I wish she'd been given a bit more screen time, but I get it. I miss her kick-ass persona from #AgentsOfShield.

It was a fun movie to watch. There is one particular training session that I really liked at the subway entrance that I thought was really funny. #KarateKid #KarateKidLegends 3/3

Of course, it was nice to have #Jackie Chan and #RalphMacchio back, as well as the interplay between sensei and sifu. #KarateKid

I did not know that #JoshuaJackson was in this, so it was nice to see him when I've gotten used to seeing him in #DrOdyssey. And I recognized #SadieStanley from the second season of #CruelSummer , and she was really good in that. 2/3

I saw #KarateKidLegends yesterday, and while it was a little bumpy, I enjoyed the film, even with the bits of fan service. The story didn't go quite where I expected in the first half, but I guess they needed a reason for the rest of the story.

The story is a bit splintered in parts, but it's the performances that make the film worth watching.

I really like #BenWang, who I enjoyed watching in #AmericanBornChinese , and he's very likable and engaging in this role. #KarateKid 1/3