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🏳️‍🌈 remember 🇷🇺

while americans and europeans celebrate Pride, remember us. remember that pride is illegal in Russia. remember that we are silenced and shamed by our government and by the society we exist in, that our human rights get violated every day. remember that russians carrying rainbow flags will be beaten and thrown in jail this summer. celebrate and protest, but remember that we can’t.

just because i’m curious, reblog and put in the tags what musicians your parents loved to listen to and raised you on

Equality:

"you're different, but I'm going to treat you with respect regardless and help you with what you need to feel comfortable around me, as well as give you the same opportunities as anyone else"

Erasure:

"you're different, and even if it makes you uncomfortable, I am going to blatantly ignore what you need from me based on your differences, because 'all people are the same!'"

Erasure ≠ Equality

(another key difference is erasure is backhanded, equality isnt)

“I would have more plastic surgery, but I feel quite happy at the moment. I wouldn’t want to look too fresh for my age. In Miami, where I live now, surgery is like having a tooth out. It’s all about the body beautiful.” Andy Bell, Erasure source: The Guardian - This Much I Know

so where are the images of older gay men? here: gayslivelonger